The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-01-06

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! gar, or half a pound of butter. a spooufu
of soda, or few slices of hannah. II
was something or other most every day,
They were mi hty nice people, but sake,
aliye!they just borrowed my life out OF
mel Sometimes they'd send back shor
measure, and-ah sometimes none at all. y
Holding up her left hand-"But thai
scarf I'll wear it to my dyin' dayw
ibid you say a dog bit you2 Was il
one OF your ownP' asked.
| WAS it our dog that bit me2 Laws
no! Our dogs never thought of biting
anybody. Both of 'em was quiet and
peaceabie dogs as ever was. -'Oid Watch
would bark and romp around like he'd
take the place, When anybody "a come
but jest speak TO hmm, zn3-sh eeoid him,
| or shame him, aud he'd go off and lie
down quiet as a lamb. And 'Gin,' there
never was a better or smarter dog than
Gin. Just say, Chickens, GIMP and
she'd have the last one out of the garden
before she quit She wouldn't let a pig
come nigh the yard. And-ah she'd no
more pretend to make track on my porch
floor than you would. She know'd Jest
az well when it rained, or was muddy,
that she mustn't come in, as a twelve
year old child would a-know'd She had
a litter of puppies, once, apd-ah gave
them all away but one. That one she d
bring in the kitchen every time shed get
the chance, and-ah lay it in a warm cor
ner by the cooking stove. / got-ah so
mad at her for it, one day, that kicked
1t clear out of the kitchen. Gin looked
at me, the most grieyed, reproachful lookl
Il never will forget that lookl-then
walked out, and-ah took up her puppy 10
her mouth and carried it of up to sister
Mats and left it. Shed 60 up there ev-
cry day and suckle it, but she never would
bring it back homel And-ah one day Mr.
Bartelmassy brought me home q new tea
board After I'd looked at and admired
it, leant it up against the table until I'd
get up. Gin soon spied it; and-ah in il
she saw herself reflected. She bristledup
and commenced barking and frisking
around, trying TO make friends with the
dog in the teaboard Then she'd run be,
hind the teaboard, then-ah come round in
front again, then, bristle up. and growf,
and snarl, and snap, at the dog in the
teaboard until / thought / should die a
laughing j never saw q dog cut such
didoes in my life. laughed at her shines
until took pain in my side. from which
1 had real hard spell of sickness. /
come mighty near dying, tell you'll 1 lost
is the only one living Speak to the lady,
Willie, and tell her your name like man
when she asks you"
II sha'n't do ID Give me an apple,
mai" was all the. young hopeful deigned,
and he walked off munching his apple
ventured to ask, while Mrs. Bartelmas-
sy pinned mp her pocket:
ibid Gin. bite yoa2s-sz =sz--z -
Claws, mol Gin never bit anybodyl
1t was odd Bulger, Squire Neely's dog
A great big, savage, yaller, brindle dog,
that everybody was afeard of l don't
know what in the world ever made them
keep such dogl They lived jest about
two miles from our house, and-ah were
real nice. clever people, and-ah the best
kind of neighbors. / used to go over
there right often; jest get on my horse and
ride right over any time when Mr.. Bartel-
massy was busy, for I'd get lonesome as
settin' turkey. sometimes. Mrs. Nicely
was mighty kind to me; a real mother
If they killed hogs first, she was sure to
send me a spare RIB or two, and some of
her sausage and souce. And when she
made her mincemeat, she always sent me
some. And-ah they never took a cap of
honey without sending pe a plateful of
the incest. / reckon there never was q
better neighbor in the world than Mrs.
Nicely" 80. .-,5.. ~.
"How did Squire Neely's dog happen
to bite youY' I asked. -. -11 > FL.
"How did the dog happen to bite me2
Yes-ah, must tell you that. Well, you
see, I'd got Mr.. Bartelmassy to saddle
j cry for me before he went to his work.
He was laying by his corn, / remember,
and was mighty busy trying to get it laid
by before oats harvest come on. When-ah
started, Mr.. Bartelmassy says to me,
says he: Jenny, don't you let that dog bite
you. Don't you get off your horse till
you hail some of the family, and know
he's tied" When got there, they were
all sitting out in the porch, and-ah they
had company, 1 couli see. John aud
Betty were down at one end of the porch,
with Dora Green and-ah Rilla Ashley,
and Tom Smith. Mrs Nicely was settin'
nearly at the other end of the porch, and
she was sewing. And-ah just about mid
die ways of the porch, Squire Nicely and
Mr.. Peters was settin' at table playin'
cards. The 'S9uioe was mighty fond of
cards and we always had to have game
every time l went over. A niger boy
come out to hitch my horse, and-ah l
asked him about old Bulger. He said
he believed he'd gone to the field with
Sam; he hadn't seen him for some time.
1 looked around, and-ah didn't see any
thing of him until I'd got about five steps
inside the gate, and there he was, comm
right at me, with all his bristles up, grow
lin aud snappin his great big white teeth
/ tried to fight him off from me with my
parasol, but, laws-a-mercyl he just tore
that all to pieces. 1t was beautiful par
asol,-blue silk lined with white. was
scared to DEATH Poor Mrs Nicely was,
too. The Squire said afterwards he didn't
know which screamed the the loudest,
me, or Mrs. Nicely, or the three girls
And my riding habit was torn off me, al
most, before the Squire or John could
get to me, and-ah"-
Train coming, did you say, sir2 Why,
law mel Mrs. @, is it your train? Don t
forget your basket, and your shawl Have
you got your umbrella and your box of
flowers? Well, goodbye, Mrs. Q, and a
safe journey to you."
"Good-bye, Mrs. Bartelmassy. Pm glad
that dog didn't bite you"
Didn't bite mel Why, law-sakes jest
look at that handl Why, he jest fastened
them great big white teeth of his n right
through there and clinched 'em, before
Squire Nicely or John could get to me,
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ken home. Mr.. Bartelmassy was sure
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