The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-10-25
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Mn. EDiTuRE:
Deer Sur, when me and Tom got
redy lu cum home | hapend tu think
that had PROMISED Malindy tu fotcb
her sumthin from that are town. So
exanened into my cash and found
that had only 1885 left. wood NV
had more but you see that Dick IIol-
land had cum III me and let on like
he was iu an arlul scrape aud so
loaned the drafted rascal 5000 And
yu no Mr.. Eiiture | promssed in my
last tu write yu bout his scrape. But
cum tu fluid out It was all made up
yarn tu git my muney. Well | recon
Il was a good tlhng, fur l spect |
wood Nv spent 1t all fur coconuts
and ginger kakes and sich like. So
arter got home he Civ il all back
and | was glad lie had borrowed il
then. Mr.. E.liturc, don't no
whittier | ort lu tell you, but if ]
don't that Tom Hullt wood aud apt
MS not he wood make II thunderin
site wors than II WAS. Yer sec me and
Tom went one inornin tu the exposi.
ton lu see the sites and | wish | had
rune tu Civ yer reders perscripshun
NV all we seed, but ! hant. Wellarter
strollin round guide while we cum
tn where pheller was making all
kinds Nv handy. Artcr watchin him
while Tom bot a kake Nv what he
called iaiiy aud we etc It and did
seem like twas the best truck ever
did tast in all my born days. axed
him NJ that was the truck the boys
Civ the galls. lie sed yes, that all
wimen iolks was very fond Nv tsffy,
So ! bot three kakes NV the drafted
truck and raped it up in my handker.
sher aud put II in my pistol pocket,
.as that was all the empty pocket |
had, oil the rest beih full Nv ginger
kakes aud donuts, all but my two
cote pockets behind aud they had a
coconut in each one. Well We wen
tu see the engins run. One phcllei
was turnin bed legs and | got tu
Fwa,chin him with my back tu the fire
in the engln. and my back got so hol
that me aud Tom went off and sol
down tu cool and rest. Well sui
that drafted taff'y had melted aud run
and stuck my coat and evrything fas
tu me and Tom cudent pull 1t loose
arler 1t bad got cool either. Vel
sur We took out fur the tavern an(
went tn our rune. This was bout II
urclock so missed my diner tina
dav. We'll TON got sum hot watel
and | got on my all fores aud he pore
1t OH me till the truck got warm ant
we got my clozo of. Tom got
niger tn wash EN- while lade in bet
, and red a 8 year oldslmanac all tn
balance NV that day, til my cloz
bride. So Mr.. Editure, never spec
tu have anything tn du with gal
taffy any more. And l will no how
, tu sympathisc with any gall ur boz
either that gifts tuify, especially tn
kind that soiens and sticks.
But as started tu tell yu Wake,
most all oyer that are town lookil
fur sumthlu III fotch Malindy all,
finely bot q malony sassenger as bi
as yer arm and bout 9 feet long. s.
when got HON she sed jist go
what she had rather have than an
thing in the world. Malony sasseu
gers, ginger kakes. donuls and coco
nuts, so If that drafted taffy haden
melted | wood NV brot evry thin
that she wanted, she sed. But
pheller cant have all guide times an
no trouble. When l got homo an
:. wanted tn ride over tu that j
Clark's and CIV him an account {
my trip, Malindy told me that oil
Ball was out on the range and hader
him up fur 2 days. So l tuck roF
tu lead him with and started out
, hunt him. Well | struck bee lii
fur the Jones place bout mile ava
l through the fiat woods. Yer no M
Editure that nobody has lived til,
fur 20 years. The last pheller tn
tride To live there died ther
Starved tu deth one yer when Il
mast failed. Their is 10 fence I
house nor no nuthin septen q ol
we'll bout l5 feet deep, whats goi
. dry and lots of broom sage. All
there ant nuthin round the drat,
we'll tn keep stock frum falin |
Well sur was standin bout 10 fe
% frum that we'll looking fur old ba
e But thor wasent nuthin but Roy's o
blind hoss in site, not livin critt
Old blindy was gyen fur broom So
fur deer lite, and makeln the 0
cracked bell he had on keep time wi
= the motion NV his he'd. Iist as ! th
| herd the clatter Nv o hosses hoe
nd cumin down tho rode, puff NV wi
Ok snatched my new hat off, that n
'% Rue had giy me and don't you thi
on it fell cerslap in that we'll? didt
no what IN tho mischief tu du.
node II went back bareheaded III
wood all larf at me and beside
,,d dident caro- bout lusin my new
10 To make short matters long jist 4
one end NV my rope round a III
N bush close tn the well and dow
m went in the we'll by the rope. W
u sur when I got down in the "
III there was skeleton NV a calf. S
. picked up tho skull 10 -prenollgiz