The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-06-08
on u stone, far IL. went cd, aud /. was

pointed towards the house, and
three Of the visitors got sailed
The minister was hit The worst, on.
piece Of salt taking him ic the hint
leg, and the other in the back, arc
he yelled a. thougd..it was dynamic
I suppose when you shoot q mar
with salt IL smarts, likeWhsn you ge
corned baG brine, on your chapped
usnds. They oil ysbsd, aid pa
seemed to have been Knocked silly
s,no way, for he praneed arouud
aud seemed to think he had killed
them. He swore vt the wire-o|othss
line; aud then rnisssd pa. and heard
q splash like when you throw q ca'
in the river; aud then thought Of
the cistern, and I went down, and va
took pa by the collar. and pulled
him out. 0. he WAS awful damp.
No, sir, il was no duel ut all. bat q
naIident, an ] didn't have anything
t, do'with it. Toe gun, wasn't losd.
ed 10 kill, and The sal. only went
through the skin, but those men did
yell. AIaybe it was my chum that
sired mp the chickens, but I don't
know. He has not commenced to
lead q different life vet. and he might
think it would make our folks sick IL
nothing occurred to mako thsm pay
nttcpt;nn think where o family
has been having good deal OF exer-
ci,., ths Way ours has. It hu,t, them
to brcak off too suddenly. But the
visitors went home real quick after
We 90. "a out OF the cistern, and the
minister to.d.m, he always felt when
b. was in our house as though he
was on The verge Of ayawniug crater,
ready to be epgu fed any minute,
and he guessed ho wonl lu's c,ne
any more. p ch .ugsl his clothes,
and told ma to have them wire clothes
lines changed for rope ones. I think
il il hard to eui' pa; don't yoni'
%, your pa ~ all right. What be
needs ia rest. But Why are you not
working at !the l;very.tt4b''P You
haven't been Ii ,choreei have yo1r
And Tue groceryman laid little
lump oi,coucsntra'ed lyr, that look
ed like maple sugar, on q cake OF 81
gar tha. had been broken, knowing
the boy would nibble it.
No, sir, I was not discharged, bat
when a livery man lends q hcking
horse I, take my girl out riding, that
settles il. asked the boss IL !
couldn's havo . quiet horse that
woald drive hisscli il wouni The
lines around the, whip. and be lot me-
have one that he said wonld 60 all
day without diving. You know
how It is, when q iellor takes o girl
out riding he don't want his mind
occupied holding. lines, and so when
| 90. my girl iu, and we went down
On Whit76sh By road, and it was
inst before dark, and W. rode along
under tho trees, and wound The
lines around the whip. ana pnt oae
arm ar uud my girl, au d patted her
under the chin with the other hand.
and her mouth looked 8, good, and
her blne eyes looked up at mo aud
twinkled ai III uch as to dare me to
kiss her, aud was all of q tremble,
and then my h,,d Wander around
h, nov .or and I drew her head up
to me and gave her 3 smack. Say
that " as no kind OF a horse to give a
yo., Q fellow to take girl out r d ng.
.Just ss smucked her / falt as though
the buggy had been struck by pile
drivor, and when I looked st the
horse he va, running away and kick.
lag tn, buggy, and the lines were
dragging on The ground, ! wanted
to lamp out but my girl threw her
arms around my neck and screamed,
and said We would die together. aud
lust as We were going to die the
buggy struck q f,noe and tho horse
tore loose and went of, leaving rs in
the buggy. tumbled down by the
dash board; but we were not hurt
re O d horse stopped and went to
chewing grass, and he looked mp at
me AZ tIongh lie wanted to say "phi'-
opepe' I tried to catch him, hut hs
wouldn't ca>ch. and then We waited
iii dark and walked home, and !
told the man what thought OF such
treatment, and be said IL I had at
tended to nv driving, and not kiss
cd the girl, I would have been Oil,
right. Hs said I ought to have told
him I wanted a horse that wouldn't
shy at Kissing. but how did l know
that l was going to got up courage
to kiss her. A livery man ought to
take it for granted that when ayoupg
feller goes ont with . girl be i: 60.
ipv to kiss her, and give him Q horse
according. Bat quit him at once.
I won't work for o man thai hasnt !
rot sense. G,shl What kind OF
maple sugar 10 ibatf Jsruselem'
whew, give mo sonS water. o. my:
It is taking the skin of my mouth
The grocery man got him some
water aud seemed sorry that the boy
had taken the lump Of concentrated
I've my mistake. aud when the boy
went out the grocery man pounded
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