The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-12-12

em in big pot sunk at tother eeud ov
hit" lie jest went over the starn head
fus,, and cooned hit down the chain, out.
enside under the birthstone. Arter being
down a spell, he cum back loohn disper-
tied like, but his gineral look wur power.
fully improved by bath in melted brim.
stone. swow he lookt heap more like
human, Sez he, gone, pot audaIl."-
opened my eyes. Sez be, "haint Forl
ney got EN- I" Sez I, "Mebby so-he's
BIN trmblin round the starn good while"
Derned ef he didn't sarcb every pocket
ole Forney had, and the ole Gus never
coteh him at hit, and he got tie spoons.
While this wus agoing on. Old Thad
wur trying to claim kin with the Devil,
a comparin his foot along with ole Nick's.
think the pint wur TO git oflis, for
hern the Devil keep sayin. mo, o, be
durn ef | do; we has order here now"
an all the time ole Wade were a pes,erin
bis Majesty for a free ticket on bis dogge
ry. seed that the Devil wur pi,,in
monstrous Uneasy. Wendell Phillips KEEP
watching fust the side that went down
under the climers, and then the side what
come up out ov the lake. He Just hop,
ped overheard, and swum over thar, an
tried his durncst to turn hit tC,her way.
lie grabbed the slopin side ov the cleats.
and held on as long as he could, and
then slosh back agin among the melted
dorg'irous and birthstone. reckon he
must a made fifty trials afore he quit and
swum back TO the bote, and then he sot
IN the most yeatuest manner, to persuade
the Devil to take otrthe cests an nail EN-
on again upside down, so as to run hell
backward, an ov korce the outside world
with hit, without givin reason why hi,
would help the matter. This made the
| Devil bile over. He sed not a durred
one ov em should stay thar another hour,
that thade raise rebellion and DESTROY
the institution, and ther wha; would the
world do; particularly N,,o Lagi1md p
tell you he jes, rared seq he, "Il clear
my domInions ov you burned quick" and
be ranged big bum mortar what were
in tue bo.e, point blank at the hatchhole,
and be loaded ip ole Wade, feet fust, and
made Forney tetch hit off BY golly, he
went whzzen thru the hole, and hit ed
whisky on the lake ontil it burnt blue,
Next he grabbed ole Thad Sez he,
trembIin, "PIea'., your Magesty, lode
her in with me-" pintin to a she MIG GET
strung on chain. Seq the Devil, mo,
sir, | think we can manage he, ar,er you
are gone, and besides sh. look like she
needed a little rest" Bang an Jest
cotch a glimpse ov Thad's crooked foot
scrapn splinter off the hatch. Comm
mex, he yoked Sumner, and he begged to
be loaded he'd fuss, as he sed he'd always
travelled sturn furst thru life, An lie wanted
to finish his erny the same way on &C.
count Of his record. SO s,urn fust he com e
outen the hatch hole, and | recon s,urn
fust he busted again sumthin away yon,
der on the outside. Buffers, surnamed
the Beast, turn cum next. While the
Devil wur loadin him in, I observed
him busy butnin up his pockets. When
the mortar fired | was watchiu the hatch
hole clost; dident like the idea ov his
leavin, but durned ef he went thar, he
follorei the line Of hi, cock eye, and bust.
ed inter million piece. agin the wall
Spoons an bfoastipins fell foot deep all
over the lake, an hearp the wimmin all
cheer. The Devil then licked his lips, an
went for Wendell, but he jest loped over
board and dove, and to save bis lie, the
Devil couldn't find him. He'll raise
trouble thar yet, see II he don't. Mex he
grabbed Forney, his steerstnan, an sez be,
"you don't steer TO suit me-" ar he com,
menced loadin him in, and don't you
believe, just as the cusses he'd wer eoin
out ov site, he whispered in the Devils
ear that was Jamison, the acter. Tie
Devil remarked, ave got nothin agin
Jarpison you is the one," made at me
by golly jest becase he seed the Beast out.
smar,ed him in the spoon biziness.
Thar will be peace in hell :or shor,
while, II the Devil can ketch Wendell.
and reconstruct the burned raskil. I
recon be will ketoh him for he set all The
rsvenu detectives arter him, an | tell you,
George, hell is full ov the mean cusses,
an more comm. Ole smutty reached
for me last one, and put me down his gun,
| ss, into begin hard. SEX he, "you mus
no tho ntnsnatity ~ n,y L,.rlouz