The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-04-08
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BY MARK TWAIN


knew by the thoughtful glow upon
bis bald head II knew by the thought
iul look upon his face i knew by the
emotional flush upon the strawberry on
the end Of the old free liver's nose, that
Simpson Wheslers memory was busy
with olden time And 30 prepared
70 leave, because al! these were syinp-
toms Of reniniscenoe- -signs chat he
was going TO be delivered pf another Of
bis tircsome porsonal experiences but
| was too slow, he got the start Of me.
As near IA ! can recollect tae inliiction
WA couched in about the following Ian
guage;
owe were all boys theh. and did. t
care for nothing hut TO sl,iik sci !
and keep up reyiyin' show Of dev
tneut al the tins. This sal Jim We
! WAS talking about .wns tlie 'prentic
and he was the best hearted feiler. b.
was, and most forgiyin and unsellish /
ever see--well, there couldn't be n
moro bullier boy than he was, take him
how you would and sorry enough was
| when | seed him for the lss' time.
"Me and Henry was alw ~ lesterin'
him and plasterin boss bills on his
back, and putting bumble-bces in his
bed, and so on, and sometimes We would
crowd in and bunk with him, notwith-
standing bis growing, and then we'd
lot on to get mad and fight across him,
20 as to keep him stirred So like. He
was nineteen, he was, and We was &c.
teen aud sixteen, anI tolerablo lazy
and worthless.
$50 that night, yon knor, that my
sister Mary gave tha candy puIIin' they
started us OF TO bed early. 10 that the
coarany could have fnlI = ing. aud No
ran IN on jun TO have soma fnn
"Our window looked oui on the roof
of tho ell, and about ter o'clnck couple
Of old tom cats got 20 rsrin' aud charg.
IN around on it, aud carr, ing on like
sin. There was four i-,L,- nf.snow on
the rosf, and il wis frr'z. - that there
was "a right smart Of ic" .,p It, and the
moon WAS shiuin' bright, AID ws could
SEQ them eats like daylight. First
they'd staRd of and e-yow. yow-yow jus.
tho same as IL they were cnssin' one
another, yon know, and bow up their
backs aud bush up thoir tails, anil swell
around, and then all Of a ssdden the
gray cat he'd snatch handful Of fur
off the yaller cats hahn. and spin around
him like the button on barn door.
! But the ynllpr cat ~as game, AID he'd
come and clinch, and they'd gouge and
bite and hoSl. and they'd H,ake the fur
hy powerful
"wsI. Jim hc 20, ,il,.a,,ed With
tho roH, and lowed he'a climb nIt there
alpl shake them oil the roll. lie lisdn',
Z. ,.~ir 40 no,ien of doing it likely, loot
,,s usoi lastiyiy dogged him aud sully
rnes-l HIM, And lowell he always Lrug
x-i l,..S bc ~oulib't take dare, and
- o iill liuie ly bo h;stri the sinder
AID Is, and beho,d you, be- vent -wenr
exactly ~ Lc wH--uothiu' nn but hii
ahitt. You ought TO seem hlm crespil
over the ic~. aud diggin' his too nails il
fSI To keep him from sliprin'; aud 'bov'
all. you ought 20 seen that shirt Hat,
rih' ia the wind, s.d them long redic
uious shauks Of his'n a giisteuin' in TIA,
moonlight.
Them company folks WAS dowI
there under the ewes, tbe ~hole kquA,
oil them under that oHery hlei OF dea,
Walton bower sines--all sett'n aroun,
about two dozen sassers IT hot candy
which they'd set ia the shSw to ge
cool. And they was laushii.' aid talk
} ia lively, but sless yon they didn'
know nothin bout the panoramer tha
was goisg on over their heads. We'll
, Jim he wen. snsakih ur, unbeknew
- them tom ea,s-they weic .wishir
there aud vow-yawing and ihtcatrnit
to clinch. yon know, aud NOT payir
any attention-he weqt saeakin' riah
8 up to the ccmb Of the roof. till he wa
| in foot and half Of 'em, snI then c
a sudden he made grab for the vale
cat Bat, by gssh, he missed fire AN
slipped his holt, and his heels few IL
he shot off'n that roof like dart
! went smashin' aud crashin' dow
1 through them old rusty vines, an
: landed right in the dead center Of ther
Y csmpany--sot down like yarthquak
5 on them two dozen sassers of hot osnd
n and let of howl that was hark fror
{ the tombs Them gals-vell, they lef
4 you know they seen he weren't drcsse
: for company and so they left. All dor
t in n second; it was just one little wa
o whoop aud a whisk of the dresses, an
n blame the wench Of them was there
IS sight anywherel
q "Jim he was a sight. He was CORR
IS ed with the bilin hot molasses oanC
clean down to his heels, and had mo-
busted sassers hengin' to him thaa
he was aa Inlun princess; and he c4n
(, prsncin' up stairs just whoolpin' and
: oussin' and every jump he gave he sh
), sims china, and every squirm he fetch
! he dropped some candy.
- "And hlistered! Why, bless 20
:. - soul, that peor creature couldn't rec
: = sit dswn comfortably for AS much
:" " four weeks.