Show A new kind of gun SELLING MR JONSTON on oil tho the banks of tho tha hudson lives one mr jonston remarkable kable for his great credulity and a habit he has of being always posted up on an any bt bit of f news or singular fact that may be related in his hearing indeed nothing can be told him however marvelous or absurd that he doos does not knot know all about before ind and thus he has become the subject of many a good ake put upon him by his fun fan loving neighbors inciong the best of these is the following ono ona day mr johnston feeling in a sporting mood wont vont 11 down to york and purchased a fine double irrel arrel fowling piece briglia bright and early on the following morning lie he sallied aurto out to try his gun and his evil lestina led him to meet a little mulatto boy named fake who hung around the place running of errands kc fcc now jake though a little one was a trump and he never lost an opportunity of 11 running a saw on oil 1 massa jonston 11 11 look hero jae said jouston jonston eager to show liis his purchase 11 look at this gun did you ever see a better one 11 I 1 11 dats a bully fine fowlin piece dat ar is but gor or a mighty massa johnston its I 1 gall awang dat at is grekon reckon you know dat was a 11 galla wang when you byed it did you 11 yes I 1 did jake says mr johnston swallowing I 1 the bait ive been wanting a I 1 gill awang gun it looks like a good one though dont it 11 yes bully good looking gun for a gall awang I 1 but dey day say dat dem dam guns mighty apt V to kick like de debbia specially ef you aint used to farial of em am i alii 11 way are you goin a sp ortin massa jonston 11 down the river road said jonston and jakel jake having baving learned all he wanted ran down the road indicated telling the men who were reaping on either iida ida of tile the gall awang gun and asking their assist ace to carry out tile the joke soon along comes jonston and the first reaper ac dats him 11 fine morning for sporting mr jonston may took look at your gura gun why save my soul sou its a I 1 gal 11 awang yes and a fine specimen too I 1 fancy I 1 can k out a good gall awang as well as the next man pd mr johnstons Jons tons bosom swelled w with ith a sportsmans sports mans tide ride 11 I 1 should bo be pretty kearful that my will was made I 1 1 I was going to fire a gall awang less id had some potice with em am muttered mattered the man iu ill an audible ader tone as lie he returned it 11 all ah said mr jonston to himself as he walk I 1 on what the devil does the fellow mean by that id ho he carefully examined the alie gun turning it gently pud and round 11 I 1 dont see he went on 11 that so very different from any other gun I 1 expect p gall awang must be inside somewhere 1 I good morning mr jonston a u fine morning sir ay I 1 look at your gun I 1 certainly As you yoa were doubtless about to ob irve it s a beautiful specimen of the 11 Gall awang says the reaper but bless us lis mr inston inston cocking it and removing a cap camj youve tat lent and loaded it the same us as you would any other in n well why not 71 says mr jonston turning very fe de 11 why sir if a fired that gun in its present tic ate a your head off aff sir ilia Vs all 5 good gracious says mr estan 11 and left an wife and seven saven small to deplore ly loss but what am I 1 to do how in thunder wl till I 1 get the confounded thing off 11 id fire it for you myself sir but 11 i t no my good man you also have a wife and enily affection forbids the sacrifice but I 1 must t rid of the cussed thing some soma way if I 1 leavo leave it alad ahmo unsuspecting being not knowing that is 6 a gill awang will blow himself up and if I 1 fire i all ah I 1 have it I 1 ill throw the horrid thing in the ier for and walk walking ing sadly to the brink he cast it in jake who had watched wat clied his proceeding from a dis ric now fairly rolled on the gross grass in an of light alight 11 and first marking the spot where the galla aang a dg had disappeared he cut across the f ields fields aud and tas las sitting on a log with a most innocent expresion of countenance when mr jonston entered the ard rd I 1 I 1 massa jonston Jon stoin did you yon kill any birds sir 11 no jake I 1 did not that gun gun suit sait me so volt tell as I 1 expected and im going to take the even ag I 1 aig boat down to york to get gat a gun that aint galla fang ang 1 that night jake went 11 eeling down to the very pot where mr Jo jonston inston cast in liis his gun and it is arrantly ly reported in the neighborhood that almost toy hy day when mr jonston about you may to jake out a sport sp ortin ial I 1 with that identical 11 galla wang lang |