The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14
Involved in Trouble by His Off
spring, He Tries u Bold
Expedient.
GREENLAW TELLS TALE
Pointing Out the Mistake the
Unhappy Man Made at
the Outset.
BY DAVID A. CURTIS.

GreenlaWt "tney ~ u man tniiu W u lhto
the world what pears to be wuth
ralsln. but | reckon they is mo- money
wasted fetchin' up no count offsprings
n they is into any other amoozement
what is.
"Wust on ii pears to be how tn amt
no way o. tellin afo hand which ones
is wuth keepin'. I reckon that's how
come they is s much surplus popila-
ton as they is, an keeps taxes as high
as they be.
90 co'se, alter they done been bon
tn amt no way o gittin' rid o them
what amt no good. short o drowndin'
OF en- same's yo' do kittens, an they's
c'nsldable preJdice agin doin' that. bein'
as how it's reckoned murder, an mo- n
likely the women d make 'bjections
to 1t IL I was opposed. Pears like they
is somepin' bout man child what
women is desprit fond Of, an the mo
older they gifts the mo- fonder they be.
Shows how Providence tangles every
thin all up 50 s I tn amt no tellin'
what's best to he did. but they'd ought
70 to be somepin'."
What d yo' all sgest. II 20 had
the arrangements to Make asked Jake
winterbo,tom. not without an ihdica-
ton of sarcasm III his manner. II ala
not appear that he was 80 desirous OF
enlightenment as he was OF leading the
Old man into some statement that could
he held up to ridicule.
"Thcy is heaps o. things in the world
ne continued. but tn amt no onder-
standin' of EN-, an amt a-sayin
what that amt one on 'em. Mebbe It's
Question is what's to be did an who
au's gwine to do it. Pears like it's
some blggity settin' up to know mo n
Providence"
81 haint never made no such pten-
eions," retorted the old man with some
show OF anger, but that amt TO say
but what is got intelligence enough fo'
TO tell how things is wrong when I
see 'em. don't p'fess to be no wagon
builder my ownself, but | en- tell by
Iookin' mt II whether a wagon Is got
the erect amount O. wheels onto 1t. or
whether faint They is them. what
amt go. Intelligence enough TO to know
that much" he added with some sar-
easm of his own.
"Drinks is on yo' all, Jake said
Blaisdell, rising and walking toward the
bar. But all the same, got my pin
ion of a man what goes round a
Arowndin' o po' helpless babies JUS SOS
% save tn Expense o brinSin' EN- up.
Pears like mebbe it mouSht a been a
good thing IL he was to been drownded
his own self afo' ne was let loose onto
the c'munity.'
For a moment 1t seemed as IL the old
man was about to answer this gibe
hotly, but possibly for the reason that
he could find nothing to say he said
nothing in reply. Walking around be-
hind the bar. he served the drinks and
collected from Winterbottom for them
including the price of cigar which he
bit in two. lighting one end of II.
81 amt tn on'y one what's done been
p'plexed over that there problem" he
said, after he had smoked for while
but reckon old Deacon Peabody had
mo- O. the stings an arrers OF out
landish fortune in the shape OF Off
springs n anybody else in Mississippi.
"'Peared like they was mo- little Pea
bodies CROWN up round his place n
anybody cd find use To-. but Mis- Pea
body KEEP on p'ducin' a new one ev'ry
year till the neighbors done lose count
Of en- an tn old deacon hiSself 'peared
10 not know just how many on EN- they
was. Feared like he was gittin' mo- 7
less 'scouraged m c'nsid'able older n
he'd ought To- to ben at his time o life
"Went on till he come to be quite
some reduced in circumstances. He'd
al'ays got along tol'able we'll in his
early days, bein' a capable poker player
an not havin no pticIar 'Xtravagant
habits outside O. chin. so s t they
wouldn't "a been no difficulty at all
bout p'vidn' TO a moderate sized fam
bly,.
But when 1t come to bein' the heat
Of . hull tribe. 'peared like 1t cost hin
mo n he cd win into the game, TO 10
buy hawg an hominy To- EN-. An tn,
wust on il was how he was most amaz
in conshenshus. not ben' able to To-
git his obligations like a man d mach
ully did II he hadn't no religious train
in.
But that was one thing about tn
deacon what everybody was 'bleeged t.
rspect. lie wouldn't never neglect hi
Juties even when they come To be on
reasonable numerous. His idee 'peare,
to be how 1t was up to him to train hi
chin proper. bein s he had 'em, an I
long s he was a young man an the,
want so many on y he didn't haC
n greet trouble a-doin' on II.
";,pt alter they done multiplied, an
he got along in years, 'peared like
was too much TO him, an by the tim
he'd turn up at the tavern he'd be plum
wore out, an no; in no cnditlon to holt
his own into the game. let alone winnin
enough To- to pay expenses. 'Peared lik
the conuuerin' hand n tItne WAS n