The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
TINES NIMBLE FLIGHT.

S,pire," said the Old Settler. az he showed
a broom splint through the stem OF his
nine to enlarge its draft 1T slides along
ike a saw log down a rollway u don't
s,on fer nuthm. an IL don't turn out fer
putbin an the. longer Y see it runnin
,be faster IL goes 1t don't seem moren
las week seuce sumpin ptic Ter happened
over I'm the Sugar Swamp deestric. an
III. n were fftv year ago Fifty year ago
Il harnened-hfty year ago might. Dye
member Of IT. Squire 'Twere sumpln
pticler
"Tm MN. lcmme see Major, replied
che Sluire. looking at che ceiling and cvi
dentl, turning bis memory back hall
century, Til was IA number O things
larpencd long about this time. an
lcctie arlicr-h f,y year ago But 1t
strikes ne TIT the p'iic'ler thing int you
,rc.. must ha' ben Frizzy Cobsack's mule
al. o' Guudermans cider. fcs. that
were il sure It's jist fifty year sence
t.at happened That were funny sar-
cnm.taucc All no mistake Want It,
N,,ol lla la. ha Poor OF Gunder-
man An want Cobsack's mule cor
ttu.r That mule boys. couldn't be KEEP
oil ID mischief. not ii yd hopplc all
lt four feet an pat poke on him be
s.i.- The night the major Is thlnkln on
clio. uiYf. got inter Oh G1ndermans cellar
o,.' -uzlici "a hull key o hard cider. lie
-.iYr sli rz drunk ~ lord, an went on
. Moonlight sur made round the clearin.
n .r b. were maxim his rounds he met
o.e Gundcri0au on the hill by the red
school house GundCrman We're on his
.ysy hum I'm the tavern. an had snug
all clmftable cargo o tanglcfoot aboard
t.ssrf C3osack's mule went fer him at
,,lu-t am chased him round an round
t. school house OF Gundcrnan, hol-
l.rIu fer help ut ev'ry jump. were so
..e,,t mt he tore roun' the bldldin 50
iast tht be passed the mule three times
rhout KNOWN II. The mule. seem INT
la couldn't kctch GuHderman that way,
turned au went back tother way round
the school house 10 head him oil, but b
that time the Oh man had plunked inter II
tar. .lt stood al one corner O the
rlIlm 10 ketch rain water in, thinIin
tL.ttDe muled slide on By But the mule
were sober enough not to be fooled that
ray an drunk enough to be bound to hcv
Il. die fan he KID skeer mp that night Ell
il took au cal oil lie smelt Of Gunder
uau I'm that barl ca soon ez he come to 1t,
al foupiu round tail 10. he histed both
heels M ugin the barl over she went,
g.. Erl,v.to.sriit down the hill she rolled,
with oId Guuderman tosstin about inside
~ IL an e think.u TIT his cend were
uiri an the mule a clatterin long ahind
il. list moren maxim the hills ring with
the way he heehaw d an squealed. lie were
81. uncommon ticklcd with the joke. The
barl KEEP IN the road iii il got to the
bridge al the bottom O. the hill, an then
it squcejccd 70 the right an dropped kar-
puuk I'm the creek. ten feet below. The
mule --
.sluire'" the old Settler exclaimed.
with red IN his face and snap in his eye.
II don't know nuthin bout Cobsack's
mule an don't know nuthin bout Of
Guudermans cider II yer II friend o
mine bgosh. y orter member we'll wat
Lapupned the time I'm hintin al.
Were thar asked the squire. limo
ccn>y
Yes. Y was thar. said the Old Set
tier An Cronky Messy. all Pete Grim
Minis an. BAnky Mndfat, an heap
more % the Of time boys was thar an
you know IT,,
"Ohh.h. yes" said the squire, with a
malicious wink TO the boys. Il member
now hIat were the night o the apple
cut at Rocky Bottom. wen Biz Totten
fetched lis gal an got jealous of her
You memb0 her, major, Betsy Jane
Swankl Want she sumner Betsy
Jane were the high stopper o Sugar
Swamp She were put together to stay,
Betsy were. an could take in an apple cut
OF hu~iNu bee six nights Outen week.
dance ,| sun up an never miss set, an
then gl hum an eat salt pork ain 'lasses
eu apple II. fer breakfast. an turn in an
do the ,.ashin fer forty men tht worked
In the tan ~ pst e. easy ez most gals
nowadays lin thump poky or camp
mee,u tune outen the pianny. Betsy
were way up in sciety, an were gitun
81 month al her feed. She could Ia
lad auS bark peeler III were IN the
c.eJIin All yit'---
An VII yer mcm'ry Is scatterin' like
sho; loaded fer pigeon. interrupted the
Old Settler. getting hotter and hotter.
1t consarned funny. said he 'th't you
Kin .et here an think O folks an things
q never hcerd on an yit yc cant git
Yer mind onter sumpin th't act'ally hap
peued fifty year ago, an sumpin th't were
dIrh ptc Ter too.
Were ia any fun long with itf' asked
the s4ure
Il thort tn were at the time, replied
the old settler wat think bout II
now haint got nuthin' to do with it. Not
. cOIsarHed bt!'
"lll bet all the 'taters III raise this
wear MI sc mean Phil Byer's beetn beeV
exclaimed the squire Boys. mus tell
We bout that, fer tn want never nuthin
like IL ever happened Giore or sence We
had heerd tht Phil Dyer were gointer
beet steer O his n th't had got leetle
TOO rautaukcrOus 20 be handled fer work.
Il none on rs hadn't never heerd o setch
d thing O. a beehu bee we ruther cal
clated CT twerc boat time 10 git one up.
~ we started TO give Phil a s'prisc.
Fer a miled or so fore we got to Phiis
we heerd a fearful yeiin and howlir,
bat We thort 'twere only a cattymount
sincn' over in the swamp. an we hadn't
time 70 think bout leetlc thing like
that The moon wcro bigger'n Il wash
tub, an We could sec jist bout ca well cz
il tb. sun were shinin 1t were coldern
Greonlan. The howliu' an hollerin
grow 4 louder ez we got higher 10 PM S.
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