The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-17

why do hey call 'em the dead Ian
guages, TimT" asked Rish Blxby.
because all them that ever spoke
'em has perished OF the face o. the
land" Timothy answered oraculariy.
Dead an gone they be. lock. stock
and barrel: yet there was a time when
Latins an Crustaceans an Hebrews
an Proosbians an Australians an 81
mesians was chatterin' away in their
own tongues. an 50 pow'ful that they
was eallopin' the whole earth, you
might say"
II bet yer they never tried to wallop
these here United States" interpolated
Bill Durham from the dark corner by
the molasses hogshead
sis Ivory in herer' The door opened
and Rodman Boynton appeared on the
threshold.
"No, sonny. Ivory amt been In this
evenin'." replied Ezra Simms II hope
there amt nothin' the matter over TO
your houser"
mo. nothing particular" the boy an.
swered. only Aunt Boynton don't
seem so well as common, and l can't
find Ivory anywhere"
Come along with me, Ill help you
look for him. an then Ill 20 as fur Us
the lane with yer II we don't find him"
And kindly Rish Bixby took the boys
hand and left the store.
"Mis' Boynton's had a SPELL ! guess!"
suggested the storekeeper. peering
through the door into the darkness.
"'Tain't like Ivory to be out nights
and leave her to Rod"
"She don't have no SPELLS" said Abel
Day. "Uncle Bart sees consid'a able of
Ivory, an he says his mother Is as
quiet as lamb. Couldn't you git no
kind Of certificate OF Aaron's death
out o. that Enfield Teller. Peter? Seems
q II that poor woman oughter be stop
ped watchin' for a dead man: tucker.
In herself all out an keepin' Ivory an
the boy all nerved up
I've told Ivory everything I could
gather mp In the way Of Information
and give him the names OF the folks
In Ohio that had writ back to New
Hampshire. didn't dllate on Aaron's
COINS on In Efiingham and Portsmouth.
cause I dassay twas nothin' but scan
dal. Them as hates the Cochranites II
never allow there's any good In 'em.
whereas I've met some as Is servin
the Lord good an constant an indulg-
in In no kind OF foolishness an devil.
try whatsoever"
'Speakin' o. Husshons." said Bill
Durham from his corner, 81 remem-
her,
We want alludin' to no Husshons."
retorted Timothy Grant. We was
dealin' with the misfortunes OF Aaron
Boynton. who never At vigorously on
the field o battle. but persisted out in
Ohio OF scarlit fever. II what they say
in Enfield ~ true"
"'Tis an easy DEATH" remarked Bill
argumentatively. "Scarlit fever don't
seem like nothin' to me, Many's the
the eyeball OF Husshon an run the
resk o. bein blown to smlthereens.-
calm and cool alters was too! Scarlit
fever is an easy death from warriors
pint o. view
"Speakin' OF easy DEATH" continued
Timothy. you know I'm great one
for words. bein something OF schol-
ard In my small way. Mebbe you no
ticed that Elder Boone used a strange
word In his sermon last Sunday
Words air curious things sometimes.
as I know. hevin' had considerable leis-
ure time to read when i was joggin'
bout the country an bein' brought
into contack with men o. learnin'. The
way l worked 1t out. not wishin' TO ask
Parson any more questions, bein' some
thing Of a scholard myself. Is this:
The youth in Ashy is a peculiar kind
o. youth, NJ their religion disposes 'em
20 lay no kind o. stress on huming life
When anything goes wrong with 'em
an they get a set back In war or busi-
ness, or affairs with women folks, they
want TO die right OFF. so they take
sword an stan 1t straight zip wher-
ever they happen to be, in the shed or
the barn or the henhouse, an they
pint the sharp end right TO their waist
line, where the bowels an other vital
organisms is lOwcated, an then they
fall on TO IL. IL runs 'em right through
to the back an kills 'em like n shot, and
that's the way | callate the youth in
Ashy dies, IL my entomology Is correct,
Us 1t gen'ally Is"
Don't seem an easy death to me-"
argued Ezra, but l amt no scholard
What college did you attend to, Tim"
IL don't hold no diaploma." responded
Timothy, though | attended the Ware
ham academy quite a spell, the same
time as your sister was goin' 10 Ware
ham seminary where dedication Is still
bein' disseminated though Of an awful
poor kind compared to the old times"
Its live an larn," said the store
keeper respectfully. II never thought
OF a seminary bein' place OF dissent
nation before. hut you can see the two
words is near kin"
"You can't alters tell by the sound"
said Timothy instructlvely. "Some-
times two words II start from the same
root an branch out diff'rent, like crit
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