Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
TRIPPING UP "CY
Job Is Done to Entire SatiSfaC.
ton Of His Hearers,
Spinner Of Yarns, Always More Ra
markable Than Those Told by
Others, Is Beaten at
His Own Game.

Sour John Marvin glanced ont of m
window Of the shop where he was NAL
Ing an afternoon call ICY Pelton I
headed this way" he announced "an,
l VIII make a prediction. II apyOn
here present ventures to speak of any
thing out Of the ordinary that he I'M
heard or read about, Cy will follow
with something In the same line. onr
a little more remarkable, that he hal
been an eyewitness Of, and he'll h,
sure TO place 1t in some place prett,
far from this town. But Cy Peltor
needn't flatter himself that he eve
fools me. / have sense enough 7,
know that he always makes up hi,
story as he goes along, and live Ir
hopes OF seeing him tripped up some
day"
At that moment the door opened and
the reputed spinner of yarns" walked
In. At his heels came Uncle Noah
Briggs, the acknowledged Oldest In.
habitant.
1--WE just been reading an inter.
estlng piece about Abraham Lincoln "
Uncle Noah began, as he accepted the
easiest chair.
"When he was a young man clerk.
Ing In store someone stumped him
one day to pick up barrel of rum
or the floor and hold 1t up to his
mouth and drink out Of the bunghole .
and he did 1t. But after he laid the
barrel down again, he spit every drop
OF the liquor out Of his mouth. That
goes to show how strong Mr.. Lincoln
was In his arms and also how strong
temperance he was"
Uncle Noah would have continued
but he made fatal pause and Cyrus
Pelton got the floor.
II had an uncle on nv mothers
side" he said "that I guess was full
as strong in his arms as ever Mr.. Lin
coin was, and even stronger In tenn.
perance. He was n blacksmith In the
town Of Industry.
"One time, when I was a small bov.
Hiram Quint, one Of Uncle Life's near
nelghbors, was building a big barn, and
he had asked lot Of men to the rails.
ing.
"In those days almost everyone
drank'hard cider, and thought nothing
of 1t, but Uncle Life was dead set
against 1t. When he came along that
day and saw the big barrel of cider
that Mr.. Quint had provided for re-
frcshment, he says, Hiram, your rails
Ing would come on full as well, and
some chaps here would be better of,
If you would carry that cider down to
the brook and dump It,
Il saw Hiram wink at the bystand-
ers, and says he, I'm hardly strong
enough. But If you are says he,
you're at liberty to do It,
"'All right says Uncle Life, and he
made for his blacksmith shop. In a
few minutes back he came, bringing
horseshoe that he had hammered out |
In such way that he could make the |
heel calks fit into the bunghole of the
barrel rs 1t lay there on the ground.
Then, with the horseshoe as n handle,
he lifted that barrel of cider as If II
had been a carpetbag and carried It
to the brook and emptied it."
"Now, If you will give me a chance,
| should like to put in a word" said
Uncle Noah with show of impa-
tience. ut so happened that was at
the raising of Hiram Qulnt's barn."
II didn't know that you were ac-
quainted in the town of Industry" said
Cyrus In evident surprise.
John Marvin's eyes sparkled $50
there was such raising" he said
'Well, that bears out Cy's story, so
far ! suppose the rest Of 1t was
equally correct, Uncle NoahY
"No, it wasn't replied the old man
whereupon one of John
Marvin's rare smiles lighted up. his
grim features.
"Now, | always try to be accurate"
said Cyrus, hitching uneasily in his
,hair, "but l was only little shaver
1t the time, and mebbe my recollection
s little at fault"
mo, you were wrong, Cy," said
Uncle Noah firmly. "When you broke
n on me, l was about to tell the story,
md tell 1t ms twas. 1t wasn't barrel
VI cider that your uncle carried down
Ind dumped in the brook in the way
md manner that you described 1t. II
vas two barrels of cider-one In each
land."-Youth's Companion.