The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-03-31

and tortched squeal wuss nor ary hoss in the
district, and sot in to runnin away, jist as nat
ural as you ever seed. let go the lines and
hollered, Wo, dad, vol but you monght as
well have said Two to locomotive. Gee
whillikinsi how he did runl When he come
to bush, he d clar the top of it, gopher and
all praps he thought there mout be another
settlement ov bald hornets in it, and that it
was safer to go over than thru, and quicker
done. Every now and then lie d paw the
sides of his head with fust one fore leg and then
tother, then he a gin himself an open-handed
slap that sounded like a wagon whip, and a
rnnnin all the time, and kerrin that gopher
just about as fast and as high from the yearth
as ever a gopher was carried, swar. When
he come to the fence, he busted right thru it,
tearin down night on to seven panels, scatterin
and breakin the rails nightly, and here he left
gopher, gears, singletree aud cleyis, all mixed
up, and not worth durn. Most ov his shirt
stuck on the splintered end Of broken rail,
and nigh on to pint ov hornets stayed with
the shirt, stingin it all over the balance ov
em, about a gallon and hall, KEEP on with
dad. He seemed to rim list adzackly as fast
as the hornets could hy, for it war the tightest
race Fever did see. Down through the sedge-
grass they all went, the hornets making it look
Fsorter like D smoke all rom dads bald head,
and he with nothin on yeafeH on but the bride.
and nigh on to yard of plow line sailin on
behind.
t" seed how that he was aiminfor the swim
min hole in the creek, whar the bluff is over
twenty-five feet perpendicular to the water,
and it 3 nigh on to ten feet deep. Well, to
keep up his character as hoss, when he got
TO the bluff he jist leaped off, or rather he jest
kep on q runnin. kerslunge into the creek he
went. | seed the water fly plum above the
bluff from whar was. Nov right thar, boys.
he overdid the thing, if that was what he was
artcr, for there s nary horse ever foaled burned
fool enough to lope over 'em--sich place. "a
cussed mule mought have done it, but dad
warn't acting mule. crep up to the edge and
booked over. Thar was dads bald head, for all
the yearth like q. peeled onion, a bobbin up
an down, an the hornets sailin IN circlin roun,
turkey-buzzard fashion, an every once in a
while one. an sometimes ten, d make a dip at
dads head. He KEEP a right peart dodgia ,un-
der, sometimes afore they hit him an sometimes
arter, and the water was kivered with drowni-
ed hornets What on yearth are ye doin ii
thar, dad?' says l. q Don't (dip) yer see these
cnssed tdip) internal yarmints (dip) arter me?
'Whnt,' says l, them are hoss flies thar we
amt really afeard of them, are ye? Hoss
flies hell says dad II they re rale (dip) gen
uine bald hqSets you (dip) Internal cuss
Well, dad, You II hev to stay right thar till
night, and arter they 60 to roost you come
home and IN feed yc. l sorter think you
won't need any curryin for a week or So i
wish I may never see tomorrow dip if don't
ruinate you dip when do get out, says dad
Better say you wish you may never see ano-
ther bald hornet if you ever play hoss agin,
says ! and knowing dads unmolifed natur,
l broke from them parts. and sorter come to
the copper mines. stayed out till next arter-
noon, when seed u feller travelin, and says /,
What was goin on ut the cabin this side the
creek when you passed it?' why, nothin
much, only a man was sittin in his door with
nary shirt on, an a woman was greasin his
back an arms, an his head was about as big as
a ten gallon kag and he had MT the ftlst sign
of an eye-all smooth That man was my
dad says /. Been much fghtin in this ma
berhood lately says the traveller; rather dry
". None wuth speakin of pussonnlly Or per
says |. Now, boys, haint seen.
dad since, and would be feared to meet him in
the mex ten years. Let s drink"
And the last saw of Sut, he was stopping
to get in at the doggery door. with nightly
mixed crowd at his heels. NewYork Spirit.
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