The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26

Geneveeve why don't You drive that |
critter out in 2 the rode. yew good for |
nothin hussy yu? Air you goin 2 stay |
out thar all mornin? Drive him
once - Il
"Don't yu mind that ole stingaree,''
ses the MAIDEN; ''she's neer sited q
reckon she's tuck VI fur the bull, like |
es not"
"Well. | must toddle," sez the ma
den, tor we'll hav that old gal out here |
in n twinklin. So, go long, ole hoss,
takar We self till see yer agin ~ and
she tore away from me, as neer es
Good Judge, at the rate ov between III
and 10 miles an our.
| watched her reseedin form ontil she
was s.hall down" les sailors say) on
tother side ov the gardin fens, q then
onhitehed mule, q road OIL lords home,
feelin es tender es shelled mud tllr-
kle.
Sevral dais are supposed2 elaps sense
the abuy, witch brings us back to whar
wus slttin in the mOonlite smokin, on
farmer Joneses porch; es | said be
sot thar study II about the bean OF my
Low, when all of a slddent,
CHAPTER XXXIlI.
l tux noshln thet it wood be a rip
stavin idee 2 go and Civ my shilgar plum
a moonlite surenaid, so ] gifts up and
gifts my cat-gut screecherthat was hang
In in its green bag on the wall, and
started for Browns clearin. Arriyin
ut the fens it WAS but the work ov a mo-
ment plais myself ON the inside OF 1t,
and move lords the house. Passsin
thru the cabbige orchard aforemention-
ed, IA plais soddered my affcckshuns
by bein the seen ov that lst interyu, the
spectakel was sublime. AS far as the
lis Good reech lords the house the ave-
moo wls lined on either side by stately
cabbiges and majistic egg plants, vile
the tender punkin and cowcumber vines
timidlv khing the noble corn-stawks
ef pleedin for help md proteckshun.-
AS sed further mp, adyansed up this
avenoo lords the house, and takin my
instrooment from the aforesed green
bap / sot 2 work toenen' her up, Qhe
fiddle, not the greenabag,) and thru
sed bag on the grass ontll 1 shood De
comm back. went up the house,
and takln mp my posishun under ole
| Browl,'s gable eend, started the mu-
sick. Bein in a solemn mood, the ISL
thing struck up was the march OF tile
! Deceesed in Saul. Well, L got as far es
the End scmmy-demmy culver IN the
3rd variashun, when heerd rtistfin
sound in the bushes in my immejlt fiank
and reer, and turned round suddent-
ly, expectin 2 Bhold the bean OF my low.
when, o !horror ov horrors
CHAPTER XXlV.
The site nv rs rested on most froze
nv blud i'm my jugulars, for there i'll
the pail lite Of the moon, not l0 feet
from whar [ stud, was standin the most
faroshus. blood thirsty looking galli-
ninper ever my rs beheld, out ov whose
immense proporshuns glared 2 bailful
lookin obs ov fire, whose gals wus on
INV bludless kouutenens. stood ruteq
2 the spot Tor the moment, but iorrid
movement on he part ov the opposit
Marty broak the spell thet WIS woven
round me. as it war. Nurved despe-
rashun, | gathered my scattered N-er-
oies for mitey effort, AMI seasln MY,
Violin by the handle (worth So II,
fired it at his figger he'd and started.
The only avenoo ov eskape thet pre-,
sented itself led rite past the houce ana
down lords the smoak-houce; all my
hopes in life war sentered in that smoak'
houce, for eff Good reech it be peal
overtaiken by tother party, IN ths
language of the poick, II may DC happS
, yit! J"
NV feet got the loan ov a fl pare
wings from fcer and flu. l Good plain
ly heer the footsteps of my foa gain
on me at every step. Oh! the horro
!, of them moments; every ackshion OF M!
/! life past be 4 me-the hoam ofmy child
hud rose TO my WI, and OF now useu
hide under the barn when my salnte'
mother sent me to chop wood. tno
of Geneveeve-angelic Geneveeye Y
thot l, its hard die in the bloom Q
yewth and make no sine At the thot
ov this my brane reeled-everythih
; swan btfoar mel could heer the gal
{ thinner closin on mel felt his ho
/ hreth on my cheek, when my foo
struck a root and wus prostraited 2 Oh
: erth with a force by no means gentle
: when suddenly heere rushn SCUM
a thru the air foilered by MKT yell
!, pane and rage from the gallinippel
V when everything grew dark around mt
was faintin. AS konshussnes WI
I leeyin me | felt my he'd claspt by som
and l murmured: Tell-my-mothe
II how | di-. then hurd musick an
butiful singin in the distens.
Stranger l had swuned-swuned
Il the arms of my angelic bein.
VI CHAPTER XIV.
r How long remained in this kritik
~ kondishun hev no korreckt idee; sll
: fls It 2 sal that when 1 KUN 2, tour
,t myselflyin' on bed-ov salad, vii
abuv sed angelic bean bendin' over m
III She had unshipped her back hare al
plaised it under my he'd, and was pau
= in my kountenans with well water al
l callin' me by names sweeter than emmy
)r be found in the konfeckshuner's kaie
~ der. Old Brown was thar, also' stan
le in, aloof. with folded arms, survayi
rs the seen! Ike was thar, also, sarchi
IN nv cote pockits (Which the MAIDEN h
Ill pulled oil mel 2 to diskover my l den
Ie ty eff efpossible.
We A | opened my eyes Geneveeve h
ou Tered. ale lives he lives He breetht
ry he breethes o! | thot he was ded
T. / tbot she was refirrin' the lait
e. called gallinipper, so L murmure
us s.Nock lin on the he'd wy don't yo
e. stop his wind beseech thee J" Al
Ir- uttered those words Geneveeve jumt
'le and fell down in a swune.
cot up then, and with the assiste
Ia ov fhe 9 outsiders spoken NV turtner
a konstruckted litter ov close poles, q
at boar her the manshun.
Ch, The female stingaree alreddy spok
TX oy then took charge ov hir, and fr'
l ole Jones | larned all didn't no abb
lht the afare alreddy.
* / don't intend tell how he tole
let that Geneveeve hurd my surenaid a
ke was kumin to meet me wen she saw
llll nerel. Nor how she saw that the ga
:, nipper wood reech me be 4 I'D re-
ck- the smoak- -houce; nor how she rusl
KIN in the kitchen and seazed dishcl6
and how she fired the dishcloth at
zen lest esI stumbled; nor how she flew
y! ON him like tiger when he fell,
to buryed cloespin in his hart. No, str