Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-30


Ia iust sneak up tn The house an see Whal wa d
gWine on an Fhal IsaE altsrsd ny plans mitsly. 7
sPeok must made anise; When Iusspsd tbroaeb
the crack in the door, thar wur si.iiv 4 ainein
out bed quilts Outsn big ehst, but she len IN bsr
skesr bsskit with Two husdred sizs an p.Dsr ,,s
/ lamp black Onder the till In Jumped GU F.fiv fs
bis shut tail She slam'd the lid turnd the key. Al
flung on her dress terseotly. Enooksd sta4
i germ sOrtsr Onsartin lick an Wur 20 drunk eua
scasely stand. I managed u AZ Sicily fur sun
supper az she Wer nifty Willin an plsasin sn broke
out tn the kitchen tu gii hil in hs horss that When
I'd stufd ny eaFeuss I'd 90 tn sleep Wbea shslsa
dbl aItsf the ole thrasbn mersheen kivsred via
hOss hide an fox Ere. I fOeh him up elost IA the
door, tied stout rope to tie kandI owe the shist
an tn the sWingle tree. That War new eohsetisa
fur Mister Doctor Gut Fatty's line. Nov mind, he'd
never seed me in a his bOrnd days, an prsps never
heara owe me, 50 while Esr maxim the hoss pafso.
tly fast Ontu the ehisi, he whispered Sicily love,
is he eOEE?" sez I, 'yss, but du yu keep sHll.
sumihin Orfuls agWins tu happen imedjuily; thars
signs an Wunders in the az; nj ontu tWsaty hR
moons am hangin in the ar aboY the oomb.of ths
mounliB, they al hes eyes su noses Ike mistsr
ClspshaW's, an they's maxim drsdfun mouths stms,
en- thar's Thousand laig Wun oniu the fence e.
long es close line, hits body is red an slrsaks oYe
sheet htsnin is playin amung hits scales, aa hit
heY two hinges owe peple in hits mouf like ontu you
an me- kin see ny hsr hangin most tu the
yeath, an now an then hit gins them q shake an
great big drops eve fas comes oulen you, an afors
they draPs tu the grOun they ksteses IRE sn burns
like tupsntine Oh LOrdy Gus, love We hsv fu-
mated cur SETS. You begnris in the middle ov tie
biggest six hOss prayer you knoW-nun 0ys yer Little
'nOW I lay me down tu sleeps, bat q rals strong
devil skurin Prayr, an keep on as Bit, fur thars
vexsshun owe spsrit an bodily tribulsshum absad
fur Us boE" Ihearn him groan an be trimblsd tin
he shuek the ehis but he 5Ot in Ia prsyin fur the
heather, an spread owe the gOspil, ike hoss /
knOW'd that he'd planted big skesr Sa that hit
would BAR fruit afore moon down, 50 jst snalshej
up chunk owe 6rs ofsn the hsth an took Of the
powder Oudsr the tail owe the ole hOss Nov Pm
jist be oOntinenially an sspesially duFnd sf that
shist didn't 60 Outen the door orsaEt high, en- the
fus tine hit struck the ysaih Wer forty feet down the
hill; rite thar the fust OVe the ags got hur SETS
busted the mex time bit toch thc Yeah Wer on luther
and (sn thar the balance Of SiOly's aigs gin up
thar shells away below the stable, nov the miEiry
begun: aigs, lamp black an oLB Cur FAErT. The
ehst tuck down tie moantin; seed hit's course By
the lite owe the cane squib an tie fox Ere an every
now au then the hOss fOtoh a yell-hii Eon't q
squesl, ur bray, but sorisr between the two: orfu
sound I've never hsaFn ony live thing msks jist
that Mise afOrs or senoe an I sWar Z don't want "a.
thort I'd fOller an see what went With be ohiss
Arter ia went a mile ar 50 I hsarn q voice ap IN
the ar, say, sinister, you'd better not travel much
furder that course. H-Ps busted plumb open, an
this yers mountains fun ovs ths devils. wish
Eer back in ole Moth Csliua, whar ossst people zen
sleep owe niiss.r looked up sortsr skssFsd, an
thar sot astraddle owe 3 limb Ovs big red Osk, .
long bOny spssinent Ove regular beFrin msTshssu,
in his sbuttail; bis eyes shinsd Ike q miuk's, an
the bottoms ove his feet looked sOrisr like taisr
patch in the weeds. Ssz T. 'hev yer got any llquor
sf, or is yer drunk At Ell, M only durnd fooll"
81 amt neither, (gin US q ohaW terbacksr jist
osmPed round the pint over thar With iha ole oman
on her ltter when We #us woke up By sn orful
YELL an here the devil q larin es big ss a corn
crib, an he had hslLfrs harHess on, an knet on the
aiud owe his tail es big turpentins stiI, en- be
run over my hosses an upset the Waggin, an tuck
thru my camp Ere, making the chunks aa sparks
ashes y IS high the trees, an Out ovs site in
a mint The ole hen an the chickens an scattered
IN tuck this yers tree, an I'm. gvius tn kssp hit
till mornin- (Gin US a ehaW tsrbaoksr pH tell
you, mister, this ysTs Tennessee dent sun me-
Sich sites mites, an sich mountains oys . day.
will break down AIRY nan ever f0ard, an 10 hsrrin,
nor tar; dam the place I'm gWine back, Do you
hear my horn2' sez I, II spsck you had best 20
back and travel in the woods ei that for thai sru
the devil you seed, but the fool killer fur Polk ooun
y, an sf ever he sees you you'll never see ole Noth
Calina, nur yer tar kiln either, 50 you he'd better
mind .
went on Ia his camp, an thar s0t Gut FATTY,
squatted Onter his hunksrE, all slone an jist sich
site were never hilt up tn mortal eyes. He Wsr
orfuly sWell'd, he'd rolled Wun way Is ven ss
luther, an he Wsr every color ever invented. His
shut Eer stuck lite tu him es ny psstsd one. an
he Wer peppsred all ever with broken aiR shells,
nara piece es big es a grain OVs corn
Here were black streak sidgsd with yaIlsr thar
yalar one aigsd With black, then mixed splotoh
owe all oulluFs, then 3 Httls blood ozzinE thru
sunAOur ealiker pattern on his belly ur bis lags.
his har looked like hit had been dipped in tbun
der and iitenin and sky blue; be vas nc more ike
human than dad Wsr like hoss when he acted hit,
an be out stunk buzEards nest, fur sum ere the
aigs we're sOrteF spilled ike an sum we're almost
ready to ehiFp. To look ct him an smell eve him
you couldn't hok he ever though Of an omaa ur that
Wun would let him cum inter the lot. shink his
apPertite fur them kind 0Ys Wittals are all gone.
sez 1. What sr your" DO 40" car you sun
inVenshun 10 skars Wimmin an HOSES % "Dono."
80 Whar du you i've p" Nov hiJ senses seemed sorter
to cum tu him, an be axsd how fur hit Eer 70 the
HiWasse copper mine. Sez I, "I never hearn tell
OVe hit u "WeH, hits in Polk county, Tennessee %
"a You jist about one hundred an ffty miles frum
thar, the moth side Of The Tennessee river, in
Jackson county, Alabama" {" Is that . fso, mis-
teri" ssrtin, sea I. He foishsd big breath,
. Well I've made the fastest time ever made b. nor
tai man ataeen them pints. Pee jest beea about
four minutes dsin hit but bit has nj onto killed
me-" Z" New" ser I, mister, sf that is 90, don't
you tell hit here far they'll take yOu fur the tsls-
graph what they've been Wstohin fur wish guns
fur long time, an they u hsz your scalp burned
site quicker nor yOu made your fast trip, they don't
believe in yOu ur the devil what invented you 90
don't waste time in putin smother hundred niles NJ
50 atEeen yOu an this yars place" foIlsrsd the
h0ss about seven miles By the Doctors truok what
I'd Civ him, but oouldsnt kotch up. neFsF seed
him the chest nor Gut Fatty artsr that niis an
IdOHt care dsTa e asBcr d. Wonder af ei,ily
misses him much Ole ClspshsH believes In witch
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