The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08
OWEN PEPPER HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
But Maintains q Dignified Atti-
tudc i'm Regard to a Bust
ness Matter.
WHERE PROFANITY FAILS
ny David \. CURTIS.

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Some"hd' I" tht'r d'ShPpo'h'hen' me
olo man H'u not lh'h'''"'''E rt'"' On
MT Pepper "a ms custom was ""'n-
ever that gentleman presumed TO eN-
press hims"t. lh's'ad "i hr"ah'hG "ut
in Violent action CO.. speech as th'N had
expected him to do. j." looked AT MT
Pepper dnuhuullN ana th"nGhttnuN Tor
a time and then said very mildly
"Yo' all sho' does pear to- have de-
luded Intervals. Pepper. ID" said. 'If
20 all was To- talk thataway mo fire.
qu-nt they woulint everybody know
what a Wild ass ~ the wilderness vo be.
Just nachuiy H. mo- satjsfyu' like To-
10 DUST q U|tlI Win q Flstl l'l ll''l
II IL ~ To- cuss him out when rs a case
q Eittin into a argument with him.
Tn amt me- dsputln' that II saves
time an sputhcs tho SPORT mo
But I didn't had no SIGH ~ thing
IN mind when 7 was nicntionin' p'ranity.
Pears Ike p'fauc Language is waste Of
energy when lt's directed to'ds a In
diviial It's on'v when the mind q.
ockipcd with the gonI natur' O. things
whsi they is a call To- cussln' Yo' can't
b he haid o. the hui scheme n the
uN-trse with a burEstarter. P'fanlty
pear. to bc tho ony weepln what's
available 20 the purpose"
whats the scheme o. the universe
did tn go ALL" inquired Jake Winter
bottom with tender sollcitude, AN
whats the pupposc2"
9Th amt never no telln'," said the
old man somewhat dreamily, what the
purposes - Providence Is. Pears like
all them d'spensatories what's visited
onto the human race IL mo- r less mys-
FERROUS but go all done got me wrong
Jake. I want SpcalS'n' q none q the
pupposes o. Providence. What I done
had in mind was the purpose o 'Spress-
IN yo'self when yo' Is contemplatin
OF EN-
'"Thats whore metaphysics comes in.
an tntN am no NO lU' T'S'IH NNlHu
philosophy n metaphysics IS to man
what understands EN-. Pears Ike tn
aln't nothIn' but metaphysics what II
'xplain IN" curious wOrkin's of tho
human intollcck when It's onder
strain.
AN when a man what's got 'ntelli-
Gence gets a-thinkin' o. the genl natur'
O. things, pears Ike they amt nothln
20 he d'd on'y Cuss. tn amt no other
wav what ne en- 'Xpress hisse,f"
"Whats WRONG with 'cm?" asked sam
Pearsall
"Everythirg" said the Old man dole
fully.
They waited for him to speak more
definitely, the indictment seeming TO he
too general to admit OF controversy. hut
the old man seemed 20 think he could
add nothing OF importance 10 II and h"
lapsed into what seemed 20 be a "ondi-
ton OF melancholy abstraction, which,
although Il amused them was hardly
provocative OF hilarity. So after an
interval Jim Blaisdell spoke,