Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-11-27
while, an said he mout sorter feel his keepin,

drapt ontu his hans, sed 'Whay-a-a' like a
mad hoss wud, an slung his hind laigs al
mans he'd. She step'd back littil an wei
standin wifi her arms crossed restin EN- on
her stumick, an his heetaps cum wi6n inch
owe her nose. Sez she, 'Yu plays hoss better
nur yu dus husban.' He jis run backwards
on all-fours, an kicked at her agin, an'-an
pawd the groun wifi his fs.
"Lead him off tu the field, Sut, afore he
kicks or bites sumbody,' sez nam. l shoul.
der'd the gopher plow, an tuck hole owe the
bridil. Dad leaned back sulky, till I sed
cluck, cluck, with my tongue, then he started.
When we cum tn the fence let down the gap,
and hit made dad mad; he wanted tu jump
hit on all-fours, hoss way. Oh, geminy, what
a burned ole fool kin cum tu eff he gins up tu
the complaint.
81 hitched i'm to the gopher, watchin i'm
pow'ful clost, fur I'd seed how quick he cud
drap ontu his hands an kick, an away we
went, dad leanin forard tu his pullin, an we
made rite peart plowin, fur tn hev green
hoss an bark gears he went over the sprouts
an bushes same as rale hoss, only he trav-
eled on two laigs. I were mitily hope up
bout con; I cud almos' see hit cumin up /;
but thar's heap owe whisky split twixt the
counter an the mouf, eff it hain't got but two
foot to travil. Bout the time he wer begin.
in tn break sweat, we cum tn a sassafrac bush
au' tn keep up his karacter as hoss, he buled
squar intu an thru hit, tarin down ball
ho'nets nes' nj ontu es big as b hoss's he'd, an
the whole tribe kivered him es quick es yu
cud kiver sick pup wifi saddil blanket. He
lit ontu his hands agin, an kicked strait up
onst, then he rar'd, an fotch squeal wus nur
ara stud hoss in the State, an sot in tn strait
runnin away jis es natral es yu ever seed any
uther skeerd hoss du. let 60 the line an
holler'd, Wo! dad, wo but yu mout jis' es
we'll say Woa tn locumotum, ur Suke cow
to gal.
"Gewhillitins how he run: when he cum
tu bushes, he'd clar the top owe EN- wifi
squeal, gopher an all. P'raps he tho't there
might be another settlement owe ball ho'nets
thar, an hit were safer tu 60 over than thru,
and quicker dun eny how. Every now and
then he'd fan the side owe his he'd, fust wifi
wun fore laig an then luther, then he'd gin
hissef rounded slap what soundid like a
waggin whip ontu the place whar the breech'
bands tetches hoss, running all the time,
an kerrin that ar gopher jis bout es fas'
an as hi frum the yeath es ever eny gopher
were kerried I'll swan. When he cum to the
fence, he jis tore thru hit, Dustin an scatterin
nj ontu seven panils wifi lots owe broken rails.
Rite yere he lef the gopher, geers, close, clevis
an swingletress, all mix'd up, an not wuf
durn. Mos owe his shut staid ontu the aind
owe a rail, an nj ontu a pint of ho'nets stop'd
thar a stingin it all over; hits smell fooled
'em. The balance on em, nj ontu a gallun, KEEP
on wifi dad. He seemed tu run jis adzacty es
fas' as ho'net cud fly; hit were the titest race
ever seed, fur wun hoss tu git all the whipin.
Down thru saige field they all went, the
ho onets making hit look like thar wer smoke
roun' dads bald he'd, an he wifi muffin on the
green yeath, in the way owe close, about i'm,
but the bridil, an nj ontu yard owe plow
line sailin behine, wifi tired out ho'net ridin
on the pint owe hit | seed that he wer aimin
fur the swimin hole in the krick, whar the bluff
am over twenty-five foot perpendicular tn the
warter, an hits nj ontu ten foot deep.
"Well, tu keep up his karacter as boss,
plum thru. when he got tn the bluff he loped
off, ur rather jis' KEEP on runnin. Kerslunge
intu the krick he went seed the warter fly
plum abuv the bluff from whar I wer.
Now, rite thar, boys, he over.did the thing,
eff actin hoss to the scribe wer what he wer
arter; fur thars nara hoss ever foaldid durn
fool enuf tu lope over eny sich place; a cussed
muel mout dun hit, but dad warn't actin
muel, tho he orter tuck that karacter hits
adzac,ly suited tu his dispersition, all but not
breediu. crept up tu the aidge, and peeped
over. Thar wer dads bald he'd fur all the
yeath like peeled inyin, bobbin up an
down an aroun, an the ho'nets sailiu roun
tuckey buzzard fashun, an every onst in a
while, one, and sumtimes ten, wud take dip
at dads bald head. He KEEP up a rite peart
dodging onder, sumtimes afore they hit him,
an sumtimes arterard, an the warter we're
kivered wifi drowned ball ho'nets. To look
at hit from the top owe the bluff, hit were
pow'ful inturestin, an sorter funny; [ wer
on the bluff myself, mine yu.
dad cudent see the funny part frum whar
he wur, but hit seem'd tu be inturestin tn him
frum the 'tenshun he wer payin tu the bisness
owe divin an cussin.
"Sez |, Dad, eff yu's dun washin yersef, an
hes drunk enuff, less 60 back to our plowin,
hit will soon be pow'ful hot 'Hot-hell !!
sez dad ; hit am hot rite now. Don't Gan on
der went his hed) yer see (dip) these cussed
(dip) infu-(dip) varmints arter me {? (dip).
what, sez l, them ar hoss flies thar, that's
natral, dad you amt raley fear'd owe them,
is yu2' sHoss flies HI an (dip) durnation !!
sez dad, 'theyse rale ginui-(dip) ball ho'nets
(dip) yu infnnel iguurant cuss! (dip). Kick
em-bite em-paw em-switch EN- wifi yure
tail dad,' sez I. Oh! soney, soney, (dip) how
I'll sweeten yure-(dip) when these (dip)
ho'nets leave yere.' 'Yu'd better du the levin
yursef dad,' sez I. Leave yere! Sturn you
d-n fool How (dip) kin I, (dip) when
eSsy oVs the water s' w yu SiP bsV %
stay thar till mite, an arter they goes to roos
yu cum home. I'll hev your feed in the troft
redy; yu won't need eny curryin tunite will
yuY L wish (dip) may never (dip) see to-
morrer, eff l (dip) don't make (dip) hame'
strings (dip) outer yure hide (dip) when dus
(dip) git outen yere,' sez dad. Better say yu
wish yu may never see anuther ball honet, ct
yu ever play hoss agin,' sez I.
"Them words toch dad tu the hart, an |
felt they mus be my las, KNOWN dads onmol.
flied mater. l broke frum them parts, an
sorter cum over yere tu the copper mines.
When got tn the hous', 'Whars' yer dad ?
sez nam. oh, he turn'd durn fool, an run
away, busted every thing tu cussed smash,
ans in the swimin hole divin arter minners.
Look out nam, he'll come home wifi a angels
temper; better SEN fur sum strong man body
tu keep him frum huggng yu tu deth. Law
sakes! sez nam; Il know'd he cudent act