The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-23
tbNCLE JAKE TEL HOW COPPERI1EADS,l
THE RATTIERS AND BLACKS BATTLEDI
BEAR FINALLY sWEIED UP TO ENORMOUS FROM
THE TREE GROUND

b was givsn' the Teller from New
kk some useful an interesting
FRI hist'ry ez to bars" said the
6from the Knob country. "includ-
: few points e. to performances
HE critters that I had been per-
IN an p'tic'arly mixed up into,
sn fest ex was beginnin' to farn
somethin' about the moral dis
btion o. bar by tellin' o. the two OIL
kWhollopers ketched wunst fight
lone little wildcat an how I give
both q lesson in takin' somebody
heir size, Uncle Jase Tipped in, an
|aggrevatin' es cow eetch he says
tme:
{tDid you ever gee a bar an a
ke night, DanI?' says he.
4 throwed consider BILE o. witherin'
the look / turned on to Jase fer
sumin' to cut in that way with a
Elm question calc'lated to give the
9 York Teller wrong idees an In
ruptin' my instructin' of him. but
had o. within under 1t he took 1t
{Tfreshener an went right on an
sweIl, there ain't notf,in' surpris-
fthat you never did, says he, fer
~ =
know much about snakes7' says
s, putin his leadin' question this
: to the New York Teller an ez the
u York Teller turned to Jase an
lied ex X he didn't want TO act on
khboriy an set down on to Uncle
= ! didn't see ez 1t behooved me
bitch in an squeich Jase fer him.
30 I turned round to talk over
ktion with ELS Sam, but Ellis Sam
zone out unbeknownst to me, an
"a could do was to sorty grit my
h an wait fer the New York feller
Be polite to Uncle Jase. excuse him
an turn back to me fer the rest
What was telIin' of him when I'm
Jase cut in on to us.
No. says he, to Uncle Jase. I
~ know much about snakes
|Tnon. o. course. you don't know.
20 do. DAHL says Uncle Jase.
~ 10 an approvin' smile so agger-
~ that it's a mercy ! didn't swat
tAou an there, that when snakes
kku In fer wtnterin' over says he,
ty Amt p'tic'Iar what each others
hes Is or what breed they come
"a. OF course. II you don't know
eh about snakes says Uncle Jase,
d don't know this. but Dani knows
says Jase, g4vin' me another ap-
Vim smile an mixin' me up in his
uumption like ez IL was q c'rob-
him witness
q give Jase a warnin' look fer him
to 20 too fur an wear out the New
TX feller's patience an he give me
3ther approvin' smile an q nod, an
Lon.
But Danl knows st. says he. An
knows that when cold weather
he's on an tho snakes begins to hunt
their dens ag'in all grudges seems
- dropped by 'sul. an rattiesnakes,
hlacksnakes. an BLOWN adders.
milksnakes, an copperheads. an
Ter snakes, an hoopsnakes an all
d. o. snakes. pixen an unptxen. viii
3 up all together an twist their
fes into big balls. ez iovin' an ten
ex pieces o. ribbon twisted into a
3 lovers knot,
I've see punches o. snakes tied UP
KERN husfei basket iayfn' out II.
|ht o. their dens on nice sunny Oc-
er days. an I've thrashed enough
tlesnakes outen the heap to make
klion OF oil says Jase. i hope you'il
rU me, Dan'l,' says he. ex ely ex
es was 'pologizin' the meekest kind,
s1ne a9oin' over all this, KNOWN
II all ca You do says he smiltn'
fovfngsly more agEervattn' than
hut FL this here young Teller
~ know much about snakes l
hight better sorty give him these
ructiye p'ints to ponder on says
FeeIin' that the New York teller
AXE this chance now to git shet OF
lie Jase an turn round to git the
o the p'ints was givin' him about
/ ! give Jason a pleasant look an
k-up them two OF dodwholiopers
bars o. mine that had tackled the
little wildcat. but he seemin'ly
h't hev tho heart to set down on "a
On Jest ytt. fer he says to him,
Asin' like, but inconsader't:
Them snakes ex you tf1rashed the
put Of says he. was they the ones
fit the bar says he.
Well akeercely.' says Uncle Jase,
min' al over his face: an i seen to
hst that the New York Teller had
his foot In X, an now couldn't hes
EXCUSE Ter setttn' down, on to Jass
gitttns shet OF him. I had the
kdeSt notion that ever was TO ri,
In mot wait to give him the rest
Nv p'infn 81 to bar, hut thinkin' "a
wouldn't be treAtfn' q stranger
right / sot still an waited till he
d ret rescued somehow from Uncle
Well. skeerceiy. them snakes
n'tl' says Uncle Jase. They now'
bean some relations O. them snakes
1T the bar, though says he.
The way OF 1t was ! was takin' q
h tA'nt through the woods one nice
Dber day long lords the end o. the
18th not p'tic'iy lonkin' fer bar. but
by no means calc'iaun' II did ses
to shet nay eyes an mold m,
nth till he passed by. An b,
ktcs.' says Jase, II pooty soon
NJ SEQ ono. A toler'ble good sixed
takin' q slow an easy look around
The openin's in q ledge O. rocks.
vned to wunst that he was pickfn
elf out holein' up place fer win.
though IL want time fer him 4
a IN yit not fer q month or more
I watched the bar a spell. an
n soon he nosed around an slid
elf into a big hole in the rocks
Win' aosnethin' about the .natur' o
hole. couldn't help but give M
d q shake an say.
MIR. Bar" says I. ''if the inter
n family that gener'ly rents tha
PORTABLE openin' In that ledge Il
hpyin' II now. an 10 to home" say
I'VE q sort of notion that you'n gi
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