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y ..Thar's heap o. Inference between
wildcats and coons," said the old noun
1tifheer, and + found It out Ol0 lime
TN . way that was powsrfni unpleasant.
Some o - are rot III our watss and
some o: US hain't. FUSED to re ,one o.
TIE rot kind" II. l said anything, no
!'Iaatter II 1 knowed l was ,wf0ug, I'd
stick 70 It to the. last. .Sich 4 cfftter
comes mighty nigh bein' a pfumb fuie,
but no one could have made me believe
It years ago. esS".. '
''One Sunday, years ago, the old wo-
man wanted me- to 10 to the ptSachin'
with her. It was a nice fall day, and
! wanted to loaf around ana see II the
coohs vas comm down from the noun
tings. ..'' ."' '@ ~! @'ti
'She was hufty when she got back,
and not a word was said 1T tho supper
table. AFTER she'd cleared things away
she got down the Bible and said:
~"'Zeb White, the preacher, was
preachin' to us today about DAM in
the lions den, and l want to AZ o
some questions
"'Ax away I said.
"'Was them regular lions, with teeth
and claws?
"'Can't say
"'Do you know why the lions didn't
BAT Dan'l?
"'Nope.
land you don't keer. do your
":Not a whop.' =
"'Wall, you keep right On bein' mean
and e how you'll come out. A man
may be sot ag'in his wife and not suf-
fer too much, but when he's sot aR'in
the Bible that's a different thing. l
wish you'd find the place about joiner
and the whale and read 1t to me-
81 hain't pinin' to read this ~evenin'.'
says l.
But you believe that the whale
swallered him, don't your g.,
81 hain't ,sayin' ~ I do or don't.
What I'm thinkin' Of ia whether them
coons will come down in nv co'uaeld
tonight ., ..1 49,. -.
ri" 'And a Sunday night, toov she
sasps. 'Zeb, thar's suahly a rod OF
punishment laid up for you. You was
sot ag'in Danl. and now you are sot
agfn joiner, and don't you be thinkin'
you'll VI the end Of 1t without trou-
bic. VIII you read me about the chill
dren who was devoured by the b'ars?'
"'Not jest now. I'm waitin' to hear
the old dawg bark to show that the
coons have arrove.'
"'But how many children do you
think thar wasT
81 hain't countin'.'
"'Waal, how many b'arsr
"'Can't say. Might not have been 4
single child or a bar
""Then yo're ag'in them too. 1
wouldn't be in your shoes fur this
yere hull Cumberland mountains. l
don't reckon you believe about the
children Of Israel passin' across the
Red sea dry shod!
81 hain't saying as l do
Jest then my old dawg begun to
bark and rush around. and I took.
down my gun and went out. l heard
a great rustlin' and spittin' and scat
term. and I reckoned that mo- than a
hundred coons was movin' down on
the CON.
81 called to the dawg to sick 'em,
but he drapped his tail and sneaked
into the house. Feared like q funny
thing for him to do, hut I went down
among the con without him. I had
skassly got thar when I heard sun
thin movin' about and hrSd 1t It.
That was one Of the .blundefs OF
my life. The powder smoke wan still
hangin' In the air VIXEN half Z dozen
wildcats began, to climb all over me-.
1.-THE only thing / esuld do was to
start for the house. and ~ I stag.
gered along 1 kept up q yellin'. ~aN :
.F"T was ciawed and bit and.scratched
from hsad to heel. and Ishadn,t 'nu6
clothes on me to over q silver dollar.
/ was Jest that scared and done up
that I tainted away and fell in heap,
and when I"cum to l wal on the bed
and the old woman was dressin' my
hurts.
'She had to begin ut my scalp and
work down to my heels, and It took her
al the rest of the night. l felt bad
nun. ! kin tell You, but she made me
feel Y heap wuss. She didn't ray .
single word to me fur ho0rs. but when
she had about finished me up she
started of, with:
"'Zeb, do you reckon them was reg
lar lions in the cage with DanlT
with all my heart, l do / says
"'And them children Of Israel and
the Red Scar ri
~ believe every last word Of it,
Linda N
"'And is the dawg to be whopped for
not maxim as big a fule Of himself q
you did?'
"'Not q whop. l reckoned on whOp-
pin him for not mixin' In. but I'll let
Il 90 this time. Anything mo-?
Muffin mo-, Zeb.' she says as she
Gums over and kisses me-, ''cept that
you hadn't better git too frisky ag'm
an think you are a bigger man than
Providence
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