Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-01-09
Leroy Jenkins ;
OR, WHO GOT THE FLoGGING.


While riding not long since, in the old
county of St-tf-d, in Virginia, and pass
ing along rarely irequented road, beard
a noise that al once arrested my attention.
Ii was soiIloquy IN very loud key, and
lnterlarded with All occasional oath to prove
Iha! the colloqnist was in earnest Gulding g
my horse qnietly IN the direction OF the voice,
| saw fellow about half coined, deliberate
ly cutting u long hickory switch, and talking
10 himself al the same time, with great ear
nestness. thought al first that he intended
TO whip his horse, that stood tied hard by,
and ! was about turning oil, when new sci
OF phrases in his sei-talk arrested me al
once, and made me witness of the following
scene.
'Wel!, now, Leroy Jenkins expect you'll
catch guss IN ii little while. Ii wont be Ion g
first, before Leroy Jenkins hide gets painted
some. I'll pay you, Leroy Jenkins, Tor all
this, you Iritiing cur, you.'
Being in some doubt whether LEROY Jen-
kius WIS the IIaine of his horse, or of some
expected combatanf, whose preparations OF
a character similar To those | have mentions
ell, were quietly progressing short distance
off | determined 10 await the issue Of these
fierce threats, and throwing my leg over my
saddle, prepared TO become a calm spec
tator of the fight, and perhaps an umpire,
when one party Or the other had got enough.
My friend of the hickory, us soon as he
had cut and trimmed his switch, and sails
fled himself of lis elasticity and unbroken
strength, ad il down on the ground, talking
all the time, IN a very truculent manner, OF
Leroy jenkins. Deliberately taking off his
coat. and laying ii on log, he took up his
fail and the frsr heard of his succeeding
soliloguy, was about as follows:-
Now, Leroy jenkins, aiI't you ashamed
Of yourself, you nasty hound-pup, and | am
jest now gong to give you your bitters, you
internal mean reptile, you!
In the mean time leaned q little forward
to catch glimpse of his antagonist, bur
though the coast was comparatively clear,
could see no human face save that of the
speaker, and | was now very sure that he
did no, mean the horse, for he took an op-
poslte direction. had small time, however
Tor reflection, for as his speech walked warnl-
er, he stepped little forward, and aimed u
SORT of backhanded blow, which descended
with a keen sound aud considerable force on
his Oirn back.
There, you internal devil, take that, and
that, (shrotc, shooto, The switch descended.
That. for your meanness, Leroy Jenkins
Now, sir, what are you going to tell YOU
wife. when you get home, about The none,
vou got for her eggs and huckleberlie les, yot
mean pups Yon spent it for liquor, dit
you? There, take that, sir, (sirou, shro,c
shrow) She told YOU, Leroy Jenkins. I,
buy her d looking glass, and enough calico
to make her chicken bonnet. and wher'
are they. YOU darned cuss, yonf Gone 70
liquor, hey? shrow, shror, shrotc) Well
| don't care il il does hurt. it serves yoI
right, Leroy Jenkins, for making beast o
yourself, and fooling your poor wife, yo'
mean whep, you. You know, sir, wheI
you left home, she told you that you couldn,
pass near Simmons's without spending al
that money You know she did, don't you
Now, sir. take that, (shrotc, stroir, shrow.
and didn't you promise her. Leroy Jenkins
that YOU wouldn't go near SHnmois's an'
would he sure 10 bny her nice glass. am
the pret,est kind Of calico for her bonnet
Didn't you, now, you cussed mean dog. YOU
Yes, sir, you know you did, (shroD, shro,r
shrow, ,)and the hickory descended with frigh