, 1858-02-26


the devil Then he gin sorter shake an
a twist, and he cum outen his britches, an
he tuck EN- by the bottom ov the legs an
; swung EN- round his he'd few times and
J. then fotch em down chcrallnp over the
r frunt ov the pulpit You cud've bearn the
smash quarter ov milel Nigh onto
v about fifteen shortened biskit, q briled
s chickn with his legs crossed, big dubil
= bladed knife, q slab ov terbacker, pipe,
n sum copper ore speciments, heap Of brok-
in glass, cork, a sprinkln ov whiskey, a
f. squirt, and three OV my Lizards, few per-
miskusly all over that ar meetin ground,
outen the upper eend ov them big fax
britches. Wun oV the smartest oV my blue
Lizards lit he'd first inter the bussum oV q
fat oman, as big as q skined boss, and nigh
onto as ugly, who sot thirty yards of fan
min herself with turkeys tail, and smart
tn the last, hit commenced runnin down.
So she wur bound to faint, and did it
fust rate; jist flung her tuckey tail up in
tho air. rolled down the bill, tangled her
legs an garters in the top ov huckilberry
bush, and wur thar all safe, fair and quiet,
when l left.
d Now old Bnlln had nuthin left on him
but par ov hevy low qnartered shoes,
short woolin socks, an eel skin garters tn
keep off the cramp and bis skeer wur
GROWN on him fast He wur plum crazy
and jumped over the frunt oV the pulpit
rite inter the middle ov the Plus part ov
the kongragation, kerdih, and sot in tn git
tin away. He run, or rether went in
lumberin gallop, hevy, like an ole wagon
boss skeered at a locomotive. When he
Jumped bench he shuk the yearth an his
self to. Bonnets and fans clared the way,
and be he'd q purfectly fair track tn the
woods. He weighed nigh onto three hun.
dred, he'd black stripe down his back like
onto an ole bride rein, and bis belly looked
about the size aud cutler ov q big beef
paunch, an bit shakin frum side TO side.
He leaned back frum it like o little feller .
totin ov big drum at muster, and hearn
it slosh plum tn wbar wur Thar wur
cramp knots on his legs as big as warnuts,
and all over he minded me oV q crazy old
elephant what wnF possessed by the devil,
with its years, snout 40 tushes sawed OF,
an rared up and a gwine on its hind legs
away frum emediate trubble and tribula-
tioR. He did the Ioudest and skeeriest an
fussiest runnin / ever seed since dad raced
with the hornets, tu be no faster than /,
wur
Well, he disappeared 10 the thickct, and
ov all the noises ye ever hearn It war thar
in cirkle Of two hundred feet or thar
abouts--sum Wimin screamin-they wus the
skeery wuns; sum lafn--they Wus The wick
ed wuns; sum, cryin-they wus the fool
wuns, (sorter ov the Lovengood slripe;)
sum tryin to git away ur hide thar faces
they wus the modest wuns; sum loolin ar
ter old Bnllin--they was the curious Wans;
sum hangin 10 thar bows-they was the
sweet Wuns; sum on thar knees with thar
eyes shot, bot thar faces turned the way
the ole mudturkil was runnin-they wns
the deceitfal wuns; sum doin nuthInLthey
was the waitin wuns, and the most danior,
us oV all oV EN- BY durned long site, 81,
! tuck a big skeer myself, arter bibil
about as big as a brick, discipline, an
book called a kataplasui, few rocks, 40
sich like fruit spattered onto the pulpit
nigh onto my he'd an as the IsoVengooas.n
durn um knows nuthin but To run when
they git skeered, iist put towards the
swamp on the kFick, As / started black
bottil owe baldfaee smashed agin tree
f0rninst me. Sum burned fool professor
dun this, who bed more zeal then sense
fur say that any man who'd vast q quar-
owe good whiskey for the chance oVo
knockin poor devil like me down with Il
Ii the bottil wus with nnlhin, isn't as
smart as ole Squire Mackmnllin, an heshot
his sef with hoe handil, an BIT Warnt
loaded az that. Well, you know, George,
l orter run fast-jist look at these legs ]
used EN- sum atween that meotn groun an
the swamp, an they haint kotch me yits
Ole Barbelly Bullin (as they call him)
since his tribulation with the Hell Sarpints,
haint preached but wnnst Z, an then ho
hadn't an oman to hear i'm. His tex wus.
nakid cum inter this world an Pm
agwine outen il the sane way, of Pm
spared till them I'm told 'iWar power
fol sarmint-it wur hearn three miles. He
proved that nakidness warnt much, arter
all, ef you take the rite view owe thing
that hell sarpints owe an sizes Wus
skeery, cold an trubilsum--that 10 Harnt
tn be expected owe him, poor, weak,
frail wun owe the dust, IN be sarpinte nc liz
zard proof either-that wun small sarpnf
owe the tribe owe mlleizidik ruinaied q
wurld through a nomauaeWhile be wur be-
set with barfilo ofallof en- Az sixteenth
ly an finally. that ;Sntty LOEengood is the
biggest raskil, fool, an skeercroW ever
Matched in the mountain range,
Now, George, that all may be so but I
want Won IN tell old Grohnhor this fer me-
-ef heel let me lone PIE let him alone
an ef he don't, ef don't lizard him agin ]
wish may be burned inter poultiss.
Let's go to the spring an mix little oV
hit wi this yer whiskey, Shaking his
aask) afore yer start. Mind, tell ole Bar
belly what | sed about another big skeer,
with-say peek-ur peek'an-a-half ov
lizzards-try an skeer him ef you kin
good bye ?