The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-02-05

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was too slow be had got the start Of
me. AS nearly as can recollec:, the
inaTtion was couched in the folio wing
language:
1--WE were all the boys, then, and
didn't care for nothing, and didn't have
no troubtes, and didn't worry about
nothi' g only how to shirk school and
keep up revivin' state Of devilment
all the tiue. This var jim Wolff vas
a talking about was the prentice, and be
was the bes hearted feller, he was, and
the most forgivin' and onsel6sh, ever
sce-wel, there couldn't be a more
bullier boy than he was, take him how
you would ard sorry enough was when
| see him for the last time.
Me and Henry Has always pestering
him and piasterins loss bills or his back
and putting humble bees in lis bel, and
so on, and Sometimes we'd crowd in ard
bunk with him, not 'ths.aad;ng his growl-
ing and then we'd let on TO get mad and
| fight acfost him, So as to keep him stir.
red up ike. lie was nineteen, he WIS,
and long, and lsnk, and ba>hful, and we
was fifteen ard, sixteen, tolerably lszy
and worthless.
so that night, you know, that my
sister Mary give the candy pailin' they
started Us eff to bed early, so as
the company could have full. swing, and
we ruug in on jim to have some fun.
"Our window locked out onto the roof
| Of the ell, and about ten o'clock couple
If old tom cats got, to rarin' and chargin'
| around on it and carryin on like sin.
There was four inches Of snow OH the
Roof, and it was frozen SO that there
vas a right snort crust Of ice on 1t, and
the moon was shining, bright, and we
could see hem cats. like daylight. First
they'd stand of and ezyow.yow yow-yow,
| just the same as If they was cusSin one
another, you know, and bow up their
hacks 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 ye!lcr cats ham, and spin: her
around, like bu;tosu Oh a barn-door.
But the waller cat was game, and he'd
come AMI cIinch, and the way they'd
gougc, and bite ard howl and the way
| they'd make the fur fly was powerful.
Nv ell jim, he got di>gusted with the
| row, and loved he'd climb out there and
shake him of'n the roof. He hadn't
reely no notion doin' it likely, but We
| ever'as,ing'ly dogged him, and bully
ragged lin, and, loved how be
would take dare, and so on, till bimeby
he higsted up the winder, and 10 and
behold he went-wcnt exactly as be was
L-nothin' on but 4 shirt and it was short
But you ought to have see hin, ! You
ought to see him creepin' orer that ice.
and diggin' his toe-nails and fnger-naliS
! in for to keep from slidin' and bore
all, you ought to have seen that shirt
tlappin' in the wind, and them hong
ridiculous shanks of his'n a giistnin' in
the. moonlight.
"Them comp'ny folks was down there
under the caves. the whole squad of'em
under that onery shed Of old dead
WxShii. ton Bower vines-all settin'
round about two dozen sassers Of hot
candy, which they sot in the snow to
cool. And they was laughin' and sa'kin'
lively but they didn't know nothin' bout
the panorama that was goin' on over their
beads. Well, Jim he went sneakin
up unbeknowns to them tom catS-they
was a swishia' their tails, yowyowin'
and threatenin' to clinch,. you know.
and not payin' any akention-he was a
sncakia' right up to the comb Of the root,
til he was in foot AID a half ofem, and
then ali Of sudden he made grab for
the waller cat! But by gosh he missed
fi.e and slipped his holl, and his heels
agw up and be hopped on his back and
shot off"n that roof like dart! went a
.smashin' and craShin' down through
them old rusty vines and right in Il e
dead centre of them comp'ny people -
sot down like an earth quake in them
two dozen sassers Of red hot candy, and
let offs howl that was bark from the
tomb! Them girls-well they felt you
knom. They see he waru't dressed for
comp'ny and SO they left. All done in a
second, it Was just one little war whoop,
and whish of their dresses and blame
the wench ofem, was in sight anywhars!
Jim. he was sight. He was gor-
med with that hilin' hot molasses candy
clean down to his heels, and had more
busted sassers hangin' to him than if be
was Ingun princess-and he came
praucing' up stairs just whoopin' and
cu~sin', and every jump he gave he
shed some china, and every squirm he