The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-03-03
JACKSON c. H. OHIO THURSDAY MARCH 3 1870 @ r.


for it was to certainty the uglieSto |
ever saw, "oh iss," says he, t'if you
pIaze-will that do ysi' .asrd
"Ay," says !, ',thats what like,
being polite"
But be cut me short, an says he,
"doa't be botherin' us wid your bath
erin nonsense. ... aan WI
So wid that / got afeard, an up l
got, an says !, "come along, an I'll
show you the road"
Of#s went to the road Well, as
we went along Il afore 'em), they were
laughing as hard as they could pelt. |
bore long time all this, fbnt at last /
turns round, an says ], "Wisha, sure
| you might as well let me into the joke;
l Ikea bit OF fun as well as any one"
says ] (an' fai1, that was tbrue for me,
your honor) ts ms..,g hra
Then the little man cocks himself up,
an says he, Paddy Sullivan, hould
your tongue, l bid ye, yell know the
joke, as You call it, perhaps sooner
than you wish" . al..i-..
After that / never says word till |
got to the road, and when got there,
| says, "there's the road for ye, an
God bless ye." @
If ever you mention that name afore
me again, Paddy Sullivan" says the
little fellow, '1'll be the death of you
that is while we're together"
"Faix, AN that won't be long," Gays ].
"Longer than you think, maybe"
says he. as
"Wisha, then, if that's the way you
talk" says ], "good- bye to ye." ,
Oh, musha an / did look, an sure
/ wasn't in a hurry to look again, for
instead of three Christians born, there
were three black things, with long ears
an tails AS soon as / had looked at
'em, the suld fellow says, "You must
come" says he, "wid US now" W
""The diyil take me, if do, says I.
"An' SO we will take you, never
fear" says hea f'shOye along" 'n
"There's two words to that, " says !.
"Maybe not says he. -vr...-
So wild that, they tuck up three little
kippens of the road, an no sooner did
they touch them, than they became,
afore my eyes, rale shillelaghsl a'.s
Come, now, boys" says the mas
ther to the others, "use these" says he,
an sure enough they we're the lads
that knew how. aai Mods .:..l no
"a So one fellow ups wild his bit of oak,
"Come, Paddy" says he, "1'm tould
it's mighty hard to hurt you try this,
for / want 10 know if it's the case,"
says he. b. ''. olra
So he hit me crack, an 'pon my
conscience, that was the rale delight,
though, fax, l didn't think SO at that
time, to tell the truth. Afther that, /
don't know how it was, but myself felt
the legs runnin' away wild me- so off
| pelted toward the town, and the fel-
lows aither me like mad. an slap into
the town we went, an that as hard as
ever we could leg it, up one street and
down another. Every turn I'd make,
slap afOre me at it would one OF the
fellows be; an sure thin, if my shout
der did not pay the piper, no matther.
Well, at last, as / went, ike a dog af-
ther hare, round corner, to be sure
the black lad was there afore, but |
ducked as I'passed, and the fellow for
once missed his aim. ,f---.ss g.f s,l
Well, fax, laughed, an says / to
myself Qor l was afraid TO say it OUT,
I'm clever fellow, for Ibate the divill
(for didn't / tell yOur.honor there were
three divils all the timely Arrah, the
word wasn't thought of, when slap
comes the lad ridin' on my back, an
he cocks his legs out afore my mouth !
Widout sayin' word, l up wild my
hands, an caught him by the calves
of the legs, an pinched him as hard as
ever coull an wild that he began to
roar like bull, so that you might hear
him a mile off, an then he fell off my
back like sack Of whatel q have
often heard that blacks were mighty
touchy about the legs.) Well, twas
myself was glad in my heart widin' an
sure enough / didn't go far at all,when
at a turn there was another black afore
me there-so, faix, myself tried an
other duck, an he missed bis aim like
the other "Oh, ho, my lad," says 1,
"you shan't get ride at all events
but at that moment, smack came my
lad on my back All! if the other
fellows shin's got it before, this chap
got it ten times as hard, and if the
other roared, he never could equal this
lad.
"Well," says to myself, "betterito
have one than three,"J says ], ''and l
suppose I'll soon be rid of him too,"
says |. atra ..r-.l.. III
| Arrah, the words weren't said Ito
myself) when the last fellow who was
the masther, says, Paddy Sullivan, 'tis
you that knows a great dale about the
matther faix, thin, l won't jump on
your back" says be, "but III follow
1 till YOU can run no more, an thin III
have you aisy, an It's ] will punish you
for my brothers, for I'm the the divil.'
"a blue look out" says |, "but Tn
not tired yet, anyhow" ''' '''.
So we pegged away like mad dogs,
up one eet,ahd downanOther ,througt
main street and little street, until aftel
running a long time, / found myself
afore the market-an' fine one it il
:, Masther Richard-so slap ] goes dowT
;tsfend alan comea the diyil afther me