The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-08
From the Nashville Onion and American.
SUIT Lovengcod's Shirt.
By sx&&%L, OF TRNN.


The first one met was "Sut. latter eros.
ing the Hiwassee,) weaving along in hi
usual rambling uncertain gait his appear
ance at once satisfied me that something wa
wrong. He had been sick-whipped in
free fight or was just outgrowing one Of hi
big DRINKS. But upon this point was soo
enlightened
Why, SUIT, what's wrong nowy
Heaps wrong; durn my skin Ell hahn
most dead Lite of on that ar boss George,
an take a horn, while take two, {shakin,
that everlasting flask Of his at me, } am plan
yerself on that ar log an Ill tell We ell ken
but Its most beyond tellin, reckon I'm tn,
darndest fool out an Utaw, scept my dad, fol
he acted boss, an haint dun that yet-al
lers in some trap that cudent catch . sheep
I'll drownd myself some day, see ell don't
just to stop a family dispersition to make
fools on themselves
Slow is it, Sut have you been beat play.
ing cards, or drinking, which is itY
Nary one; that can't be did in these parts;
but seein it's you, George III tell you; but
l swar I'm slammed k-sorry-and-
and mad, am
'Ye know boards with Bill Carr, At his
cAbin:on the mountain, an pays for SIGH q l
gets when hev money, an when haven't
eny, why he takes one-third nv it outen me
in cussin, and she, that's his wife Belts, takes
out tother two thirds with the battlin' stick,
and the intrust with her tung, and the in
trusts morn the princip'l-heap more
She's the cussedest oman l ever seed any
how fur jaw and pride. She can scold bis
ter in bulls face rite on he curl in two
minits. She patterns arter ev'ry fashun she
hears tell on, from bussils to briches. Oh
she's one of EN-, and sometimes she's two or
three, Well, We see, Id got sum home ma 10
cotton truck to make new shut outen, and
coaxed Ret to make il, and about the time it
wur dun, here come Lawyer johnson along
and axed for breakfast-l wish it had pizen,
ed him, durn his hide, and wonder it didn't
fur abe cooks awful mixings when she trys.
Inn pizen proof myself holding up his flask
and pecping through it ur I'd been ded
long ago
We'll, while he we're . eatin' she spicd
out that his shut was stiffan' mighty slick; so
she never rested till she worm a il outen him
that preparation owe -four. did it. an abe
GOT lev PARTICULAR about tha nersecdinrs
too, outen him by oman's art-1 don't know
how she did il, perhaps he does. AFTER he
left, she sot in an billed big pot owe paste,
nigh onto peck owe it. an soused in INV
shut an let it soke awhile. then she tuck L
an ironed it out dat and dry, an Get il up on
Its edge agin the cabin in the sun. :, Thar it
stood as stiff rs dry hose hide, an 4 fattled
like sheet Of iron, It did; it war pasted To-
gether all over. When / cum % dinner.
uthin' would do but must put ton. Well.
Belts an me got the thing open AFTER some
hard work, she pullin' ut one owe the fnils
an me at luther, an rot into il lSelt like
I'D crawled inter an old bee gum an il full
owe pisants, but It wur like LAWYER john
son q an sted It like . man. an went tn
work tn bid Belts ash hopper. 4 worked
powerful hard an SWEET like hoss, an when
the shut got wet it quit its hurtin'. Arter
got dun, 1 tuck about four fingers owe red
head an crawled up intu the cabin loft to
lake . snrzes
Well when / walked up tho't was ded,
Or had the ehoiery, for all the jints l cud
move wur my ankles, wrist and knees-cudn't
even move my head an skarsely wink my
eyes-the cussed shut wur pasted fast unto
ne all over, from the pint owe the tails tn
he pint owe the broad-Axe collars over INV
yean. 1t sot tn me as clost as COW dus her
hide in March. Isquirm'd an strand till
got it sorter broke ut the shoulders an el-
bows, an then dun the darndest fool thing
over did in these mountains l shu6led INV
britchss Oh and tore luse from my hide about
.wo inches eve the tail all round, in much
pain and tribulation. OH but it did hurt
Then tuck up plank outen the loft an
hung my legs down thru the hole an nailed
he sidse owe the front tail tu the aidge Of
he door before, an the hind tail nailed tn
he plank what | sot on. l onbuttoned the
,ollar and ristbands, raised my hands way
10 abu. my he'd shut up my eyes, said grace
nd iumpt thru tn che ground dOer.
Here SUIT ruminated sadly.
George. I'm adurnder fool than ever dad
vas. boss. hornets and all. I'll drown'd
ayself sum owe these days, zee Of l don't
well. 20 ON. SUIT did the shirt come off,
did. hearn |
noise sorter like tearin' shingle ruff of |
We . house, all at onst, an felt like my
ones wur all that reached the floor. stag |
cred tn my feet and tuck look up ct the
III. The nails had all hilt thar holt, an
bar it wuf hangin' arms down, inside out
d a stiff as ever. 1t looked like map owe |
(exico list AFTER one owe the worst battles
natch Of INV hide about the size owe dol
Z an half bill here; bunch owe my har
boot the size owes birds nest thar, then
10 more skin; then sum paste; then little
ore has, then heap owe skim then more
d: then SKIN, an 90 on all over that burned
- tangled, eyerlastin internal cuss owe Q
mt II war pictnr to look st-os 80 soHv
The hide, hair, an paste wuf about ek-
ll1y divided atween me and hit Wonder
1t Belts, durn her, tho't when she can
- an found me missin'. Spect she Ainks
sEouied intu the thicket an died owe my
onnds Itmust ~ shared her good, fur
q yon Il looked iko the skin 0se sum wild
- tosa ~ alive, or . bag what had ker-
= : load oye fresh best from . shootin'
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