Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1883-05-17
THURSDAY EVENING, MAY II, 1883.
A Race for a Kiss.
HOW A YOUNG WIFE PLAYED A JOKE ON
HER-aUSBAND.

HER-aUSBAND.
A butter peddler from Honey Lake relates,
With great glee, how nelghbor of his was
cured of too frequently tipping the gin bottle
The peighbor married a young, handsome and
spirited lady. and for month or two all went
we'll 10 The house aud about the farm then
the husband fell back into his old tricks. The
wife demonstrated, aud, ofor time, the hus-
band reformed. Presently, however, she be.
came satisfied that the "bottle tipping" was
again going on. Wan she spoke to her hus-
| baud about the matter be swore that the
"arona" she detected was that of collie
medicine he was taking, be having developed
most intractable cc;ic, for the relief OF which
he had brought HON and paraded bottle oil
medicine.
The wife was co3lEsn t that there was kept
somewhere about 1sQ prc misses considerable
STORE OF vepy IN f aii,l'<iSd # medieine.
She kept ber '6uT asel and at the same
time q strict watch day or two she dis
! covered under nanger 10 the barn the secret
hoard. She said nothing of the discovery to
her husband,
Some time after the husband had business
at neighbours some Two miles away. On
his return be was somewhat surprised at sec.
! ing a note piuned en- his front door. He
hastily advanced ard rend as follows:
Ben You will find the key of the house
where you keep Your colo medicine. | have
take; Kitty and gone homo 10 my mother.
Father and Brother Bob will come tomorrow
| for the trunk in which l have packed my
| things. NELLIE"
The husband rushed to the barn. At q
glaucc ne saw that Kitty, his wife's mare, and
the sidc-saddlc were gone. Darling to the
mauger he hauled out bis corpulent demijoin
Of gin, and suspended from its neck found the
key of the house.
Securing the key be sent the demijohn
whlzzng and crashing against the post OF the
barn. Bounding forth he ran to and mountod
the horse he had left standing in front of the
house.
Away he dashed. 1t was ten miles to the
house of his fatbcr.iniaw, and nc was deter.
mined to overtake his wife before she reached
it or kill horse in the attempt.
Said the butter man Now: | seed Bcn's
wife come over the Hill. half mile south OF
my house, on her little mare Kitty, and began
to prcfDrm same queer ab0luLnns. After
she'd got over the brow o. tho hill she paced
up aud down the road for q time then she
rid up aud looked Owe, the ridge for a while.
After lookup biz she turned about and rid
up and down tho road a few times then went
un 10 the brow of the hill again. SO she kept
doin', and once or twice she got Oft and led
Kitty up 10 the top Of the hill.
| was puzzled as TO whether she was
watln' for somcb body Or had lost something
while on her way to her tnther's place, some
four miles beyond my house. | was just
about to walk out that way when | seed her
wheel Kitty round irnn the brow O. the bill
ara, bc.iu 20 ply her 'fhp.
In half minute shc was flynn past my
place like q mad woman. stood at my front
gate ny the roadside ready to boiler out at
her to know what was up, but, bless you, she
!; "" It i h""I h her f. Ss??. ana at every
jump she let ridinS:irt fairly crack as she
hpnndcd past.
list then hccrd Il trcmcnjus CHATTER behind
me-. Turnn' abnu! [ seed Ben a.coming
over the pitch Of the hill on his biz black ho@s
Ike q wild CnmaHchc. He was rdin' with
loose rcins. lranin away for'ard, and digGn'
his big spurs into his horse like he'd rid his
in~i,ics OUT
He passed bv. with hair and coat-tals salln'
back III The WIND, anl never turning his head
to right nor left. thought seed murder in
his eye tell you million thoughts went
through NV brain in second. al! the stories
IA ever heard ahnnl Jealous husbands and
insane hu> bands vent through my head in a
lump. and % before il I'd nv gun in my
latI III have taken ; wing shot at him on
.vsrj,.;,n
[ seed Nell lnnE hlc!; once and then lay the
SHIP OH Kay !n't"r'n ever. Ben was son'
like The wind. .in"wed Nell was headed Tor
her f.,hcr'-, and seed plain az day that Ben
,rniiid get her lore she was safe landed.
At last he was Gnnn her. It was then neck
AMI neck for TIME. with Ben reaching out
i,,r k;tty's bride. At last he got il and the
two horses rra,ln.}ir slowed up until they
finally sronpcd. mounted ms gate post all
of 4 trcmhIc expe:;in' 10 see somcthn' dread
tui ha:n.n.
They stopped il tie road taikin' nigh onto
halt m hour then seed Ben Lean over and
Neil lean over til heir two heads come to-
seincr.
What the m;schiafr saws T. kissin' in
si;s met After the head bunlpin' the pair
turned about and came slowly ioggin' along
back.
As lhev passed me I called out to Ben TO
know what in the living lingo it all meant.
Ben began to s,ann,er something, bout halt
of which never on. through hjs big beard.
whca Nell Sims o., to me 'Only race for
kss!' aad givin' Kitty cut that made her
bound ten feet. She called out to Ben: Come
Oh. \ race to the tip OF the hill for another!
and away they both vent.
That waS tiva ,rars 400 and I never