Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-11-28
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, on his bald head knew by n,
, thoughlfal look upon his face
knew by the emotional hush upOI
the rawberry on tho end 0f th,
old free livers nose, that Simon
, Wheelors memory was busy with
the oldeh time, Aud so prepared
7 70 leave, because all these wers
symptoms OF a reminiseenee-but
was too slow, he got the start Of mo
As near as | can reo0lleet, tho in,
fiietlon was in tho following Ian,
guago;
We were all boys then, and didn't
care for nothing only how TO shirk
school aud keep up n revivin' state
0fdoyllment all tho time, This var
Jim Wolf | was talking about was
the prentice, and he was tho best
harled fellow, he was, and the most
fOrgivin' and onseltish | ever see
woll, there couldn't be more bullier
boy than what he WAS, take him
how you would, and sorry enough
! was when sec him for the last
timo.
Me and Henry was always plas
tcrfng hoss bills on his back, and
putting humble bees in his bed, aud
so on, and sometimes we'd crowd in
and bunk with him, notwithstand-
ing his growing, and thon we'd let
on TO get mad and fight acrost him,
so as to keep him stirred up like.
We was nineteen, We was, and long,
and bashiGl, and he was fifteen or
sixteen, and tolerable lazy and
worthless.
$50 that night, you know, that
my sister Mary gave the candy pul.
lin, W, started off to bed early, so
rs the company could have full
swing, and we rung in on Jim to
have some fun.
sour winder looked out onto the
roof Of the ell, and about 10 o'clock
couple Of old tomcats got to rairin'
around on it, carryin on like sin.
There wuz four inches of snow on
the roof; it froze so that there was
right smart crust of ice on il, and
the moon was shining bright and
we could see them cats like daylight.
First they'd stand off and esyow,
VOW, VOW, just the same as if they
was cussin' one another, you know,
and bow up their backs and bush
up their tails, and swell round and
spit, and then all Of sudden the
gray cat he'd snatch II handful of
fur off the yaller cats ham, and spin
him around like the button on a
barn door. But the yaller cat was
game, and he'd come and clinch,
and they'd gouge and bite, and
growl, and the way they'd make
the fur fly was powerful,
"Well jim he got disgusted with
the row and lowed he'd climb out
there and shake 'em off'n the roof.
He hadn't reely no notion of doin'
it, likely, but we everlastingly dogg-
ed him and bully-ragged him, and
lowed he'd always Dragged how he
wouldn't take a dare, and so on, till
bimcby he histed up the winder, and
10 ! behold you, he went-went ex.
actl y as he was-nothin' on but
shirt, and it was short. You ought
to seen him creepin' over that ice,
and diggin his toe nails and his
finger nails in for to keep him from
slippin' and 'bove all, you ought to
seen that shirt fappin' in the wind
and 'em long ridiklous shanks Of
his'n glistenin, in the moonlight.
"Them comp'ny folks was down
there under the caves, the whole
squad of EN- under that ornery shed |
Of dead Wash'ton Bower vines-all |
settin' round about two sassers of
hot candy which they'd sot in the
snow to cool. And they were laugh
in and talkin' lively; but bless you,
they didn't know nothin' bout the
panorama that was goin' on over
their heads. Well, Jim, he went
sneakin' up unbeknowns to them
tomcats-they was a swishin' their
tails, and yowyowin', and threaten
in to clinch, you know, and not
payin' any attention-hc went
sneakin' and sneakin' right up the
comb of tho roof, till he was in n
foot and half of EN-, and then all
of a rudden he made a grab for the
yaller cat ! Bnt, by gosh he missed
fire, and he Topped on his back and
shot off'n that roof like dart !.
went a smashin and crashin
down thro' them old rusty vines,
and landed right in the dead centre
of all them comp'ny peoplc-sot
down like yearthquake in them
two sassers of red hot candy, and
let off howl that was bark from
the tomb! Them girls-well, they
left, you know. They see he warn't
dressed for comp'ny, and so they
left. All done in second it war
Just one little warhoop and q wisk
oftheir dresses, and blame the wench
of EN- was in sight. .str |
"Jim, he was in sight He was
gormed with the bilin' hot molasses
candy clean down to his heels, and
had more more bustid sassers hang
in to him than if he was a Injun
princess and came a prancin' up
stairs just whoopin' and a cussin,
and every Jump be give he shed
some china, and every squirm he
fetched he dripped somo candy.
"And blistered ! Why bless your
soul, the poor cretur couldn't really
vet down comfortable for as much
rs four weeks' s l.
"When a stranger treats me with
xant ofproper respect, said philo-
,onhic Door man II f.omfort myee,f