Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-11
81, Lovengooa with old Abe ON ms Journey.

SUIT L0vengoOd with Old Abe ON His journey.
Well es told you we went tn bed arter that onekel-
" divided horn and sot in tn seepn in yurnest when
hearn kerd kerdiff-an thar stood the Old par owe
Windin Blades ills he cum inter the world, ms smut
hung on top the bed posZ an be hed DIS reo nahn
drawers in bis hand by the ags thrashin owe EN- agn
tSa wash stan then he peeped down wun aig and Their
down tother then he turned en- inside out ana zamn
ed onder the seams from aiDd to aind. SEE L, hats
rong? Ar yu huntin fur seseshunist IN as narrer
place as them drawer lags? He shook his hed, an
still zamined the At last he" Sutty my sum-
are you troubled much with fees down South?" Not
es nos owe our dogs sumtmes SEE l, an we alters
kicks EN- out when they scratches " W ELL, SEE me-
|" I've alters had less vexashun owe spirit Win
EN- the nier get tn Washington CITY, the Wus tney
ar et thar number enterprise encreases es they heV
dun afore am thar week, I'll be ded man., then
he reached down both hands and scratched both lags
rum his ankles tn his short ribs, hit sounded like
rakin' owe dry hide with curry comb, an then he
cum tn bed agin but kept rakin hissef sor
ter a cussin onder his bref. SEE l, boiler up
a niger to git more tangle-aig. What's
tangleIaig, Sutty Sum truck like what you
he'd in that ar lonesome lookn teller standn on the
tabil By hzssef. Do you want sum more p? SEE he.
dus that onless you'll go to Sleep He got up drug
ole har trunk from onder the bed. When he turned
back the led thar the botts stood is like sogers
muster day ur Docturs medicn chst. We divided
toerabe far atwixt US, an wur fxn fur sleep an
talkin owe heas an how would git him safe tn ash
intun when thunderin knockn cum ontu the door,
Ole Windn Blades jumped outen bed agin the lock
pop keerfuy opened the door, holdn tn the
handl with boff hans. AFTER he seed and knoWed EN-
be opened when in popped two feers in store close an
sorrel irishmun with flax name TAIL an he he'd a
letter. Ole Abe sOt up cross laged in cheer in his
shrt-a and read hit long time, fust side up
then luther, artcr takin whispern spell they
left. Sez he, Suty, my sun, this ar lspatch from
Gintra Scott, hit proves what you sed about Bald
timOre III be true, an tarlal site wus. He SEE
that Alex Steve rs thar with a twelve FOUNDER
strapped ontu his back an lit rich pine torch in his
hand awaiting fur me- and that hit is loaded with a
quart escOpet Told Scott calls everything escopet
that's round) balls three smoothin irons, four par owe
butt hinges gross owe shoe tacks, and the OLD
Gnera thinks frum his nodge perects that eff it
wer turned loose onu that my hide would be well
opened out fish net, my close made redy tn stop
cracks in rain barril jumped plump out bed an lit
afUre him an locked him sedy in the eye fur mint,
an felt that wer standin for the fust time atore
man that warnt feaTd Ove an hu knowd wer scaser
owe scence than [ wer | glad he'd found him,
| fur you know George shat l thot [ wer the king
fool the world alters felt shaned onder cow
about hit. A-lec-k Ste-pe-n to-tin a TWELVE
p-ou-n der STOOD stonished fust ct him an then ct
ole bigger fools in the world than me- an bof
on able tn read rite hO,ln high places in the
naseun SUITS got chance yet, thinks l. SEE, MIS-
ter LNK-HoRN ian wer skeered at the bodness owe nv
voice. du you understand southern law no. SEE he
only es hit tetcbes nggers Well SEE III tell ye
nOlidge hit hes saved my life for the last twenty
years. twcsta year. hit may yourn once month
ever ye out thar speak hits medut in this
imargncy. When we lects our Governors we lects a
oo-killer fur every county, ard furnishes him with
gun asnic, strick nine, hit is his july tn travel
say about wun day Anime the Suckit Rider You see
the Suckit Rider gethe the people ugether an hit
makes hit convenient, lie kills off the stock owe
fools tn a considerable extent every round he takes
Our o0kilers Lev dun thar july, an conse keny the
South hev sece!el. Use been dOdgtn EN- sence | wei
able III run, | now tell you, Mister LINK-HORN-
Stop, stop SUTTY, my son. he wants tn ak you
questun; why don't you stop the breed in more hu
maze way, by emaxuatiOD i'll let live p
he declaration owe independence you know, sez-
STOP SEE |. fur | found l rsin groun, al
II tell yu why emaxulushen wont kiver the case, nc
more freeing stealing niger il make him
white Fools break out like meass They Gums
from the best tamilys. An agin, neighborhood ov
fools will Sumtlmes breed smart fellow. Just look a
Seward as a sampiI, Or yourself u cum from K ain
tuck. An she perjusd Hart, feller hu makes yeopl
Outen stone till they kin du every thing but drink, tall
an propagate thar species and they can't du tina
he's an onmitgated burned fool Tor making en- stea
owe rale Twin folks Spose the tool killer wer tn XII
las in july bound he orter) every 'boitonist nov
Twin, wOudent the same se, an cmit, an feedi
what perjused the id ole cusses what burnt ole
pased wlmmen as witches and perjused 30 SMITH,
ole MILLER, en- Miss Fox, WENDIL PHILLIPS, al
Misses BI.OOMER, with her breechCs an shut, mex yea
peruise just such another CROP say? Owe course hi
would yet the rich sreak in that ar country ov
cod fish and mullen stalks, peruced HANCOCK and tn
Day Book e:naxulusum wont du yu must kill EN- jis
yu ketch EN-, you du your feas, an rely les du
on my lags hard work in foerin EN- frurn ger
erashun tn generashun They understand this ere thin
in Texas adzacty give black jack an piece ov
bed cord, that all they AK. He studied a Ion
time aid scratched says be- SuTTY atween the flea
an your talkin lse sorty got tn wool gethern swar
hess when stopt you tn ak that ar questin what we
WI gwine tn say bout the fool killer in connecshun wit
my case Oh, nothin, SEE I. Do you ever speck t
cum down souf mister Linkhorn? No SIR SCI he Wei
then, hit don't SIGNIFY l. so in tn pannn no,
tn get thru Baltimore, his hide hole an hi
wer dun, an dun well, tu if not wisely Me, an ETH
REDGE, an ole john the only tellers frum the sou
what am in the rattle at all Next time | see 70
George I'll tell you how we eucherd all Baldtmore