Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-01-20
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and singln luve songs, feelln nappy, as II ne
had every thing fixed between him and Sail,
and so Pete and Tom made out like they
wur skeered and in powerful hurry and
called tn John and told him that they had
not cotched that ar lion yit what had got
outen his den up in Sharlot, and that be wus
seed jist above old Sousley's store that morn
in by severals, and wur a roaring orfully-
and when last seed wur maxim his way
down the bottoms rite toards Piddleburg.
Hit skeered John monstrusly, as his house
wur the furthest up next the big thicket, and
John axed and begged them to cum and
stay with him that mite, but they told him
that they must go home and mind their own
folks, fur they moved the lion wud be along
afore day in the mornin and they wur In a
hurry to go round and circulate the muse tu
the rest ny the nabors. John then lusens his
horse outen the plow rite strato and put off
for the house listenin every mint fur the
lion, and feeds his things and goes IN afore
dark and bars up his doors rite close, and
put nue. flint in his gun and sot the broad
ak inside the door, and then shed off and
went tu bed and tried-to make hiself easy
and cumposed thinkin about Sail, and ho-
pin, that orful varmint wud 60 on down the
creek without kurtin him or Sail uther.-
Awhile aftur this as John wur gittin lit
tie hopeful and easy, Pete and Tom had got
reddy fur thur suranade, and had got round
in Punkin bottom and give the Dumb Bull
wun twang, and cum on a roarin' down tu
the spring and there stopt and roared bit a
long time, and cum on up nurely tu the
house. They heard John jump, and cud see
him, by the light thru the cracks, painless,
runen and rantin frum wun end Nv the
house tu the uther. They then give it a low
twang, sorter like unto low growl, tell they
got rite up to the back door, tween the kitch-
en- and the big house, and they twanged and
roared hit louder than ever. John cudent
stand it no longer, but busted the glass and
shuttur and jumped rite thru the winder--
jest as he wus when he gos euten bed-and
then struck B-line rite across the cuckle-
bur bottom fur widder Jinkins', leavin a
white straite out behind him tu bring up the
rear. 3.
We had all gone tu bed at the widders,
and Sail and her nanny had bin snuzin fur
sum time, and tho I wus mitey tired, fur |
had list finished riven boards at sun down,
but cudcnt go tu sleep fur listeniu fur the
Lion Surnadc, and when I fust heerd hit
stike up, eff l he'd had on my close, or if the
lightwood nots hadn't ben given so much
lite l wud a gut up and went tn the door,
but while | was lien thinking what wude
bccum Nv John, a KNOWN he wus mitey
skerry, heerd sumbudy cummin lum-
BERN up the spring hill maxim as much fuss
as a drove Nv yung mules, auc then jumped
over the fense, rite thru the old 'omons bean
patch, and panten fur breth, hollered out
efur god sake fur gods sake open the door"
and then busted rite in an cum with sich
rush that he nocked the door on the luther
side oten the hinges, and then staggered
back an like tu fel kerslue in the middle Nv
the fore, but backed and ketched by the
old 'omon's bed post, and never stopped til
he planted hisself straddle Nv the jice.-
I tel you thar wur no use Nv these here
spaasiion rods tu swell his skurts as he run
up that ar wall-cept that part Nv the skurt
behind what had cotched up the cuckkleburs
as he cum thru the bottous, and he put me
in mine, fur all the world, Nv white pony
with his tail NOTED up fur muddy wether.-
The old omon an Sail walked up scIemin
like they wud 90 into fits, and looked up
and seed John in that fix, they pulled the
kiver over their faces, and John hollered
out as sune as he cud git his breth, "Widder
jenkins, fur God sake git up an shut tn the
doore, fur the Big Lion what's outen his den
is rite arter me, fur hit is run me plum frum
home rite outen the bed" The old 'omon
iumpt up an clapped the dore tu and pined
hit, and set the luther wuu up an put the
big table agin hit, and throwed hur hands
up an cried out "I4ord heV mercy, bev mercy
upon u.s." Sail whimpered an whined and
I suigggered !; 1 stuffed my mouth full Nv bed
close tu keep from spileu the joke. "John
John !" ses the old omon, recuyerin frum
the fust convulshuns, care you sure hit is
the Lion; did you really see hit?" Eyes
Yes marm, tu be shure, for Pete Scritchley
and Tom Whizzer cum by from Souzley's
store afore mite, an told me hit wus seen up
thar, and l went home an shet up every
thing, an sure enuf while arter dark |
heerd hit cummin roarin up in Punkin
Bottoms, an then hit stopped down about the
spring en- hit roorcd and Snorted down thar
long time an then cum shakin hits lub-
berry self up the spring road tu the house,
a growlin en- nashin Nv hits teeth orfully,
aud hit cum on til hit got between the kit
chen en- the big house, an thar hit smelt
blud, whar I had throwed outen the entruls
Nv chicken-en then gewhitaker how hit
did r-o-a-rw "John John g.! p ses the old
omen "git down q! git down outen thar, fur
yur goin to faint" He was tremlin and
as pale as deth all over, cept whar the blud
wus a twicklin down his legs frum runuin
thru the hawthorn thicket John then sided
down the wal sideards and then cum tn bed
tn me and lay thar til little afore day, en-
begged me not tu tel hit about the fix he
cum thar in, en- sided outen the door an
slopcd of home, and didu't show himself of
Pea Ridge and Puukiu Bottoms fur six