Show NOT AFTER iUIRRiEIS The Mountaineer Behind the Stump Was Looking for Larger Game I had planned to stop at Johnsons cabin for two or three days and meet up with a couple of prominent moon shiners but when I reached the place I found the family absent A colored man who passed by told me that he had met Johnson and his wife on the road going to town and that they would return re-turn before dark I therefore sat down on the doorstep to wait I had smoked half a pipe and happened to be looking into the woods across the road when I saw a man rise up from behind a log with a rifle in > his hands A glance was enough to show that he was a native and feeling the want of company I sauntered down the path and crossed over to him As I drew near and saluted sa-luted him I noticed that he looked chagrined cha-grined S Shooting squirrels I asked as I offered of-fered him some tobacco No sah he stiffly replied as he refused re-fused the gift Im waiting here fr Johnson The family have gone to town And Johnson aint home No Did you wish to see him No reckon not With that he turned and sauntered off and I saw him no more That evening I told Johnson about the man and expressed ex-pressed my surprise that he was se gruff RruffReckon Reckon he was disappointed replied tho old man with a laugh Wall that was Joe Handy Men Joe i hev had four or five pops at each other bout a lost hawg but no ones bin hurt I went to town today mostly to get another an-other pop at him He cum up yere mostly to git a pop at me Did you mean that ho was hiding be hind that log to get a shot at you I exclaimed Fur shore But he might have shot me by mis take takeIn In course Thats what I cant make out why he didnt Detroit Free Press |