Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-12

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He say he tole you at coon aim got
no name.n
What's your namef'
TIN name Herman
Whats mis- namef' Penrod pointed
to the tongue tied boy.
4Verman. Was three us boys in ow
family. Opest one name Sherman.
m 'en come me; I'm Herman. IN 'en
come him; he Verman. Sherman dead.
yerman, he de Titles one.n
.You goin' to live heref"
"Umhugh. Done move In I'm way
outen on a fahm"
He pointed to the north with his
right hand, and Penrod's eyes opened
wide as they followed the gesture.
Herman had nc forefinger on that
hand.
Look therel' exclaimed Penrod.
lyon haven't got any fngerl',
II mum map said Yerman, with
egregious pride.
nHe done att interpreted Herman,
chuckling. Yessuh, done chop 'er
spang off long go. He's, a p1ayin' VIII
a az, an I lay my fnguh on de do sill,
AM I say, 'Yerman, chop ,er OF. So.
Verman he chop 'er right spang Off up
to de roots! Yessuh.p
"What for?o
"Jes' fo' nothtn,.n
HE hoe me hoo" remarked verman,
"Yessuh, ! tole him to- said Her
man. IAN he chop FER of, an ey amt
airy 9TH one evuh grow on where's de
ole n use to grow. NosuhW
"But whatsd you tell him to do 1t
for9',
aNothin,. ! jes, said It at way-an'
he jes' chop Ter off.
Both brothers looked pleased and
proud. Penrod's profound interest was
latteringly visible, a tribute to their
unusualness.
Hem bow COY. suggested verman
eagerly.
Jaw RI, said Herman. SOW sistuh
Queenie, she a growed up woman; she
got a goituh.n
Got a whatfs
tGoituh. Swellin' on her neck-grea'
big swellin'. She heppin nanny
move in now. You look In de front
room winduh where's she sweepin,;
you kin see 1t on her.
Penrod looked IN the window and
was rewarded by a fine view Of Queen
les goiter. He had never before seen
one, and only the lure Of further con-
yersation on the part Of Verman
brought. him from the window.
"Verman say tell you bout pappy,,''
explained Herman. NANNY an
Queenie move IN town an go git de
house all FIX up befo' pappy git out"
aOut Of whereT'
aJatl. Pappy cut a man, an, de DO
lice done KEEP him In jail evuh sense
Christmas time. but dey goin' .uhn
him loose ag'fn mex week.
@What'd he cut the other man with7+'
.ATif a pitchfawk."
Penrod began to feel that a lifetime
spent with this fascinating family
were all too short, The brothers, glow.
ing with availability, were as enraptur
ed as be. For the first time tn theil
lives they moved In the rich glamour
of sensationalism. Herman was prod
igai OF gesture with his right hand
and verman, chuckling with delight
talked fneatly though somewhat CON
sciousIy. They cheerfully agreed e
keep the raccoon-already beginning Il
be mentioned ais .sour coon" by Pen
rod-in Mr.. scho1eld's empty stable
and when the animal had been chain
ed to the wall near the box OF rats
and supplied with a pan OF fair watel
they assented to their new friend,
suggestion INSPIRED by d fine sense O.
the artistic harmonies) that the here
tofore nameless pet be christened Sher
man, In honor OF their deceased rela
tive.
At this Juncture was heard from Thu
front yard the sound Of that yodeIlnt
which is the peculiar accomplishment
OF those whose voices have no
Changed Penrod yodeled d response
and samuel Williams appeared, a larg,
bundle under his arm.
Yay, Penrod!s a his greeting, cas-
ual enough from without; but, having
entered. he stopped short unidentified
a prodigious whistle. "Ya-a4ayr b,
then shouted Look at the ,coon!D
guess you better say, Look at til,
cooniu Penrod returned proudly
tsThey's q good deal more'n him to 1901
at too. Talk some, Yerman. vermal
complied