The Southern herald., 1885-12-05
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pankla seed Mwas esF9ea vita motz
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old ed q Is rsat pockrt aa1 ns1f l49
stack Il ln SONS soft ground hear All scea
nAsd. He paid 10 further atesntlQn - 8
ussl ene day henau taal - 6uraad =4lz
hsd zpreatsa and Wss srevirs Hks s
scAool boy. he sort o pltlied he oia
plank groain' e ahe wrs Anoa
The chips and mnek. AID 81 p
lee her rip wal tsa panlAn
ssamed 20 ,prsciate charisy's agmpatays
An', talt % 1hoa What she coald do wAea
her mind wts made up. she stretched hI
lonR. green arms SIX feet IA cns wea4=
New, Charley Is : good nan. Ha hke4
this enterprise. an oae day wAen tine
was heavy On his hands Ne hullf > aaEins
trsllls for The vines to creep np the rear q
his wood she'd The days came and uouA
. Hot weather made ahe old punkiH gWnas
but nhe ipearod 10 spit On her hands aus
sessa bold q the strings With l1cfea1I4t
vigrer. Il was hard work, but she got
where she could look into Tia caves By ta4
Fourth Of July, an then she seemed 1e
stand utill for wssk % get her hEealAz
Charley nursed che plant a. Il it waa his
arsl-horn child, an used 10 sit fof hours
on box Wntchingi the vines struggle g.
the ropes. One mornln' IN the latter pnks
Of July q big yaller blossom hroke ont pa
one Of the vines near ths caves. Charley
saw Il IN eli its glory, but Il gradually
disappeared from bis sight. while he
marvelsd, an was not sean again. Ihg
plant kept growin'. Once IL August Char
ley crept up q ladder % see how The pun-
kin was prosperini. He found that tha
vines had erawled over The roof q ihe
woodshed an were anxious 70 climb higher.
So Charley mads another uoliis for tha
creepers an they were soon hustllni "
the rear Of the house proper. There wers
no blossoms on the plant At the time. hul
one Of the vines bore on iis backs e veg'le-
bic about the sire Of 9eantslope Charley
felt Of ths green ball, but II was gradually
drawn out Of his grasp A. the vine COM
tinued is ascent. The plant kept growlns.
Now Charley sleeps Ii Z room on the
second foor Of his house, anq Mites, an ha
lay in bed, he could hear the punkin rarp-
In along over the shingles a. the vins
upon which u grew dragged it, ereaf
length along. All Of sudden these noises
ceased, and Charley, becomin' absorbed
in his harvest, soon forgot all about TIE
little punkln on the roof But tie veg
table was not discouraged, even 4 ~
growth was not watched.
A"Now comes the strangaat part OF thla
true story. Last Monday was q cold day
up on Charley's farm. Frost gave the
punkin black eye un every leaf an made
Charley uhiver like II be had the agua A
stove was rugged up IN the parler Of tha
house, AM Charley got down on bis mar
row bones to build e FIRE. The papez
an shavings burned ell riehk huI
there 'peared to Be somethin' wrong
with the stove or pipe, for the smokl
would Be burned II It would 70 up a.
chimney. Charley fused and fusaod
around like bridegroom, but Ell % n
purpose. After chanting some cuss wordl
an wastln' several hours IN fruitless worl
he concluded 70 60 up on tie roof an sel
II there was anythin' the matter with thI
chimney. He crawiod over the blackunei
/ punkin vines along the peak Of the roo
until no came 70 the pile Of bricks, an the
he looked down. Gentlemen, l win stat
right here that what Charley saw 81
next mint parallzod him. Roostin' awas
down in the black throat Of that chimneI
was big red punkin-as red as bile
lobstsr an "a covered with SCOT an dee
leaves. It was still clingln' 10 che vim
/ an had TO be cut away with an Ak. Wha
4 the vegetable was split open II We
I found that II had mafured 80 fast that 4
! seeds had grown, although the core wa
4 filed with sivers from the shingles,n
/ The wind moaned sadly without I'll
4 grocery cat looked wistfuIly at the ma
: on the soap box, some one gasped that /
4 was ''durned dry" and then al retired
the back room in silence.