The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-02-12
4 Justice DeaIinE Oru unkard.

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lot Virginia, and passing along rarely fr
> quented road, ! heard a noise that at on,
arrested my attention. II was soIiloquy
very loud key, and inierladed With q
occasional oath TO prove that the coIlOqui
was in earnest. Guiding my horse quieil
10 the direction Of the voice, I saw q felIos
about halt cotned, deliberately cutting
Hong hickory switch, and talking to bimse
at The same time, with great earnestness.
theught at first, that ne intended 10 whip b
horse, that stood ued, hard BY, and was 4
\ bout turning of, when new set Of phrase
to his self talk urtested me al once, en-
made me the witness ofihe following scene
T." Well now, Leroy Jenkins, expect yoa'
catch goss in a little while. Ii won't b
I!ons hrst, before Leroy Jenkins hide e et
painted some. I'LL pay you, Leroy jenkins
TOT all this you iriflinR cur you..''
I Being in some doubt whether Leroy Jen
kIns was the name Of his horse, or Of som,
iexpected combatan,, whose preparations, of
character similar 10 those have mentioned
were quietly progressing short distance Cd
u determined 10 await the issue of thes
fierce threats, and throwing my leg over M
saddle, | prepared 10 become spectator e
The fight, and perhaps an umpire when one
party or the other got enough. My friend 0
the hickory, as soon as he had cut and trim
med bis switch, and satisfied himself Of il
elasticity aud uBbroken strength, laid It do~u
on the ground, talking oil ihe time, ia very
ltrucuien: manner, Of Leroy Jenkins. Delhi
erateiy taking off his caat and laying il on /
LOG, he took his fl,il and The first heard O
MS succeeding soIiloquy was about 90 fol-
iows1-AN ANow, Leroy Jenkins amt you ashn.
med H yourself, you aasty hound pup you,
and atn saS nov going TO give you yoLu
bliters, you iafernal mean reptile, yeu!"
In the mean time leaned EWls forward
e catch glimpse Of bic Antagonist, bat tho
the coast Yves comparatively clear, couid
See 40 human face save that Of the speaker,
and was no@ very sure thst he did not menR
bis horse, for he took an opposite direction.
had small time, however. for reflection, for
as his speech waxed warmer, he stepped a
little Forward and aimed sort Of back -han~
ded blow. which descended With keen
sound and considerable force on--HIs OWN
BACK! ''1'here you Internal devil, take thai,
and thar, (snRow, sHRow, the switch dascen
ded.) That's for your meanness, Leroy
Jenkins. Now, sir, what are you go;ng 10
toll your wife when ycx get homo about The
money you got Eor her eggs and huckIeber-
ries, you mean pnpf There, take that, sir
(shroac, shTow, shroU,) Well, don't care if
i does hurt. il serves you right, Leroy yen-
kins, for making beast Of yourself, and
tooling your wife, you mean whelp you'll
You Know sir, when you left homa. she told
you that you eenldn'. pass Simmoas's wlth-
oni spending all that money. You know size
did, don. ynns Now, Dir, take thai (skrow,
shro,c, shros.) and didn', you promise her
Leroy Jenkins. that you wouldn't 90 near
S:mmonas, and would be sure 10 buy her q
nice glass. and the prettiest kind Of calico for
her boonete Didn't you, now, you cusaed
rinenn dog. youf Yes. sir, you know you
did, <shr0p. shrow. skrose,I and the hickory
descended withafriehtfnl keenness; ;and Leroy
jenkins, what made YOU such fool as 10 go
by Sinmons's a. sll, when you saw Tom
Walker standing in the door ready 10 treat
you, and to drink all your mpney upf Whit
made you do that. you rotten herring you3
(shror. shrow,) You'll go 10 town and spend
your wife's money for whiskey again, will
ycnf" (and the blows we're now perpe.rated
with more frequency than his words.l
Although almost dying with suppressed
laughter. | watched the iniiiciion Of this self
scsing uaishment, which was bestowed with
far more zeal than ware the thousands oil
stripes whereby Saacho was TO diseachant
the lady love Of his master. At length Lee
roy jenkins stopped, either through pure ex-
hausti0R, or because he tho'tiihe delinquency
was sufficiently punished. Throwing away
his switch. Which by this time was little
Ftayed at The end he resumed his coat and his
spsech
'Now. Leroy jenkins, now, air, you've
got licked, and well licked, too. this time;
and the very next time you do this trick III
Just fairly inke The hide Off OF you. You
near that lont youf and now 60 home, sir,
g your wife, and beg her pardon, yeu mean
c,sss, Won. ! slipped away unpcrceiyed BY
his Justice dealing culprit, but ! never think
sf this scene without an irresistible desire toI
angh. And even now, whenever there hap.
pens 10 be i little family bseeza, can al
ways mnke my wife smile BY telling her, s'i'll
20 inte the woods, my dear, and as punish
nent fof having vexed you, Cor d while lit |
,lay Leroy Jeakias. =
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ASArEoR's DascRTPrroN or HUrT.-4
ining 20 see my fathes the other day, he
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