San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-30

herself, but he liked TO drive Tam, and
he liked to go around the country on
his back, and fine figure Of man he
was on him, too. He didn't lot nobody
else back him or handle the reins but
Cuff, and Cuff was drefiul set up about
il, and he swelled and Dragged about
that ar boss all around the country. No
body couldn't put in word bout any
other hoss without Cuffs feathers would
be all up stiff rs tom turkeys TAIL
and that's how Cuff got the doctor into
trouble.
aye see there nat'lly was Others that
thought they'd got bosses, and didn't
want to DO crowed over. There was Bill
Atkins, out to the West parish, and Ike
Sanders, that KEEP n stable up to Pequot
Hollor; they was down a-lookin' at the
parsons horse, and bettin' on theirn,
and a-darin' Cuff to race with EN-.
"Well, Cuff couldn't stand it, and when
the doctors back was turned he'd be of
on the sly, and they'd hev their race;
and Tam, he beat 'em all. Tam, ye see,
boys, was n boss that couldn't and
wouldn't hev boss ahead of him he
jest ,Uouldnt. Eff he dropped down
dead in his tracks the next mint, he
would be ahead, and he always got ahead,
and 80 his name got up; and fellows
KEEP comm to try their bosses, and Cuff
nd take Tam out to race with fust one
and then another till this ere got to be
a regular thing and began to be talked
about.
Folks sort O wondered if the doctor
knew, but Cuff was sly as weasel, and
alters had story ready for every turn,
Cuff was one of them fellers that could
talk bird off tree-master hand he
was to slick things over.
"There was folks as said they believed
The doctor was KNOWN to it, and that he
felt sort O carnal pride, such as min
lster oughtn't fer to hev, and so shet his
yes to what was goin' on. Aunt Sally |
Nickerson said she was sure on t; twas
Ill talked over down to old Miss Bum
minger's funeral, and Aunt Sally she
suid the church ought to look into it
But everybody knew Aunt Sally, she
was alters watchin' folks haltings, and
settin' on herself up to jedge her neigh
bors.
oval, I never believed nothin' agin
Parson Williams; it was all Cuffs con-
trivance, but the fact was the fellers all
got their blood up an there was boss
racin' in all the parishes, and it got so
they'd even hev boss races on Sunday.
"Wal, of course, they never got the
doctors boss out Sunday. Cuff
wouldn't a burst do that, Lord MASSEY,
no! He was alters there in church sit
tin up in the doctors clothes, rollin' up
his eyes and lookin' as pious as eff he
never thought of racin' HOSES; he was
IN awful solemn looking Niger in
church, Cuff was.
But there was lot O them fellers
up in Poquot Holler-Bill Atkins and
Ike Sanders and Tom Peters and them
Hokum boys--used to go out arter meet
in Sunday afternoons and race bosses.
Ye see, it was close to tho State line,
and if the slectmen was to como down
on EN-, they could just whip over the
line, and they couldn't take 'em.
Wal, it got to be a great scandal; the
fellcrs talked about it up to the tavern,
and the deacons and tithingman they
took it up and went to Parson Williams
about it: and the parson he told 'em to
keep still, not let the fellcrs know that
they was being watched, and the next
Sunday he and the tithingman and the
they'd ride over and catch 'em
in the very act.
so next Sunday afternoon Parson
Williams and Deacon Popkin and Ben
Bradley (hc was constable that year.
they got onto their bosses and rode over
to- Pcquot Holler. The Doctors blood
was up. and he meant to come down on
en- strong, for that was his way of dom
in the parish; and they We're in sort
o day ~ judgment frame of mind, and
logged along solemn rs hearSc, till
come L. rise the hill above the holler
they ;, e three ar four fcllers with their