The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-31
DOWN In A WE'LL.
AN OLD GEoRaIAN's FRIGHT AND A
FIRST ATTEMPT AT PRAYER.

For twenty years an old man o.
our county. whom We will call JACK
Baldwin, has cultivated the soil and
drawn therefrom a support for him
self and wife; he is ohildless. MOI
long ago Jack left his mouse in search
OF missing COW. His route led him
through an old WORKOUT piece OF clay
land, OF about six acres in extent, IN
the centre OF which was q we'll, about
twenty or thi.ty feet deep, that at
sometime had probably furnished tue
inmates of dilapidsled house near
by with water. Ia passing the spot
an Ill wind 1riited Jacks bat from
his head and maliciouslY waited 1t 10
the edge of the well and it tumbIed.
Now Jack had always practloed the
virtae OF economy, and be lmmedi-
Stely set about recovering his hat
He ran TO the well, and finding It
was dry 1t the bottom be pnrulled
the rope which he had brought for
the purpose OF capturing the COW,
and alter several attempts to catch
the hat with a moose, be concluded to
save time by going down into the
we'll himself. To accomplish this he
made fast one end OF toe rope to
stump hard by, and was Don on his
way down into the we'll. 1t was u
TACT OF which Jack was less obvious
than the reader thereof-that mis-
chievous fellow-Whom We will call
Neal-Was in the old building
and saw Jack go down into the we'll
and it 60 happened that Jacks old
blind horse was near by with bell
on his neck. The devil himself, or
some other wicked spirit, pot it into
Meals head to have u little fun; 80 he
slipped up to the old horse, un-
buckled tue strap and approached
the we'll wish the bell in his hand,
ting-a,iing. Jack thought the old
horse was coming, and said in an
audible tone, Hang the old blind
horse; he's comm this way, sure,
and he Amt got no more sense than
to fall in here on ne-Whoa. Ball"
But the sound OF the bell came closer
and jack was resting at the bottom
of the we'll. 'tGreat Jerusalem!"
SAID Jack. 'tbe old tlind tool will be
right on top OF me in miuit-Whoa
BAIl-Whos, hAw BALL" Juet taen
Neal got close to tue we'll and Kicked
a little dirt GU Jacks head. Jack
thought Ball was about to come, got
close to the side Of the we'll, and
began to pray: 'Oh, Lord have
mercy on-whoa Ball. poor sim
ner. I'm gone now. whoa Ball-our
father who art in-Whos Ball
heaven, hallowed be thy-ieel Ball,
les! what'il I do?-aeme. NV lay
me down to sl-jeel Ball out OF your
liyers! Gust then in fell more dirt
back, Bail; oh, Lord, il you ever ln-
tend to do snythiDg for me-back,
Ball, whoa, be! Thy kingdom come
-jee, Bal"
''On, Lord. you know | was blp-
tied in Smiths mill dam-Whos,
Bali. hold up! murder! Rhoa-iare-
we'll worked"
Neal could hold in no longer, and
showed himself at the top OF the well
WITH big horse laugh, which might
have been heard two. miles. This was
more thai Jack could bear and he
started up the rope like a monster.
''Blast your picture, I'll give you
fts; I'll make your ears ring worse
tnan that bell" Neal took to his
beels and ran liks quarter horse,
AUD the last that WAS seen of him he
was halt mile irom the well. with
Two big dogs grabbing at bis coat, AID
JACK was close behind nim, yeiIlng
at the dogs. --MoatezamG Gu.
Weekly.