Sharp County record., 1888-09-13

nozin' long. Dokin' long, an Charlie
lowed to cit out an walk if the hill
rot much sleeper. So they leaned
for'ards. an Darto the time hung onto
the dashboard with their hands if
they did strike q little hill, an KEEP
snajIin' long, snailin' long. A good
deal of the time they stopped to let
the boss catch his breath, it bein' such
powerful long hill, an then they'd
sit there quiet as a pot o. paint, an.
think. Bv-an'-by the girl begun to git
sDunkv. I've travelled this ere road
before, she said, an I never seen no
such monstrous hill Oh, that's all
right; that's all right, says Charlie,
we're now goin up old Pap NeIIs hill
But where is the hOller between Old
Dad Hawkins hill an old Pap NelIs
hiII?' says JuIe-her name was julie.
4 low as how the road commission
ers must a. filed it up an made one
long hill, says Charlie. So they leaned
for'ards an KEEP O. mOsvin' long slow,
an lettin' the boss rest so he wouldn't
be all tired out when they got to the
top o. the hill. an still it was dark as
the inside of a inhdeI. AIebby half %
now they didn't say nothin', an then
says Charlie: julie, says he, this
does per to be q somewhat lengthy
hiIl-seems 'sif some atmospheric in
aOOence must a. heightened it out.
That's what he said, atmospheric in
dooence. They poked a couple O miles
furder, all the time easy on the hos5.
Then says julie: We must be on the
wrong road. SAYS she. You can't fool
me. Mr.. RiggLes' 1Iebbv we be, says
Charlie, 4 reckon we might bear off
to the right. So they jagged off to tho
right, an went % mile, still up hill.
Then they Jagged to the left, still hillE.
Then they Jagged in all directions, and
perty soon, after goin' straight up ~
long, steep hill for two miles, they
turned squar' round an started back,
but they still had to hang onto the
dashboard to keep from faIlin' out be-
hind. Well. smitten CGsarn yelled
Charlie, if this amt the blamedost
country I ever got inton an then he
hit the Old ho5s % welt with the end Of
the lines. 4 reckon We'll git out o.
this somehow, if we kill q hOssn An
then they went tearin' round on that
perairie with the hoss on the dead run,
and Charlie a-veIIin. .Sutferin' Wash
ingtonn howIs Charlie. its all hill,
no matter where we go, but I'll
cit out Of it or bust' Then he
swung the lines some more, an julie
hung onto the dashboard an had the
histories. They KEEP. a-gOin' pretty
near nour, Charlie gittin' madder n
madder, an julie more historical.
Bout then it begun to git little light,
an Charlie happened to look at the
wheels. There to each side Of him, as
he hung onto the dashboard, them
hind wheels was a-ioomin' up, each
like the ay-wheel on a saw-mill en-
gine. Then he stopped the hoss an
wilted. julie seen the wheels, too, but
she didn't wilt. Wen kinder keep
this thing quiet, says Charlie; W.
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word. 'Yes,we will, says julie, a-risln
up an climbin out; yes, we'll keep it
quiet, you Iow-down, deceitful man.
Weu hush it up, we will-p'raps!
Haul me all over the prairie in such q
Iookin' thing, will you, an tell me
we're goin' up hill. Goodbye, sir, our
paths kinder separate an lay apart at
this p'intn an she struck off acrOst the
country, ten miles. for home, an left
Charlie a-thinkin' not loud but deep.
He didn't know how to fix the wheels,
of course. so he came into town with
them as they was, in bout two hours,
still thinkin' quiet, but powerful deep
down. thought mebbv he might see
nv henhouse when he drove along
down my street, but he didn't. '-Froa.
Il. Carvutb IN " T. I'rijuuc.