The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-04-08
SAM AND
THE BULL
By NJ QUAD.
By NJ QUAD.
Coryright. ini. by Associated LII
erary Prees

a-".s day. aud as we sat on the steps
T.. Village postofice he told THU
S.S
lily raycu-. Jim Fukins, is havin'
-. of frubblc with his two boys
pa .p". one OF 'em was over 70
'eirooi t'other day and wanted
-ltt tie huilglEe, and t'other wen;
ii and got his eye almost put
80 E. "a L@Et Reckon they'll grow
- - H. "A oanta nkerous pair. / had
. -. AK. the only child We ever
- he died some five y'ars ago
~ lie wIy I'm sorry and in anothsr
a.. ..,!. Il made me kinder lonely
him 20. In. could figger up
L '.a3 fIr the best.
't.f rs had a powerful good
.,.. :. isn rs Gineral thing. but
IS fa days when the devil seemed
o. .sr lot,.ssiol OF him. 1t wasn't
90 - IS switch him, and when he
49,. B.- sorts IL wasn't no good IN
.., ID .im. he was fifteen vars
-, =. .."n j c,.m home from the wah.
sd $ a.csd was swelled up big nun
s..r q l.4aB az fo'ty. He finally got 40
,hd, 'ic ~: like rubin up sgin me.
Z w. nj Go-k In The garden one day
wh,u he GEMS home from the Co'ners
gslt:'iC' :ight and left. and bimeby
80 aux OFT In me and sey:
i'gn. r.shhr 20 calls yo'self tho
'liri.n. do seq rs looks st
ana outer icy left eye.
"'But va amt. though. and ! HIN
prove IT,
Then who Is?
lie stands right here befo yo'.
and bis coenomcn ar Sam. Dad. I'm
soin' TO whop yo.'
Better git into the house. boy. and
how yo'r mother gin 20 some bread
and butter and 'lasses OIL ~
"But that boy had the wust kind OF
swell hend," said the old man. "and he
vas nirnest In thinkin' no could whop
his pop. He gifts higher and higher.
and bimeby he sails fur me. knowed
what was cumin'. and before he could
wink twice I topped him on his bach
aud then whipped him I'll he holleT'd
fur mercy. He lived two vars arc'r
that. but he didn't try that game on
me any mo-.
THE older he prowed the more cAn-
tankerous be got. and one day the "
woman cum to me with tears I'm hsr
Dyes and sen: =.
Sans a-glttin' wusser and wussor
all the time. and I'm almos: hopin' ~
Iawd will take him away.
1.-The LAwd couldn't manage himIf
he did Kit him. sss |. "
"'Mebls he could. Sebbo he's got 8
psu up thnr in heaven 10 put Sam loo
and keep him Till he's bin made ov'.r.
I'm goin' In dye my shawl black and
Ak mp a mournin' bonnet, fur that hoy
OF ours will be brung home dead befo'
he's n month older
We'd. no he was-so he wns,' said
the old man. with a touch or pathos In
his voice. -He was down TO tho Corners
one day TO blow and brag with the
crowd hangin' out thar in them days.
when a man Gums ridIn' ON a mewl TO
Say that Bill Clark's bull had broken
out of the field and was comm up tho
road. That bull was n big un end had
hooked two hosses to death. As tho
man wns givin' tho alarm the bull
showed up down the road. lie was
PAWN tho airth and maxim the heay-
ena quake with his boiler and Ich as
had bosses tied up was mighty spry
20 turn ON loose and ut 'em away.
Nobody didn't propose To git in the
wny OF that bull and take chances
nobody but MY son Sam. IL was 4
chance fur him 90 show OF. and he ri
NJ and ycll~i
This IL the day I hey been Twin
fur I'll 80 fo'th and take that bull by
tho horns and Cor hun on his back
The men tried to argy with Sam,
hut no was sot. and. pullin' or his
coat sud ninEin' down his hat. he
walked out and begins 10 paw and bel
lsr same a. tho bull The crttter stopa
to look &C him. and fur a mint or two
uhh-A Wv NuAt u WIS
Then his eye began 10 glare and his
tnil to stand cut. and the crowd hol-
ls-~d IN Fam TO git ovor the fence.
H. never minded ON. but with a roar
and . b~lies be run In on the bull. was
to-ssd twenty fsv In the air. and when
tss animal got throosh with him there
wasn't much left % bury. A man
rum M 70 brsak tho news TO Va. I
wasn't hone NJ the time. aud be scz
60 the ole woman:
Mrs sne~d. sr' yo'r scn sam houss
today
". nln't' ssvs she
And do ~ know why he ainry
Not ersctiy. but nSkcu IT'S hAss
b~s sumwhsr slee'
THAT'S right. Mn. snsed- perfect
b hight and proper Tor son Sam
sin'i home and sin't comm hcmc. kase
he's goi birnc-s up thar In the land OF
angels and golden streets. which viii
tetaln him fur sum timer
1T was = sad case hut me and the
ois woman hsv s,ius reckoncd that
PrOvidcuoe hsd q hand In t. Gam
had sot that csntsnk~roos that thar
was no holdin' him hsct He'd rot to
fuss around or bust II b hadn't
tackled the bull ~ mishi hsv rc< into
A ruu In town on sks~ksbuu dnv ara