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Noted Note * Ancestors AncestorsON AncestorsON Aacestererf ON N THE lltUe little Hogg Hoeg Dickson Dicksonranch Dicksonranch Dicksonv- Dicksonv Dicksonvranch - ranch at Case Casa BIanca Blanca Mexico- Mexico Mexicoonly Mexicoonly Mexico Mexicoonly - - only 300 000 acres-I acres I acres - - I met the capo- capo caporal caporal capo-ral capo ral - - - ral or head man of a cow herd and andone andone andone one famous as all a rifle shot , , , an upstand upstandIng upstanding upstandIng Ing clear eyed Mexican . , , but I fan fanl fanclod tancied l ) Jl Jlcled cled clod with some taint faint indefinable sug suggestlon suggestlon suggestion gestlon of the Anglo-Saxon Anglo Saxon - - In hili his hilitaclal hisfacial hiafacial taclal facial contours . However .I'owever .Iowever Iowever irowever ' his name nameas nameas a as s I caught It it , , was pronounced Er Ert Ernesto Ernesto t } nesto Boo-na Boo na - - ' which which . , , to my alien alienears alienears , ; ears sounded Latinesque LaUnesque enough enoughtor enoughfor enoughfor tor for all purposesHe purposes purposesHe : He knew no English EngUsh yet when I Imentioned Imentioned Imentioned mentioned Kentucky-a Kentucky a Kentucky - a thing I ve ye vebeen yebeen vebeen been known to do betore--he betore he before-he before betorehepoured beforehepoured before - - hepoured poured out a rippling rippUng flood of Span Spana SpanIsh a ' * Ish Louis Kresdorn the Texas born bornmanager bornmanager bommanager manager translated ' . Ernesto say says . he has heard of at It a Itf af af f r away place called caned Kentucky Ac Acr AcC C ( ' rdmg rdlng rding to a legend In his family family1 familyI I 1 a s great great grandfather grandtather once1 onceI once I ved there-was there was there - - was muy valiante vallante muy rnuyv muyv v vo andwas and was the nephew of an even evengreater evencreator greater reater Gringo warrior who drove drovett drovetI tI tt c e a savages before betore him like tumble tumblew tumbleweeds tumbleweeds w weeds ( . eds before betore a windCO windSo wind windSo ; So CO I saw a light and I Inquired Inquiredt InquiredI I t v y Ernesto spelled his last name nameI I 1 I e spelled It the orthodox way ways wayS s < ; > ) as es members of ot the same stock stocka a iioneer i J ioneer laneer ancestreis ancestress of ot mine having havuign havingJT havingn JT n arried nrrled a . kinsman of at the great greatIH greatpuff greatpitt IH puff II finder I held a reunion with this thismighty thismighty . mighty huntsman who is proud that . I } e I ' too collaterally Is hi descended descendedfrom descendedfrom descendedfrom from Daniel Boone BooneULIKE . BooneDachahmids . . . Dachshunds Dachahmids DachahmidsI DachahmidsLIKE LIKE dachshunds They ve VI ye ' more more5ense moresense morecense I ULIKE ILIKE 5ense sense of ot humor than anything I Iever Iever Iever ever saw that came out of Prussia PrussiaI . I always figured the breed was pro pro- produced produced produced - - duced by crossing a rat terrier ona on a . German compound verb and r I rstill Istill Istill still believe you could combine use usefulness usefulness usefulness fulness with their natural comedy comedyby comedyby comedyby by training them to retrieve collar collar.IIi collarC collarbuttons .IIi IIi C . buttons from tram under low bureaus bureausI I Indorse the phrase of at the math mathemaUcal mathernatfcal mathematlcal emaUcal ernatfcal sharp who said a dacha dachahund dachahund dachshund hund was half halt a dog high and a dog dogand dogand dogand and a half halt long but I claim Cap Cap- Captain Captain Captain - - tain Mike Hogg 1I0gg s chauffeur cbauft'eur cbaufteur ' Mose Mosecoined Mosecoined Hosecoined coined the best description yel yet yelWhen yetWhen . When Mrs Hogg brought borne home the theif thefirst if first one Mose ever beheld his bls eyes eyesbulged eyesbulged \ bulged out like twin push buttons on ona + a mahogany door jambv jamb v , . ' Lawsy 'Lawsy ' Miss Allcel Alice ! ' he ex exclaimed exclaimed . claimed , , "whut whut " is this here thing ? ! It s , a dog ' , Wellum said Mose If y you youhadn yxihadn " > u hadn t told me I d 'a a * ' a * ' said it ft wal was wala wasa wasa a snake on roller skatesHunting skates * . . . . Hunting In Texas TexasIT IT } TT 1 ' WAS raining so hard even the theseagulls theseagulls the1 seagulls were trying to get In the theclubhouse theclubhouse theclubhouse clubhouse So the ducks went away away50mewhere awaysomewhere awaysomewhere 50mewhere somewhere out of ot the weather So Sothe Sothe Sotir the hunters who were less Inte11l inteilf Inte11lgent inteilfgent intelllgent gent than the ducks came back backfrm backfrm backfr frm ) } im the blinds bUnds dripping like 110many somany so 110 soAfter many leaky hot water bottle bottles bottlesAfter . After Atter being balled bailed out out , , , we sat satdown satdown satdown down to vittles-nothing vittles nothing vlttles - - nothing unusual unusualj unusualf j f ist 1st the customary club dinner An All Anwe Allwe Allw we found on the menu wai was beef beefhash beefhash beefhash hash duck . stew .tew tew Uvtr Uver liver and onions onionscountry onionscountry onionscountry country smoked sausage and home homemade homemade homemade made headcheese also hot biscuits biscuitscorn biscuitscorn biscuitscorn corn pone pones * . and rice cakes lIkewise lIkewiseturnip likewiseturnip likewiseturnip turnip greens rice sweet potatoes potatoes.quash potatoessquash potatoescquash .quash quash squash . . snapbeans .napbeans napbeans and eye hominy hominymoreover hominymoreover hominymoreover moreover six kinds of at pickles picklespreserves picklespreserves picklespreserves preserves lellles jellies and jam jams . besides besidesItewed besidesstewed besidesftewed Itewed stewed pears apple pie papershell papershelt papershellpecans papersheltpecans papershellpecans pecans and various fruits truits Then ThenMrs ThenMrs ThenMrs Mrs Jacob Smothers ) the tle club hostess hostess host- host hosts - - - ess < s came in to say that that , . , if II anybody anybodyin In the th future craved anything sp spa- spa spacat spe-c spe c - c cat al shed she d try to fix It up-and up and up - - and won wondered wondered wondered dered why such of ot her h r gorged gueslta guestsas guests gueslt as a i 8 weren t too tar far gone uttered fee tee- tee fee- teeble feeble feeble - - ble laughterBeing laughterBeing laughter laughterBeing Being now convalescent , , I am sm ama smable amable a able ble to report tha that t Southern Texas Texasla Texasis is one on * part of at the Union where eat eat- eatIng eating eating - ing ! is s sUU IIUll still being belne carried on a as . a aregular aregular aregular regular habit . . . inviN IRVIN 8 S COBBCovJ'rtcht COBBCoprrtght COBO COBB COBOC CovJ'rtcht CovJrtcht Coprrtght CovJ'rtchtWNU CoprrtghtWNtl C * ' yrlkt ( -WNU WNU -WNtl WNtl - WNU 8ervt Bervtc aervic * . |