The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08

position beyond the possibility of aues-
ton but would fain abandon Il II he
could
FOR a long time there was silence in |
the room. broken only by the occa sional |
scratching of a match as one or another |
reiShted his pipe, but the old mans
cigar burned on steadily until nothing |
remained OF II except "A stump too short |
to he smoked longer. " was seldom, |
even in moments of excitement, that he /
allowed cigar to go out once he had |
started It,
They saw. however that he was still |
brooding over the nature Of things and !
knowing him as well as they did they
looked for some further utteranCc from
nm. AT length 1t came.
That amt the wust on IT," he said
All them things is nachul. like done
said afo', an it's nachul TO- to cuss at
en- like | also done said but they IL
cIamities what don't pear to he nachul
an didn't ought To- to be 'Xpectcd Even
pfanty don't pear to be syndicate to
'Npress yo'self with at sich times
reckon tn amt nothin' short Of a uni
versal catechism d do II.
Here It's mo- n a week now sine.
they was a poker game in the back
the same. They want profit enough
into the last game TO to Justify settn'
up the drinks 70 the sucker that lost
out. hut 'pcared like they was a chanst
% som, pin into II. an even the idce was
enough TO To keep We uns I'm gttin'
blue nodded
Way It's now reckon ia amt
uothin' betwiNt me an the po'housc.
They is mo n eight thousand dollars
90 min" "a the hank right now what
! amt Ei'.in' no int'rcSt onto. Npcct
III nut nothin' but ruin ahead"
'bh. ] don't know" said owen Pep
per /. appeared from his manner that
h" was about to say more, but he
checked himself suddenly when tho Old
man turned his face. showing an OK
pr Ns.on ~ fierce Impotence. Instead
oftcontiuuirg to speak, he grnned fat
u"us'y thereby enhancing the old mans
wrath.
~ co'se yo don't know" shouted tho
old man. "Yu'all don't never know
nothin. an what so do know so don't
know 70 sho Even II yo' does know
II, faint SO. II I was to not know =
many things = yo' all don't I'd 20 out
In the wilderness an hang myself b.
sides rushin down steep place in tho
water like them other swine In tho
Good Book"
"oh. | don't know" said Mr. Pepper
coolly, and this time he would certainly
have said something mo~ II the old
man had not reached for his bung-
starter. SEEING that. he started for tho
| door. but Joe Bassett thrust one OF his
te"t forward quickly and tripped him.
| g" that h" fol- heavily 10 the floor.
/ Before he could recover himself Ras-
Sett had him by tho neck and without
any apparent exertion OF his great
strength yanked him up and put him
/ back In his chair.
"Yo' all was a-sayin' what yo' didn't
| know somepin. What was IT," de-
manded the big man.
"Oh. ! don't - began Mr. Pep
per. hut the grip on his throat was
frightened and he began gurgling
What was III" repeated Rassett.
II was gwine to say" said Mr.. Pep
per as the grip was looscned again.
what that sucker what yo uns skun
So clos't last week is done got mo-
money sinc't. an i"
"fo' all done played that on me afo'.
an got hundred outen me with H."
said the old man. coming around with
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