The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-09-04
Selett 1ssadina
JIM WOLF AND TnE Ton-CArs.

is no mirth in mankind during the hot
weather:
| knew by the sympathetic glow
upon his bald head knew by the
thoughtful look upon his facc-I knew
by the emotional flush upon the straw
berry on the end of the old free livcr's
nose, that Simon Whcclor's memory
was busy with the odcn time. And
so | prepared to leave, because all
these were symptoms OF a rcminisccnce
signs that he was going to be dcliv-
cred of another of his tircsomc per-
sonal cxpcricnccs-but | was too slow
he got the start of me. AS nearly as
! can rccollcct, the inhiction was couch
cd in the following language:
ave were all boys, then, and didn't
care for nothing, and didn't have 40
troubles, and didn't worry about moth
ing only how to shirk school and keep
up a rcvivin' state Of dcvilmcnt all
the time. This-yar Jim Wolf | was
talking about, was a prentice, and
he was the best hearted fclIcr, he was,
and the most forgivin' and onsclfsh |
ever scc-wcll, there couldn't be Il
more bulicr boy than what he was,
take him how YOU would; and sorry
enough | was when ] seen him for the
last timc.
"NIc and Henry was always pcstcr-
ing him and plastcring hoss bills ON
his back, and putting humble bees in
his bed, and 50 on, and sometimes we'd
crowd in and bunk with him, notwith-
standing his growing, and then we'd
let on to ret mad and FIGHT acrosl him,
so as to keep him stirred up like. He
was nineteen, he was, and long lank
and bashfnl, and we was fifteen and
sixteen and tolcraby lazy and worth
less.
80, that night, You know, that my
sister Mary give the candy-pullin',
they started us of to bed early, so as
the comp'ny could have full swing,
and we rung in on Jim to have some
fan.
sour windcr looked onto the roof
of the ell, and about ten o'clock a
couple Of old tom-cats got to rariu
and chargin' around ON it a carcyin'
ON like sin. There was four inches of
snow on the roof, and it was frozen so
that there was right smart crust of
ice ON it, and the moon was shining
bright, and we could see them cats like
daylight. First they'd stand off and
c-vow-vow-yow, Just the same Us if
they was cussini' one another, yc.,
know, and how up their backs and push
up their tails, and swell around and
spit, and then all of sudden the gray
cat he'd snatch handful of fur out Of
the yallcr cats ham and spin her around
like button on barn door. But the
waller cat was game, and he'd come and
clinch, and the way they'd gougc, and
bite, and howl; and the way they'd
make the fur fv was powerful.
"Well, jim, he got disgustcd with
the row, and lowed he'd climb out
there and shake them oGr'n that roof
He hadn't rccly no notion of doin' it,
likely, but we everlastin'lv doggcd
him. and bullyraggcd him, and lowed
he'd always Dragged how he wouldn't
take a dare, and so on, till bimeby he
histed up the windcr, and 10! and be-
hold you, he went-wcnt exactly as he
was-nothin' on but shirt, and it was
short. But YOU ought to seen him
You ought to see him crecpin over that
ice, and diggin' his toe nails and his
finger nails in for to keep from slip
pin; and above all, you'ought to seen
that shirt a happin' in the wind, and
them long ridiculous shanks of his'n a
elistenin' in the moonlight.
"Thcm comp'ny folks was down
there under the eavcs the whole SQUAD
of 'em under that onev shed of old
dead Washn'ton Bower yincs-oll SET
TIM round about two dozen sasscrs of
hot candy, which they'd sot in the
snow to cool. And they was lauchin'
and talkin' lively; but bless YOU, they
didn'tknow nothin' bout the panorama
that was goin' ON over their heads
Well. jim he went a sneakin and q
sneaking up, unbellnowns to them tom
cats-they was n swishin' their tails
and VOW vowin' and threatcnin' tc