The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-03-31
Sut Lovengood's Shirt.
bI 81, OF TENN.

The FIRST person met was '.Su,," fnf.
ter crossing the iIiwassee,) "weaving and
moving along" i'll his usual rambling, un.
certain gaIt his appearance at once sat
ished me that something WAS wrong
ne had been sick-whipped in free
night, or WAS just out growing one of his
o'C trunks-but upon this point W as
soon enlightened.
why, Sut, what's wrong now =
HeaPs wrong durn IN, skin If
CANT most ded. Lite oil that ar boss
George, an take a horn, while take two.
(shaklog that everlasting flask of bis at
me,) an plant yerself on that ar lor an
III tell ye ef | ken, but it's most beyond
'e'''n. reckea Pm the darndest fool
outen Ctaw 'cept my dad, for he acted
hoss, an l halnt dun that yet-alers in
some trap that cudent ketch sheep I'll
drown myself sum day, see eff don't,
JIs' to stop family disposition to make
ID fools Of themselves
How is it, Sut-have you been beat
playing cards, or drinking, which is i, q
Nara one; that can't be did in these
paris but seen' it's you, George, III
tell you; but J swar I'm 'shamed-sick
sorry, northumberland, am
Ne know | boards with Bill Carr, ut
his cabin on the mountain, and paws for
sch as gifts when l hev money, an W hen
hevent eny, why be takes one third out
en- me in cussin' and she, that's his wife.
Belts, takes out tother two thirds with the
oattlIn' stick, an the intrust with her
tongue, and the intrus,'s more'u the prin.
cipi-heap more. She's the cussedes
oman ever seed eny bow for jaw breed.
IN and pride. She can scold bles,er
onto bulls face, rite on the curl in two
mnts. She out breeds everything on
the r,Ver-and patrons arter every fash
ION she hears tell on, from bu.sels to
breeches. Oh she's one Of 'em, and
sometimes she's two or three. Well, We
see, I'D got some home made cotton truck
to make new shirt ouien, and coaxed
Bets TO make it, anu about the time il
wur dun. here comes lawyer Johnson
along aud asked for breakfus-I wish il
had plsened him, durn his hide, an
wonder 1t didn't, for she cooks awful mix.
ms when she ,rys. I'm pisen proof NV
self (holdng up his flask and peeping
through iJ or Id been dead long ago.
We'll, while he were eatin', she spied
out that his sbmt was stiff, an mity slick
50 she never rested Till she wermed it
oulen him that preparation Of -four did
IT. an she got few perticlars bout the
proceedings outen him by 'oman's arts
l don't know how she did 1t, perhaps he
does. Arter lie lef., she set in an billed
o'g pot OF paste-nigh onto a peck Of
It, an sonzed in my shirt an let il soak
awhile, then she tux it, an ironed il out
Hat and dry, an sot it up on its aidge
ag'n The cabin in the sun. Thar it stood
as stitt as dry hoss hide, an it ratt.ed
Ike sheet Of iron, it did. 1t were pas.
ted together all over. When cum TO
dinner nothin' would do but must put
1t on. We'll, Belts and me got the thing
open arter some hard woik, she pulled
at one of the tails, and me al the to,her,
and got into it. Durn the everlasting
new tangled shert, l say. l felt like /
had crawIed into an old gum and hit full
owe plsants but il wur like lawyer John
sons, and | stud it like a man, and went
to work to build Bets a ash hopper. |
worked powerful hard and swet like a
hoss, and when the shert got wet it qui,
its hurting.
'Arter got dun, took about four
fingers OF red head, and crawled up into
the cabin loft to take snore.
well, when walked up, thought |
was ded, or had the cholery, :or ali the
joints could move wur nv ankles, wrists.
knees-cudn't move my head and skarse.
ly wink my eyes-the cussed shert was
pasted taste onto me all over from the
plat OF the tails to the pint Of the broad
AK collier over my years. 1t sot TO me as
close as cow dus TO her hide in March.
| squirmed and strained till | sorter got
It broke at the shoulders and elbows, and
then dun the dernedest fool thing ever
did in these mountains. ! shuffied nv
brltches of and tore loose from nv hide
about two inches Of the tala all around.
IN much pain and tribulation. Oh but
It did hurt. Then | took up plank out.
on the loft and hung my legs down thru
the hole and nailed the aidge OF the front
tail to the floor before me, and the hind
tail nailed 70 the plank what sot on.
| unbuuoned the collar and risbands, rails.
ed my hands away above my head, shot
up my eyes, said grace, and jumped
through the ground floor.
Mere SUIT resumed sadly.
George, I'm darnder fool than ever
dad was, hoss, hornets an all. I'LL drown
myself sum Of these days, see If don't.
We'll, go on, Sut did the shert come
off D ............
I--t-h.in-k--it--.d.i.d.
hearn noise sorter like tarin single
roof off owe a houae. all Al onst. and fall