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

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better think aboutgitin' hum afors long,
l felt for one I'd got my belly full.
and to rites. ] told him so--and so sed
the rest Of the fellers, and SO sed Prudence
Rarr, and Sail Savage sed she'd got pur-
luzhun, enuf, and she gessed Alleurly had
tn, and so We concluded to nizzle. !
kinder kept an eye on Prudence. SO as tn
ak her tn ride hum with me, which wood
be handy all round, as her folks lived
Jest beyond our house. and the fust noed
she was all ready, aud whose arm shood
she be on, but Jim Spooner's ..r.
"Cum, jed" seq he, Glare up, the
mares waitin'; where's your gal?" l felt
so dumfounded like that didn't no what
to think. THE dogs she isl seq l ;
"well go rite ont and git in, and I'll be
thare in tew seconds" But cum tn look
round THAR warn't nobody goin' our way
but what had got fellers, 'cept Hstty
Gawkins.s Thinks l. I'll stay sll mite
and cort Liz. but Jest then l seed Mike
Lonely with one arm round LIS waste,
and loOkin as noein as q coon in g corn
field, so I seed it was very plain that it
was Hetty or hum alone, so tn make the
matter short, axed her. She sed she
didn't kere if she went with me seein as
how I'd got wagon, so we tumbleG in.
THAR warn't only one seat, so l Sot in
Hetty's lap and Jim sot in Prudence's
lap, and off we started. I didn't feel
like bein very long on the road, and /
CESS the old mare didn't neither, for We
hadn't gone fur afore her tale begun tn
whisk, whisk-and her foar feet kept
cumin' doun harder and harder, and putty
soon she took tn a clean run, which made
the wagon jump from one stun to another
as il. 'twood shake your liver out. 'rsi
"Hold the critter. in, doant let her
brake" SEE Jim. ...--.
a1'Never fear" SEE I, an fetch her up
easy at emmy time" a 'F Ai'-' O.
Jest then we come tn little peace Of
doun hill which was as ruff as cats
back when she's skeered, and set out tn
pull her up, but the moar / pulled the
wusser she'run. I braced agin the fore
part and told Hetty tn hold on behind,
aud then give one almity twitch sum
thing give way, thow coodn't tell what
it was, but seemed as if I'd split the
citter's jaws clear up to her ears, but it
did not stop her no moar than it wood
du tn chane litenen.F On she went fast
er. and at every plunge the old wagon seat
and all thare was on it wood jump as
much as tew feet rite on end, sartin. The
trees and fences few by us so quick we
Good not count them, and the moon
which was almost doun, kept rollin' and
tumblin' about orfully, while as for the
stars the sky was cuYered with little shi-
ny specs aud kept dsnOin and chitterweein
about Jest like the sparks in blacksmith's
chimbly. The gals screamed. and Jim
he got hold of one rain and hollered
whoa and / griped tother and hollered
whoa, bat THAR was no whoa IN her
she only pulled a little harder and made
the FIRE roll out of the stuns terribly. !
thort for mint the judgement was cum.
and we was death on the pale boss y
When we got opposite old Squire Cav.
kins,, Hetty sung out like pig under a
gate to git ou--ou--out She coodn't
speak at once you noe, on account Of the
motion, and she screeched so you must
have heerd her tew miles.
"Hold your tung, you infarnal wild
catl'' seq Jim, cor this old she devil
hear ahead, will lead us intu etarnity in
less than no time" .f ---..-..r..-d
Prudence blubbsred, and put her arms
around JIM and Rugged about the clo-
sest. / kinder felt that | shoodn't much
keer if we did all 60 tn the place he spoke
of, if Good set in his seat--it wood be
kind Of satisfaction tn be chswed up in
q stun heep, If the smash wood only cum
when 1 he'd tew SIGH purity arms round
But as for Hetty. she dug her long
bony mucclss intu my ribs, and griped
Is il she'd tair the bones out. 1t was
Heavens marcy how the old MAR kept
the rode, for We Good not steer her emmy
moar than we Good q rinosecross, and the
smoke rolled cot of her nostrils like Bel
zybub hisself Well, on we went. lick
erty smash, over the stuns and gridirons,
sumtimss on one wheel, and sumtimes on
nun at all. Jehu how she maid the
gravel fy-my teeth rlttled in my he'd as
Il thay was all luse in the socket. At
last we cum in site Of Deacon Dimon's.
a''Now," seq Jim. hold her In. for II
she turns up the Deacon's lane. We arr
all gone smokers" 100 80 W. -
"WeIl, lend rs hand at this Of
rams" seq land we placed ourselves.
"GiTe of the word. Jim, ser l.!
"Now, then, tOgether," seq he; and
we settled upon; her. g.s.-,-lI .,;1.L -.
But We mite Jest IS well tried to hold
q bull moose By the tale. At that mint
the rsns broke, and let as back on tu the
gals. .sb IS s1Erisdrt sd Z .sfHfsa i1ss
. "Oh |" seq Prudence. f-i lsr.1
Waugh !" seq Hetty.
ats seunmin, p ses Jim; and I seed
II was. for at that instant the old MAR
turned the corusry like weather rooster
in whirlwind, -o4f,.r --s, -aov 1ss
"Hold or" sea /, and Hetty let in her
bread hooks ike the gupe Of deth to a
ded niger. Ifeft Z sort Of dizzy feelin',
lest as . body duz afore thay puke-so l
drawed in my he'd and shet my ize. and
over We went! Thare- was . yell aud
then smash, and then when I cum tn
amyseln was stickin' forksd eend up.
druv clean over my sholdsrs in . hsep Of
cern fodderl As soon as I Good dig out,