Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-07-02


up the highway a piece and then got
over the fence into field to roll on
>.Ae grass. He hadn't rolled yet when
Weary Willie came along and stop
ped to say:
Better hump yourself out o that,
Gully"
"For why?"
"De farmer will be after We and use
We ruff. OATS what dey calls trespass
out here in the country"
"Iet 'em call and be hanged! Things
have come to pretty pass when one
can't roll on the grass"
"All right. Gully If We git de boot
don't blame me. was jest tryin' to
put We next. We know"
Falls In With Strange Acquaintance.
Mr.. Bowser decided not to roll. He
decided to sit in shady fence cor
ner for awhile and hear the notes Of
the meadow lark. There were birds
about and they were singing more or
less. but he soon discovered that he
couldn't tell the song of lark from
that of a crow This made him Sc
cretly glad that Mrs. Bowser had not
come along. She would have been
sure to say something to hurt his feel
ings After rest of ten minutes he
climbed into the road and walked on
to look for huckleberry vines. At the
end of quarter of mile he came to
another Weary sitting on a log and
gnawing at the last remains of beef
bone. Mr.. Bowser was going by with
out salutation, but the other looked up
and called out:
Say, Gully, when did ye take to the
hoof?"
What do you mean. sir?"
"Hain't ye ON de pad?'
'Hoof, hoof? Pad? l don't under
stand the terms"
"Oh, ye don't! Den ye hain't been
hatched long. What I'm askin is do
ye belong to de purfeshT'
do look like a tramp?'
ITO be honest wild ye. Gully, ye
don't. Ye look more like de man who
takes tickets at de sideshow where dey
exhibit de wild woman Of Borneo. Are
ye down on yer luck?'
Determined to Find HuckIeberries.
Mr.. Bowser drew himself up with
freezing dignity and passed on. He
couldn't fight with tramp, but he de-
termined to make Mrs Bowser pay
for those insults Forty rods farther
on he came to a farmhouse There
was lathy young man greasing a
wagon in front of the place. and Mr.
Bowser halted and asked:
"Do you think might be able to find
any huckleberries around here?"
'Mebbe it's hayseeds and suckers you
are looking fOrT" was the reply, ac-
companied by looks of suspicion.
81 simply desire to find some buckle
berries and pick them off the vines"
The lathy young man laughed
well, what are you cackling about?"
"Pm wondering whether you are a
fool or sharper. Why didn't you say
that huckleberries grew on oak treesY
They grow on vines, as I said, and
l see no need of your making a smart
Aleck of yourself over it. asked you
civil question"
"Pa, pa" called the young man to
some one in the house.
swell, what is it?" asked the old
farmer himself as he came out.
Here's a feller as says huckleber-
ries grow on vinesw
MIR. Bowser ain Bad"
The old man put on his spectacles
on ravaf 1iA % To-,
then drew back and said:
Look out for him, Sam! think he's
the feller that stole our milk cans one
night last week. Lord. what a mug
he's got on himr'
'See here. but what ails your shout
ed Mr.. Bowser. 81 come along here
and ask you a civil question and you
make a great mystery over it. If there
are any idiots around here you are the
onesr"
But you said you were after buckle
berries" protested the young man.
well. what of it?"
And they grow on vines"
"And what of that too?"
"Don't try any bluff here, old man!
q, Wulotic LUZ Lie Jug. NOW JOu
git!"
The farmers wife came out with the
dog. She had a hoe handle in her
hand. Bowser decided to get. As he
started the four took after him. and in
his confusion he took to the woods
across the road instead of keeping to
the highway. The tramp down the
road on log had seen it all, and as
the minutes went by and neither pur-
sued nor farmers reappeared and the
yelps of the dog sounded farther away
he returned to his beef bone and
mused:
81 guess he hain't de man who runs
a sideshow, after all. guess he's de
chap dat does a stunt wild de hyenas,
and dat dey has got de best of him
from dis time onv'
The Doctors Orders.
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