The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-23

minister was hit the worst, one
piece Of salt taking him in the
hind leg, and the other In the
back, and he yelled as though ii
was dynamite. ! suppose when
you shoot a man with salt il
smarts, like when you got corned
beef BRINE on your hands, They
all yelled, and pa seemed to have
been knocked silly, some way, for
he pranced around and seemed to
think be had killed them. He
swore at the wire clothes line, and
then ! missed pa and heard a
splash like when you throw a cat
in the river, and then ! thought
Of the cistern, and | went down
and took pa by the collar and
pulled him out o, he was awful
damp. No sir, It was no duel a,
all, but an axident, and l didn't
have anything to do with it. The
gun wasn't loaded to kill, and the
salt only went through the skin,
but those men did yell. May be II
was my chum that stirred up the
chickens, bnt ! don't know. He
has not commenced to lead a diff
ferent life yet, and he might think
il would make our folks sick il
nothing occurred to nuke them
pay attention. | think where a
has been having a good
deal ofexercise, the way ours has,
il hurts them to break of suddenly.
But the visitors went home real
quick, after we got pa out Of the
cistern, and the minister told pa
he always felt when he was in our
house as though he was on the
verge ola yawning crater, ready to
be engulfed any minute, and he
guessed he wouldn't be back any
more. Pa changed his clothes and
told ma to have them wire clothes
lines changed for rope ones. l
think it is hard to suit pa, don't
your"
"oh, your pa is all right. What
he needs is rest. But why are you
not working at the livery slable2
You haven't been discharged have
you2" And the gtoceryman laid a
little lump of concentrated lye,
that looked like maple sugar, on a
cake Of sugar that had been broken,
knowing that the boy would nib.
bic it.
"No, sir, l was not discharged,
but when a livery man lends me a
kicking horse to take my girl out
riding, that settles it. l asked the
boss if l couldn't have a quiet
horse that would drive hisself if |
wound the lines around the whip,
and he lot me have one he said
would go all day without driving
YOU know how it is, when fellow
takes his girl out riding he don't
want his mind occupied holding
lines. Well, got my girl in, and
we went out on the White fish Bay
road, and it was just before dark,
and we rode along under the trees,
md | wound the lines around the
whip and put ono arm around my
girl, and palted her under the chin
with the other hand, andher mouth
looked so good, and her blue eyes
looked up ut me and twinkled as
much as to dare me to kiss her, and
was all Of a tremble, and then my
hand wandered around BY her ear
and | drew her head up to me aud
gave her a smack. Say, that was
no kind of horse to give to a
young fellow to take q girl out rid.
ing. Just as ! smacked her l felt
rs though the buggy had struck
with u pile driver, and when !
looked at the horse he was running
away and kicking the buggy, and
The lines were dragging on the
ground. l was scared, l tell you.-
wanted to jump out but my girl
threw her arms around my neck
and screamed, and said we would
die together, and just as we were
going to die the buggy struck a
fence and the horse broke loose and
went off, leaving us in the buggy,
down the dash board, but
we were not hurt. The old horse
stopped and went to chewing grass,
and he looked up at me as though
he wanted to say 'philopene.' l
tried to catch him, but he wouldn't
catch, and then we waited till dark
ind walked home, and | told the
livery men what | thought of such
treatment, and he said if l had at.
tended to my driving and not kiss.
ed the girl, | would have been all