Show SHOOTING HEKS hens col R ava gwim were formerly neighbors aid ald nid had bad gardena gardens each other oilier one pleas int nt morning in lil ill spring about the time of planting col goir R met his lus friend the general in the street bolting over with rage gei gel sei him after this it is wise nise confound your darrld darrid old hens liens CJ anel onel I leen been umen een in my garden and scratched the beds every which way I 1 shall shill have tonte to Jc them allover ogain again cant you shut them up this summer iberl iners i keep cool general said the th colow colonel 61 1 I prefer tia that t my hens should have plenty of brun surl air exercise and food and I 1 dont believe belleve that diat your garden eds e ds will hart li urt art thern thenn atall atoll at all ali however if they trouble you much shoot em shoot gem bem em 1 41 1 I will by thunder thu uder colonel said the still more excited elied to general ill do it ill do it blamed if lf I 1 dont and turning turnau around on ills his beela heel marched I 1 away mad as a wild cat the next morning as the colonel was sipping his coffee the family were startled by b y the lie lle I 1 ieng ng bang abang 1 affire of nire fire arms the cause of wiil will which v A M ascertained the colonel on going to me ie division fence looked over aud alid saw gen M in the heat beat of double murder six fine specimens of the dunghill dung hill fowl were flouncing about on the ground unwilling just yet to yield up their giz to the gormand gou gout mand 40 aha general so you are executing your threat er are aro eyoul you V to be sure I 1 told you id do it and ill be darned if I 1 dont dout shoot all the tha rest if you dont shut em up but here take tako the thievish critters I 1 dont want ern em they are too highly bighley seasoned with shot for my family 1 thank you thank you gen arjust AI just wait walt a day or two before you kill an any y more until we ve eat these up and then ive no objection object iou lou to having tha the lne the rest shot now col R was rather jealous of his lightf and forever mo rever as fiery as mars in his disposition and it was a great m ross roys astery tery to the gen how bow he could keep so cool about this matter the sequel will show in two or three days after three mora more fine fat oat at chickens were thrown into the colonels garden and duly taken care of by the cook at last the general smelt a rat ills his own chickens were missing missing and the tile egg basket hung on the peg quite empt empty y to theetter the utter astonishment of his ills good wife who had imol never known a similar occurrence before col coi R said the general as they met one day in the street have I 1 killed all your liens hens yet killed all my hens general slowly repeated colonel IL R why I 1 havo have not owned a living hen these three years tile tilo gen sloped ile ija had shot and given to col R nine of his best layers carpet bag beg |