The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-05-17
JOB PRINTING
DONE WITH NEATNEss AND DISPATCH
TERMS CASH.

his better half from committing any
cruelty ; and gice gersa. This ex-
plains the exclamation of Mr.. Kosel.
hantz, as he saw his wife. in ap-
proximating her mouth near to tho
face Of the officer, prepare herself
for a deed that would have been
fatal to a person while under this
strange enchantment. Therefore,
he exclaimed:
'.Shtop, Kratel, don't do dat /! no.
no, dat will neffer do! Don't you
know, dat if you shpit in mans
face vile he is unter dis curse, dat
he viii crumple into fine sandt, and
it viii pc onpossiple to put him to-
gedder again p
Here, Mrs. Koselhantz wheeled
round to confront her husband. and.
indignant that she had been inter-
rupted, she answered:
''Yesh, | knows dat and, Aber-
hart, dat is shoost wat we yonts.
We vonts apout pushel of sandt
TO shkour de house wid, tomorrow. ?
'tAh, but KrateIly, sandt from de
shpring pranch viii do shoost as
veil"
So he restrained his enraged wife
from her purpose; but in Che course
of an hour as her passion declined,
his began to rise, until at length as
he reviewed the insult offered to his
family, his countenancs became
purple with rage. He debated in
his mind whether he should plant
the men in front of his house as
posts for a paling he had in contem-
plation, or break them into small
fragments for material with which
to build kitchen chimney.
The wretched subjects of this
| strange enchantment stood in their
position from the early morning un
| til late in the afternoon. But the
spirit of forgiveness had already
manifested itself in the Koselbantz
family. Betsy was the first that
yielded to the promptings Of hui
manity. She sat upon the door
steps, with her face concealed in the
palms of her hands, and cried bit.
terly.
aoh,. she sobbed, this is just
the way now. Ever since folks has
found out, that dad-dad-daddy is
witch,-nobody comes to court me
and now-when this here feller-
this here poor feller only tried to
kiss me-only tried to give me-
one leetle-tipy litary iss-just
to see what he has got to suffer. All
1 do wish I was dead p
She wept so long and piteously,
that her mother, after giving the
Lieutenant another outpouring of
wrath, set her arms a-kilnbo, and
told her husband, that it was time
to release the men.
"WatH' exclaimed the old fellow
in tone Of voice not far short of a
moderate clap of thunder. He had
| just resolved to plant the lieutenant
and the corporal face to face as
gate-posts,-calculating upon the
breast and left knee-cap Of thssfor-
mer as suitable place to fix hinges
for the gate, and the mouth Of the
after as a very good socket to re-
ceiye the bolt for latching it.
s.Yesh,'' answered the old lady,
'You knows ferry veil dat eff de sun
sets upon beeples in sich a fix as dis
dat it is onpossiple to pring 'em to
rights agin and dey has to geep
ON bein' rocks de pallance of dair
lives"
.Yesh!" said Koselhantz q does
know dat, and dey shall pc sch
rocks as the tefie can't purn."
Here quarrel commenced be.
tween Mr.. Koselhantz and his wife
which ragged terribly for twenty
minutes. 1t is entirely impossible
for me, without the convenience of
stage arrangements and the aid of
| an orchestra, to convey a just idea
of this domestic broiI. Suffice it
to say, that the gunsmith, growing
weaker and weaker, capitulated,
upon seeing Betsy advance towards
him, in aid of her mother ;-at the
same time catching glimpseof the
sun frowning upon him over the
tops of the trees, as though it would
say :--''for shame, Aberhart Kosel-
hantz!''
Conducting his family to the rear
of the strangers, Koselhantz once
more raised his finger and uttered
another strange word. This was
followed by a deafening yolley
and the men were all dashed back
wards upon the ground by the re-
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