Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-03-04

him some ten feet clear of the camp,
and with force that Strengthened out
the coil and made the snake'sta crack
like cart whip! Casting one wild
blazing look behind he tore off with the
rapidity of lightning around the camp
in circle of some forty feet across, and
at every bound shouting. or rather yell
ing. "Saze i'm! sazs i'm by the tale
Oh, howly Vargin, stop i'm Och,
Saint Pathrich tars i'm 10 till jabletts!
A wha! A wha, Bate i'm TO smittereens
wild gun, cant yees He's got me
fast how'd by me -, och he has, by
Jabers an he's msndm his houh,
wha Howly Father, he's got shark
hook on is tale Och, mutthcr, he's
forty fut long !" On making This last
circuit he ran through part of the
smoulderipg campfire, and the twine
at the aft end of the gut caught fire;
this brought new terror, and added
strong inducemsnt for him to put Oh
more steam and increase his rate
round he went "IIes fiery sarpint.
Och, mu,her! Howly Vargin, he car
ries a lite to see how to bite by Och,
help I'm swallowed dumping log)
intirely all bat me he'd Hos saxty
fate long, if he's fut Thread on his
bloody, fiery tale, will yers' Thry TO
save me-" then, AZ if inspired with new
life and hope, he roared out, "Shoot
i'm Gm don't aim at is he'd! Shoot !!
shoot =
Now here was 4 picture A! There
stood the Judge hugging a sapling with
both arms and one leg, his head thrown
back emitting scream after scream ;
here lay Jim w. OH his back, with his
feet against tree. his arms elevated
like chlds when he wants you TO
help him up, and it was scream for
scream with the Judge. All sounds, at
all like ordinary laughter, had ceased,
and the present notes would have rem
dered immortal the vocal fame of a
dozen panthers, accompanied in their
concert by the fog whistle Of a steam
boat. Yonder stands jim A.-''iat
jim" with his legs about yard apart,
his hands on his hips, shouting at regu-
lar. intervals of about five seconds,
Snake l-Snnke !!-SNAKE !! at the
same intonation, but so loud that the
echoes Knocked each other from fifty
crays, and Snake Snake : reverberat.
eI loud and long among those mountain
slopes, while his eyes carefally and
closely followed the course of poor
Paddy round the camp. After running
round it about thirty times, the perse-
cuted one flew off in tangent into the
dark woods, and the medley sounds OF
"snake murdther help! fire saxty
fut uowIy Vargin y &c. gradually
died away in the distance, aud the
hunters were alone.
"Umph," said Jim W., (after stop,
ping his laughing hiccough,) "umph,
thought that gut would stop snoring at
this camp! Umph." The next evening
the Patlander was seen travelling at a
mighty rate through Knoxville, with a
small bundle under one arm aud huge
shillalah in the other hand, poked Out
ahead of him in a half defensive, halt
exploring attitude. Whenhe was hailed
by Archy Nc - with, (Which way,
Paddy?" Casting round at the speaker
a sort of a hang dog, sulky glance, he
growled forth, word at step, "Strste
TO Ireland, by Jayzus, where there's no
snakes
You cannot say "snake' to either
member of the party yet, without its
costing set OF vest buttons or produ-
cling stitch in the side