New-York tribune. [volume], May 11, 1913, Page 6, Image 26

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THE YANKEE
Drawl.,, t. u.,?,r m., Bv HAPSBURG LIEBE
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'ill
Pine G nd 1
? t the
in th,ir. i
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il 1 talk Iretter, to tell vou why the'
hain't none. Tl tart of it a
?'?r hu. klcberry ! i from
v.:; eel nd Boston,aj
: k down here wa - i pla? t- as a revi
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I up t.. ii. And if ..11 Yankees love pi?
ell, 1 re lov?
II fellei '"lit twenl I ill and
. ? ? twinklin'. I
world an ; that stayed with hit
when . ? 11' alwa? did t? mind me i I
Bui he B'as n-.ll> a man, mu? h oi
and in more ways 'n one; he would fight a high pe? :
ight it was right, or he would git down
from h help a junebug offen it back. Hi
' i ' ? Bi iding; bul he made us
call him Matt, be id il eei ed lik? even boss
? i/ered to the name of Charle).
"Nol thai I'm an) too good," he'd say, "I was a
ihinkin'of the ho u -." And then he'd throw back his
;\V.
Granny Carter a is a longtinv wiikl? r who lived in a
.Inn down elosl t" the edge of the mountains.
She had I'.ur grown and unmarried sons, who wa ,i
?i h. h .ilik.-, in -i/e and look . as the four fingers on one
>'yore hand i had brought them thar four boyi
up wit] ? mother ? ver took with
hildern. At tii I ? Inln't have no more use for Matl
?; n a mule has for a aide pocket. She didn't
f?-r him "ii a?. '.nut ?.' him a bein' a
enuei he didn't like the stillin' busin. nd hadn't
never liked il t ?lidn't take to Matt liccaus?
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O
i Bi ling, hot and tired, rode up to the gate
ifore her ?it tie - abin ami ax. Iness'
. give lniii ?omethin' I I t? Hin' her I
ut 1 ' irve.
, "if you ca? land to eal
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\.?-.*.. '? ain'i ii luiiir. h".- ?
cat? Matl "-:i that
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1 iiMtn: Carter
? -u please, with -ill the old crack?
floor that )
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to a table eovei
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triflii .. ?
But Matt II
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t that
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tit mountaii ; know, and i
-|.i mm? tell ; I've
l? froi ? ? idle up, and tin
? I proud of! I'v? ? ?
?. ,11? 1 they hat? whisky as much as I do. Mi
Mail Brading, my }>? re husbai
: ed these here hills, and he was kill?
. n brut? ! Do you wonder why we hate a
Slu push : faded bonnet back and itood thar ;
im inhlin' like a 1< if m a' earthquake, with her old eye
a -hinin' an?l her wrinkled thi I ?, t a throhbin'. y?
... he'd giv? ?11 h< r lif? to thei ?? ??' h? i
loved 'em ?? much thai she still tucked the cover
in i!,? v.itiu rtimc.
\| itl tolil m< thai he wanted to say somethin', bu
ihat it seetiied lik? Ik ?"ill??n't think of nothin' t., tit
Mow, gue how he fixed ?1 all up. Why, h? axed he
for half "' tin toth? r Im? kleb rrj pie, that's how.
"It" ?, h a i'.1 pie, an I h lik. th? m I u ?
turnin' n rl lik?' a ?boy
"thai 1 cain'l help axin' for it. even if it hain'l goo,
? .? i ."
Granny Cartel topped lookin' mad, and give him th*
loth? t pi?, whi? h lu- ? I , stock, ramrod
barrel, ami ighl , And hi know? I tietter'n to offer fa
|.a\ f.a ihe |ii, . ItMa m.al,- lu r mad, and he knowed if.
VF7KLL, Mali Bnnlinggol to passin' Granny Carter's
? cabin cvei nsl h< could git; and Granny
i .it? i took i?? keepin' two frc h huckleberry pi? on
all Hi. time, with their i?dg< double scalloped,
nul loi n' piiik'.- pl?i ? |ui< <? had soakeil
h. An?l, Sir. !i. ???.H gi?1 t?. thinkin' -?. well of
? ? all? 1 him by 1 ? < ailed
..Il foui of her owi "Honev. Wui t 1
might> nigh a losin' hi ? ?/< r?a tin smile a tryin' to t?il
to him. He
r thai ? pal it? ???
I li?hi an?l mil? ?r??m . heal
So on? nun wlu h he rode up h< was a wait in' ai the
' M i ? ?nkin* ovi r what
v.. wa a lalkin'< tim? you was here. [ eain't
?t ex?
"Thar i ? l it," Matt. " ! '
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??\, : e to know i! '????.
with the biggest kind ??' sperit. .- ,,n? ^
rnaki my four !?? :,, V,,J
? ? nil up thar in Piw Gap, 1
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??! v. ish to good) Matt. H
il ':
paid Well for it. Whar can 1 find '? i
?i, , up thar in the woo :
holl? rfor B
So Matl B
They knowed Matt;
stran ?
ti told '???;:..' the old woi n ..
a helpin' to la '? ' ? Pii ?
and his brothers gol up in tin? air rig
til ill ?.t it.
??II ..'. long,1 ? '? i
kni?', "do you reckon we'd lasl il w?
turnin' somebody up for moonshinin'.'1
think we warn to di?
-\..- nu !" - '? - Lige, ???' '? !'? '? ' norti has
wild hogs in a corner, "Why,' Li
was jesl seen a goin' around with you,
You needn't to think thai
hain't done ii" shootin' I . ,
lin't got no guns. They'v?
i r rel'
fellers isas mean as b'iled-down .
??I know the mountains,
you, Matt, the best thing for you 1
job and let the moonshiners atom , V
we know it hain't right, . Ma(,
Ii- ding, and we wanl you to live yii
Their mother cwne up jesl tin n,
in" in one han I, and I ? ?.' in the
brighi sunlight, and thing
??Li ?- ?i -.i me a minute, Boj ? <'?n'ra!
a givin' orders aion th? 'B
killed "ii account <>' moonshiw - was i
little baby and couldn'1 walk. I got i
?. I took his pore h< settm'
thar "ti the ground, and the bl
dress to my kii" !?'? ? ? tluii bio? B ? t! \\
hain't a mean thing '
moonshiners. I ?ain't help hatin' ', m, ? I ?!,,??'?
know for certain jesl who they are.
. Bible; bul God A'mtghtv know I'i
h, lp hatin'! ('." with Matt, B
. ain't. Stick to him t?
all brought back without the bn
heap 1
? do, to turn up
. . ? the mountaineei
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Bu< k. "\\< < ain't '?? een in yon
. ??'! and then tell you.
?
,, waitin' to tell you what we've found."
??\ Matt, "1 want to 1
[ don'l tit to let th? ?
?,' in? lined to I ? I
Il S., ? Ihn M .11 in .it i
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