Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-15
MUSTAPHA.
HOW HE TOOK HIS VACATION AND WHAT
CAME0P 1T.
His Wisrd Experiences on His Uncle Bsn's
~: Farm-The Boys Slept with Him, for the --
Bed was Wide.
Bprdettc in Burlinatgn Hnrrkeue.

is upon me, and death even now lieth at
the door"
And he called his physician, who felt
his pulse and looked upon his tongue, and
said
"TwodollahSr' (FOr this was the only
oath by which the physician swOrc.l ''Of
a verify thou must have rest. Flee unto
the valley of quiet and close thine eyes in
dreamful rest; hold back thy brain from
thought and thy hand from labor, or you
will be a candidate for the asylum i'll three
weeks"
And he heard him and went out and put
the business in the hands of the clerk and
went away to rest in the valley Of quiet.
And he went to his Uncle Ben'S, whom he
had not seen for, 10. these fourteen years.
Now, his Uncle Ben was a farmer and
abode in the valley OF rest, and the noun
tainS of TepOSe rose about him. And he was
rich and well favored, and strong rs IN OK
and healthy as an onion crop. Outlines he
boosted unto his neighqOrs that there was
not lazy bone i'll his body, and he swore
that he hated Il lazy man.
And Mustapha visit not that it was So.
But when he reached his Uncle Ben's
they received him with great joy, and
placed before him supper Of homely
viands, we'll cooked, and piled up on his
plate like the wreck of Il box car, and when
he could not eat it all they laughed him to
scOrn.
And after supper
THEY SAT Up WITH HIM
and talked with him about relatives where
of he had never, in all his life, 50 much rs
heard And he answered their questions
at random, and lied unto them, protesting
to know Uncle Ezra and Aunt Bethesda,
and once he said he had letter from Tn
Gle George last week.
Now they all knew Uncle George was
shot in neighbOr's sheep pen three years
ago but MuStapha visit not that it was so,
and he was sleepy and only talked to fill up
the time. And they talked politics to him
and he hated politics. So about l o'clock
in the morning they sent him to bed.
Now the spare room wherein he slept was
right under the root, and there were ears
and bundles OF ears of seed corn hung from
the ratterS, and he hunged his eye with the
same, and he hooked his chin i'll testoOns of
dried apples. and shook dried herbs and
seeds down his hack rs he walked along,
for it was dark, And when he sat up In
bed in the night he ran Il scythC into his
ear.
And it was that the boys slept with him,
for the bed WAS wide. And they were
restless and Slumbcred crOSswiSc and kicked
SO that MuStapha slope not wink that
night, neither closed he his eyes.
And about the fourth hour after mid
night, his Uncle Ben smotc klm OH the hack
and SIakc untu him, saying:
Awake, arise, rustic out of this and
wash your face, l0r the livor and bacon are
fried and the breakfast waitcth. You will
find the we'll down At the other end of the
COW lot Take towel with YOU"
When they had eaten this Uncle Ben
Spakc unto him, saying: Come let lis stroll
around the farm" And they walked
about eleven miles. And his Uncle Zen
sat him upona wagon and laug!lt him how
to luau i,lb. lhcp they drove into barn
and they taught him 10 unload il. Then
they girded up their loiRa and walked
about nun ullcs, cNcH into The forest, and
his Uncle Ben
TAUGHT HIM HOW To ClIUr WOOD,
and they walked back to supper. And
thus were the morning and the evening Of
he FIRST dnv and Mustapha wished th"t
he were dead
And after supper his rnclc Hen spakc
ypce more aud said Come, let us have
some fun" And so they hooked up
team and drove nine miles down To Bel
chcr's branch, where there WAS Il hop. And
they danced until the second hour u the
mGTpES.
1 When the next day was come, which
wasn't long, for already the night WAS far
spent his Uncle Ben took Linn cut and
taught Inn how W make rail irnCc. And
that night there WAS 4 wedding, ana they
danced and made merry, and drank and
ate, and when they went to bed mt 3U'clock
Mustapha prayed that death might come
/ to him before breakfast time,
l!El lrMtkF!,l l.ad Gl. ,4lrlA start and got
, there first. And his Uncle Rem took him
down to the creek and taught him how to
wash and shear sheep. And when the
evening WAS coming they went to spelling
school, and they got home at the first hour
after midnight, and Uncle Ben marvclled
that il VIZ g. e;rIy. hUG lac lighted his
/ pipe and sat up for an hour, and told Mus
tapha all about the forty acres he bought
last spring Of old Moses Stringcr 10 finish
out that north half and about the new colt
7 that was toalcd last spring
! And when MFStapha vent Ia bed that
morning he bCtlDught him, of 4 dose Of
Strychninc hc had with him, and ho said
his urlyUia WGiriiN, ana hc took H.
! hut The youngest boy was restless that
night and kicked all the poison out of him
I in less than ten seconds.
WHILE IT WAS YET LIGHT
1 they ate breakfast. And his uncle then
took him out and taught him how to dig "a
= ditah aud when GCntra Vas cone Ihcrc
/ was 4 rayi|al meeting at Ehcnc<cr Metho-
dist Chuach and they all went. And there
were three regular preachers and two cA-
horterS and 4 Baptist evangelist. And when
midnight was come they went home and
( sat up and talked over the meeting until it
I was bed TING.
| Now when MuStlpha was at tome he
/ left his desk at the fifth hour in the after
noon. and he went to bed at the third hour
after sunset. and he arose not until the sun
Was high Ia lhu heavens. 10 the neat day
when his Uncle Ben would take him out
/ into the field. and To show him how To
make poSt-and-rail fence, MuStapha would
swear at him. and Smote him with an axe
/ helvc and fled and got himself home.
/ And Mustapha sent for his physician and
cursed him. And He said he was tired 10
death, and he turned his face TO the wall
and died Mnstapha was gathered to his
! fathrsS
/ And his physician and his friends mourn
ed and said:
/ ALAS he did not rest soon enough. He
tarried at his desk too long
! But his Uncle Ben, who came TO attend
( the funeral, and had to do all the weeping
out of one eve, because the other was black
! half way down to his chin, said it WAS a
pity, but Mustapha was too awfully lazy
/ to live, and had no get-up about him.
B4t MuStaph visit not what was said,
because he Yas dead So they divided his
property among them, and said if he want
. "a - tnn,l,stnnp ba utiuht have al tented tn