Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-04-12
" TALLY"
Concluded from Third Page.)

were "all SET"
Tally was now held firmly between
the knees Of my younger brother
head to the rear and tail fore, where
timely assistance could be rendered.
Ervine then, with Charles and my
ssistance, soon had the dogs tail
looking rather like junk shop, with
its array Of cans and bells. He was
now released and given due momen-
tum. AS the peas ratified and the
bells rang, he gathered right good
headway, and would doubtless have
made better time but for one OF the
cans becoming loosened and from its
unfastened top began to distribute
peas with alarming waste in sort
Of zigzag row down the hill. We
speeded tho dog up bit by whiz-
zing chips in his general direction,
and by the time he had struck a
good speed, he attempted to leap
over the chopping block, thereby en-
tangling his rather too long bell cord
around the axe handle and disengag-
ed the sheep bell. This was discon-
certing, but not entirely hopeless.
Making wide detour of the bee
hives, he rushed with all speed down
the hill toward the cane-brake, MAX
ing hcad-on with the mooley COW,
who was placidly grazing in the or
chard, and whose affection for him,
under the most favorable circum-
stances, was not overly strong. She
at him with lowered head, thereby
accelorating his speed considerably.
In his encounter the COW bell, adorn-
ing the dogs tail rather than the
COWS neck, became entangled in her
tether, and Tally was now relieved
OF all save three cans Of rafting
peas. With these he plunged into
the depth OF the cane-brake and lay
down with a feeling, no doubt, Of
having run well his race"
At this critical juncture, pa, who
had most uncanny way of appear
ing at the wrong time, hove into
view. The very first thing that
caught his attention was most ir-
regular row Of dried seed peas COW
ering space between the white oak
and the chopping block, where there
seemed to be quite a handful. lie
lyn int,
afoot, and began counting heads to
see If all we're present.
where is James?" he queried,
VOL knowing that he was the ring
leader whcneyer mischief was afoot
81 think he went down the hill
sir,to take tho COW bell away from
Tally" answered Charlie.
"tIow did he manage to get hold
of the COW bell?" pa inquired, we'll
knowing It's accustomed place, far
cut Of reach Of even the destructive
Tally.
"He got his tail tangled up with
IL somehow" answered the young
ster, for all the world like he ex-
pccted the Governor to believe him.
"And where did Tally get these
peas, and this empty tin, with all Of
this twine on it?"
81 dunno, sir" answered he, while
pa began picking up few peas, OK
amining them quite too carefully to
mean any good to us. At this time
Ervine hove into view from around
the loom house. and was just in time
to solve the perplcxing problem Of
the peas.
eyes, sir, got them from the bas-
ket on the porch. They look just
like those in the bin, and were lot
more convenient" he explained.
eyes, my seed peas. I had just
gathered and shelled them, and had
expected to sack them this after
noon.'
He now called us up to him and
made it clear to lis that all those
peas were to be carefully gathered
up, trash free, and restored to the
basket. How we'll 1t was done was
shown some weeks later, after
warm rain, when the tell-tale green
plants showed up in sort OF awk-
ward squad dow across the yard,
with liberal clump Of them sprout-
ing from the base Of the chopping
block. This was most shocking. but
just another evidence Of ones sins
finding one out.
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