The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-02-05
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Tin Wolf and the Tom Cats.

his bald head Knew Dy the; thouS nti's.
look upon his face knewsb the snio
tiolal flash upon the strawberry on tiie
end of the old free livers nose, that SIMON
Nyheeler's ) memory =w.is busy witn1o deii
time. And 50 Ipreparcd toleave, because
All these ~ era symptoms of remi:ti>ccnce
signs that was going to be delivered
of.ano5her of his tircsesne nere,,al. expe-
rie,rces; but Is,yas tosy Slow; he. got the
start of me. As nearly as | can recolect
the infiction was cnuciled the following
language
'3ss W. was all boys then and didn't care
for nothing only how TO shirk school and
keepsup Il reyivin state of devilnent all
the time. Thisiyall Jim Wolf that was
talking. sbout, was the prentice, and he
wa@tlle best hearted fellow, he was, and
the most torgivin' and ollseltish | G. er see;
we'll. there, couldn't be-a more sullier by
titan he was, lake him how you would,
and sorry enough was when saw him
ferethc,i;lstst time. Htse:.s-i
Me. and Henry was always pesterin5
him and ,plastering hosss billsson his, back,
-and quitting humble becs7in his bed, and so
on; and sometimes we wo'd crowd i'll and
bnnks him, notwithstanding Ills growl-
inc. and,tllen we d let ON 10 get mad and
fight across him, so.aslo keep hlm stirred
upaike. He-:wass nineteen, he was, aud
long and lapk aud bashfnl, and We was
fifteen or sixteen, and tolerlble lazy and
worthless. ,----e
So. that night yousknow that my sister
Mary gave the, candy pullin,. They start
ed us of. to bed early, so,that the company
could have full swing, and ,ung in on jim
to have some fun.
Our winder looked out on the root of
the ell, and about ten o'clock.a couple OF
tom cats got rarit,' aud charsin' round
nit and carryin' on like sin.
There was four inches OF snow OH the
roof, and 1t Mas froze so that there Was a
right smart crust of ice on it, and the
MOON was shinin bright, and-we coald'see
them cats like daylight. First they stand
of, and e VOW :yow:vi,w just the same as
if they were clls>n' one another, you know,
and bow up their backs and bush up their
rails, AMI swell around and spit, and then
all of a sndlen the grey cat he'd sllatch a
handful of tllr off the-yaller cat $ ham; aud
spin arsiu.l like u button, on; IS barn door.
But the Waller cat was game, AM he'd
come. and clincll,- -4ailds..ti,c way t"ey Il
goure and bite, and howl, a..d the way
they'd nlakeSthe fur ). was powerful.
Well, Jim, he got disgustpd with the
row. and lnwed. ne d. climb out there and
shake e!nsotff ii that root lie. had really
no notion Of. doin' it, likely, but We ever.
lastingly dnured hir and bully ragged
how! wouldn't .take.a dare, and so nil,
till. bimebv. he histed the winler, ALL low
and behold, he went; went exactly as he
was. nothin on but shirt, and it was
sshore. You ought to have seen hi'a creep
in.sover, the ice, and digging his toe-n;ll's $
and tinger:liails in for to keep him from
slipping; and auovessll you ought to seen
that; shirt fappin' in the-wind, and them
long, ridiculous s,anEs of hisn a g!sten-
in in the moonlight.
Them comply folks WAS down, there
-,tnderzthe caves, the whole squad of EN-
under that oriery. shed of Wasl,'ton Bow
or vines; all settin' round about two
dozen sanccrs Of hot candy which they d
got.into;tilessnow to cool. And they was
iaifglnn' and talkin liSely; but bless y"n,
they. didn't know nothing bout thepan,'
rama that was going on over their leads.
Well. Jim he went l. sneakin2 and sneak
in right mp To the-conb. of the roof; till
he was in Il foot and a half OF EN-, and
then all of sudden he made a grab for
the waller cat. But, by gosh, he missed
fire and Slipped his holt, aud his heels flew
url,;and he Tapped on his back, and shot
OF that roof like dart: Went smash.
In and. "a. crushm down thro' them old
rusty vines and landed right in the dead
center of them CO pany people, >ot down
like earthquake liz them two,t.ozell s;l>sers
of red hobcandv, and let of Il howl that
was s-l,ark from the tnmbs. Them girls
well, they left, you know. They see he
want dressed for comp,ny and so they letl.
AIl,was done in u second; it was just one
little war whoop and 4 whisk of their
dresses; an,E blame the wench of cin was
in sight anywhere
Jim he was a sight. lie was gormed
with the bilin'. hot molasses candy clean
down to. his. heels, andmore busted sassers
hanging to him than it he was an lnjn"
prince; and he came. prancing up stairs
lust whoopin and cussin aud every jump
he. shed some China, and every tquirm he
fetched he dipped some candy
And blistered! Why bless your soul,
that poor creature couldn't recly set down
comfortable for as much as tour, weeks.
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