The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-06-15

manage him. You must touch him-as
soon as you do that, he wakes up all right;
but if he don't get awake, there's no tel
lin what he may do. He got after fel-
ler here one night and come mortal near
beating him to death with boot-tree be-
fore he know'd what he was at. You
see, I'd neglected to tell the feller how to
manage him; and so. instead of facing
up and touching him, the feller, he turned
bis back, and started to run, and when he
did that, he'd as well bin in purgatory.
If he gets up to walk in his sleep, you
must get right out after him, and 60 right
up, face foremost, and touch him, and it is
all over in jiffy. But don't never turn
your back to him-1f you do. you're o
conner. He may try to get away from
you, like he does from Us sometimes; but
never MIND that, foller him and don't stop,
come what will, till you've touched him."
Burns expressed himself perfectly salts.
fed, and not 10 the least afraid, so went
down stairs, SO set up for Pete. When
he came. said I to him:
"'Pete, there's stranger in the other
bed up stairs-a new shoemaker who
came along this evening, and I gave him
q short job. Guess, he's about tho right
kind of a chap; but he's unfortunate, poor
fellowl He's subject to some kind of
fits; and he told me tonight that he was
very dangerous when he had them on.
He says he shows tho 6rst symptoms of
nights by getting up aud walking, though
he don't know a thing what he's doing.
When he's in that fix, he says, everything
must keep out of his way, for if ever he
gets his hands on any one, he's sure to
hurt them, and as apt ss not, seriously.
You must watch him to night, Pete,
and, ifhe don't leave tomorrow. I'll
fix up some other place for him to
sleep.'
II saw in q moment that Pete didn't
begin to like the idea of sleeping in the
room with the feller, but rather than be
considered afraid, he Sent up without
saying much, and turned in. Of course
he couldn't sleep, for he didn't know what
minute the feller might be on to him with
one of his fits, so he lay there drawing
long breaths and q thinking. At last it
popt into his head that he'd forgotten to
lock the shop door down stairs so out he
rolled, and started down stairs to fasten
it. Burns, whose fears were also too
great to be driven away to sleep, think.
ing Pete had got up in one of his walking
ways, rolled out and following him. Pete
went down, locked the door. laid the key
on a work bench, and started up stairs
when, to his horrorl he met the stranger
coming down-in one Of his fits, o1
course. The first act of Pete was to beat
a hasty retreat and the FIRST act Of Burni
was to set up q sharp pursuit. Dowr
into the shop they went pell nell, over tn.
benches. the pile of sole leather, and the
last-rack In the 6rst round, they kick
ed the key out of the way. 30 Pste's only
hope--that of getting out doors. ani
trusting to leg bail-was blasted. Find
ing that escape to more sea room was i'm
possible, he began to dodge arount
through the dark, for dear life, aud Burn
kept close at his heels for the sam
| thing. Of all the puppits that ever
| heard in my life, they capped the climax
, I thought in my soul they'd kill them
selves numbering over the benches ant
, things. A horse 6ght in high aooret
, stable wouldn't hold patching to tn
f noise they made. 1t lasted for over fv
? minutes, and you'd better believe
laughed some in that time. 1t was th
/ best chunk of laugh I'd had for sever
al years.
T "Pretty soon they begun to make
D new kind of noise, and then I know
they'd got clinched, and we're . fighting
r liked that, too, at FIRST; but they kept
} up so long that at last begun to e
kinder scared; 30 I went to the door t
{ get in and part them. 1t was no use
, all was locked up tight and fast, 20 / jul
e had to let 'em rip.
"After they'd fout on for purity goo
1 spell, they kinder checked up to g,
r wind, and said Burns, said he:
! ".Are you awake yet!'
q "Awake hell i said Pete. IL It OF
o yeu!'
".No, amt off'n you,' said Burns, 'an
I don't intend to get of'n you till II
b sure you're awake
"'But is the fit about to 60 off'n you
said Pete.
y "'What ft?' asked Burns. i nevs
IS had fit in my life.'
r "'The h-ll, you didn't said Pc.
n and then he paused moment, AZ if thinl
# ing, and then said he: 'D-m Old To-
;. Brown!' And then, oil mi, OIL sue
n cussing as ho let out at NE! I new
70 hear tell of Q man getting such cussin
II before nor since. It almost made n
e feel like crawling down into my boot
II I s'pose he wouldn't said 80 much
he'd had any idea was in hearing.
Is "Next morning they came down stat
te purity smsrtly scratched and Rugged q
% and the FIRST thing Pete dii was to al
me for his wages. Pete WAS such q goe
p feller, that hated to part with him, an
et so I tried to persuade his to stay; but
10 was no 60. had to fork over, and
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