The Southern journal., 1846-02-28

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LIAR skeery. had sot myself on
thv eend OF the snag and war jest
Itryin' to cypher out some way to git
ashore, when thought ldiskivered a
feller sittin' on the bank. AT fust, he
looked so black in the coat thought
it war TON Sellers, who'd sot himself
down TO wait for fight. Tom had
on at the frolic a black blanket coat
with velvet collar, and he thought
it particularly nice. Arter lookin' at
him move about and set down on his
hunkers once or twice, ! thought I'd
boiler to him: but he appeared so
dreadful drunk that | didn't expect
much help from him.
"Tom,' shouted l, scum out here
with dug .out and help feller off,
will your"
He sot still without sayin' a word
I"Well," says to him, "you're mean
er than an lngin!-and would bait a
trap with your daddy'a leggins.' He
didn't move for spell; at last into
the drink he popped, and thought /,
be is mad, and no dispute. could
see him paddlin' right fur me, and
hollered to him that | had no inster.
ments, but he didn't say whisper,
only showed along the faster. AT last
up he sum agIn my snag, and the next
minnit he reached for me, and then he
tried to fix bis teeth in my moccasin
so guessn' il war time to do sumthn'
: | jest grabbed for his muzzle, and I'n
J, blessed boys, ef il warn't great HI
: bar! The cussed varmint had watch
ed me from the house, and seed | bat
no weapons, and when upsot he jes
counted me his'n, and was quietly cal
culatin' on the bank how bed bes
: git me out Of the water. had moth
in in the yeafth BUT a small fame,
. penknife, but | stuck that in him S,
quick that he let me go, and while h
swum to one snag, reached fur an
other. Never heerd a bar laff ou
afore, but l'm sucker eff he did'n
snigger twice at the way he rollet
me off my log.
Wed sot looking at one another fo
a spell, when seed the varmint git
tin ready to call on me agin, and il
about about a second more, off ht
dropped, and straight be took shute
for my location. AS he came up close
to me slit bis ear with small blade
and he got mad; but jest as he wa
oirclng round me TO git good hold
| dropped onto his hinder eend ane
grabbed his har; my little blade kel
him dreadfyl itchy. Well, the fun 0
the thing wur. boys, as soon as The
varmint teched the shore, he turned
right round on me, and I'm cussed il
had'nt to turn round, too, and scratch
for the snag agin! with that consarneC
bar feelin' my legs with his paw every
stroke | was maxim TO git away from
him! ] got little skary, now, and a
good deal mad, fur thar the varmin
wur waitin fur me, and whinin' as e
he had been ill,treated, and ! wui
perched up on sawyer, boggin' az
and down in the water. At last ] so
a hollerin' and kept on at it, holleret
louder, until seed some one cum from
the house, and singin' out agin the,
answered me. asked who it war
and found it war Molly, Old Allc'
darter; SO | gin her description o
my sitcaytion, and she war into dug
out in a minnit, and paddlin toward
me. ! believe ! said wonce, BOYS
that bars wvr knowin' creaturs. but e
thar's anything true in this yearth
it's the fact, that this consarned ami
NAL had made up bis mind to upso
that gal, and Pm blessed ef he did'n
jest as cute as efhe'd bin human! Star
tin from his snag he swum 10 the dug
out, put up both paws, and over i
went over went Molly into tn,
stream, and off slid Mr.. bar. latin gu
: loud! as Pm white man. ...