The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-07-20

Au"esy S'SeS ssS
gul made Pa repeat the most blood
ourdlipg oath. in which Pa sgrssd, il
he ever drank another drop. to allow
anybody to pull bic toe.nails on'
with pair Of tweczers, to hsvs biz
liver dug out and fed TO dog. bis
head chopp,d Of, and bis eyes re-
moved. Then tho Mogul said hs
would brand the candidate on the
bare back with The initial ls!tsrs Of
our order, e.. t. that oil might
read how Q brand had bean sna' ohed
form the burning. You'da .d:de to
eco how Pa flinchsd .whea I pullsd
up his shirt, and gokaeady TO brand
him.
Ny chum 80. q pice Of les ont OF
the ics cooler, and iass A. us-ciappsd
Il on P.'s back burned . piece oi
horse hoof 10 the candle and hsld It
to Pas nose. and I guoss Pa actually
thought ii was bis burning skin that
hc suclled. Hs jumped about six
fee, and .aid. Great heavens. what
you dcwin,' and then hs bsgan to
roll oyerA barrel which / had Ar.
ranged for him. Pa thought he was
going down 10 the -csl;sry aud be
hung to tho barrel, but hs was on
top half tho time When Pa aud the
barrel got through fighting l wss
besids him. and I said. Calm your
SELF, and bs prepare for the orlssl
hat 10 10 follow Ha asked how
much of this iooliug there WAS, and
s.id he was sorry he joins. He said
he would lot licker alone without
having the Akin Ill busntd Of his
back, I told Pa TO be bravo and not
weaken. ard ail would be well. He
wiped the psrspiration ID his face
IN the end Of his shirt, and ws put q
belt around his body aud hitcbsd 1t
10 a tackle, and pulled him up just 20
his feet were cf Tho foo. and then
ws talked as though wo were away
ID, and ! told my cLum 10 look out
hat Pa did NO: bit the gas fixtures,
md Pa actually thonSht he Was be-
pg hauled clear up 10 Tho roof. !
could sec he was scared by The COM
ple1ion OF his hands and feet, as they
,laxed the sir. He actually sweat
Is the dropsfsll on the. .1ocr. Bi,ne.
oy We To-, him dow,, and hs ww Az
.al y relieved. though his feet were
10. moro than two inches from the
4 ,or any Of the time. We were jnst
yoirs to slip p down a bard with
,,ivers in to give him 9 rs'lizing
sense Of tho rough road q reformed
nan has to tarsl, and got him strad.
lie Of the board, when the dutchman
came home f.oin tho dance, !ullein
zoo-e, and hs dr. W u, boys out,
and VIC left Pa. aud the dutchman
said, 'vot you vas doing here nit
loss boys, you old dufftr, sad we're
sas your pspts'' and Pa pulled of
he handkerchief from his eyes, aud
lie dutchmsn said IL ho d:dut get
,ut in a holy minute he would kick
Ihe stuffing out of him. and Pa go'
ont. HO took his pants and put
them ON in tho alley. and then We
come mp to Pc and tod him that WAS
Tho third time the drunken dutch
man had broke up our lodge, hut We
should keep en- doing good until we
bad reformed every druIkard in MI
wsukse. and Pa SAID that was right,
and he would zee rs through IL it
cost every dollar he had. Then We
took him homo, sad whN Ma asked
Il she couldn't jo n the Ledge too. Pa
said. Now you take my advice, and
dout You ever join no Good Temp
lara. Your system conld not s'ana
The racket. Soy, I think Pa will be o
different man now, dou't'youi'
Toe grocery man said II no was
that buys pa for fif'een minntes he
would bs . different boy, or thsre
would be a funeral, and the by took
u handful ofsofr she'll alnon dssnd q
q few LAYER raisins aud skipped ont,