The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-06-22

IWlte'lh L DeItNe Will lbhe u Illllt
drop, as medicine.
=" Confound him if he'd said he'd
only leave little drop, ii would been
more ] Ike the hing, for he e'en almost
rmp'led The whole into the cup, and
frank it oil clean, without winkn'.
l'sa 'very refreshin' time, sais !
'ain't /" But he didn't make no an,
swer. SAs |, chats likely beas, of
yourn, Elder aud opened her mouth,
and took look at her, aud no easy maj,
ter mother, | tell you, for she held on
ike bear trap with her jaws
"She won't suit you, sais he, with a
smile, Mr.. Slick
81 guess not sais
Bot she'll jis, suit the French, sal,
he.
"lfs lucky she don't speak French
hen, sais |, 'or they'd soon find he,
tongue was too big for her mouth
That crller will never see fve-and.
twenty, and Pm thinkin' she's thirl,
year old. if she is day
g was thinkin', said he, with a sly
look out o. the corner of his eye, as il
her age warn'I no secret 10 him, Il wa
a ihinkln IFS time to put her off. and
she'll jist sui the French. They han,e
much for hosses 10 do, in a giniral way
but to ride about; and you won't say
noihin about her age, will you? 1t might
endamni(y sale
:" Not I,'sais l, Il skin My own foxes
and lei other oks skin ,heir'n. ] have
enough TO do 10 mind my own business
without interferin with other peoples.
She'll jst suit The French sas he
they don't know nohn abou, hosses
or any thing else. They are simple
people. and always will be, for rher
priests keep 'em in ignorance. It's o.
awful thing 10 see them kept in the ou,
er porch of darkness that way aim
Iu?'
! :" | guess you'll put new pane oi
glass in their porch, sais /, 'and help
some O. them 10 see er:for whoever
gets that mare, will have his eyes open.
led, sooner nor he bargains for,
\ know
"Sais he, she amt bad mare; and
f she could eat hay, might do a good
Ieal of work yet,' and he gave kinder
chuckle laugh at his own joke, thai
sounded like the ral;les in his throat, il,
was so dismal and deep, for he was one
of them kind Of fellers that's too good
TO larfe, was Steve.
"Well the horn of grog he took be.
gan to onloosen his tongue ;and | got our
of him that she came near dyin' the win
Ter afore, her teeth was so bad, and that
he had kept her all summer in a ,ke
pasture up 10 her fellocks in white clio.
yer, and ginn' her grourd oats, and
lndgian meal, and nothin 10 do all sum
mer; ;and in the fore part of The fall, billed
potatoes, and he'd got her as fat as .
seal, and her skin as slick as an o,ter's.
She fairly shined agn, IN the sun.
She'll jst suit The French said he,
they are simple people and don'I
know nothin, and if they don't like the
mare, they must blame their priests for
nol ieachin 'em better, | shall keep
within the strict line Of truth, as be
comes a Christian Nan. scorn to take
a man in.
"Well we chalted away arter this
fashion, he a openin' of himself and mt
= walkin' into him;and we logged along
ItiIl we came TO Charles Sarrio's to Mon.
ragon, and there was the matter of =
thousand French people gathered there,
, chalterin' and laughin', and quarrelin'
and racin', and wrasllin', aud all civ.
IN tongue, like pack oE village dog
when an lndgian comes to town.
was town meelin' day.
"Well there was a crlter there, call.
ed by nickname, 'Goodsh Greevoy,' q
mounted on white pony, one o. III,
'cdriest little screamers you ever see
since you was born He was irwin
10 gel up race, was Goodish and ban
erin every one that had hoSs TO run
with him.
His face was forlin' TO painter
His foIhead was'high and narrer, there
on only long strip o. lawny skin, in
line with his nose, the rest benz cover
ed with hairs black as ink, and as ilev
rs seals name. His brows was thick
husky and overhanging, like young
brushwood on cliff. and onderneathl
was two black peepn' little eyes, that
kept movin' about, keen, good nalured
and rogulSh, but SO f,st into his skull,