The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-13

fling you into the middil NV Mills gard
ing and leave you thar a mass NV frag-
minis fur boys to fling at kats with"
This stOpt him. "'Ah !" he says,
" all this ar a worP NV much wind on
the stummick and skeersly nuthin in
the breeches pockit" And with that he
shuffled off his mortal kile in the dreck-
shun NV his own house.
l went to mine madd-madd with
dub'l d." And / says to my wife:
" Did you know old Meekins had
twinses p"
"Know it?" she says, didn't / tell
you the very day they was borned p
May be you mout," | says, but my
mind hav bin so gummd and glue mp
with politix and returnin bodies that
c. you bored me every item you
returned home till wist them bordes, as
you call um, was naild over your
mouth"
"Well," | says, "what doc you think
NV it2"
That were the wrongest questun that
ever axed in all my lie 1T let down
the taIe-bode Nv her naturally lerge
lumler cart nv elloquense, and she
drownded me then and thar.
Think NV it ~ she skreakt. Think
NV it? Its the outrageousest owdashus-
est peece NV impertinence that's bin
puppetrHted in my nabOrhoOd in forty
odd year. It's q sin and a shame and a
shockin overwhelmin skandil tnat pepil.
pretendin to be desunt shood act in that
way. Genteel pepil, like sum | know,
don't have no twinse-they'v got more
regard for sersiety than to hav um. But
know the Meekinses Nv old. They had
UNI puppus-a puppus "-stompin her
foot and drappin her nittin--" jest TO git
into motifs and to git good things to eat.
And mo things has cum TO the Meekins
I since them twinses was bOrned than |
/ got pashunce to tell about. Bread, cake,
/ pies, puddins, breakfasts, dinners appils,
oranges, prunes, dux, potridges, M2llegy
grapes-thar is old Meekins a eatin sum
! this very mint"
Shure nuf, thar was old Meekins set
! tin by his sellar dore dom sum of the
/ doletulest chawin you ever see.
Yes" she went on, 90 its a delibrit,
/ deep-lade plan o git notyriety and rise
/ in sersity. But they couldn't deseev
memo | never encouraged twinses,
and never will They gifts no custard
and thin biskit from this house, nor they
never WON'T And then her wurds duv-
/ tailed and run into one nuther that fast
/ that | couldn't make out nuthin she
/ said-nuthin but "Jib jib jib-jab jab
iab-jibjab jibjab jibjab--jibber jabber
/ jibber iabber iibber Underwriting whapg
fling fang bling bang ding dang ling lang
I ping pang ting tang ring rang--r-r r.
attertatter- clatterspatter
Whew | had heerd ny heated turn,
but here was a heated turmigint NV the
] wust kind with venjunce. lodge she
j lest did leeye me the tor NV my he'd and
| that werea all. / were thankful far that
. becoz ! see how il were in a fash--the
old oman were black mad with jellus
envy NV the po' little afickted Mrs.
Meekins, a good woman as her husband
is no count.
riz.
" Madum sys I, DRAWN myself up
to my fool hight. &" Madum " says in
tones NV sopesudsand thunder. "Madum
faint no use, ne erthly use. amt
Aberham," and stoopin down and pokin
my face into hern, nor you ain Sary,
neither. so shet rite upP
She's 60 last grass if she's day, and
cot Irish blud in her too, but she did n
even open her lips. She sniff me down
with kontempt and konsintrated venum
that druv me spang out'n the hous, and
/
at the pitch, tar and turkentime nv my
vols, d" gimme ar! gimme ar fur mursy
sake gimme ar /" fur | were neerly ded,
that whurlwind NV words had TUX my
breth away so.
Old Meekins's cook, LlZer, a likely
woman, cum outn the kitchin to see
what were the matter. ! reckin she thot
/ were distrackted, but old Meekins didn
/ even turn his he'd he were SO biZXy with
his Mallegy grapes.
My son Floojins, my yungcst child
bout nine yere old goin on ten, and q
good boy, tho | say it--Fioojins had
heerd his muther what she said, and fol
rim me into the back poche, went down
the steps, sayin as he went by;
Doggon my skin of kats, I'll fix
him"
With that he begun huntin roun the
yard till he diskivered a rusty old pad
lock, and takin good aim at Neekins, hC
let fly, and by the Twins he presto-ve
toed him Off n the face of the erth. lie
Jest blotted him rite out. Thar were the
cheer he set in, thar were his hat and
sum few skatrin grapes, but Meekin:
was nowhar. FloOjins had wiped hin
into thin ar. stood def and DUN witt
establishment, for Wyman hisself never
played trlck equdl 10 thaJ-
But bimeby, ten minits by the wotcb
here cum oil Meekins out NV the sellar
a site to sea conglOberashun NV blud
teers, har, eyebrows, skins, and grape
iuist, feerflIl TO behole. II were hOrri
bill, but it were funny too. | laft till
neerly died, and Lizer cum out, took the
old man TO the hydrant, wosht him OF
with a dish rag, and led him slow ant
paneiu1 into the hous.
This brot me to my senses and shameC
me 80 didn know what to do. So
lookt down in the yard to find Floojina
Nary FloOjins did find. But presently
seen him in Mills's garding-he haC
gone thar to commune with his own lit
tie innersent and confident self. | pu
on my hand, went over to whar Mr.
Bowers, the stove man is 4 hildin sun
houses, gethered me a peece NV skantlin
and lit into that Floojins till you
would a thot the Chesapeak q Ohie
frate trane was a cumin in on item and
howlin.
1t dun me good and it dun the boz
good, but it didn't help Meekins. II,
lost enuf skelp to kiver trab-bail, and
feel 80 sorry for him. Tine a goin t.
take up a subskripshun uv calf-skin Il
mend it. D. Ko ,m; ~ = the old maj
will be out III d week II Inc urrosipelu
don't set in and his tung don't get sor,
agin. But Pm not goin to bed till | do
what's rite by po' old Meekins.
I've recent a good old age, have trav
lied fur and wide, hav eat a heep, bin t.
; Moth Killing, iivd in Amherst, seen muci
and dun meny things, but Meekins havil
twinses lays over enything that eve
hapined in my time. Its the went o
the age Wv all and NV all. Meekins
Twinsesi / don't bleev it. 'Tain't so
kinnot ondcrstan it. My bride litenir
bugs throws no lite on the subject. L.
dark misteryus MYSTERY.
bIozIs Albums.
Konfexnery & Fede Sto.
Rockitts, Dec. y, 1876.
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