The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-16

!, ordinary occurrence.
l II afterwards appeared that Joe
o Sfmes, the "hired man." who was AT
: work repairing fence near by, had
: twice or thrice cast bis eyes in the d.
h rection Of the fallen tee. Hearing the
!. sound Of Mr. Keepers axe no longer.
Mr. Symes looked sharply after, and
) saw that worihy man in the hole, under
! the roots Of the tree; aud little While,
! fstariled by > smothered coneussion, he
: looked again, aud beheld the stump
turned back. At that moment. Mr..
Bunker appeared. aud inquired for his
: bruther>in-law. Both Looked in the di-
: rection stump, and seeing nobody,
Mr.. symes suddenly exclaimed
81 VOW"
:. What: 20
8" bet Keepers ben ketched under
. the butt Of that treew
Mr.. Bunker thought il could not be
but Symes assuring him that the last
time he saw MIR. X. he was In the hole,
both ran 20 the spot.
GOOD Lord lscried symes, "here's
Ehis jacket-the-e's his axe-i vow, he's
a gnners
Tins was the exclamation which
aroused Mr.. Kepper. lie looked through
\ the bushes aud held his breath.
/ Impossible :" said Mr.. Bunker ner-
,ously. Cant be-
where's Mr.. Keeper. than Z" de-
manded Symes.
"Why. he's walked of. suppose
Walked utf-walked of, in abilin'
sun, without. his hats Look here y
Symes picked up the old bachelors
hat close BY the Eastwood bushes, where
Mr. Keeper had dropped it, on going
; into his retreat.
II declare that looks bad !" mutter-
Ell Bunker. -
Mt Keeper was on the very point Of
: showing himself. to end the Joke aud
have grand laugh over il, when Mr..
Bunker made the remark, that tlook-
! ed bad.
Now Mr.. X. could not have the least
y objection to having any man say, such
n setate Of things looked bad. lie him.
3 the could be deeply impressed with
i he been sion that it looked bad, had
Il manner in wm the stump. Yet the
mark, according hr, b. h'-' ,fAs5s,
r. ing. looked bad in itsshMsl y he br;sf.
r. Mr.. B.'s countenance and mn .ona ex-
K pressed satisfaction which he~.,uld
in not conceal. and Mr., K. thought n,
a would just try the experiment Of sitting
ks still.
it /" Looks bad--guess it does - cried
m Symes. and he swOre "by George" thai
to if Keeper wasn't under the stump, HI
was, and thatit wasa kind of duty they
cd owed the esuid fellow" to dig him out
x "Dig him out 'twould take an age
ng mutterpd Mr.. Bunker, rubbing his hand,
Sc. probably to keep the flies off, "Tcll
m, you what Joe. if he's there, he's killed
lst and it isn't as though little digging
nd would save mans Ike. So We may
in. as well make certain that he's there
in befure VIC begin.
"There, to be sure he's there. III
{ a bring theshovels. exclaimed Joe. B,
the George, be was the best fellow in tn,
the world" be added, with emotion. "Pl
he bring the shovels-or don't you tbinl
nit the oxen will pull the stump over? III
pp- bring 'em, and try it,"
ild Symes ran of, while Bunker remain.
up ed locking complacently at the STUMP
owl "Ihe dogs" muttered Keeper, Civ
by ing way to the momentary fan y that b
Nr. was in the bad predicament suppose
lit- s-"if you stand there, you'll never q
ow, me out Why don't you 90 to dis
the ging."
his Bunker walked around the stumT
/ in endeavoring to look under it, wher
the ends Of the roots protruded. All
,ble finally exclaimed, loud enough for b
rom brpthet to hear
ling /" Buried, sure as guns"
in Am Z" muttered Keeper. "Hs
lice there comes Jane.1 wonder what She
rem, sayf"
.rry Mrs. Bunker come running ID Il
xed spot, in terrible state Of excitemer
Dear me- She gasped. 2 Joe sa.
his Sam is under the stump"
lingI !" WE'LL" said Bunker. 81 spose
onl ISL
ush- "S'pose he ise groaned Samson.
hip' :" Oh, what shall we do Z cried Jan
log greatly agitated. Gracious, how he
rid. Can he Be got outs How lo'
nd" has he been thereF''
"Long enough whispered Bunk
the "The cid devil NAL be stone lead.
usly course its horrid; IA then we eight
,ver- be thankful that he NSsssU sJe ~
no "Oh. yes, Samson was a clc
low lie was prepared" sighed -
,port if he was to be snatchsi
ought to be thankfu
, q it marry first! Wei
king if he did have
st at /" Was
hat ~
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