The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-08-07

John was soon in bed, but as l was
always little slow and full of curl,
osity, l was looking around In the
little room.
AT last l thought l would sit down
on a chest which set spread over with
a nice white cloth while l drew of
my boots. So down l sat, when, stars
of the East, l went plump into big
egg custard pie!
81 thought John would die alaugh.
ing, for he said | had smashed the
custard all to thunder, and the plate
right in two"
"lou see we had to be awful quiet
so that the old man would not hear
81 was now ready to get in bed, SC
put the light out and picked up
my boots, thinking to put them in a
more convenient place, when my one
leg went through pipe hole, which
had been covered with paper, up to
my hip.
snow one part of me was upstairs,
while the largest part was in the
kitchen"
GAS my leg was very long, it reach
ed shelf which was occupied by tea,
coffee, pots, @ jars, etc. and turning
it over down it went with a tremen.
duous crash.
"The girls had not yet retired and
| could hear them laugh fit to split
their sides"
az felt awful ashamed, and was
scared until my heart was in my
throat, for | expected the old man ev-
cry moment. l extracted my leg from
the confounded hole just in time, for
the old lady looking into the kitchen
from the room down stairs asked
what all the noise was about,
"rhe girls put her off as best they
could, and l went to bed, while John
was strangling himself under the
covers to keep from laughing aloud
ave soon went off into the land of
dreams, with the hope of waking
early. l wish l could tell you my
dreams, but it would take me too
long, One moment l would fancy
myself by the side of Sadie, slipping
the nectar from her Heaven-bedewed
lips, aud the next ISweuld- be cHyipg
from the Old man While be would tb6
dourishing his cane over MY Head. !"
This all came to an end by John
giving me a kick" 81
"0n waking up and lookingaround
| saw Johns eyes as big us my fist,
while the sun was beaming in the
window"
"What to do now we couldn't tell,
for we heard the old man having
family prayer in the Kitchen
"John looked out of the window
and said we could get down over the
porch roof.
Get out and dress as soon as posi-
bic, he said.
80 in my hurry my foot got rasten-
ed in the bed clothes, and out tum-
bled, head foremost, turned over, and
down the steps until l struck the
door, which was fastened by u button,
when giving away, out | rolled, right
in front of the old man."
He threw up both hands and cried:
Lord have mercy on u.s. for he evil
IDENTIFY thought | was the devil"
"Ihe old lady screamed until you
could have heard her mile
81 was so scared and bewildcrod
that couldn't getup atonce. TWAS
warm weather and didn't have any
thing on but shirt,
"When | heard the girls snickcr-
ing it made me mad and jumped
vngGd rushed out of doors leaving
the greater Part Ct my shirt on the
old iron door latch"
"OG | started for the barn, and
when half way through the yard the
dog set up Il Rowland went for me-"
"Whcn got to the barnyard ! had
to run through flock of sheep and
among them was an old ram, who
backed on little an started for me.
With one bound | escaped the blow,
sprang into the barn and began to
climb upthe NOV, when an old moth
er hen pounced upon my legs, and
picked them until they bled,"
81 threw myself upon the hay, and
after John had slid down the porch
into hogshcad of rain water he
81 1900. r a., q, tn,Ig say.