The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-02-06

me feel rnrty nnch at home.
As soon as I'd got to the light
Tor y Ssas dark nowr-- ! took a squip,
down AZ the legs Of my briicbJs tc
see. i IA trimmed Inn shout right
md ] came 70 he conclusion that J
had "
Urclc BLY, and me, VIC pitched
into talking about the weather an6
,ench like; and Amt Jane and Mol
1y, thty got up in the chimney COR
ner and wen, TO knitting, and Molly
and me, we kept taking ely glanccs
at one anorber whenever we found
She old folks weren't a looking
There was q tremendous log fire op
and toll you it felt fine to a ielei
in my fix, cause you sce ! wac kind
Ger damp about The lege.
8Hn A!ttr we'd talked and went on
for some time, caught chance
when the Old woman was looking
4dovn at her knitting, a trying to
pick up n stitch she'd dropped and
& The old m' n had twisted around and
was loolirg a, the bed kinder sleepy
hke--l cay | caught that charc
and thought Id look at Molly and
kinder smile. .jgst 10 see il the crittci
awouldn'i smile back aein. II was
no nse-- when o k, at her ] seed
{ phe was almost tickled to death
about something and that 81 @ was 8
looking atords the bottoms OF my
bri ches' legs A hot nash went
all owe, me, Tor thought it mont be
that Id made some bungle in trim
ring 'em. AS coon as got a good
clanre. took q ely look down my
telf, and sure enough seed | had.
one OF my briIches legs was at tho
top Of my sock, and my sock wern'l
none OF the cieantst in the world;
ard what was wuss, there was a
y Numbering big hole in it right lhro'
to dirty spot on my skin.
-ai. Thinks | to myeel', Tom that's
my name, you've gene and done it
this time, and 10 mistake, and
wisi, to goodness you were at home
hut it is too late to worry about split
milk. As quick as flash, shifted
around like, and hid that leg behind
totlier, and then lookt over at her
kinder exultinely. Judge of my
feelings when this timo when seed
she was tickled wuss than before
W The big drops started oil over my
fee. for | kuow'd there was some.
thing else net right; so purity soon
] locke down, and sure Us you live,
there was my other brilches leg
shout sn inch shorter than the one
first discovered.
81 Tits was awful! ! jumpt right
up snd pretended t. DO warming
e, my back, for ! know'd a standing up
would let my bri,chos down a little
As soon ns ] could, ';hout exciting
susricion, took another glance at
EN-, and, sir, they were both over
two inches above my socks, End 70
all lappearance still rising. Thinks
Tum, there must he something
wrong, for certain. Mobhy you've
gone and lErnt your tri,ches: or
who knows, bnt you're bewitched
or someihng2 ! grces you'd better
hc a tooddIing tough it,s awful to
leave this sweet critter 'ihout spark
ing her little, after coming so iaI
3 through the cold-so says | to tbs
old man and old womsr:
a. Try and come over and see our
folks sc OF as yop can" and then
pickt up my gun.
a. Wha1' said Uhcle Billy, you
aint going home, | hope2,
t'.'les, Gays | Al must be getting
selong'
81 Tut! tul!' says he, Il WON'T think
ofsuch a thing. Why 70 must stay
all night with ne
"Yes' put in Aunt Jano, 'you
mnsn't think OF going homo to
night 1#r H.tio.
'sYes, must he q goiug,' says /,
cl'eEing a glance at the legs OF my
bri,ch,t, and seeing they had got
vol nigh on TO ns high as nv knees.
why must you gol' said the old
man; You can't do anything at home
TO night when you get there
1ii"Cuuee-'
"Just then Molly, who had been
hitting her purity lips to try to hold
in, busted right in loud laugh, and
then the old woman, she reached
,ver and boxcd her ears; but that
only made her laugh wuss. A soon
as slo could hold in a lit % sEe
Whispered something in her moth,
er'e ear. which maze her look mi,h
~ se'i u. and Fhe said 10 MoIy.
shocking! that musn't do IT. Thcr
che went back into the kitchen, snd
she said TO Ter old II an:
'''''William como here mirtk :"
IL went, end heard them slk
ing srme'hirg about Lri'clr $, rrd
then b)nt new psir of lie'n and
go on. TLilking that was my best
chance to get off | 'unIered.
! hadn't got but lt,lo distance, b.
fore | hoard tie olt man calling
{ M; ard he kept on a calling till !
j got c'e out of healinI; but tell
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