The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-19

tie biggef TOOL OF himself / won't stau(
: In his ligM. And then had got some
: machine OH onto 'em, so felt that aC
got to wash 'em amy way, before Thom
b as j. TOOK ZEN to school. So be put Pen
Ion.
had good vittles, and sight of 'em.
3 The basket wouldn't hold 'em all. So
Josiah had TO put bottle of red rhasp
| berry b-lt into the pocket OF hts dress
coat, aud lots of other little things, such
as spoons, and Knives, and forks, III bis
. pantaloeRs and breast pockets. he
looked like Captain Kidd, armed up to
the teeth, amt told him so. But, good
, Hand, he w0uld have carried o knife In
hi, mouth if had asked him, he felt so
Heat about g1iR, anu boasIed SO, GU
what splendid exertion 1T was going to
be. trr.
We got to the lake about eight O'Clock,
being about the first ones theEe; but
they EeP camin, ami before 10 o'clock
we all got there. IneRe was about tweR-
ty old fools OF We, wheR We got all coll
Ieoted together. Aud about ~ O'clock
we sot sail Tor the island. Josiah haviR
felt SO animated and tiekled about the
eXertion, was worked up awfully when,
just after We had got we'll cut onto the
Lake, the wind took his hat Oft and blew
IL away. lie had made up his mind 10
look SO pretty that day, and be 50
dressed up, that 1t worked MIN up awful
1y. And then the sun beat down oHLo
him; and if he had any hair onto his he ad
it would have seemed more shady. But
did the best could by MIN; stood by
aim, and pinned on his red bandanna
handkercnIef onto his head. But as l
was fixiP it on, see there was some
thing more than mortitieat10 that allied
him. The lake was rough, and the boat
rocked, and see he was beginning to be
awful sick. He looked deathly. Pretty
soon l telt bad too. Oh, the wretched-
ness OF that time; have enjoyed poor
health considerable III my life, but never
did enjoy so much sickness, in so short
a time, as did ON that pleasure exer-
tion to the island. l suppose our bein
up all night almost made it worse.
When we reached the island we were
both as weak as cats.
set right down on a stun, and held
my head for spell, for 1t did seem as ii
1T would split open. Alter awhile l
staggered up onto my feet, and finally
got SO l could walk straight, and sense
| things little. Then began to take the
things out OF my dinner basket. The
butter had all melted, so we had to dip
it out with a spoon. And a lot OF water
had washed over the side ofth boat, 80
my pies, and tarts, and delicate cake,
and cookies, looked awful mixed up, but
no worse than the rest OF the company's
| did. But we did the best we could, and
| begun to make preparations to eat, Tor
The man that owned the boat said he
knew it would rain before night, by the
| way the sun scalded. There wasn't
man or q woman there but what the
perspiration jest poured down their
iaces. We was haggered and melan-
choly lookin' set. There was piece OF
woods little ways off, but it was up
quite rise OF ground, and there wasn't
Que OF us but what had the rheumatic,
more or less. We made up a fire ON the
sand, though it seemed as if 1T was hot
enough to steep the tea and coffee as IL
| was.
| After we got the fire started, 1 histed
la umberell, and sat down under it, and
| famed myself hard, Tor was afraid OF
| q sunBtroke.
Wal, l guess had sat there ten min
utes or more, when all OF sudden l
| thought, where is Josiahp Ihadn't seen
him since we had got there. / rig right
| up and asked Ihe company, almost Wild
| ly, ''if they had seen my companion, Jo-
| siah?' They SAID, "No, they hadn't"
But Celestine wilkins little girl, who
had come with ner grandpa and grand
i
| seen MIN a goin' of towards the woods;
he acted dreadfully strange, too; he
| seemed to be a walkin' of sideways"
chad the sufferin's we had undergone
made him deliriousW says to myself:
and theu started Oft on the run towards
the woods, and old Miss Bobbet, and
Miss Gowdey, and Sister Minkley, and
Deacon Dobbins' wife, all rushed after
me. On, the agony OF them two or three
minutes, my mind 80 distracted with
orebodin's, and the perspiration pour
in' down. But, all Of sud
den. on the edge of the
weighed one hundred pounds less than
me; had got a little ahead OF me. He
sat backed up against tree in awful
cramped position, with his lelt leg under
him. He looked dretful uncomfortable,
but when Miss Gowdey hollered out:
"Oh. here you be; we have been skairt
about you; what is the matterW he
smiled dretful sick smile, and says he:
"Oh, thought would come out here
and mediate spell. 1t was always
real treat to me to mediate"
Jest then / came up, pantin' for
breath, and as the women all turned TO
face ME, Josiah scowled at me, and
shook his fist az them four wimmen, aud
made the most Mysterious motions with
mis- hands towards 'em. But the minute
they turned 'round he smiled in a SICK
ish way, and pretended TO go to whist
linz.
Says I: "What is the matter, Josiah
Allen? What are you off here torp
Il am meditatin', Samantha"
The wimmen happened to be lookin'
the other way for minute, and he
looked at me as If he woula take my
head of, and made the strangest motions
towards 'em; but the minute they looked
at him he would pretend to smile that
deathly smile.
Says l, Come, Josiah Allen, we're GO
i'm to have dinner right away, for we are
afraid it will rain"
"On, wal" says he, "a little rain, more
or less, hain't goin' to hinder a man
from meditatin'."
/ was wore out, and says I: "Do you
stop meditatiR Lhis minute, Josiah Al
len." ....,
says he: 81 won't stop, Samantha. 1
let you nave your way good deal OF
the time; but when l take 1t into my
head to mediate, you hain't goin to
break it up"
Says l: Josiah Allen, come to din
ner." ...
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