The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-03-14
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Jim wolf and,hc Tom Cat.

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; upon his bald head knew BY tho
thoughtful look upon his face--l knew
/. by tho emotional flush upon the end
Of the old free-livcr's nose, tba, ST.
mon Whccl,rs memory was busy with
The Oldcn times. Aud 50 prepare Il
to leave, because. all these were symr-
toms Of remiccnre - s. gus that he
wos going to be delivered Of another
tlrcsome personal experience. But |
was to slow lie got the start Of me.
As near ly us ] can rccollcct, the in.
Election was ceucbel in The following
language:
ave were all boys, then, and dil.
mt care for nothing, only how to
shik school and keep up ~ reyiyin'
,iate Of deyilmcut all the time. This
yah Jim Wolras | was talking about
was the 'prcntsc, and be was lhc best
hearted f,l'ow--ho was-anl tlo
most iyrsiyin' an ou,cl.i,h | ever see.
Wen, there coulcn't be more bulli-
er by than he was, take him how you
would aud sorry enough was WHEN
| see bin for the last time, II, ani
Henry was always pcstcriny him, aud
plu,,cring bod bills on hs back. anl
putting LlmblcbcCs in his bed. AMI 81
on and sometimes we wOull crowd
in AMI bunk with him uolwithsian!.
ing his growing, aud iyht across him
50 as TO 10 keep him stored M ,ie.
lie was uinctccu-hc was-anl long
and lauk and ha,h'ul, auI we wcto
fifteen anl sixteen, ~ d toltrably lazv
and worthless. 50 that night, yol
know, that my sister g1vo canIy
pu,lin', they ,tartc Us Of u bel oar-
ly, So that tie company c1u'l have fail
swing, and wc ruu- ia on jim TO hlvo
som, fun. Our VIA! los looked OUT
onto the roof OF the ell AMI about 10
o'clock a couple Of tomcais got to r'ar-
in aud chariin r5uup on it and carryin
on like ain There wa, rOlriachcs Of
snow on the roof anl it va, lrJlo 50
here was a right smart crust on il,
the moon wa, shining bri-ht, AMI We
could see them cats Ike daylight.
li,s, they'd stand Of ani cyow VOW
VOW. Just the came a il thcy wgra u
cus>in one another. YOU know, ald
bow up their back aal push up their
tail-, AMI swell around ard spit, AMI
then all OF sudden the gray cat he'd
snatch handful fur oii the cats sya,,tr
ham aui spin him round Ike the but
ton on a barn dor. Bu, the WALLER
cat was game, aud he'd come AMI
c,jntch and th1 way they'd golsc ani
bite aud howl, aal the way they'd
make the lur ly, was powerful Well,
Jim he ct disIu,tcd with the row,
and lowed he'd climb ont there an1
shake EN- of the roof lie bal really
no notion Of doin' it; but We fvcr'ls,-
iugly logged him, and lowed no'j al
ways braIgel how hc would not take
dare, aul SO on, till bymehy he listed
The winicr, and, 10 and behold yol, ho
wcnt-went exactly as he was-noth-
ing on but shirt, and that was short.
You ought to seen him. loI ought
to seen him crecpin' over that ice,
and diggiu his toc-uails and finger
nails 10 to keep him from slippia';
and above all, You ought 10 seen that
shirt ilippin in the wind, and ,hem
long ridiculous shauks OF his'n g,ist-
cnin' 10 the moonlight, Them comp
ny folks was down there under tho
cayes-thc whole -qal Of en- under
hat ohcry shed OF Washington bower
yius,--ail sittin round about two do.
zen sassers Of hot canly, which they'd
got into be snow 10 cool, md they
was laughin lively. But bless you
they didn't know anything about tho
panorama that was going on over
heir heads. Wen, Jim ho went
,neakiu' and a sncakin' right up 20 the
comb of the roof ill he was within
few feet Of EN-, and AL of u sudden hc
made q grab Tor the yallcr cat, Bat,
by gosh he missed his holt, and his
heels ae- Up and he 6oppel over on
his back and shot OIL like dart
went smashn end q crashiu' down
through them oil, rusty vines, aud
right iu the dead centre Of them eoms
pauy people, slt down ike an earth
quake in them two dozen sassers Of
red hot 'lasscs candy and lot of y
howl that was clark from the
tombs" Them gir's-voll thcy lcft
you know. They see he warn't dress
ed for coIpnry, and so they lett. Al
was done 10 second. 1t was just in
one little war-whoop aud whisk OF