Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-05-11
Number 3l.

poppin--Now rite he Q orter stop talkin .'h 2 ,a l the subjic again. (and Sut look puzzled and scratched his heal l- Reaeh ye-e that ar specmint ove ciass 5lowiIi-aow the gourd-Wen, l feels mo. ronii ,ence in myself, now, an I'll try tn mak' v.,7 onlerstand hit, but human tung an the fastest painter ove picters on yeaJa coul !ent Legin tn impress you with tue fac es hit wer. What fact Sut? Why, the konSekenscs owe calin dog, in love- teas owe va,mints, whar dogs UT humans warnt spected.
 Here Sut held his head between his knees in deep study for space, and then looking up enquiringly at me, asked: George, did you ever fling twenty pound dog inter a room whar passel owe cats wer a negociatin? think have. Well, now, George, am you prepared tn swar that the dog das the cats wer in that rune at wun an the same time fur eny wun instant? We'll, Sut, 1 cannot say; the cats certain ly displayed great promptitude of action in leaving" Great promtitude owe ackshun? that's dam slow, inadekate speech, cumin rum you, hit don't kiver the case. AnSer me, dident the eats jst disappear sorter like the flash of a cussion cap in the mite? did they take eny time ct all tn do hit? didn't they jist scatter tharsefs right whal they wer? "Yes, Sut, they went, and did not stand on the order of their going" No, l recon they dident nor dam eff they stood on eny thing else. Now, all kin say is that the echo owe my whistle rung through aroom full owe emtiness. They went outen the wnders in grate punches es big es hogshead, an struck the pavement runnin.
 They went up the chimleys an just pour ed down the stars--an agin got tn a win der l cud just see thar tails futterin thru the gratins owe the cellar winders all roun that big lot. And them as had wings the buzzards, owls, chicken hawks, crows, bats and beetles arter the ruff cum off list went upards intu the gloom owe the storm Pieces ove the tin ruff as big es bed quilts an wagon kivers chased sum owe em plump to the tavern porch smashin tails an a peelin of har an fur es they went I tell (per-datory, don't ye call hit) hes most wholesum fear owe humans, dogs, an day lite. Hits instink owe them tn make thur serts scace ct moments warnin, an darn ef the show they made owe that in- stink that nite diden't kiver them all with a glory what don't fade by time UT git rust ed by years. As tn that onnamable var mint what ct every kind owe vittils an looked like eny thing hit pleazed-I wer watchn owe hit wo'kin ontu hits har, (es 1 told you) rite in the middle owe the rune when 1 hOtle ei fur Rove.
 An dCn n ole Clapshaw eff hit didn't list disapoar e in hits tracks, an when I sarcAed th. spot whar hit sot foun emtv har "" bottle, bunch owe grey hair like untu hogs, an leaf outen a book on slight ove han. Taking owe the whole thing tugether hit am the durndest impu- denteSt skariest atiar 1 ever seed. Well, the sun aint more nor our high an thars gw no tn be Quiltin tn Hyram Robinsons, an I've got tu go tn Clapshaws alter . jug owe truck, so 1 must go. Whar kin | see you tn tell you owe the balance owe thar doins next day an nex mite? Fur | list tell you whats tn cum beats the devil. l don't know what this world am comin tn. when all the stealth sort owe varmintS holds loveieaSt agin the humans Well l has perfect reliance in theze we're laigs takin keer owe me, but whar'd you be eff yer lags wer all your pendence? eff you'd been in my fix at Nashville, duarn'd eff they hadn't picked your bones sartin. Say, George, stop minit don't you speak ove what I've told you in any varmintv range.