Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-13

ID, f-os,-g ss.ioie. fret published feaT CT
i've yeas $50 usy iateres, some of cur readers
os ,ae rle.oa. efs.
"sbd I put ii ris down an Cur backs 20
ssAt the f,Lr,.ary. Cs2erly, dipping his zen
into blue faIA" , L. He-izog dces in the "b.scA
Crook
lie, us cautiiei .'' sel Luci.,r rusinly.
''Wst me- he did l''
"Bslel JsH'soa Davis go retmrei the s,L.a-
tary, confidently, given Ais pen fresh dip
VERY good, Horis hsf made uv b'ssei, 70
spesl aceerstyely,a post for drove Nv hoss to
scratch themselves sgsil. They are scrambHn
cat uy abe slough uv secession in which tney
vs,lsre3 I'll lie droFpin out w the bottom MADE
It dangerous. They find H5rris g S.snaiu %
the bank, aud sgin him they rub their sites TO
clean off the mud which aihores IspoAs AZ
cerstiyeIy in likcniu Horlis to : post; literally
in ikenin the secssh to swine. They wuz Jet az
seaselett and jest e. croOe hey wuz The ones
f5er Wleh pesT.s wuz cast.
u hev lest fnisht his defence Of hisselt lts
a curious dokeymsnt and puzzles ne. I'm dis
u5esi 70 consider him honest, but vat p week
shown be maGcs Fust, lie &C. he's hon>st,
Nich is alluz ag-n man, FOR = trooly honest
man kin s,uz iui eaud others to say It Tor HIN.
- he tries to prove il, wich is very tsd iur the
honesty wich needs Irlyin - uy rSihcr scsiy
order lie inFlsuccs h.s spilin bis cAsnces for
the SENT last fall by writin thai uri7ertal sln-
no..y letter Harris, in this msJier, Is. fear,
plSyiu ostrich. Tie Eez his bed ia the sand.
End. h.iu blind hisself. fsuc;es tie balance Nv
his sHz,ou.islc saus,er, wien ought to be IN the
background. ain't visible to the rest uv nan
kinh. on, he is really locnatic.
ssl never he'd any ideS that he wan;ii lie scat
IN tie Sent lie waz in Congress vulAt. sud
.ae terrible f-ilure he inside ther wood, et he
WIZ conscious w II, hcv deferred Linn from
t.eAiu that regticatler place sgin. Then,
ol lie vus really cnFHs MENUS, he
voot hag knog1, OF ought to hev knova,
I thai re hcin't the ghgst Nv chance
/ for the Qi.ee, sni co5dn't hsy got II ef he he'd
written ,cficr urgin The hlngin Nv e7ery rebel,
/ from jtGtfscn Davis down 10 Commodore Hol-
/ lins Il ks 10 me very much lie ez ef horris
Wuz ps5 ia the Old game Nv decliEin wst had
never be,a caercd him His letter WIZ soualiu
t,ass aa3 ,inElin cymhais.
"Shcl enter him OF notY' asked the sekfe-
tary.
"It-sa Gurus case, 80 ssid Llciler, not miHuiu
him. "Hc hez been agin me, by spssms. snd
when he hez done things which Good approve,
hev slluz. 60 far, catered i; up to the account
Nv loonscy. for | ssl pertiekler about putin lly
hev clear rite to every one git This las;
trick uy HE stIggers me. Kia it be that the old
man wnz, sl along, opposin wrong sld sch, not
from eng Geep-seate1 dislike to tae article. bat
becoz opDos.n things wss his beat holt? Kin it
be-hevin ten in the minority all lis life, sad
found therein proft because it so happened that
the minority Wuz rite-jhat he 10 ROW
anxious TO git into that fix sginl Does Horri'
tuppose tSst, hevin the strength Nv sue
oessful career to bsek him, and hevin hun
dred thousand more or less. who are in the habit
Nv resain bim-the people will follow him
through the stiHkin sums Nv error jest ez lively
ez they did over the breezy hill Nv iTooth Hsi
vanity got the better NV his discretion at last
Hev the hsngers-on wich slluz pull incense int'
the face Of success been burning hasheesh StoTe
him, ana htz j. in;oxsicAlid him IL be, st hii
advanced sge, in irnitsshen Nv Sut Lovingood'
daddy, goin 20 play hoss, forgittin the hornel''
nest into Hich his great eEemplxr plGnged?"
s'Shel lu; him down or not p askt the eek
retsry sgiu, rather impStiently.
''No = .eplied Lucifer, drawing hinsef u
decsively ''Ef he spli,s up the Ablispnists vi
abel be s. deep in mis- debt that he will desery'
to git cie.i ~ US. Fz it is, he hez done enuif Il
enti,le hi1. to out gratitooi. He hsz restored
! Jen'svn Dsvis 10 me, he hSz even enlsrge'