Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

ened 'em orful, tried tu skeer em wifi all the
wust varmints he cud think owe, an arter a
while he got ontu the idear owe Hell.sarpints,
and he dwelt on it sum. He tole en- how the
ole Hell-sarpints wud sarve 'em if they didn't
repent; how cold they'd crawl over thar ma.
kid bodys, an how like ontu pitch they'd
stick tn 'em es they crawled how they'd rap
thar tails roun' thar naiks chokin clost, poke
thar tungs up thar noses, an hiss intu thar
years. This wer the way they wer to sarve
men folks Then he turned ontu the wimen :
tole 'em how they'd guile intu their buzzims,
an how they wud crawl down onder thar
frock strings, no odds how tite they tied 'em,
an how some owe the oldes' an wus ones wud
crawl up their laigs, an travil onder thar gar:
ters, no matter how tight they tied 'em, an
when the two armys of Hell-sarpints met,
then That last remark totch 'em. Owe all
the hollerin, screamin, an loud cryin, l ever
hearn, begun at onst, all over the hole groun'
lis es he hollered out that word then He
KEEP on bellerin, but / got so busy jis' then
that didn't listen to him much, fur | saw
that my time for action had cum. Now. you
see, George, I'd cotch seven ur eight big pot
bellied Lizards, an had 'em in little narrer
bag, what had made a purpus. Thar tails
all at the bottim, an so crewdid fur room that
they cudent turn roun'. So when he wer q
ravin ontu his tip toes, an q poundin the pull
pit with his fis'-onbenowenst to- enybody, 1
omitted my bag owe reptiles, put the mouf owe
hit onder the bottim owe his britches-laig, an
sot intu pinchin thar tails. Quick es gunpow.
der they all tuck up his bar laig, making q
Mise like squirrels a climbin shell bark hick.
ory. He stop't preachin rite in the middil
owe the word 'damnation, an looked fur q
moment like he wer listenin fur sumthin-
sorter like ole sow dus, when she hears you
whistlin for the dorgs. The tarifck shape
owe his feeters stopp't the shoutin an scream
in instantly yu cud hearn a cricket chirp.
I gin long groan, and hit my head atwixt
nv knees. He gin hissef sum orful open
handed slaps wifi fust one han an then tuth-
er, about the place whar yu cut the bes' steak
outen beef. Then he'd fetch vigrus ruff
rub whar HOSES tail sprouts; then he'd
stomp one foot, then luther, then bot at onst.
Then he run bis ham atween his waistbun an
his shut an reached away down, an roun' wifi
hit; then he spread his big laigs. an gin his
back good rsttlin rub agin the pulpit, like
hog scratches hisself agin stump, leanin
tu hit pow full, an twitchin, and squirmin all
over, es eff he'd slept in dorg bed, ur ontu a
pisant hill. About this time, one owe my liz.
yards, scared an hurt by all this poundin, an
feelin, an scratchin, poppd out his head frum
the passun's shut collar, an his ole brown
naik, an wer a surveyin the crowd, when ole
Bullip struck at him jis' too late, fur he'd
lodged back agin. The hell desarvin ole ras-
kills speech now cum tn i'm an sez he, Pray
fur me, brethren an sisteren, fur I is rastlin
wifi the great inimy rite now! an his voice
wer the mos pitifal, trimblin thing ever
hearn. Sum owe the wimen fotch a painter
yell, an young doctor, wifi ramrod laigs,
lean'd toward me monstrous KNOWN like, an
sez he, sClar case owe Delishus Tremenjus.' |
nodded nv head, an sez I, 'Yas, spechuly the
tremenjus part, an Use feard hit haint at hits
worst. Ole Bullin's eyes wer stickin out
like ontu two buckeyes flung agin mud wall,
an he wer cuttin up more shines nor cock
roach in a hot skillet Of went the claw
hammer coat, an he flung hit Anime him like
he wer gwine intu fight he had no jackit
tn take off, so he unbuttoned his galluses, an
vigrusly flung the aiuds back over his head.
He fotch his shut over-handed great deal
faster than | got outen my pasted one, an
then flung hit straight up in the air, like he
jis wanted hit tn keep on up furever; but hit
lodged ontu blackjack, an / seed one owe
my Lizards wifi his tail up, raein about all
over the ole dirty shut, skared too bad tu
jump. Then he gin sorter shake, an. a
stom pin kline owe twis', an he cum outer his
britches. He TUX 'em by the bottim owe the
laigs, an swung 'em round his head time ur
two, an then fotcA 'em down cherall.up over
the front owe the pulpit. You cud hearn
the smash a quarter owe mile Nj ontu
fifteen shorten'd biskits, boiled chicken, wifi
hits legs crossed, big dubbil,bladid knife, a
hunk owe terbacker, a cob pipe, sum copper
ore, lots owe broken glass, cork, sprinkil
owe whisky, squirt, an three Lizards flew
permiskusly ell over that meetin groun', outen
the upper aid owe them big fax britches.
One owe the smartest owe my Lizards lit head
fust intu the buzzim owe fat oman, es big es
a skin'd hoss, an nj ontu es ugly, who sot
thurty yards of, a fanin hersef wifi tucky-
tail. Smart tu the las by golly, he imme-
jutly commenced running down the centre
owe her back. bone. She were jis' bound
tn faint; an she did hit fust rate-she
flung the tucky-tail up in the air, grabbed che
lap owe her gown, gin it a big histin an fallin
shake, rolled down the hill, tangled her laigs
an garters in the top owe huckilberry bush,
wifi her head in the branch and jis lay still.
She wer interestin, she wer, ontil serious
looking, pale-faced oman hung nankeen ri.
ding skirt over the huckilberry bush. That
wer all that wer dun to'ard bringing her too,
that 1 seed. Now, ole Bullin he'd muffin left
ontu him but pair owe heavy, low quartered
shoes, short wooden socks, an eelskin garters
tu keep off the cramp. His skeer had druv
him plum crazy, fur he felt roun' in the air,
abuv his head, like he wer huntin sumthin in
the dark, an he beller'd out, Brethren, breth-
rem, take care of yourselves, the Hell.sarpints
hes got mer When this cum out yu cud
hearn the screams to Halifax. He jis' spit
in his hans, an loped over the frunt owe the
pulpid kerdiff! He lit on top owe, and rite
among the most plus part owe the congrega-
shun. Ole Misses Chaneyberry sot wifi her
back tu the pulpit, sorter stoopin forrid. He
lit straddil of her long naik, shuttin her
up wifi snap, her head atwixt his knees, like
shuttin up jack.knife, an he sot intu gittin
away his level durndest be went into heavy
lubberin gallop, like ole fat Wagon hoss,
skared at locomotive. When he jumpt a
bainch he shook the yeath. The bonnets an
fans clared the way an jerked most owe the
children wifi 'em, an the rest scrunched.
He open'd perfectly clar track tu the woods,
over every livin thing. He weighed nj ontu
three hundred, he'd black stripe down his