Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-03-17

/ but Jim Spooner's.
l Cum, JED, SEE he flare up. the mares waiting;
! where's your gal! felt so ouniounded Ike that
didn't know what tn think The dogs she Is,
SEE, i we'll go rite out and get in and I'll be there
in tow seconds. But tn look round their
warn, nobody gOin' our way but what had go.
fc!!ers. except lieity Gauhins. Thinks l. III
stay al mite and cort LIZ, bat jest then see Mike
Long J with one arm around Las waste, and
sooAin as no!n coon II corl-lcld. 50 seed
i. plain that il was Hety or hum alone
and to make the nat.or short axed her. Shc
sed she didnt kcro II Sic wcat with me seem as
how had GOT 4 wagon, went out and ,um-
bied in. THAR warn! o. y che seat. SO sot in
Ueuy's lap and Jim so n Prude's lap, and of
we started. diin't feel li!;o being very long on
the road, onl guess the old marc didn't either,
for VIC hadn't gone far atoro her tale begun TO
whish, wh.sL--and her foir feet keep. comm doun
ba rider, nd putty soon she took Ia n clean run,
which, made tho wagon jamp from OH stone Ia
another as If 'twood shake Your liver out.
Hold the cri:.cr III. doan, let her break seq
jim
Never fear, seq |, I'll fetch her up easy any
time.
Jes. then we cum tn litto peace of doun hill,
which ruff kats back when she is
skcorcd, and | set out III put her up, but tho more
pulled the wussor she rum braced agln tho
foro pay: and told He,ty to hold on behind and
then gave one a!might Y tw;ch .--sumthing Civ
way; though couldn', tell what it was, but it
seemed Is if I'd spill, tho critters Jaws clear up
to her ears, but it dldn', stop her no moro than it
wood du tn chano litenin. On she went. faster
and at every plunge the old wagon seat and all
thar was ont would Jump much tow feet
rite on end sartn Tho trees and fences flew by
us so quick Good not count en-, anc the moon
which was almost down, kept ron and tumbln
about orfullv while as for tho stars the sky
all cuvcrcd with little shiny specs, that kept
dancing and chi:tcrweoin about jest like tho sparks
in lacls,
and Jim, he got hold os ono rain. and hoered
whoa! and griped tothcr and toliercd whoa! but
THAR was no whoa tn lor-she only pulled litto
harder and made the fire roll out of tho rocks
terribly. ! thort for a mini. tho Jeugmcnt was
cum, and we was death on the pale boss. When
we 90, opposite old Squire Gawkns, Hct,y sung
out like u pig under gate to git ou-ou-wou.!
Sho coodn't speak at once, you no, account
of the motion, and she screcched you mout
have heerd her tcw miles.
Hold your tung. you Internal Wildcat sez
jim, 'or this old she-devi here ahead VIII lead US
all in,u e,ernaty in less than no time
Prudence blubbcrcd, and put her arms around
jim, and Rugged about the closest. kinder felt
that shouldn't much care if We did all 60 TO the
place he spoke of, if | Good sit in his scat-it
would DO kind Of satisfaction to be chawed up
in a stone heap if the smash wood only come
when had tow SIGH purity arms around me.
But for Hc:ty, she dug her long bony nucclse
atu my ribs, and gripped as if she'd tair the
bones out. II was Heavens mercy how the cd
MAR kept tho road, for We coodnt steer her any
lfoar than wo Good wild rhinosihoss and the
smoke rolled of her nos,ri's like Bclzybub
himself. We'll, on we went licLorty smash, over
the rocks and grdirens, sarntimes ono wheel
and surn.imo nun at all. Jehu! how she did
make tho gravel fly--tny teeth ratified IN my
head if thay was all loose in my socket. AT
las in site of Deacon Dimon,s.
Now seq Jim, hold her IN. for II she turns
up the Doacon's lane we are all gone suckers
Well SCI |, lend Us hand at this OFT rane-
and we placed ourselves
'Givo OH tho word' JIIn' SCI /.
NO" 'hca' 'o9e'ieF' SCI io' a'o VIC se'''ea
upon Hef. ,