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GUTHRIF, DKL., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 18S9.
OLD NAT 11. DOYLE.
A Story of Thanksgiving, Hotr-
K.illing and a Wedding.
LD NATII DOYLE
I was a practical man
J To us© his favorite
[expression, he made
"over aidge cut."
II is manner of as-
serting it was con-
vincing enough, but
those who traded
i with him fool it most
I keenly His front
; yard—two acres, be-
hind which his log
house squatted—was
planted in peach
trees. "Roses ain't
fittcn ter eat," said
be, "an* nothln'a beauty won't sell it.**
lie sowed turnips in the fence corners.
He lifted water from the well with a
pole to which a bucket was attached by
a leather strap. A hat generally lasted
him a dceade. A straw one which ho
found in the woods at a ramp-meeting
he wore three yoars. Then he did not
throw it away.
A hound pup playfully tore It t
pieces on<* afternoon He killed the pup
with a pine knot, skinned it, sold the
hide for six bits, and had his wife con-
vert the carcass into soap-grease Hut
he was good-natured and hearty, with
face smooth and red as a sunburnt ap-
ple, a wuU'ry mouth, biuo, humid eyes,
and nose like a wild-goose plum. His
laugh was almost inaudible—but ear-
nest, for it shook him all over
His daughter, Cinthy, loved a lawyer.
They wore discussing the situation at
dinner. She was a wholesome, meek-
looking little girl, with yellow hair and
pale blue, bashful eyes, the counterpart
of her mother whosatquietand thought-
ful at the head of the table.
"Taint no uscn talkin' tor me erbout
bavin' that spindle-shanks uv er Walter
Burton meanderin' erroun' these prem-
ises, fur I won't have it. Look at Molly
Morgan. Sho married er lawyer, an'
her daddy's got him an' her an' threo
brats ter purvide fur. Er lawyer ain't
wuth killin', fur sich carcusses won't sell
fur nuthin'."
"But, pappy," said Cinthy, "Tom Mor-
gan and Mr. Burton are two very differ-
ent people."
"They're all erlike. Ef they ain't too
lazy ter wuck, they're sutten ter turn
out wuss—steal some pusson outen house
an' homo."
"Mammy," said Cinthy, when the old
man had saddled his horse and rode to
town to collect a debt, which he pro-
posed to "shake outen" the follow who
owed it, as a better means than "law-
ing"over it—"pappy's good an' smart,
but he don't know ever'thing. He's mis-
taken about Walter. Walter ain't rich,
but he would bo too proud to take a cent
from pappy if wo wero to marry."
"Waal," replied the mother, "p'rhaps
he'll 8eo some good In 'im an' change his
mind. But he's sot ergin 'im now, an'
you can't do notbin' but wait."
Vld Nath. hitched his horse at the
publio "rack" and walked down the
street.
"Good morning. Colonel," spoke Bur-
ton, as ho passed that gentleman's of-
fice. Burton's legs wero thin, and his
face long and white. Old Nath., under
ordinary circumstances, would have
pitied him; now he felt indignant.
"I fit in the war, young feller, but
went clean through ez er privlt. So I
wer'n't or Colonel then, an' ain't now."
"Excuse me," replied Burton. "The
term is so common, I spoke it
thoughtlessly. Yet, it is truly
ono of respect, and means much.
1 take it that the custom of giving
military titles to men in civil life has a
direct significance. Ho who, by industry
and onorgy, succeeds in life—as you
have, for instance—is naturally spoken
of with deference by all people. Then
what morn natural than that a military
term, which was in war times an honor-
able one, and which custom still holds
to, should bo used to mark that defer-
ence?"
"Waal, we won't quar'l over it," said
old Nath., seating himself on the gallery
and leaning against a post.
"Come in and have a seat, Mr. Doylo,**
Burton insisted.
"No, I like ter lean ergin er post.
Confoun' ertown hog," ho exclaimed, as
two razor-backs ran by, the foremost
with a watermelon rind in its mouth.
"You couldn't fatten one on or hunnord
bushels uv corn."
"By the way, Mr. Doyle," said Bur-
ton, "I was crossing your range in the
Caney bottom yesterday, and saw some
of the finest hogs—well, they beat any
thing 1 overdid see. I wager ono will
weigh five hundrod pounds."
"Gimme ycr fist, young feller," he
cried, rising and taking the lawyer's
proffered hand. "Tobe Singlotreo of-
fered tor bet me tho biggest one won't
weigh over four hundred, but I know
better. Botten's er fool's argynient, but
I tole him I'd put my hoss ergin his'n
that it *ud pull within twenty-five uv
five hundred, either way. I'll killer
passel uv 'em on Tlmnksgivin' Eve, ef
the weather's favorable. Tobo's goin'
ter marry Cinthy ncx' Christmas time ef
be ken make the necessary errange-
ments with her, an' 1 think he kin—so
I reckin' ef 1 do lose er gal I'll win er
boss. Thar goes er man I wanter see."
And ho tumbled from his seat and
waddled briskly away.
The news about Cinthy made Burton
paler than usual. Ho loved her, and it
may have boen unmanly, but ho did it—
wont into his office and cried.
Tho weather was clear and cold. On
the spring branch, in a two-aore pen, the
bogs wero "corralled." Tobe Single-
tree was there, a pert, quick-spoken
young man, with deop-set eyes and a
sandy goatee; Zed Cants was there, a
mildewed youth of nineteen, dressod in
a high-water suit of red jeans, on which
lingered a distressing flavor of turpen-
tine whisky. Old Nath. was there.
The prize barrow was the last to be
immolated. "Now, Zed," said Nath.,
"you say you're er good shot, an' ez I kilt
the others, sposen you fotch this un
down."
"All rite."
He fired. Tho hog threw up his head
and snorted.
"Zed couldn't hit the side uv er meet-
in'-house," said Tobe.
"Tho fack is," protested Zed, "I
couldn't hit the groun' with my hat las'
nite, an' I'm sorter shaky ter-day."
"Git outen the way," said Tobe, "an'
see me drap 'im."
At tho flash of the riflo tho hog
squealed and ran limping to tho farthest
corner of tho pen.
Old Nath. was furious. "Er man," he
railed, "who couldn't hit er hog ez big
• that 'un orter be made shoot er dqd-
gun tho ball unco uv his days. P'rbaps,
e* you bet«rgin Its weight, you're will-
in' now tor swear it won't pull twenty
pounds? Gimme the gun"
"Hold on. Colonel," said a man who
had walked up to the frnoe and with
his arms across the top rail stood quiet-
ly enjoying the fun. "Lot me kill it."
"Whut with?" sneered Tobe, "er
club?"
"You could shoot better with one. I
see," replied Ilurton—it was be
"Er lawyer shoots better with his
mouth," responded Tobe.
"In tho court-house, yes. But here
his favorito weapon is the rifle."
He took the gun liko ono used to it
and neatly "dropt" tho hog.
"Say, young feller, I never knowed
you could shoot," exclaimed Nath.
"Thought you wuz erfoered uv or gun."
"We all think wrong sometimes.
Colonel.'*
The hog was cleanod and drawn.
"Now," said old Nath. "Tobe bets it
won't pull over four hundred I say it'll
tetch five hundred, ono side or tother,
not furthor'n twenty-llvo pounds. What
you say, Mr. Burton?"
"I would estimate it at four hundred
and eighty "
It weighed four hundred and ninety.
"Say, young feller, you've got more
sense than 1 give you credit fur. I
thought you never knowed nothin'but
law," said old Nath., effusively.
"We all think wrong sometimes, Mr.
Doylo. This morning Miss Cinthy and
I thought to get married without your
consont. But we concluded it would be
a poor Thanksgiving to treat you to to-
morrow, so we came down to soo you
about it. There she stands by tho big
beech tree."
"Cinthy, come hero," tho old man
called.
Sho came. "What's this moan?" he
asked.
"Didn't Mr. Burton toll you, pappy?"
"Yes, but confoun' it, what—what
will yer mammy say?"
"She has already said yes," was the
answer.
"Waal, when er man's wife's ergin
mites of merriment.
"Tins is the prop her position," said a
younr man, as he placed his aroi arouud a
maiden's waist.
Customer "Give me a dozen fried
oysters." Waiter—"Sorry ( sab, but we's
all out o' shell-fish, sah, 'eeptiu' eggs."
Wuex a young laJy begins ton .. .ifest an
interest in the arrangement of a ^oung
man's cruvat his bachelor days urc num-
bered. It ii time to begiu to hoard mouey.
"Well, ITucle Cicero, wi at muses you
look so glum!" "Well, sah. to tell you the
trnfe, uiy ole woman lias be^un to mske
buckwheat cakes auil she hasn't got into the
swiugof it yet, sah."
GROCtTRlE!
OI.D NATH. HITCHKl) HI# H
Mm, I rock'n he'd bettor knock under.
But Tobe—"
"Tobe's bizness lays rollin'," said that
gentleman, moving away.
"Tobe," called tho Colonel, "I don't
want yer hoss."
"I don't, nutbor. Nor my gun,
nuthor. I don't want nuthin' erbout
me ter make mo think uv this day," and
ho disappeared in tho hazel thicket.
Fatty-bread and sausage aro not good
for the digestion of a man whose habits
arc sedentary. But when ho marries,
on Thanksgiving Day, tho woman ho
loves and whTT loves him, tho wedding
feast is of small concern to him. So it
was with Burton.
"Walter," said the Colonel, solemnly,
with one hand on his son-in-law's shoul-
der and the other on a sido of tho prize
hog, as they stood in the smoke-house
that night after an inspection of the
contents, "at the very m inn it you spoko
erbout my fine hogs in tho Caney range,
ez you did that mornin', I felt my grip
on Cinthy er loosenin' an' your'n or
tightcnin'. But 1 wuz too stubborn ter
give up then. Won't you take er dram
bofo' goin' ter bed? But you don't
drink. Mob' lawyers do. Waal, of thero
iz er timo when I kin erford to take one,
it iz when hog-killin'. Thanksgivin'
an' er weddin' all conio right erlong ter-
gethcr in my fam'ly."
CIIAHLK8 S. BLACKBURN.
The Difference Explained.
Professor—Slimkins. explain the dif-
ference between experimental philoso-
phy and natural philosophy.
Slimkins—I suppose if I were to ask
you to loan mo ten dollars that would
bo experimental philosophy.
Professor—Yes, and if I were to re-
fuse that would bo natural philosophy.
—Peck's Sun.
Why lie Staltl at Home.
First New York Anglomaniac—What's
up, Dick? I haven't seen you at the
club for two days.
Second Anglomaniac—Haven't you
heard? Why, they've been expecting
another riot in London and I didn't
dare to go out for fear I'd got hurt.—
Judge.
A Common Ailment.
Frappe—Say, Scribbler! Did you ever
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Scribbler—Yes. I have it nearly all
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"Is that so? Isn't there any thing
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"Yes; about ton dollars would ease it
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Nothing New In England.
Mrs. Fangle—I see that a woman has
been admitted to the bar in Detroit.
Fangle—Women havo been admitted
to tho bar for years in England.
"Indeed! you surprise me!"
"Yea, every tavern has its bar-maid,
you know!"—Time.
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