Smyrna times., 1874-10-07
Young Bloods on q a Lark"

There were four of them, and they were
bloods-yOuRg bloods You have seen a young
bloOd2 He is the son of his father, and his
father is rich. He is called s. blood" be-
cause he bleeds the old man The young blood
tolls not, neither does he spin-but his head
spins once in a while. He also spins around
with the boys, and among the girls frequently.
Well, there we're four of them. 1t was Sun
day night They had been out to Rinkle's S, and
they were going home on the st. Charles rock
road. They sat in a two seated buggy, drawn
by a dashng team Of bays Presently they
camc to large, open commoH at the intersec-
tion Of the rock-rOad and the kings highway.
Here an episode occurred. You have seen an
episode?
A countryman was driving home in a low
truck-wagOn, drawn by an aged and methodi'
cal gray horse. The young boOds came dash
ing up with their prancing bays. The young
bloods were beery. But the countryman had
about two drinks Of whisky in him, and hence
had the advantage. A gill of whisky contains
the same amount of fight as a gallon OF beer
and then it is so nuch handler and less cum
bersOme.
The young bloods drew rein, and the country
man hoered Whoa! The y. b. asked the C.
if he could tell them where they were going.
The profane C. told them " to the Old Boy
Then one Of the y. b. said: You're a
blank liar ~
At this the countryman laid down his lines
and got out of his truck-wagon right into the
middle Of the road and made speech as fol-
lows:
You roosters has lit on the wrong fence
Just one of you stay in the wagon and hold the
horses and the other three get right ont here
can lay all the dust between here and towL
with ye! Oh! I'm the feller that can keep the
flies off! I'm better than any muskeeter bar
jest one of yer hold them horses-my ole
mare II stand without hitchin the bal
ance jist waltz to Joseph, right here-now
Come on Git out -
And the irate countryman announced hi!
firm belief in the canine parcntage of the youn!
blOods. Then he danced and pranced up am
down the road, and kicked at the horses ears
and gyrated his long arms, and threw his oil
slouch hat high up in the air.
"Oh I'm catamount, | am! | like t
t be stopped in the middle of the road, | do
} I'm four year old bull PAWN up big clOd
right out of the ground ami I'm a Who'll
8 menagerie of royal Bengal tigers, and a cage
ful Of grizzly bears I've fit in the ring,
, have Get out, | say, and | show you wha
I you re going
Then three of the young blOods pulled o
I their coats, and accepted the pressing invita-
Z tiOn. The other sat in the buggy and held tn
horses. He was the lucky one! He could g
e to see his girl the next night, il he wanted t.
4 and not have to tell her that he had been OF
j to the hasebal match and got hit with tn
Il ball The best place in that vicinity was
the buggy, holding the horses Well, tn
n three bounced out. Then the countryman :,
y those long arms going, and the three imm
n diately imagined that the hot spell had brOugl
on a tornado, accompanied by an earthquaR
/. and enlivened by rapid strokes of lightning
The countryman seemed to have about hltet
~ fists.
+! "rll tell you whar you're goin' y he yelle,
as the first of the three tried to CLIMB over =
Z fence near by.
n "Thars whar yOn' re goin' - he yelled,
d the second Of the three executed back sou
d merSaut into the ditch
An this is the way for you to travel!
yelled, as the last of the three tried to balan
Ie himself on his nose in the middle Of the roa
He started for the lucky fellow who was
2 the wagon holding the horses, but the lucl
ID fellow let the horses go and got out of the wa
ut Then he made another speech as follows:
!" "Oh, am an earthquake, | am! I'm VI
is canO r ght from the bowls of the earth. GI'
me sOme more nuts to crack Give me roou
lie Give me some raw meat to chaw up ~
id Then the three slid off behind the fenC
down to where number four was holding L
|" horses, and they slid softly into that bugG
to and the buggy slid quietly into town, an 4
~ three slid furtivey into drug store. Th
I'd had been out to see the base ball match, al
it. got hit with a ball They knew where tn
f. were going during the balance of the trip. !
le all events they did not inquire of any mo
fe countrymen quietly driving home in true
Id wagoDs.-St. Louis Republican.