Smyrna times., 1868-03-18

made, with the Openin on the inside. next +,
me-. noed then that nun of the pock-piket
could .glt 1t. he'd purity hard time gittin il
u mi Oundy westkut an cote-tor they WI
lllalo 1or me sum yeres agone, when | wus n
quite so pussy as | am now, and when did'n
have on five shurts, but squeezed into EN-
An then cum the partin of Sary Jane an me
our lust partin for twenty yeres. We hugg' {
anu GlSsd, and the teres run doun frum both O.
Us all over each other. | don't no how lonf
we would bin at it, if Josh had mt hoereC
out he wus sittin on the deerburn. with hi,
4id ola hoss all hitched up) if 1 didt cum soon
L d DC too late for the kears So we TUX one
smakln kiss, an off l went and climed up In
IN the deerburn, an we wus off. Bein' afford
we d be tu late, Josh whipped his old hoss all
Tue way, an we got to Snaptown two hours be-
lore the time for the kears. | wanted to walk
ABOUT an see the tOwn-there' $ blacksmith.
Snop, a rum shop, deepO, 3 houses, two
| StaDlls and martin boxes, in Snaptoyn. so /
ne rd sa, and wanted to see em-but Wus a
feerd L might ramble off too far, and NOT cit
pack to the deepo in time for the kears, so |
sou uoWn on male Gag, and waited for the
Kears. L thO't they never would cum-tbat
maybe they d not run that day-but when /
! AKA the man, as | wus AK n of him every five
mlnlts, (sO Josh sez) how long before the kears
would cum, he sed bout a hour. So after
Watln, an watin, | hearn an awful bellerin
GoWn the ralrOde, that made me Jump clear off
the Gag, an here they cum putin, smokin.
| blown, an rattin, an skreekin, and fetched mn
with jerk an bump rite afore the dore of
the deepO. They d hardly got stopped. when
sum teller hOLer out, all aboard" | did MT
no what that ment, but the deepo man sez, git
ON the traln-hev you got your ticket" No"
sez amt got no ticket Never mind"
sez he, you haint got no time to cit one now.
bn I
found things nifty nice lookin inside. | waited
Tor sumboddy to ak ME to take a seat, but as
nobody done 1t, an l could hardly stand up
the kearS BEN goln, | took a seat miself. Ii
got g0ln faster, an faster, an | could Mt set
study, but went bobbin up an down, SO |
could ut read the names on the doors of the
kear. l looked around behind me an saw every
boldly else bobbin up an down too. | thot. at
hurst, they Wus mockin Of me, and felt like
glttln nled; but there wus too NANNY of EN-
Tor me to pitch into, an | obsurved that the
people before me was all doin the same way.
tho they didn't see me, an | got mi temper
agin.
Purity sune, there cum long a feller, rockin
OH one foot onto tother, an as he slam'd the
door, he hollurs out, tickets, gentlemen. -
AS he cum along every boldly give hima paner |
or kard, an he punched hole into it with pair
OF shue plnchers, an Civ it back to them Then |
ne Gums to me, and held out his hand TUX |
1t and shuck it, an sez " How dye do, sir ? |
g ticket, sir Sez l, SIR Sez he, "your
ticket, where's your ticket?" Sez l, II don't
vote IN this district and don't want any ticket:
besides, dldn no it wus lection. " Come >
sez he, none of your foolin; show your
ticket, or pay the money"
- " hat tor?'' sez |.
Your fare, " Sez he, you don't suppose
you can ride here without payin?" oh"
se1 'ez l, you wan t your pay; viii INT you
9!9, IRE you goin ?" sez he. Pm goin to see old
Billy Perkins, mi wile's uncle!' p i" How do
10 old Billy Perkins, sez he, "tell me what
tashpn you want to get off at, an don't be all
lay about it, We'll, " sez |, "any where
lear old Unncle BilIy's.'' "How far un the
oad does he live?" about 20 miles, sez /
nat VIII be at BlrdS-nest deepo your fare {
a, dollar and quarter.
linen begin to teelin for mi monny, but bi !
. , menFs could | git mi hand in to mi inside
hurt pocklt. | flung open my cote an mi west q
ote, and took all the stifiinin out of Ioar of !
ne DIIed shurts | had on an yit l could mt cit '
old OF the pockit book !
ou all day" "''' ="
Then l tryed to tear way into it but Sarv e
an Mane soWIn was too honest for that. an WIS u
Il ~, ~ SWEET We got the mOnny here" seq =
IN mi inside shurt pockit, but darn me if +
IN git 1t if L don't take off the shurt-an n
lere foar more shurts top Of it," Then ii(
got, so mad he pulled the rope that wus n
ong the top OF kear and sez to me- g You q
d Old fool, we lost time enuff with Won: ie
u must git off )" an with that the kear Stop, e'
ed' and he TUX me bi the collier sayin: ''cum. a,
{ out, an anuther feer cum from off the IL
cps OF the kear' an he got hold O. me hi the III III
her side, an, in thus manner, they hussled OF
to the door and set me off rite in iap of sV
pods, an off they went with the old kears co
avn me standin in mud over mi shu tons, sI'
An there | wus-I don't no how MANY miles III
om Snaptown, and futheryit from Sary Jane. rS
IN glad, Sary Jane, you didn't see your hus IN
n = there; he wusn't graseful site. co
dIdn no what to do but concluded to 90 M
OK home afoot-an so did-gittin in about Tn
o,klok at mite, and suprized Sary Jane verv In
leh by mi unexpecktid appearance But
lat happln d, an what wus sed, | must rite 90,
nuther peace. Sayin, here only, tho no So'
oockit in shurt" is often sed to be verv pc pc
ndy, mi experyunce with it wus ruther not az az
much SO. Heretofore, I'll ware mi inside Go t;o
1rt on the outside, an ware it inside out. 10 te
Pete has got well agin. tb, 1e
Yourn, Lee
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