The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-07-01

TO her on our way home, and more after
we got thar"
"Yes, do" said several voices.
"No. you'll have to skim the cream Of
the story yet. She kept me up purity
late, say two o'clock, and in spite of the
inovelty--it being the first tilue-I cot
sleepy. | was little bashful about
gwine to bed thar, but / was three miles
! from home, and it was rainin' like blue
blazes, and | had to; but did it without
exposin' the blank in my linen. I re-
solved to be up before anybody else.
partly on that account, and partly on
some Others
"That was the last 1 knowed till wa
kened by Ghe hounds, half dozen of
which slept under,a pullin' the kivers off
of me. Holy heavens! The sun two
hours high, aud me in bed! / was about
to spring out, when in popped tie ED
woman with a plate of sausage. 1t was
/ dog days then, and she cooked in a
shanty. l possumed sleep till she went
out again, and then looked Tor my
britches. There they was, in the jaws
of the pups, at the foot of the bed.
made a mighty lunge over the footboard
to retake them, but. oh! horrors! my
head down and my heels, up! What's
the matter? thinks l. But thought
flashed across me in a moment that the
hole in my linen was over the bed post,
and a tall post, too! I kicked, and
foundered and founced to try to Git
down. strained to try to break the
hemp, but it was no go Just then The
hounds set up such a furious yellin' tha,
in peps the old woman and both girls to
see what was up; but as soon as they
seed it,was lne, they run out again, and
one began to boiler for the Squire, while
t'others with Gshin' poles through The
cracks were battling the cursed hounds
THAT was woolin' me.
"Oh / thought of Absalom, and all
THAT eveEdid hang, but no, they dideui
hang by the wrong end, that was con
soiaion ha6ent. I'd a Gust my fatt
like Boston, hut | remembered l be
longea to meetiE' and it was aoin the
rules to swear, I did however think
some nifty hard words If Idident speak
EN-. But all this ddent do any good
so | thought I'd cline up the post and
unloose mySR that way, and / had
habout succeeded when one of the un.
mannerly curs attaekted rne in thelrear
aud losin' my holt the bottom busted
t,off and l feH'sprawfn eli the floor, in
precisely the same way Job said he
came into this wbrld" a
"Tbe neyt mint was under, the bed
where the internal whelps had drug nJ
trousers, but as fast as ! pulled one les
ION the unmaperly imps would pull 10th
Ter of. worried in this way for some
time, when punchen gave way and
Hell through into trough OF soap, un
der tf.E house. erusif:: eE.S;ft--f-s
fell into the pis whats hostem,tss. 1
| sprung fe4 my life and in So doin jump
led into the face and stomach of off Squire
/ Cfnmpton, who was comm on The ru,
srectih the Inj1ns was massActeein' th,
whole family. The collision threw hin
tdawn the hole, and / followed suit1
heels over head to the bottom, where
recovered my understanding, and With
out any apologies, l9or even wore
struck bee line for. home, just asI was
in my native purity, with a speed tina
split The winds, my Toe nails strikin.
fire out Of the .fints every jump s Bl
Iboys, that was the last time that eve
went within quarter Of mile Of Squir
Crumpton's, or ever cast Sleeps eyes a
Betsey, let alone gallanting her home.