Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-04-09

| was afraid to ventur' up that way. See,
was arter stealth their fish they'd coiched
thro' the day, which knowd in reason
they'd have string on 'em In the water at
the kunnoo landin', to keep fresh. Well,s see
in of the dog 'cluded I'd tack the inimy
By water, instd o. land. So with that
took the rooyer about thirty yards above
here, and sure enough, finds the string of
fish iist whar knowed they'd be; and then
Starts TO swim down the river little
ways, and GIT out below, and go to Jerry
Whites, and tell him the joke. Boys,
amt you all gitsin' mighty dry? I am"
And Daddy Biggs drank again.
"Well, boys, jist as got whar that DID
hook was, not thinkin' of nuthin but the
fun, the cussed thing ketcht in one thigh
of my over-hauls, and brought me up short
| tried the cussedest ever Teller did TO
get loose, and couldn't. had no knife,
and thar Flew round, and pulled first for
ard and then backards, and reared and
pitched and made the water bile. Fact
boys, | was " hilched to a swingin' limb, "
and no mistake. Once or twice | got on
the top o. the sugar-loaf rock, and je-e est
about the time I'd 90 to unite the id
rope of line, the blasted rock was so slip
perry, off I'd slaunch Fact, boys!--And
it aggivated me; it aggivated me smartly
that it did! Eff I'd a. had liquor then,
I'd a took some, was SO id mad
Well, in this fine, that long legged cusS,
Jess Cole, wakes up, as | tell'd you, and
hollers out the way norated. Boys, what
do you all say TO another drink lit makes
me so cusscd mad every time think bout
i'll"
Once moro Daddy Biggs gazed at the
stars!
"Soon as Jess said that about his cat
bein' bigger'n mine, said in my mind,
I'm whip you certnp Well, they all kept
most HI of holern', and every now
and then some on 'cm would throw a long
log O wood as they had cut for fire, as nigh
at me as they could guess, to stunt the cat,
but the limbs of the tree helped nightly in
keepln' 'em otf--tho' they'd strike pretty
close by me 'casionaly, ca-junk, strIkin'
eendforemast You see. So they kept up
fright smart THROWN O logs, and me right
Epeart dodgln', for seine time and | tell
you, it took raal nice judgment TO keep
the Internal hook outen my meat; il grain
ed the skin several times, as twas. AT
last, Jess he climbs into the tree and gifts
on the limb right over me, and ses he,
boys, blieve hits mud turkle, for see
somethin' like the form O one right under
me- Thinks |, yoau find il one of the
snappin' sort, Judge. Then another one
ses, ,har's way TO try that, Jess, eff you
see him. and he hands Jess gig. Now
ses he, gig him."
"GIG the DEvIL" ses |, for gas pes
tered!
Great G-d!" sqnalled Jess, "hit's the
Deviln and down he tumbled RICH; a top
ne thought | was busted open from
one cend to totheri Sure enough though
| warn't but only busted loose from the
line. Both on US put for the bank quick
but on account Of my gittin' hold of the
gig, which ruther bothered me. Jess got
ashore fust. was right arter him tho,
tell you, Nth the gig! When | clum IN
the bank. found the rest was all kleen
gone, and thar lay Jess. which had stump.
ed his toe agin somethn', right fiat of his
face, a-moanin' dreadful!
Oh, I've got you no,r, Jess SEES |.
"' Please Devil!' says Jess.
"sMust take you along wi me- scs !
in the d-dest most onycafhty voice you
ever heerd.
"s The hogs took warn't MARKED Sc:
cess, o-shiverin all over.
"' They warn't yourn,' ses I.
"sI'll never do so no more,' ses Jess, a.
shiverin' wuss and wuss, 0ef you'll le
me off this time.''
"Can't do it, Jess! want you in Topic
] to strike for Vince Kirkland. I've got hin
} thar, a-blacksmithin' of it. He does al
J my odd jobs, like pineiin' of my tail an,
! SIGH like! Can't lei you of-l've com,
: a purpose for you!n
$ 81 seed the poor devil shudder when
called Vince's name, but he didn't say n.
t no more, so Jobs the gig thro' the hint
2 part of his oyerhauls and starts down /,
k the kunnoo landin' with him, in a pear
. trot. The way he scratched up The dir
/ as he travelled backards on his all-fours
s was perfect sight But list as / strucl
e the river, he got holt of grub, and tn
o gig tore out, and he started t'other ray
e never seed runnin tell then faint n
1 use.to try 10 tell you how fast he did run
[ couldn't do it in week. A sscare
woll'' warn't nothing TO him. He ru
s faster'n six scared wolves and a yearlr
| deer. Soon as he got start, made f.
e a log whar seed their guns, and benin
that | finds the big powder gourd they a
e kept their powder in thai they war'nt
y usin'. Thinks |, Of you amt all klee
gone, I'll finish the job for you; so | pitcl