Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-10

! the kwickest, Ceaac, grind away, old
Mig rolled out the onion skin. rubbed on
the rosum, and tid-re-i>whoop what a
spreel We danced the nigger fast asleep
but that didn't make any odds--he kept
the tid-re-i-go>in' regular rs tea party,
and his head, as it nodded this way and
that, kept time like steam ipjun. Pru-
dence got over her fit of Allcurly, and
danced with her and then she danced with
me, and everything afterwards went smooth
as taller candle. / forgot al about my
toes, and finally, as nobody asked Hetty
to dance, thort would. But the var.
mint told me slap she wasn't goin' to
dance with me nor nobody else, when we
got clear down to the tail of the heap
Jest rs you like, Miss says /, no offence
hope And with that Col. Gristle comes
along, and says he, boys and gals, guess
you've had fun enough for one spree, and
perhaps you'd better think about gettin'
home aforc long, felt for one I'd got
belly full, and 10 rights l told him so--and
SO said the rest of the fellcrs, and so said
Prudence Parr. and Sal Savage said she'd
got pollushun cnuff, and SIZE guessed ALI
curly had too, and SO we concluded to
miEzfc.
kinder kept an eye on Prudence. so as
10 ask her to ride home with me, which
would be handy all around, as her folks
lived jest beyond our house, but tire fust |
knew she was all ready, and whose arm
should she be hold on but Jim Spooner's.
Come, Jed said he, flare up, the mares
waitin'-where's your gal 2 l isIt SO
dumbfounded like that didn't know what
to think. The dogs she is,' say 1; well,
90 right out and git 10 and I'll be there in
two seconds But come TO look round
there warn't anybody going our way but
what had fcllers except netiy Gawkins.-
Thinks l, I'll stay all night and court Liz,
but just then l seed Mike Lohgley, with
one arm around LIS waist and lookin' az
KNOWN as a coon in cornfeld, so seed
very plainly, 1t was Hetty or home alone,
and to make the matter short 1 axcd her.
She said she didn't kcre if she went with
me secin' l had got q wagon, so we went
out and tumblcd in. There warn't only
one seat, so sot in lfeity's lap and jim
sot in Pruelencr's lap, and of we started.
didn't feel exactly rite, but as We were
TO unload Hetty about half way, II wasn't
so bad as IL might be. had the refns, and
for one | didn't feel like being a great
while on the road, and guess the mare
didn't neither, for We hadn't gone fur afore
her tail began TO go whish, withstand
her fore feet kept comm down harder and
harder, and pretty soon she took to a
clean run, which made the wagon jump
from one stone to another as If 'twould
shake your liver out. Hold the crItter in,
don't let her break - says Jim. Never
fear says ], I'll fetch her up easy at any
time.' Just then we came to q little piece
of down hill, which was rough as cats
back when she's skeered, and set out to
pull her up, but the more | pulled the
wusser she run. 1 braced agin the fore
part and told Hetty to hold on behind, and
then / gave one almity rwitch, somethin
give way, though could not tell what il
was, but it seemed as If | d split the Old
critters jaws clear up TO her ears, but it
didn't stop her no more than it would 10
chain lightnin. On she went, faster and
faster, and at every plunge the old wagon
seat and all there was on IL, would lump
as much as two feet right up on end, sar>
tin. The trees and fences flew by US so
quick We couldn't count them, and the
moon, which was almost down, kept rollin'
about orfully, while as for the stars, the
sky was all kivered with little specks that
kept dancin' and chittey-weein about fest
like the sparks in blacksmith's chimney.
The gals they screamed, and Jim he got
hold of one rein and hollered whoo and
| gripped tother, and hollered whoo but
there was no whoo to her--she only putfed
little harder, and made the fire roll out
of the rocks terribly. / thort for sartin
the judgments was como.
When we got opposite old Squire Gaw>
kin,s, Hetty sung out like a pig under a
gate, to get ou>ou>wout. She couldn't
speak 1t at once, you know, on account of
the motion and she screached so you
might have heard her two miles. Hold
your tung, you internal wildcat - says
Jim, or this old critter will land us all
into eternity in less than no time. Pru-
deDce biubbercd. and put her arms around
him and hugged him about the closest. /
kinder felt that shouldn't much kcre if
we did all go TO the place he spoke of il
could sit in his seat--it would be a kind
of satisfaction to be chawed up in u stone
heap, If the smash would only come when
l had two sech purity gals beside me But
Hetfy dug her knuckles into my ribs, and
gripped as if she'd tear the bones ont II
was Heavens mercy how the old marc
kept the road, for We couldn't steer her no
more than we could a rinosicross, and the
smoke rolled out of her nosiris like Beel>
zebub Limself On we went, lickeFty
small, o,er the rocks and the gridirons, nj
sometimes on one wheel, and sometimes
on no wheel at all. Jchu, how she did
make the gravel fy. my teeth ratified in
my head as if they were loose in their
sockets. At last We came in sight Of Dea-
con Dimon's- "Now," says Jim, hold
her in, for If she turns up The Descon's
lane, we are all gone suckers" "well."
says I, "lend us hand at this off rein"
and we braced ourselves. ''Giye the
word, Jim," says l. '.Now then togeth>
err says he, and we settled upon her. Bot
we might as well hare tried 10 hold buf
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