The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-09
Good Story
But 1t Took Some Time
to Tell II

! Marvin Parsons. 1T was good one
! on Pliny, you betcher. Seemed like
every time Pliny passed Bills house
that fee o Bills I'D run out yappin
and snappin' at him. an he got so
mad that he swore he'd kill it
I've swore the same thing" said
Sol Baker. Did he kill it,"
You wait" said Parsons, struggling
with mirth. "Pliny'd been over to the
market an bought him steak for sup
per. 1t was right prime cut, an
Pliny said to Dick Spence when he
cut it that he didn't gredge payin' a
shillin' a pound for steak like that
was. I'm a-goin' to have the old wom-
an fix 'er up with inyuns an brown
gravy he says to Spence, an the way
he said it. Spence toll me, he couldn't
keep his mouth from waterin'."
81 don't blame him. said Washing
ton Hancock. I've tasted them steaks
| that Pliny's wife fixes, an | wouldn't
want nothin' better She's got a way
o. cookin' steak that beats any I've
ever knowed. 1t don't need to be no
| prime cut, nuther. She can take a
piece right atwiXt the critters horns
an make you think il wus porter
house"
That's the French in her" said the
| storekeeper. Then French"
What did Pliny do to the dawg,
Marve?" asked Baker, impatiently.
Did he kill MIN? That's what | want
to know"
IF he'd "a killed him reckon Rill
wouldn't be a-tellin it around fer a
joke. said the storekeeper, contemptu-
ously. That's a fool question to asst.
That amt Bits style"
'Rilld be chasin behind Piny with
a double-barrel shotgun right now If
Pliny'd KEEP up his gait this long.
i Pliny ulster he some AT runnn', but
Bills stavcr, an he's mighty sot up
+ about his shotgun, an he thinks a
right smart o that dawg," said Han
/ cock
Anyway, this was a pertickler fine
| piece o steak" resumed Parsons.
1 There was two pounds of It, too
an -
1t wusn't disputin 1t bcin a fine
piece O steak, Marve," said Hancock
mildly. "All | was sayin WIS that
Pliny's wife cd take most any scrag
gly, tough OF piece q beef an fix il
up SOS 1t nd seem like a prime cut
You don't need to get miffcd"
What did the dog do to Pliny
Marve?" asked Baker.
who said he done anytime" de.
manded the storckcepnr. why don't
you give Marve chance to tell it,
That's what say said Hancock
You keep your mouth shet an your
ears open. Sol. an you'll soon find out
about the dawg if you're so deter
mined to know"
What dawg is that?" asked Henry
Westcrman from Duck Crook, as h,
his bulky form TO a scat on the
counter. ben Sibley's?"
mo. it's Bill Rilcy's dawg," sait
Parsons. Il was tellin'-"
81 didn't know Bill had dawg. Is
he any count
Jest little flee" said Baker, zone
o. them emery little yappin tarriers, NJ
ercount fer anythn' told Bill | was
-goin to kill him if he run out at me
again"
81 thought mebbe YOU was talkin
about Ben Sibley's Tige." said Wester
man Jerry Bush says he seen q
dawg that can whip him. It's one OF
! oh do oil
over in Sassafras township owns him
He's whipped everythin over in that
section, an Jerry says Tige wouldn't
last him five minutes, thought If
seen Sibley I'd tell him about 1t. It's
gotter to be a pow'ful good dawg to
whip Tige."
Tell us about Pliny's dawg Marve.
entreated Sol Baker.
Does Bill think he en- fight?'
asked Westerman.
why, no." said Parsons, hastily
1T han't fightin' dawg ! was sayin
that he'd ben pesterin Pliny Williams
right smart. an Pliny had ben
around to Dick Spence's to get him a
steak for his supper, He was a-goin
to have his wife fix it up with inyuns
in great shape.
shes a great hand to fix steaks
with injuns." explained Hancock. help
fully she can take n piece off the
shank or OFF the neck of a beef an
cook il SOS II nd melt in your mouth.
shes French" supplemented the
storekeeper. AN them French know
how TO fix vittles. There was an Of
| French woman down where | was
raised Whore you goin', Marve?"
Tell us about Pliny afore you go
| Marye," begged Hancock.
Parsons turned and faced The group
! irresoluteIy. Well ne said. "Pliny
wus goin by Pits with the steak an
lie seen The dawg nosin' al a rosebush
TWO yards OF an he hadn't Eu rock,
50 he p'naz god n him with the steak,
| n he s.aak nil tree ap' the paper
| busted an the dawg got the steak an
! run n"d>r the house with il aforc
| Plmy cd git around TO him, an when
| him an Bill did cit the steak il was so
/ mauled il wa'i,t fifteen for nawthin
an that's all th"-c wns TO it, dog
gone every last one q YOU"
WHATS Mar.r mad about?" said
| Eancock wonderinglv. as the raconienr
-iroae ont of the store.
Lessened Demand fer Rubies.
The output of ruhies in Burma dur
/ ing 1907 amounted to , I2S. 3fS trucks