Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-27

bic tearing Of fustiun. p"
"Get Off my Goa; tail = whispered Joe,
" there goes one Of the flaps us sure as
guns Why get off, Ned l..J
And Ned was off, and one leg Of his
breeches besides; and thcn no was ah-ing,
oh.ing, and telling Joe that he believed
there was nails in that side of the wall,
for something had scratched him trcmend-
ously and torn his brecchcs all to pieces
Joe synpathized with him, for he sad
/" half his coat was hanging up there
somewhere" .......
They now started hand-in-hand for Ned
believed he knew the way They had
arrived little beyond the trees, when
something went swash swash into the
water-vat. .... .t.....
A sneeze cnsued, then the exclamation;
" Thunder! that water smells rather oldr
Ned wanted to go home ut once. but
Joe was too much excited to listen for a
moment 10 such proposition.
Never heard anything about that os-
tern before; the cid fellow must have
fixed il on purpose to drown people in.
Curious, though, that we should both fall
into 1t ru Il nsia .us ut aa.
They pushed on again for the melons.
Presently they were caught by the cords,
and headlong they went into a heap Of
briers and thistles, and the like, which
had been placed there for their express
accommodation. a ..fr.g r4 l4
"Such a gettin' up stairs = muttered
one. uisua. SGD gha j.tgu Ge.U
Netles and thistles how they prick /"
exclaimed the other.
They now determined to 60 more eau
tiously. At length they arrived at the
patch. n.-ssss.4 ... si.-. ...-. :: .--..-
How thick they are, Joe Come
here! There's more than dozen fat
ones here!'
And down they sat in the midst of them,
and seemed to conclude that they were
amply rewarded for all their mishaps.
ssHere, Joe," said Ned, " take this
musk-nelon isn't ii a rouser I! Slash in
to it, f-g.ts'.a.ss.. .sifr ls.. =.
:; It cuts tremendous hard, Ned. Ned
it's squash I"
"Noi, isn't, I tell you its a new Kind
--Old Swipes semitic Rhode Island for the
seed last spring. L ar 10 .ue.f3.
"Well, then, all I've got TO say, is that
the old fellow got sucked in--lhat's an
I'm going to gouge into the water
melons; halloo! there goes a hall dol
lar. I've broke my knife. ii / didn't
know 1t was a watermelon, J should say
iit was a pumpkin. Fact Is, bellYe II y
a pumpkin. .,a. .J.
What the boys. dld besldes, while the
owner wentto the stable and lunnuzzled
the dog, and led HIM into the garden, we
Couldn't say; that they looklong steps the
the onion and Hover beds revealed IN the
morning
They had not tasted single melon they
had got scratched, and torn their clothes
were as wet as drowned rats, and half
scared out Of their wits at the ravenous
dog and the apprehension Of being dis
covered. sal .at .lG 80 ?.
The next night the owner Of the melon
patch invited all the boys of the village,
including Ned and Joe, to feast of mel
ons, on The principle Of returning good
for evil" This circumstance changed
the boys opinion of sod Swipes," and
his melons were never afterwards dis
turbed.s .-. 4t.
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