Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-30

said he, his heels q meetin under her
b lily. Well she did git up, right
then an thar. an staid mp long enough
tn lite twenty foot further away, in a
broad trimblin SQUAT, her tail hid
tween her thighs, an her years a dan
Gin a past eachother in the shape ov
scissors a cuttin. The jolt ov the
litin sot the clock to strikin. Bang
zee -bang-zee whang zee. She listened
powerful tentive tn the three fust licks
an they seemed tn go thru an thru
her as quick silver wud git thru a
sitter. She waited fur no more but
jis gin her hole soul up tu~tte one
job ov runnin from under that infur-
mel Yankee, an his hive ov bumbl e
bees, ratiI snakes, an orful hurtin
things, as she tuck it IT, bee. know
how she felt; I've been in the same
fix bout five hundred times, an durn
my carcus eff she didn't carry out
my idears ov gittin outen trubil fus
trate.
Every jump she made she jerkt that
unfOrtinat dorg six foot upward, an
therty foot onard Sometimes he lit
on his starn, sumtimes on his snout,
bL4SAA O4A OOI OliOS Ab OhSG- liz
sides every other lunge, clar over
Stilyards, an his hour-mill tn. He
sed 90! Dutch" every time he lit, in
houn talk loud enuf to skeer the dew
il. An the road wer sprinkled worm
fence fashion, like ontu n drunken
man a totem a leaky jug.
The burned ole clock, hit got excl
ted tn, an lost control oy hitself, an
furgot to stop, but jis seized and
whanged.away straight along, and the
mar hearin hit al an blevin the
sound tn be comm higher to her in
ards every pop. She thort too, that
four hundred black an tan houn dorgs
wer compassin her eternal ruin. She
seed en- above her, below her, ahind
her, afore her, and on bof sides ov
her, eny whar, every whear, muffin but
houn dorgs. An she jis tried to run
outen her sorrel hide. I seed her
two hind shoes shinen way up in the
air, like two new moons. / knowed
she wer a m.Xin in some high pres
sure vishus kickin, wifi a heap ov as
yearneet an fast runnin as hosses
ever dulges in.
"Wo, yeow now!" 1 hearn this
sprlnkled in now an then wifi the
yowls ov the dorg, and the whangin
ov the clock, an all hit out dun wifi
the nifty Mise ov clatterin hutfs and
crashin brush.
"Stilyards sot humpt up, his puddin
foots locked onder that skeered crit
ter's belly, an his paws woye into her
mane, doubled twilIed. I speck she
thot the devil wer a huggin her, an
she wer burned near right.
Thinks I, ole feller, if yu gain this
suit, yu may ak Satun, when you see
him, fur par ov license tn practice at
his cort. He'll sign en- sure.
81 cut acrost the ridge what the road
wound round an got whar cud see
EN- cummin, sorter toards me agin.
She -Wer stretched out strait as string,
an so wer he-he-Ner roostin pow
erful low onto her withers5- -hisIong
arms locked round her neck, his big
feet fiyin about in the air, each side
ov her tail, sorter timber like, an the
dorg must hev been nigh ontu killed
dead, fur bof his hind legs wer gone
plump up to his couplin. an string
ov inards hangin outen the hole his
legs had lef, wer a flutterin arter hin
like bolt ov gray ribbon, slappin
agin the saplins, an stumps, an get
tin longer every slop. His panuct
wer bobin up an down about foo
ahine whar the pint oy his tail used
to be. Eff he yowled any now I didn'
hear it.
, That clock wer still ontu ole Sill
J yards back, am a maulin away as i
hit wer in the strait line ov house
hold duty. Tha met old bald headed
thick sot feller a cumln frum mill, :
ridin ontu a grist ov meal. an hit OF
t a boss, wifi buFs in his tail. He we
, totin a kaig of strained honey in hi
, lap, an q woman behind him, wifi
spinin wheel on her hip. The ma
run squar into the millin expedishun
Jist as she did it Stilyards hollere
= 'Yeow, cut the bar'-He never adde,
/ the K tn that word, fur sumthin hap
t pened then"
/ Sut scratched his head and SCENE
to be in deep thought.
4 ttWeH, .Sut, go on.''
a II wer jis a studyin how tn cir
t yu a sorteride Ov how things looked
e arter them two hosses mixed. Spos
: yu take a common size frame dog
k gerry, sorter old and rotten, wifi a
+ the truck generally inside them nee
e essary institutions; sit it down squar
: ontu railroad track, an du hit lis i
: time fur the korrs, cumin forty mile
= q. hour, an thar whistil string broke
+ Howselu. yu say things would look i
s abort mint arterards ?''
). Every meah injured"
u can powerfully mtxv1 2n
:. "Yes.''
Il "An orfully changed in shape p
V Eyes"
l. can in natur ?"
it tYes''
Y can in valuer ?''
$ Yes"
= can heap more pieces ?"
eff Yes"
,p AN smaller ones ?''
Is Yes"
i'll "Splinters an scraps predominant
lie YES"
te can not wuf durn by a dollar I
Il a half ?''
e Yes"
ri 'WeIl yu kin sorter take in the t.
MENUS idear owe that spot owe san
ed road whar Stilyard met the baldhed
lin man. That ole cuss lit twenty f
lat out in the woods, never look'd esbat
id, but sot his trampers to work an d
in tributed hissel spmwhar toward
his Black Oak Ridge The oman hu
rk, by wun foot in the fork ,ove bla,
ok jack, an holdin tn a dogwood Ii
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