The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-06-13

Dear, DEAR" sails she, "you have
wrastled long enough with him TO have
throwed him by this time. If you can't
throw him now, give II up, or he may
throw YOU"
presently, marm," sails Der darter.
''Il's always the same tune,'' sails her
mother, going off grumbling-"it's al
ways presently: what has got into the
gal to act so? Oh dear! what a pro-
tracted time she has ont. She has been
sorely exercised, poor girl"
As soon as she had gone, Barney |
larled SO, he had TO put his arm around
her waist 10 steady him on the bench,
in way that didn't look like rompin';
and when he went 10 whisper, he arf- |
ed so he did notbin' but touch her cheek
with his lips, in way that looked pla-
gully like kissing, and felt like it too;
and She pulled to get away; and they
had almost regular wrastle as they set
on the bench: when, as luck would
have it, over went the bench, and down
went both on 'em on the floor with an
awful smash, and in bounced the old
woman.
(Which is uppermost?" sails she:
"have you throwed Satan, or has Sa-
tan throwed you? Speak, Rusty; speak,
dear; whose throwed?"
Give throw'd him. sails her darter:
"and | hope I've broke his neck-he
acted 500
"Come to bed, them" sails she, "dar-
ling, and be thankful: say prayer
backwards, and
Jist then the old woman was seized
, round the waist, hoisted through the
trap-door to the roof, and from there to
the crane, where the basket stopped !;
and the first thing she know'd, she was
away up ever SO far in the air, swing
in in q large basket, and no soul near
her.
Barney and his niggers cut Stockholm
bic quick, crept into the bushes, and
went round to the road in front Of the
house, just as day was breakin.' The
old woman was then singln' out for her
dear life, kickin' and squeallin' and
cryin' and (aintin' all in one, properly
frightened. Down came Barney as
hard as he could clip, lookin' as nno-
and pretendn' TO be horrid frightened,
: offers his services, climbs up, releases
the old woman, and gets blessed and
thanked; and thanked and blessed till
, he was tired Of it.
"Oh!7 says the old woman "Mr.
. Oxman, the moment that Jerusha
. throw'd the evil one, the house shook
f like an earthquake, and as | entered
f the room he seized me, put me into his
basket, and flew off with me. Oh,
! shall never forget his fire eye-balls and
:, the horrid smell Of birthstone he hadn
"Had he cloven foot and u long
. tai?' said Barney.
IL couldn't see in the dark" said she
''but his claws were awful sharp, oh
, how they dug into my ribs! 1t cen al
/, most took the flesh of-oh dear! Lore
~ have mercy on us! | hope he is laiC
in the Red Sea now.'
~ 81 tell you what 1t is, aunty," saiC
. Barney, "that's an awful story; keel
it secret for your life; folks might say
the house was haunted-that you wa
: possessed, and that Jerusha was il
league with the evil one. Don't so mucl
- as lisp syllable off to lvin' slime
brea'hin; keep the secret and | will
- help you.''
- The hint took; the old woman hat
10 no wish to be burnt or drowned for I
- witch, and the moment Teller has
~ woman's secret he is that woman's mas
u ter. He was invited there, stayed there
and married there, but the old woman
never knew who ssThe Evil One'' was
ST. and always thought till her dying da.
e il was Old Scratch himself After dealt
re they didn't keep it secret no longer
e. and many a good laugh there has beel
50 at the story of Barney Oxman and III
70 Evil One.
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