Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1877-03-03

| To wash EN- any way, before Ihomas j
took EN- to school. SO he put EN- on.
had good rittles. and 4 sight of en-
| The basket wouldn't hold 'em al, ;,
Josiah had to put Il bottle of red rasp
berry Jelly into the pocket OF his dress
coat, and lots of other little things, such
as spoons. knives and forks, III his pan.
falcons and breast pockets He looked
| like Captain Kidd. armed to the teeth
and told him 50. But. good land, he
| would have carried knife III his mouth
il had asked him, he felt ST neat about
gnin'. AMI bOasted 80, on what a spieI!-
did exertien it was to be We got to
the lake about eight " clock. being about
the first ones there; but they KEEP 4
comm, and before 10 O'Clock We all got
there There was about 20 old fools OF
us, when We got ali collected together
Aud about 10 O'Clock we sot sail for the
island. Josiah harin' felt 50 animated
and tickled about the eXcrtion was
worked up awtully, when justa tter we
had got wei! out onto the lake, the wind
took his hat oiY and blew it away. lie
had made up his mind To look so pretty
that day. and he 50 dressed up. that il
worked him up awiully. And then the
sun beat down onto him; and if he had
had any hair onto his head it would
have seemed more shady. But did the
best could by him; ! stood by him. and
pinned on his red bandanna handker-
chief onto his head. But as | was :.
iixn' it on. | see there was something
more than modification that allied him
The lake WAS rough. and the boat rock
ed, and | see he was beginning TO be
awful sick He looked deathlv Pretty
soon tcl: bad too. Oh. the wretched-
ness OF that time | have enjoyed poor
health considerable in my life, but never
did enjoy 80 much sickness. in SO short
a time, As did on that pleasure exer-
tlon II the island. suppose our bein'
up all night Almost made it worse.
hen We reached the island we was
both weak As cats.
set right down on stun. and held
my head Tor spell, for it did seem rs il
II would split open. After u while
staggered up onto my feet. and finally
got 50 | could walk straight, aud see
things 4 little Then began to take
the things out of my dinner basket
The butter had all melted, so we had 10
dip it out with II spoon. And lot OF
water had swashed over the side OF the
boat. 50 my pies, and tarts, and delica g
CAKE, and cookies, looked awful mixed
up, but no worse than the rest OF the
cumpany's did. But we did the best we
could, and begun to make preparations
10 eat, for the man that owned the boat
said he knew il would rain bv the way
the >un scaldrd. There WASH, man
OF Il woman there but what
the Precipitation ust poured down
their faces. We was 4 haggered and
melancholy ,ookin' set. There was
a piece Of woods a little ways otf.
but il was up quite q rise OF ground.
an! there wasn't one of us but hat
mad the rheumatic. more or less. We
made up Il fire on the sand, though it
seemed as if ii was hot enough to steep
the tea and coffee as it WAS.
After We got the fire started, | histed
a umbereil. and sat down under it. and
tanned my eli hard, for | was afraid OF
a suustroke.
Wal. | guess had sat there ten min
atc> or more. when all OF sudden |
thought. Where is Josiah? I hadn';
seen HIM since we had got there ! riz
right up and asked the company. almost
wildly, "it they had seen my cumpan-
ion. Josiah" They said No, they
hadn't" But Celestine wilkins little
girl. who had come with her grandpa
and grandma Gowdey, spoke up, and
SAYS She. Il seen him goin' off towards
the woods he acted dreadiully strange.
too he seemed 10 be Il walkin off side
WAYS.
Had the sufern's we had undergone
made him dcliriOus9" saws ! to myself;
and then started off on the run towards
the woods. and old Miss Bobbet. and
Miss Gowdey. and Sister Mnkley, and
Deacon Dobhus' wife. all rushed after
me. Oh. the agony OF them or 3 min
utes. my mind SO distracted with fore
bodin'>, and the perspiration pourin
down. But. all OF sudden. on the
edge of the woods we found him. Miss
Gowdey weighed 100 pounds less than
me; had got little ahead OF me. He
sat backed up against a tree in j awful
Cramped position. with his LETT leg I'M
der him. He looked dretiul uncomfort-
able. but when Miss Gowdev hollered
out oh, here You be; we have been
skairt about YOU what is the matter?"
he smiled Il dretiul sick smile, and say
he: "Oh. thought | would come out
here and mediate spell. II was al
WAYS real treat to ME to mediate
Jest then came up, pantin' for
breath, and rs the women all turned to
face me. Josiah scOwled at me. aud
shook his fist ut them 1 wimmen. and
made the most mysterious motions with
his hands towards EN-. But the minute
they turned round he smiled in sickish
way, and pretended TO go to whiStlln.
Says l. Nv hat Is the matter. Josiah
Allen? What are you Oft here for?
al am a meditatin'. Samantha
The wimmen happened to bea lookin'
the other way for Il minute, and he look
ed at me as il he would take my head
off. and made the strangest motions to-
wards EN-; but the minute they looked
nj him he would pretend 10 smile that
deathly smile
Says |. Come. Josiah Alien. we're
goin' to have dinner right away, tor we
are afraid it will rain"
"plI. wal saws he. "a little rain.
more or less, hain't a goin' to hinder a
man from meditatin'
was wore out and SAYS | "Do YOU
stop meditatin' this minute. Josiah Al
len"
Says he: Il won't stop. Samantha |
let YOU have your way a good deal of
the time: but when I take it into my
head to mediate, You hainta a goin' to
break il up"
Says |: Josiah Allen. come to din
ner.''
''Oh. | haint hungry" says he The
table will probably be full | had just
as leave wait
Table full says |. You know
Just as well as do that we are eatiu' on
the ground DO you come and eat your
dinner this minute.
Yes. do come, says Miss Bobbet.
Oh, says he. with that ghastly
smile, rs prstendin to joke. Il have
got plenty to cat here; can eat mus
keeters.H
The air was black with EN-; couldn't
deny it
The muske will eat you. more
likely" says I. Look at your face and
hands"
"Ies. they have eat considerable of u
dinner out of me, but don't bcgrech EN-.
! hain't small enough, hope, to be-
grech 'em one meal
Miss Bobbet and the rest turned to go
back, and the minute we were alone he
said
Cant you bring 40 or 80 more VIM
men up here? You couldn't come here a
minute without lot of other wimmen
tied to your heels"
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