Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-02-20

'oSC. S"dpt ncI away IOI OiO ~ nttcIdCe
and pinchback watch, and two dollars to
boot. But she lacked wind. and by the
time she came up by the Ofisde Of the
shay, she WAS putting. But as soon as the
girls saw Mr.. Beed!c, they set up such i
p'iItui crying as went TO the bottom Of his
heart and put fresh grease into his elbow
II was now he worked the cowskin in ear
nest. Every lick told, and left its sting
upon the old mares hide, and she reared
and pitched as if a hornets nest was tied
to her tail. Bat old Bony heard the rum
pus behind him, and knew what it meant
lie had heard the crack Of whip before,
and the mere johnny Beedle punished the
mare, the faster he went. If he ever han
died d spitetul hoof, il was now. Dld'n,
the highway suffer! ] said he trotted be-
fore, but lied he hadn't begun to trot.
The mare pushed him hard, and all the
way from Staples barn to Jonas Hatha-l
ways, it was neck or nothing.
But it was the luck Of my old mare, il
there wis ever hole or rolling stone a.
ny where within reach TO fird it OUT
And Mr.. Hathaway had carried the dram
of his cellar rather TO far into the road.
He meant TO have covered it up. %! by
all means, but it was training day, you see
and there il was. 81, in the heat OF the
race, when she was eainin. it, inch by
inch, the Old m.rc pumped her fore feet
into Hathaway,s drain, and canted her
hIEd quarters over her head, throwing
Johnny Heedlc into the air, and herself
bottom upwards, into the gutter. And a.
way we.t EonDy ,joicing: he cooked
up his head and tI'l, as he went, a;.d gave
sn'rt as loud as trumpet.
The poor Rawsol girls chung together
in a heap, frightened to dea,h-all but;
For what could thay do? Jump ont of the
shay and break their necks! This they
were ready 10 do, OR they had lost their
wis, but help appeared when they least
thought Oft. They soon arrived at the
crotch, where the old and new roads come
together, and passing the Pound, who
Should they see before them but Jack Ro-'
binson? He WAS coming down the road
armed end quirpad the law directs.
and bling i'll re9in entails, going too late
To training. Ills name was prlcked OF
and in Il moment Jack planted himself in
utc Ht'u.ie Oh tIc VaN, Win charge Dag .
net 4 loud swao-cwt
AT the sight OF tbs warikc figure, the
old horse stood like rabbit. He dared
neither go onward nor Stop; and what
does he DO, but fetch wInrl, clear round
on the spot, and turn back again. The
whlrl was so short and so quick. that Jack
thought it 4 miriclc the shay was not up
set and broke all to spInters, and the
Rawson girls smashed into mince-meat!
Aud :l...!c.c it would have been, but for
one reason, and no sooner were they fair
Iy TUNED: tail to than Jack saw lit was
Il two busheI bag full of meal LAID over,
and lashed on the axle tree. The reason
was ballast.
1t WIS not there, with your good will
ard consent, Miss Sally, and Peggy, and
Jinney. To gentcel, by half, TO carry
meal bugs. WHAT are we coming to-
May be | don't know how you pCuied
md turned UP your nose at vour fathers
last words-'Iei! your granny says he,
that eggs are n.nepence ami stop at the .
mill and bring home the grist' And did !,
you not ell agree to target il? Answer
ne inat--iiil Andrew Kelly came out OF
his mill and called to YOU So civil he was
Cutting off piece Of lis wift'S cloths Il
iue and it-hcd it on highland no thanks
rom yoC-taou-h he had such ravcr.
or bis pains 10 sing him TO sleep, every {
night, Tor iorini,e after. i
Back again went Eo1y, at his pretty {
ST gate. but Rot the sime way he had
,ome; this time he chose the cid road,
or change. Here waa long down a
ill, not steep but lie oed of loose stones :
rom top to bottom. and half way down. {
ny Ben Legs harrow, tooth upwards.
Ben was DIRE adiul sorry he left it there. ,
,ut you can't think how he was worried /,
nd pushed to get OFF to training and iii
he stone wall, there was nothing TO
parc-Mr. Robinson thinks not, Old
Sony,' says he, 'wcnt rafting down the
ill like thunder; and when he came IT, {
be harrow. horse and shay together mad, {
clean leap over il as slick rs a * oves ,
steel trap Mind give You Mr. Rob /
nsoLs word for this, not mine. lie was 5
here, and was not As for the girls :
hey shut their eyes and held their bseati. I
nd how they reached the bottom of the ! L
Nil nigh: end upwar 5 tn.y could not tell. .
But more heip was ct hand. 5
Step that horse, ston-;hat horse. The 9
ovs had been LET, far behind ia the race. !.
nd when the shny reached the cro;ch. =
Key were jus: passing jonas Ha,haways. 6
they had run themselves out into long x
,rin1; the .iggest 10 front, and tapering v