Nebraska advertiser., 1856-09-06

S0unQeQHke 3 WdSgll Nllip, an q fun-
in all the lime, an 3 keSrin that gopher
list about as fast ali as high from the
yearth as ever gophe1 vas carried,
I swar. When he cum T. the fence he
busted rite thru it, tarrin down nigh
onto seven pannels, scatteriil and al
breakin' the raIes mitily, andhere he
left the gopher, geeps, singletree, and
kleyis, all mixed up, not Wuth durn.
Most oT his shirt stuck on tie splin-
tered end oV a broken sle, and nigh.
onto pint Of hornets staif with the
shirt a stsngin at it all over, the bal
ence on 'em, about gallon and a half,
kept on with dad. Heseemedto run
| list adzactly as fast as hornet could
lfy, for it wur the titest race I ever
did see. Down thru the sedge grass
they all went, the hornets making it
look sorter like a smeke all aroun' dads
bald he'd, and he with nuthin on yearth
on but the bride, an nigh onto yard
of plow line sailin' behind.
4 seed now that he was amin for
the swimmin' hole in the kreek, whar
the bluff is over twenty-five feet per-
pendikelor tn the water, an hits nj
onto ten feet deep. Well, to keep, up
his kar-acter as hoss, when he got
to the bluff he jist leaped off, or rather
he iist kept. on a runnin.' Kerslunge
| into the creek he went; I seed tie
water fly plum above the bluff from
whar I was. Now rite thar, boys, he
overdid the thing, if that was what he
was arter, for, there's nary a boss ever
foalded durnr d fool enough to lope over
into sich a place, cussed mule mout
don it, but dad war'nt acting mule.
II crept up to the edge and looked over;
thar was dads bald he'd, for all the
4 yearth like peeled onion, bobbin
up an down, an the hornets sailin' an
a circin' round turkey buzzard fashion,
j an every once in a while one, and
sometimes ten, 'pd make a dip at dads
he'd. He Kept up a rite peart dodgin'
under, sometimes afore they hit him.
and sometimes arter, and the water
was kivered with drowned hornets
'What on yearth are ye doin' in thai
} dad? sez I. Don't (dip) yer see these
cussed (dip) internal Varmints fdip'
arter meY what seq /, them are
Hoss flies thar-ye amt really feard
ov them, are YEP 'Hoss flies, h-llF
sez dad; they're rale (dip) genuine
bald hornets, you dip internal cuss!
well, dad, you'll hevE tn stay rite thar
till mite an arter they go to roost you
cum home and I'll feed We. I sortel
think ye won't need eny currien for q
!, week or SO. 'Iwish I may never see
: tomorrow, dip if / don't ruinate yot
; {dip) when I do get out, sez dad. .--
Better say You wish you may never
! see another bald hornet, if you eYe1
! play hoss agin, sez, land KNOWN
dads unmolifed natur', 1 broke from
them parts, and sorters cum to tn,
. copper mines. l staid hid, out til
next AFTERNOON, when / seed feller
; trayelin' am seq, /, What was goin
! on at the cabin this side the kreel
/ when you passed it2?'-sW Why, nuthin
much, only a man was sittin', in hi
!, door with nara shirt on, am d woman
! was greasin' his back an arms, an hi
! he'd was about as big as a ten gallon
J keg, an he hadn't the fust, sign oY al
: eye-all smooth That man was mi
i dad, sell. Been much ftin' in thi
: neighborhood, lately?' sez the traveller
i rather dryly. Nun wdth speakin,, O
Z pussonally or particularly, sell New
E boys, / haint seen dad since, and Woul,
be feard to meet him In the next tel
\ years. Let's drink.
4 and the last i saw Of tSut, he wa
a STOPPING to get in at thedOggeiy door
4 with d Inightdly Ilri1vd uloWd at hi
i heels.