The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-03-03
THE LITTLE SC..OUL-..A y So.

'.Spcakin' of the rural regions, said
an old chap at the end of a bar, who
had trouble in raising glass of beer to
his mouth with his right arm, Il might
be indooced to relate leetle adventure
which happened to me in Injiany.
He was earnest y advised to free his
conscience Of its burdens. and he con-
tinued:
"Well, l had been hangin' around In
dianapolis for several weeks. and finally
the police Judge advised me to leave
town. never argy with a police judge.
When they come right down to fatherly
advice accept it and Git. I left the
town inside of two hours, and it didn't
take me over three hours to reach q
mile-post ten miles away. About i
o'clock in the afternoon, as was restin
beside the highway. 4 schoolm;t am
passed. She was i clipper leetle body,
weighin about ninety pounds, and
white-faced, and when l sort O riZ up
TO AK her if she didn't have bite to eat
in her basket she uttered q womanish
yelp and started of on q dead run. l
didn't hcv nv swaller-tail coat and
standin' collar on that day, and guess
she took me fur tramp.
Now, gents, when feller is ragged,
hungry, and out o rhino, what does he
dc? He makes break, in course. I
walks along fur about 4 mile, and when
I comes to q farmhouse with Z look Of
comfort about it stops i'll and asks if q
poor man who has lost his hull family
in the great Chicago tire can git bite
to eat, to brace him up It's he journeys
toward the settin' sun. The mothcri Y
old soul of farmer wife would hcv set
out square meal for me, but that leetle
schoolma'am WAS there to prevent. I
heard EN- whispelin together in the
next room, and by and BY the old lady
came back and give me the bounce. A
tramp rs has belonged &c the purfesh fur
fifteen years hadn't orter fire up over
sich i triHe as that but it hit me like
q blow below the hclt, and determined
on revenge.
Il went into the orchard and stole
some apples, and then laid around to
watch. | found out afore dark that the
farmer was an old man, and that there
was only three of EN- in the house.
Long 'nulf fore the lights were out l
had arranged with myself to break in.
There was q chance OF plumber, and l
intended to scare that lcctle schoolma am
out of years growth. don't say us I
would hcv laid hands on her, but that
very thing might hey happened, you
know.
well, about half an hour after mid
night l begins operations by creepin'
up to the back door. 1t was shut, but
not locked, and l crept in, struck a
light, and found my way to the pantry.
There was cold meat, pumpkin pie, and
bread and butter, and 1t took me Il good
half an hour to fill up. / might bcv
got out then, but | wanted somethin'
else. There WIS nobody Sieepin down.
stairs, and after pocketln' watch l
crept upstairs into the old folks bed
room. They WIS slccpin' as sound as
you please, and the moon shinin' in
furnished all The light needed. l went
through 4 bureau and got a wallet, and
was searchin' the old mans pants,
when l heard q step at the door an d
voice cried out: Surrender or III shoot!'
1T was that lcetle Schooima am. She
stood in the door in her night-dress, q
revolver pointed full at me, and could
see her eyes blaze. l made 4 rush to
seize her, when crack! crack! went the
revolver, and one bullet struck me in
the right shoulder and another in the
side. | went down as if shot through
the head, and up jumps the old man
and piles On 10 me like L ton Of brick.
The little schoolma' am went down.
stairs after rope, and then helped tie
me hand and foot More'n that, She
kept guard over me while the Old man
went OH for en- officer, and every time
l fetched i groan she had that revolver
ready to shoot.
In conclusion, gents, permit me to
remark that the court give me five
years for that little affair, while the
plucky leetle schoolma am received 4
public purse of 800. Sometimes I've
felt as if it was my dooty to hunt her
up and marry her. ."-Nsw York Sun.