Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-12-19
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1867.

i procure SuIlfclent malntenance-
''Sit down, Peeb, and help yourself to
beer. Don't stand there hodin your hal
like blind beggar with the paralysis. -
What's the matter with you. anyway?
never see you behave yourself 50 in all my
born days.
PEBBLES was knocked out of time again,
and had to wander back and take a fresh
start.
Mr.. Merriweather: Sir, it may not be
unknown to you that during an extended
period of some five years [ have been en-
gagged in the prosecution Of commercial
enterprise. with the determination to pro-
cure sufficient maintenance"
4" A which ance = asked old Merriwea-
Their; but PEBBLES held on to the last word
like 1t was his onl y chance, and went on:
In the hope that some day might en-
ter wedlock, and bestow my earthly pos
sessions upon one whom [ could call my
own. have been a lonely man, sir, and
have felt that it is not good for man to be
alone; therefore,"
Neither is it, PEBBLES, and Pm all fred
glad you dropped in. How's the old
man 2"
MIR. Merriweather: Sir" said PEBBLES,
IN despalrlng confusion, raising his voice
to yell, 1T may not be unknown to you
that during an extended period of lonely
man have been engaged to enter wedlock,
and bestow all my commercial enterprise
upon one whom [ could procure to be a
determination to be good for sufficient
possesslou-no. [ meau-that is-that-
MIR. Merrlweather, sir, it may not be I'M
Known"
"And then again it may. Look here.
PEBBLES, you'd better lay down and take
something warm; you amt WE'LL"
PEBBLES, sweating like four-year old
colt, went in again:
"Mr Aerriweather: Sir, it may not be
lonely for you to prosecute me whom you
can call friend for commercial mainte-
nance, but-but-oh, dang it-Mr. Merri-
weather; slr-it-"
a"Oh, PEBBLES, you talk as wild as a
jackass. | never see more irst-class i'd
lot in the whole course of my life What's
the matter with you anyhow 7"
MIR. Merriweather, sir, said PEBBLES,
in an agony of bewilderment, st may not
be unknown that you prosecuted lonely
man who is not good for a commercial pc
Rod Of wedlock felt for some five years
but"
and if you can't behave better than that,
you'd better leave. Ii you don t, I'll chuck
you out, or Pm Dutchman."
''Mr. Merriweather, sir" said PEBBLES,
frantic with despair, sit may not be un
known to you that my earthly possessions
are engaged to enter weolock five years
with sufficiently lonely man, who is not
good for commercial maintenance"
1.-The bloody deuce he isn't. Now you
just git up and git, old boss, or I'll knock
what little brains out Of you you've got
left"
With that old Merriweather took Pee
bles by the shirt collar and the part Of bis
pants that wears out first If he sits down
much, and shot him into the street, as if
he had just run against u locomotive going
at forty miles an hour. Before old Merrl-
weather had a chance to shut the front
door, PEBBLES collected his legs and one
thing and another that We're lying around
on the pavement, and arranged hlmselfln
vertical position and yelled out:
"Mr Merriweather Sir, it may not be
unknown to you =" which made the old
man so wretched mad that he went out
and set bull-terrier on PEBBLES before he
had chance to lift a brogan, and there
was scientific dog fight, with odds in fa-
vor Of the dog, until they got to the fence,
and even then PEBBLES would have carried
bull-terrier home, griped like clamp on
to his leg, if it hadn't been that the meat
was too tender, and the dog, feeling GER
tain that something or other must eventu-
ally give way, held on until he got his
chop off of PEBBLES calf and PEBBLES went
home half pound lighter, while Merri-
weather asserts to this day they had to
draw all the dogs teeth to get the flesh out
of his mouth, for he had an awful hold
for such small animal.
OF coarse Merfiweathers daughter
heard about it, and she was so mad that
Snc never gave tHe olu man any P0doO uu-
til he went around the next day to see
PEBBLES about it. PEBBLES looked pale as
ghost from loss of blood and beef, and he
had a whole piece of muslin wrapped
around his off leg. Merriweather said:
''Peeb, Pm sorry about that muss last
night, but if you didn't behave like raw
ing maniac I'm loafer. never see such
deliberate ass since was born. What's
the meaning of it, any way?'
Il was only tryin' to ask you to let me
marry your daughter . groaned PEBBLES.
"Great You didn't mean to
say-weH, | hope may be shot. Well,
if you amt regular old wooden headed
IDIOT thought your mind was wandering
Why didn't you say it right out! Why
of course you can have her. | am glad
to get rid Of her. Take her, my boy; sc
it, 90 it, and I'll throw lot of 6rst-clasS
blessings into the bargain"
And PEBBLES looked ruefully at his de.
fectivc leg and wished he hadn't been
such fool but he went out and married
the girl, and lived happily with her fol
about two mouths; and at the end Of tina
Al l.