The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-04


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knew by the sympathetic glow upon
his bald head knew by the
thoughtful look upon his face-l knew
by the emotional flush upon the straw
berry on the end Of the old free lirers
nose, that Simon v heelers memory
was busy with the ole en- time. And SO
prepared to leave. because all these
were symptoms Of a remlnlscence-
signs that lie was going TO be delivered
of another OF his tiresome personal ex,
pcricnces-but was too slow; he got
the start of me. As nearly as | can
recollcct, the infection was couched in
the following language:
we were all boys then, and didn't
care for nothing, and didn't have no
trouble, and didn't Worry about nothing
only TO shirk school and keep up re,
vivin' state of devilment all the time.
/ This yah Jim Wolff was talking about
was the prentice, and he was the best
hearted teller, he was, and the most for
givin and onseliish | ever see-well,
there couldn the a more butler boy than
lie was, take him how YOU would, and
sorry enough ] was when ] see him for
The last time.
Me and Henry was ALWAYS Fostering
/ him and plastcring- horse balls Oh ~
back and putting humble bees in his
bed. and so on, and sometimes we'd
crowd in and bunk with him, notth-
standing his growing, and then we'd
let on to get mad and fight across him,
SO as to keep him stirred up like. He
was nineteen, he was, and long and
lank, and bashful, and we was fifteen
and sixteen, and tolerably. lazy and
worthless.
so that night. YOU know, that my
sister Mary gave Il candy pullin, they
started us on to bed early, so as the
company could have full swing, and we
run in on jim to have some fun.
Our winder looked out into the roof
of the ell, and about ten o'clock couple
OF old tomcats got to rarin and Chargin
around it and carrying on like sin.
There was four inches Of snow on the
roof and it was frozen so that there
was a right smart crust of ice on 1t,
and the moon was shining bright, and
we could see them cats like daylight.
First they'd stand of and e-you VOW
VOW, Just the same as if they was q
cussin one another. YOU know, and
bow up their backs and push up their
tails and swell around and spit, then all
OF sudden the gray cat he'd snatch a
handful of fur out Of the Saller cat s
ham, and spin him round like the but
ton on a barn door. But the yaller cat
was game, and he'd come and clinch,
aud the way they'd gouge, bite and
howl, and the way they'd make the fur
fly, was powerful.
We'll, Jim, he got disguised with the
row, and lowed he'd climb out there
and shake him off'n that roof He
hadn RELY no notion OF dom it, likely,
but we cverlastin'lv logged him, and
buIly-rased him, and lowed hed always
Dragged how he wouldn't take q dare,
and so on, till bimeby he highstcd
up the winder, and 70 behold you, he
went exactly as he was, nothin on but
a shirt and it was short. But YOU
ought to seen him. You ought to
seen him Il crcc-rin over that ice, and
diggin' his toe nails and finger nails in
to keep from slippin'; and bove all,
you ought to seen that shirt tail a flap
pin in the wind, and them long ridick-
Ions shanks Of his Il gliStenin in the
moonlight
Them company folks was down
there under the caves, the whole squad
OF EN- under the ornery shed Of old
Washn'ton Bower vines-all Sett'n
round about two dozen saSsers Of hot
car, y, which they'd sot in the snow
to cool. And they was laughin and
talkin' lively; but bless You, they didn't
know nothin bout the panaramO that
vas goin on over their heads. Well.
Jim. he went sneakin' up, unbe-
knowns TO them tom cats-they was
swishin' their tails and yow-yowin
and thrcutnin' toclinch you know, and
pawn no a,temtion--he went a sneakin
right mp t. tie comb of the roof, till he
wa. in a footn half Of EN-, and then
all of sudden he made grab for the
waller cat But by gosh he missed fl g
and slipped his holt and his heels flew
up and he Topped on his back and shot
off n that roof like a dart went a
SIashin aud crashin down thro
them old rusty vines and landed right
in the dead centre of them compny pco-
plc,-Sct down like ycarthquake in
them two dozen sassers of red hot
candy, and let of howl that was bark
I'm the tomb, Them gals-well, they
looked, Won know. They he wasn't
dressed for company, and SO they LETT.
All Loncin Il second; it was just one
httlcwar,whoop aud whish Of their
dresses, and blame the wpnch OF EN- was
in sight anywhere
Jim he was sight He was gormed
with that hilin' hot molases candy clean
down 10 his heels, and had more busted
sassers hangin to him than ifhe was an
Injun princcss-and he comes a prane-
in up stairs just whoopin' and Gus.
sin, and every jump he gave he shed
some china and every squirm he fetched
he dropped some candy "a {
"And blistsred i Why, bless your
soul, that pore cretur couldn't rely set
down comfortable for as much as four
weeks.