The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-03-29


grief, o. stood near, with his hand OIL
his knees, bending over tnein ,brcathlcss
suspense. ,Uurolling hickory shirt,
found within large broWn;paperLparcel
and within that Il handkerchief carefully
pinned, anawithih it a package done up
! iu u. newspaper. On opening the news
paper j found What L expected to 6ul
from the first, viz: q land warrant for
lG0 acres OF Government land, all snug
and dry.
It is almost useless to attempt to de-
scribe the extravagant joy tfthe Yankee.
The moment he saw the land warrant was
safe and sound, he gave n perfect howl of
delight, and suatcllng it tlom my fingers
he pressed it to his bosom as he saight
have done Sarer Ann had. she been pres.
rnt, and with tremendous strides CON.
.lucnced pacing buck aud forth across tn,
ROOM lt'sec,nsd impossible for him to
be still IN instant.
"Gldry to Goln' he cried, "glory to
thu, most highest! Sarcr Ann, al! our
sayin'and skrimpin amt in vain! Go
on with your talk-plauaand kalkcrlate /!
Take li'tle'Jed on yer'kncc and sing! In
the evening. when yer 60 out to milk,
look to'rd, where the sun is goin'; and
think, thnre I've happy home! Your
Pcleg's thurc; he'll have the land .J,spl
we'll be happy yeti. The steers are
saved! The shoats are all right. The
heller amt gone in, and old Barncy's
bound to count! Fellcrs! HO,i you 500
in yer midst'a happy head Of Yer famcrly
you witness a joyful human"
) "lf you vii! excuse my intcrrupting
YOU STRAND it, i.,a fair question:" said
how did you come to get in this sorry
pickle ?",H ,'1G ts,.s
Excuse the question? Startling,
startling! Tell yer the whole story in a
minutc-givc yer the whole partiklcrs-
a full account! Jcwdas! what narrow
escape that quarter S, cti9n did hcv!" W
|. well, but let's have the story
"iaas. sarting. sarting, Well, gents,
my names Pelcg snodgrass, son Of Dca-
con Snodgrass, from down in Maine, in
The"
Never migpl that; tel Us how you got
SO wet"
"Yss, sartiug'!' Well you zee back
here about mile beyond the Nockyer.
sucscof Creek, l wur walking along as
happy as q lark, looking about over the
prairiss and.,hinking heow beautiful tic.
All Seeing he'd made the world, aud VIA,
awful taters this sile would raise, when |
see big drove of cattle jus. one side. I
wur admiriug ut hcow fat and slick they
were, an looking at their good puts.
when an almighty great abrindlc bull
jumped up oat'n the tall grass, and began
to shake his ALFRED zig curly head, an'
heller and switch his tail aud paw the
grouul over bis back. concluded it
wur best to leton.l likes if Iwarn't afraid,
and so began to whistle Rake her down
Sal mn other good clancs. thinkin' as
meow Ia SIP past the blasted old cuss,
bul Just as ! got opposite he gin asaort
aud began to walk toward me- stoppln''
onet ~ u w'nle 70 fetch a rake in the silc
with llls fore feet lrut in few quick
steps bout then, but was afeared to run.
cos knoued if | did lic'd'feelf iencoura-
gcd' Putty soon NC begun to come on
the tros, a,l then ! let out in a Kind o
CATER. Then he ris to lope. an'seein,
itwus no. use wal'in' for him 10 quit, !
jest loosencd these ere legs o mine and
come down to my best tune. i looked;
heout for something to climb, but tharsl
wur IN tue cussed pralrer an not
a pea stick to be seen higher than mile
ahcad-hsow ! did want to stop right
there IN cuss the blasted pralr'es. lgn
aglance over my shoulder an see the ey-
er!ast'n cuss, win his nose down and luis
tai up comm jest on the dead lay down.
an .et my legs count another notch.
The chase went nip an tuck till | got
near the creek, when Il see that the bull
wur only 'beout hundred yards behind
INC. LORD Jel'ossylat! but | felt queer.
ish when Y was sartain be .wur, gainiu' it
give inc such skccr hat my hear. seem
cd to dissolve in d'sii.water an my legs
kinder lost their fcell'i' 50 couldn't run.
But | could see lot o trees alead q little
ways, an ef held coat three ninits long
or Ia be to en- | looked back an w