Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-01-01

that mite; and as they wus a coming down
the creek, down by Johns, they seed him over
in his Punkin bottoms plowin and singin
luve songs, feelin happy, as if he had every
thing fixed between him and Sal, and so
Pete and Tom made out like they wur skeered
and in powerful hurry and called tn John
and told him that they had not cotched that
ar lion yit what had got outen his den up in
Sharlot, and that he wus seed jist above old
Sousley' store that mornin by several and wur
roaring orfull ly-and when last seed wur maxim
his way down the bottoms rite toards Piddlc-
burg. Hit skeered John monsterously, as his
house wur the furthest up next the big thicket,
and John axed and begged them to cum and
stay with him that mite but they told him that
they must 60 home and mind their own
folks, fur they moved the lion wud be along
afore day in the mornin and they wur i'll
hurry to 20 round and circulate the muse
tu the rest NV the nabors John then lusens
his horse outen the pow rite strate and put
off for the house listenen every mint for the
lion, and feeds his things and goes in afore
dark and bars up his door rite close, and put
nue. flint on his gun and sot the broad-ax
inside the door, and then shed off and went
tu bed and tried to make hiself easy and
cumposed thinkin about Sal, and hopin,
that orful varmint wud 60 on down the creek
without hurtin him or Sal uther. Awhile
after this as John wur gttin little hopeful
and easy, Pete and Tom had got reddy fur
thur surenade, and had got round in Punkin
bottom and gave the Dumb Bull wun twang,
and cum on roarin down tu the spring and
there stopt and roared hit long time, and
cum on up nearly tn the house. They herd
John Jump, and cud see him, by the light
thru the cracks, painless, a runin and rantln
frum wun end NV the house tu the luther.
They then give it low twang, sorter like un-
to a growl, tell they got rite up to the
back door, tween the kitchen and the big
house, and twanged and roared hit louder
than ever. John cudent stand it no longer,
but busted the glass and shuttur and jumped
rite thru the winder-jest as he wus when he
got outen bed-and then struck Decline rite
across the cuckle bur bottom fur widder jim
kins, leavin white streak out behind him to
bring up the rear.
We had all gone tu bed at the widders,
and Sal and her nanny had been snuzin
fur sum time, and tho l wus miety tired, fur
1 had jist finished irwin boards at sun down,
but I cudent 60 to sleep fur listenin fur the
Lion Surnade, and when I fllst heered hit
strike up, eff he'd had on my close, or if the
lightwood nots hadn't ben given so much lite,
1 wud a gut up and went tu the door, but
while was lien thinking what wude becum
Nv John, a knowen he wus miety skerry,
I heered somebudy cummin lumberin up
the spring hill maxim as much fus as a drove
Nv young mules, and then jumped over the
fense rite thru the old 'omon's bean patch,
and panten fur breath, hollerd out "fur Gods
sake! fur Gods sake open the door" and then
busted rite in an cum with sich rush that
he knocked the door on the luther side
often the hinges, and then staggered back
and like tu fel kersl,te in the middle NV the
fore, but backed and ketched by the old
'omon's bed post, and never stopped till he
had planted hisself straddle Nv the jice.
I tel you thar wur no use Nv these here
spansion rods tu swell his skirt as he run up
that ar wall-cept that part Nv the skurt be-
hind what had cotched up the cuckleburs as
he cum thru the bottom, and he put me in
mind, fur all the world, Nv white pony
with his tail NOTED for muddy weather. The
old omon an Sal walked up screamin like
they would 60 into fits, and looking up and
seeing John in that fix, they pulled the kiver
over their faces, and John holered out as
sune as he cud git his breth, "Widder Jcn-
kins, fur Gods sake git up an shut tu the door,
fur the Big Lion what's outen his den is rite
arter me- fur hit is run me plum frum home
rite outen the bcd." The old 'omon jumpt
up and clapped the dore tn an pinned hit, and
set the luther wun up an put the big table
agin hit, and throwed hur hands up al cried
out Lord hev mercy, hev mercy upon us"
Sal whimpered and whined and | sniggered !;
1 stuffed my mouth full NV bed close to keep
frum spilen the joke. "John! John!" says
the old 'omon, recuvern frum the fust con-
vulshuns, "are you sure hit is the lion; did
you really see hit? "Yes! Yes marin. tn be
shure, for Pete Scritchley and Tom Whizzler
cum by from Souseley's store afore mite, and
told me hit was seen up thar, and went
home an shet up everything, an sure enuf
while arter dark heerd hit a cummin roarin
up in Punkin Bottoms, an then hit stopped
down about the spring en- hit roared an snort
ed down thar long time and then cum a
shakin hits lubberly self up the spring road
tu the house, growlin EN- nashin Nv hits teeth
orfully, and hit cum on till hit got between
the kitchen en- the big house, an thar hit smelt
blud, whar I had throwed outen the entruls
Nv a chicken-en then gcwhitaker how hit
did r-o-a-rw "John john" ses the old
'omon, "git down! git down outen thar, fur
yur goin to faintw He was tremlin and as
pale as deth all over, cept whar the blud was
tricklin down his legs frum runnn thru the
hawthorn thicket. John then sided down the
wal sideards and then cum tu bed tu me and
lay thar til little afore day, en- begged Inc
not to tell hit about the fix he cum thar in,
en- sided outen the door an sloped off home,
and didn't show himself off Pea Ridge and
Punkin Bottoms fur six munths. And this
Dumb Bull business killed him off at the wild
ders as dead as kurfunir, and so | TUX the
vantage Nv hit and give Sal Jinkins anuther
settin tn and now we are trottin in bubble har-
ness. And now, since I've muved up in
North Gardiner, tu my great satisfaction, |
ken say when l meet John 'thout gitten fuss
on my hands, "gewhitaker ho,u hit did roar p
But mustn't say nuthin bout Sal with hit.
Yours truly,
BILL PERKINS.
A VALUABLE JEwEL.-A young man of
Nrron,hurp ubo had M fortune ranunstnd q