Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-10-31

would be anexcellent thing, and
ito this end began going up and
down like ssaw gates 4 really
thought I d be split IN two, and
would probably have been pitched
over but that in the midst of this
pleasing exercise. Muley caught
sight of the horse disappearing at
"a hard galIop in the distance. 80 --
He seemed animated by the, laud-
able ambition of overtaking that
horse, and started so suddenly
became very near leaving me be-
hind. l worked my way forward
until 1 could get hold of the hal
ter chain, and, pulling this rigging
tight, got pretty secure hold. =
How that beast did rum! He
not only gained on the horse to
2an extent that Aramintas might,
have offered two 70 one and. no
takers, but exhibited his supera.
.bundance of bottom by throwing
in, at intervals, the liveliest Kicks
that ever emanated from mule.
About a mile out we closed in on
the cab, and as we passed Nuley
favored him with salute that
was most Internally foul for, :.
planting his two heels upon the
of-quarter of the honest Bucepha-
lus, | heard yell, and glancing
around saw my rival and. horse
go down in the most promiscuous
manner. My steed of the desert
kept straight on. We had a ride
of eight miles betoresus,. and Ifelt
satisfied that in that distance, at
the rate we were travelling, Muley |
would have a good deal of devil
taken out OF him. | became "a.
ware of another fact, and that
was that my best pants were CIV
ing away. sh-.E d. ,4nLqrt
About five miles out we struck
a watermelon patch and went |
straight through. Il could hear
the melons bursting under me like
booms, and when we emerged .
from the further side specimens
OF this fruit were strung on the
mules legs like beads. fGl{lU |
A mile beyond this l saw our
excellent minister of the gospel
vending his solemn way across
the prairies with a wagon fulliof
infant Jacobs, and | saw unless
he whipped his horse into a most
extraordinary run, we would be
into him almost instanter. ,soId
pulled hard onTthe near rein with
one hand, while Ia-steadied any, I
self with the chain with the 9th
er, but with no more effect thant
if l. had taken a pull on Pixies
Peak. We struck the parsons
family about amidships, aud went
I never saw infant
Christianity SO scattered as on that
occasion. ..4L1& A4ASso b .laA
lIlleft' The parson gathering uph
his family, and continued until l
struck the doctors fence, and
went flying into his front door
with the bulldog close at my tat
tered rear, ] knocked over the
cradle and upset the supper table.
The doctor came to my rescue
with a kick in the ribs of his dog /
that sent him with a howl and a
of paDtaloons into the
yard. ! then told the doctor with
1ne breath-all / had ileft--that
little devil of a broth.
sr was dying of too much water
melon patch, and wanted a doctor
with scuilIs. .,1a
We returned in about the same
style. Thedoctor havinga young.
er horse than my rival had been
'avored with kept the lead, his
pill bag Tapping in the air, while
ais coat tails made a straight line
behind,
If his horse tagged any the
mule started him up again with (
a vigorous bite on the rump that
seemed to iniuse new vigor into
that medicated animal. We
passed my rival sitting on thelI
roadside nursing his off leg as il,
it hurt him. { He never came
back, acknowledging his defeat in
the most gentlemanly manner.
The doctor soon put Araminta'sk
little brother in a perpendicular
position, and that night at the
bedside of the little sufferer, keep
ing we'll to the front. proposed i
was accepted, and the happy day
was fixeds l rode into Aramin.
ia $ affections on a mule. roo 2 |
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