White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-12-29

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"Why' you darned fool - seq Jim,
''you iorter poned the sope ont afore you
stuck your feet In" ,sjs.l w. sfr-+ ora
"Well. never mind" seq I, for I was
in an -orfnl hurry, cuz it was gittin' late,
'anever mind, they feel cool and comforta.
bic jest now mebby the sope viii soften
the leather" and of we started. / had
on my new drab trowssrs. We had Jest
got the cloth hum from the mill, and
aunt Kitty set up all mite to finish them
for the 'casion. My coat was only cum
min, tn year old, and felt that / wara't
tn be sneezed at by folks what hsdn'tgot
no noses. Jim and had agreed afore
hand that we'd borrer Deacon Dimond's
old MAR and wagin, and so bring hum
some ofthe gals so we went into the
old Deseon's togit her as we went along.
Pc The old man was pesky feer'd she'd
cut up sum infarnel caper with us. cuz.
you see, she was sorter skittish like, be
sides he knew that jim was rayther a
wild Teller, and didn't kerr no more for q
ninepence than cat does when her back
is up. But l told him I'd drive and be
keerful, and to clinch the matter we paid
him tn shillins down, and promised the
other the next day-so he told us if we
thought we could catch the beast we mite
try it. and out We went to the paster.
But the old mair was as shy as black
fox, and wouldn't be come over so easy.
She laid her ears back on her neck, and
rolled out the white finer eyes, as much
as tn say. "nuthin green here. youngsters, I"
aud of she started on tall trot, hur tail
switchin this way and that, like all natur,
clear tn luther eend of the paster. A
weary chase we had of it, tell you, be-
fore we Good corner hur. At last we got
her in between the fence and a big stun,
and Jim hecrept up on one side and on
luther, till at last l made grab at her
fOretop. ~. ....
But no sooner did I lay my hand on
hur that she wheeled on hur hind feet, in
the twinklin of a drumstick, and landed
me as much as 20 feet, eend over eend
into brush-heap. "Conssrn the rip ]"
seq L. and l picked myself up almost the
quickest-and when l looked around for
the msir. may l be blasted if Jim wasn't
on hur back, without halter or bride,
grippin hur name licke destruction, and
she putin in the liks the wust kind for
the orchard. Ride small my lad thinks
|. or you'll git the lint brushed off your
broadcloth. But she changed hur mind
when she got thur. and turned for the
barnysrd. Soon as she stopped Jim
slipped of. and put the bars up. We
soon fixed the old vixen in the toggery.
and started. AFTER we got out of site OF
the Deacon's i guess she got pay for the
lofty tumblin she made me perform. and
the way she tux her feet away from ihe
ground was korshun TO boss shews. 20
We seed long before we got tn the kur-
nel's that thur was tn be loud one thur
that evenin, for the winders was all lifted
up both in the fore room and in the kitch-
en-, and every. now and then as we got
nearer, we could heer somebody or-uther
rore right out latin. So 1i 'sa
"Put on the lash. Jed. see Jlm'
they'll have, all the fun out afore wsgh
thur" ......-. al.
Not as you knows on" said I. ".hur's
good fish in she sea yit-that's only Mike
Lonely latin at some of his own nonsense.
l can tell Mike as fur as ! can hear him
a whoopin.
With that we shove mp in the door.
and linn he ;uinned ont. / followed suit
but by the powers. no sooner than my
feet struck the ground curled up like
freed forkentihe - en ST. siii f'i-.
"GolIy grsciousl Jim, if my feet amt
all jelly I" sell. isdI sg -
"Woll," said he, didn't | tell you to
pore it ont l should not wonder if they
were all sope STORE mornin."
And sure enuff. my feet felt inst Ike tn
red blisters. sot down on the stoop
and tried to pull my boots of, and jim
he tried, but they wood not start any
more than the skin itself, and mite Jest
as we'll tried to pull the bones out so l
seed I must grin and bear it for the nignt
for sartin. When we got IN they wur
bizzy enuE Sum was parln, sum was
CORN, and sum was stringin, and they
was all talkin and latin like all nstur-
About half q dozen fellers was down on
a bench, in one corner, with baskets OF
apples rite afore them, and if the parlns
did not fly of in what folks call tangiDt
then I never, seed one. Then thur was
about as many more gals and fellers cut,
tine of the butts and tips, andsa parcel
moar was cuttin ont the cores, while an
almity lot was astringin for life
Many hands make lite work. thinks l.
so I made for the long table whur they
was a stringin. I seed the purtiest gals
was al to that table, and they seemed tn
have the most fun. rs -sss'1 q. ,5 =
Prudence. lend Teller needle. " SEE l.
y"Sorry to pity you, Mr.. Pearsley," sea
she, ''but yoa see have lent the last one
tn Sam Shocks" eta-fs-za oi aia
"Sam. hand me that needle if you
pleas" see I. -1 - y.l4lea1g lL,s7sd
"See you blamed fust, jed" said Sam.
Howsumever, I hunted round till /
found y needle, but rs for gittin place
tn stand at the table, that was another
sort of affair, and arter tryin all round L
thought would give it up and go tn CORN.
But whileI had been tryin To git place
BY the long table. Jim Spooner had IN
sinuated himself intu the only vacant
place thur so Lhsd to go tn cuttin, or
Cow nuthin. And what made it worser
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