The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-11-14


time, and they increased the stuper
under wich he wuz labOrin. Besides
he was attackt. with sore head, and in
adishen to all this, ther wuz barnacles
and vampires, and blOod-suckers Nv all
kinds, Wich farther weakened him.
Listen how hard he breathes."
And he wuz a breathin hard.
At this precise mint methawt the
guide disappeared, and there wuz a
agitashen Nv the curtins Nv the cham
Der. Slowly they lifted, and to my
surprise saw teachers wich recog-
nized. Vallandygum peered in, and
seein that the Giant wuz still asleep,
come in on tip-tOe, beckOnin others
to follow. They come. There wuz
Thurman, Nv Ohio, VOORHEES,, Nv In
jiany, Florence, SharswoOd and Jerry
Black, NV PenIrsyIvany; Seward, Fer
mandy Wood and MOrrissey, NV Moo
York, and Johnson, Pierce, Book
anan, and the whole glorious company
of marters. Cautiously they crept in
and timidly ranged themselves abOut
the sleepin Giant, and commenced
talkin among themselves.
.-'sThat wuz to heavy a load for him
to carry at his age" chuck ell Ben.
Wood, pintin to an immense burden
to his shoulders, on wich wuz
written equality before the Law"
eyes" sed johnson, 'sbut he wood
hev got throo with it, but 1 tripped
him !" ...-
at wuz I-who put the stone down
over wiCh he stumbled," sed Seward
in whisper. Pm. .....-....
'To biznisT' sed VaIlandygum.
'Let US git wat we kin afore he
awakens," and he and Thurman silly
fingered away Ohio, doin it without
him much. He did groan
slitely, and moved uneasily. Shars-
wood and Jerry Black very adrOitly
slipped Pennsylvania out from under
his arm, and agin he started up rest
Iessly, but sunk back into his slumber
agin.
EmbOIdened by this, Fernandy
Wood and Seymour attempted to steal
away Moo York, wich wuz the piller
onto wich his head reStid, and while
they Wuz manOOverin it he made a
terrible noise, ez eff he wuz in agony.
"It's the death rattle in his throatg'
piped the ten Stats under his heels,
strivin to release themselves.
"It's the death rattle in his throat"
shreaked they all, THROWN off all
stealth and each grabbin Stait.
In an instant the scene changed.
They had Overdid it. THE GIANT
AwOKE, and, springin to his feet,
glared tiercely onto them.
eThe death rattle, IS it?' sed he, in
a voice Nv thunder. ola! Ha! you
the snOrin Nv hard-sleepin
giant for the death rattle! What hev
1 done? Sleepin so long, and KNOWN
all the time that assassins IHrked
around mel" Shakin the barnacles
off, he laid about him lively. He
pitched Fernandy and Seymour out
head over heels-one sweep NV his
right arm disposed of Pierce, Book
anan and that pack, and then, missin
Ohio and Pennsylvania, he observed
VallandygUm and SharswoOd, maxim
off with EN-. Utterin a howl NV rage,
he sprang after EN-. Two Ieeps suf1ic-
ed, and he Wrenched the Stats from
their grasp, but not, however, ontil
Vallandygum had bit a laundering
slice out NV Ohio, and Sharswood one
nearly ez large out NV rnsyIvany.
AT this plat awOke. The mOrnin
sun wuz a sendin her brilliant beams
thro the winders NV Bascom's. AL
me lay the PROSTATE forms Of
Deekin POgram, BascOm, Captain
McPelter, Issaker Gavitt, and the
Others who had bin with me the mite
afOre. They wuz a snorin and a sleep
in ez peacefully ez men ever did. The
doors he'd been left wide open, and
the vilagers-the early birds who are
allUz around ketchin the WOrm-hed
collected at the door. They did not
vencher in, not KNOWN how sound
asleep we wuz, OntiI-ez one NV EN-
told me afterwards he'd seen a
hog belonging to BASE ON walk in the
open door and root about among us,
gruntin approvinly, ez tho it rem5sd-
ed him uv-his childhoOd's days, witch
indeed it did, ez he he'd alluz bin fed
at a distilIery-and then, satisfied
that we wuz troOly asleep, they walk,
ed in and helped themselves to refresh
ments at the bar. Turnin them out
quietly, with a stingin rebuke for
their dishonesty in taking advantage
Nv one helplis ez BascOm wuz, / emp
tied the contents Nv his drawer, and,
sekoorin it in my boot, lay down q
tho 1 wuz asleep, till they shood
awake. In an hour he awOke and
discovered that he he'd bin gone thro.
"WhO Good hev done it?" sed he.
only dear FRIEND" sed I, ''yOO wuz
inioOdishus enuff to leave your door
Open-see there,' and l pinted to the
villagers a reelin thrO the street.
"They're virtuous, but you put their
integrity to a test wich it cOodent
stand. Their wuz too much pressure
to the square inch on their cOnshences,
and they coIlapst. Let it be warnin
to 700. ] don't know that I Good hev
resisted it he'd L awakened first"
And l awakened the Deekin and
helped him home, stayin with him,
Nv course, to breakfast.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, P. NJ.
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