, 1844-04-27

light as a handful of chicken feathers.
He hadn't been gone more'n no
time afore sister Kesiah, bust right
out a laughin.
Now" ses she. "if | don't FIX DR..
Pompossity good, then amt Kesiah
Stations, that's all. He's always been
cavortin abont and maxim so much OF
himself, as who but he! and now III
take him down a peg"
"Why, amt you gwine to hang up
no bag?-ses sister Ca!Iine. That
aint," SEES she.
"Oh, now, sis that's too bad to dis
appoint him So"
But the doctor shan'tbe disappoin-
ted. for I'll make aunt PrIssy hang up
one for him 10 take an airin In Ill
mornin if he's a mind to, and then
Wen see if he'll be as good as his
word
And shure enough. she called aunt
PriSSy and made her 90 up in the lott
and empty the feather bag, and FIX Il
rope to 1t, and go and hang it on the
porch for cousin Pete. Then she
ted Priss all how size must do in the
m~ornin. and we all went to bed.
couldn't sleep for thrnkin what Il
bominoble fool they Wa gwinc to
make III O poor Pete. Mary sed it
was a great shame to serve any body
so, but she didn't believe Keziah ev-
Ell would quit being wild and mis-
c~iievouS.
1t wasn't no great time fore ! heard
the gate squeak, and the next mint
there was 4 great mOnStrouS racket
among the dogs, and | know'd Pete
was come. ! could here the gals tit
tern and !aughIn III their room, and
the next thing bang! went something
aTIn the fence, and then one OF the
dogs set up a kIeye! like something
had hurt HIM, and all was still Tor a
iew minIts. Then | heard Pete step.
pm about very cautious on the porch,
and movin the table and chirs, then
the jIce shuck with his weight, as he
drapped mt the bag. All was still
agIn 4 little while, 'ccpt the gals
SnIckerln IN their room, and then !
heard Pete sneeze, and the dogs bark
ed, and | thought tie gals would laugh
SO loud hed hear EN-, but he KEEP a
sneezin spite OF all he could do.
NOW ses Mary, "aiut that too
bad, to fool any body that way-jes,
think how you would feel IN that old
Dag what's been toll of slinhIn old
chicken feathers for so long"
That's 4 fact ses |, but couldn't
help laughln, all the time.
Pete cleared his throte q time OF
TWO, aud every now and then he
fetched kind Of smolhered up sneezc,
and then the dogs would bark. You
better keep your mouth shut, old Tel.
Ter, thinks |, If you don't want to gIl
your wind Pipi lined with chicken
feathers. Every now and then the
ice would shake as Pete kept turhln
and twIstm round, tryIn 10 git fixed
comfortable, but | knew Their was no
comfort IN that bag, even ii Ii had no
feathers III ii, and then when /
thought what Il terrible dIsdppoInt-
ment was wattln for him IN the norm
IN | couldn't help pItyin him from the
bottom of my hart.
1t was a long time before we could
go 10 sleep, but | drapt off after a
while and didn't wake til mornln. |
was mighty anxious to see how the
thing vas gwlne to turn out, and got
reddy long before aunt Prissy come
10 see what vas in her bag-the gals
was up by day light too. to see the
fun. No body went out till all the
nlggers from the kitchen got round
the bag.
"Whoop e-e-e" ses little niger
Ned, "Mammy! see. what's dat hang
in on de porch"
"kihr' ses old ant IIetty, ''dat mus
be ole Sdntac!aus herself, fell in dar
when he was Putten Iasses candy for
PRS, and can't get out"
Pete never said nOihin watin for
the gals TO come.
"Oh! Miss Caliine and Keziah, come
see what | got in my bag" ses Pri>s.
81 spec It's something what uncle Fri
day iotch from Gusta. he spd he was
gwine to give me 4 Crismus."
BY this time the gals was on the
porch, and the nlggers unswung the
bag, and u tumb!ed Pete all kiver-
ed with feathers from head TO foot. so
you couldn't see his eyes, mouth,
whiskers nor nothin else.
"Whew!" ses he, as sosn as he got
his he'd ont, and the feathers flew all
over the floor, which skeered the lit.
tie ringers so they split TO the ski,ch.