The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-28

minister ouRhtn' fer Ia bev. ard .o shc,
hts eyes "a what was a-gotn ON. Auu,
sally Nicksrson said she wa. sure on IL
twas all talked oy.r down to old Mis-
Bummingcr's funeral. and Aunt sally
she said the church ought to look into
H. hut everybody knew Aunt sally,
III. wa alters watrbin folks haltinR..
and sc,tin On herself up To ledge her
n.ighbors.
Wal. ] never believed nothin agin
Parson Williams; IL was all CUFFS con.
trivance. but the fact was the %fcllcr- all
got their blood up aud there was boss
racin In all ~ the parishes. aud u got to
be- 80 they'd eve hey boss races sun.
days.
Wal. IL course. they never got Oh.
doctors hoss nut II n sunday. Cufy
wouldn't q burst do that. Lord n-massy
no. lie was alters there In church sit
tin up In the doctors clothes. rollin up
his eyes and lookin NJ pious ~ II he'd
never thought ~ racin hosses; he was
an awful solemn lookin Niger In the
church, CuG was.
But there was q lot o. them fcllers
| up In Pequot Holler Bill Atkins aud
Ike Sander, and Tom Peters and them
Hokum boys-used 10 20 out artcr
mcctin' Sunday afternoons and rae.
hosscs. We see. II WA close 10 tho
Stats line, and " the s'lcctmep was Ia
come down on en-. they could lust
whip over the line, and they couldn't
take en-.
"wal, II got IA bc q grca, scandal;
the fellcrs talked about u up u the tav.
ern. and tho deacons and tithingman
they took II up and went to Par.on Wil.
liams about II: aud the parson he told
EN- Ia keep still, not let the fsllers
know that they was being watched.
and the next Sunday he and the tith.
ingman and the constable they'd ride
over and catch EN- In the very act.
$50 neSt Sunday afternoon Pnrson
Williams and Deacon Popkin and Hen
Bradley (ho was constable tina, year,
they got onto their hosses and rode
over Ia Pcquot Holler. The Doctor.
blood was up, and he meant IN come
down on en- strong, for that was his
way 81 doin' In the parish; and they
were In n sort % day % judgment frame
o mind. and logged along solemn as q
hcarsc. Till come Ia rise the hill above
tho boiler they see three or four fcllers
with their hosses gettin' ready tn race;
and the parson says he. Lets come on
quiet aud get behind these bushes. and
we'll soc what they're up To and catch
'em In the act
'But the mischief on u was that Ike
Sanders SEQ 'em comiA' and he knew
Tam In u mint Ike knowed Tam 81
old. and he jist tipped the wink to the
rest.
walt. boys says he. let 'em git
close up and then III give the word,
aud the doctors boss will b. racin'
ahead like thunder
wal. so the Doctor and his folks
they drew mp behind the bushes. and
stood there, innocent M could be. and
saw 'em gittin' ready To start. Tam
he began to snufne and paw. hut the
doctor never mistrusted what he wa
up To till Ike sung out. go II boysr and
the hosscs Nil started. when. sue, ~
you live, boys. Tam gave ono ~. and
WAS over the bushes and In among 'em
going II like chain lightning, ahead Of
ZEN all.
Deacon Popkins and Hen Bradley
Jest stood and held their breath To Soc
'em goin' II 80 like thunder; and the
doctor he was took 50 sudden 10 WAS all
he could do to Jest bold on any way. so
awRy he went. aud trees aud bushes and
fences strenked by him tike ribbons:
his hat fiew on behind him and his wig
artcr. and he got catched In u barberry
bush, but Lordy massey. he couldn't
stop 10 think ~ them. ne Jest leaned
.tnxNn aud .u,,.vkt r.,, - A..
neck and held on for dear life. til they
come To the stopping place.
"Wal Tam was ahead ~ them all,
sure enough. aud WAS snorting and
snutfing rs II he'd go, the very old boy
In him, and was up Ia racin' some
more ON the spot.
THAT ere Ike Saunders was the i'm.
pudcntist Teller that ever YOU see, and
he roarcd aud haw .hawed ut the doc
tor.
"'Good for YOU. doctor says he:
you beat US all boiler says he; takes
u parson Tor that, don't II boysp' he
said, And then he aud Ike and Tom
and the two Hokum boys they lust
roa,ed and danced round like wild crit
turs
''Wal, nov only think " il. boys,
What u situation that was for \ minis.
ter-a man that had come out with the
best Ut motives Ia put "a stop In the
Sabbath breakin'! There he was. all
rnmpled up and dusty and his wig
hanging In the bushes, aud these 'cro
ungodly %fellers gittin' the laugh ON him.
and all acauso ~ that ere boss. There's |
tunes, boys. when d. inistcrs must he
tempted to swear, II there amt pre- |
venting grace. aud this was one ~ the |
times to Parson Williams. They say |
he got rcd In the face. and looked ~ II
he should burst, but he didn't say nuth- |
in;' he scorned to answer, tho sons Of
Zerniah WAS too hard for him. and he |
let EN- have their say; but when they'd
got through. and Ben had brought him |
his hat and wig, and brushed and set
tied him agin. the parson he says;
"'Well, boys, we've had yer say aud
yer laugh. but I warn you now | won't |
have this thing going ON any more
says he, so mind yerselves.'
''Wal. the boys SEQ that the doctors
blood was up, and they rode of pretty |
quiet and | oelieve they never rode NJ
more on that spot.