The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-12


eye, cv'ry time. An another queer thing
were TIT water seemed 10 feet bis SILVER
FER W Cnever Collyd drink a tumbler o.
water bis handd shake . TIT duru nigh
all tie watcrd spill ont But contrary
ways an qucGrcst Of AL were Tit Colby
KID I'll "a tumbler with apple juice chuck
70 the top an git 81 60 his mouth without
never losin drop.
"Ih use,y be a curious patch % vines
tht Wowed ON one edge O the swamp in
them days, but il didn't grow long arter
It's oucommon piscn disposition were foun'
ont. Il seemed 30 De Kinder of relation
q the cow -eetch weed, an shed "a dust
60 IL TIT usoiy look like fog W Ell it
took 10 fyin rouu. Ey'ry summer some
@ The residcnter3 o. the Sugar Swamp
decstfic' Il find hog or two q theirs. or
a COW. az lnebbc boss or dog, strag
Gin roun the kentry olinder tn hull
family c bats rolled inter one. Nobody
could get it through 'cm what sot this
blindness goin till one day it plunked
inter my OF paps NOODLE TIT it were the
dust ofen that patch % briers, but even
then nobody were sar'in' an nuthin were
did One day i'm july 1S33-the 9th day
o July, '33. think were edgin' 'rom'
in the woods loobin fer q leetle shindig
with bar or sumpin'. wen | heerd the
couairndest catterwauin an yellin' over
tors the swamp th't ever were heerd in
them woods aforo or sence. sDssL 81
over that way, an, peekin through the
bushes, see a sight 81 made me almost
faint Thar. right amongst them vines,
was election o painters O ali sizes,
NrigClin aroun' an runnin az N one an
other an actin ez if they didn't hev no
idce O nuthiu' but to tumble aroun in
thar an yell. In a minute or two the
hull citiwation were as plain to me ez o
pine knot torch on d cloudy night
'Gosht mighty ] says TO myself,
them paint crs has settled the hull bust
ness. They've got inter that patch in
their travels. an that dust has blindec
EN-. sure ez cricketsll squeak
I'm gummed, Squire, if | want SO
sorry fer them lcven pant'ers-th' was
lcven on 'om-I we're so sorry fer EN-,
Squire tint | actly had 20 blubber like
calf an took 10 wondcrin' wat ! KID do 10
help em ont o their tarnal bad fix. IL
stood thar watchin' EN- in sorrer, wat
did see but snortin' big painter come
a .earin inter that patch from the bushes
on t'Otler side. He stood thar "A second
or two. an then nosed rom mongst them
paint ers. an dom of it, in a hurry, too.
tell We KID see TO wuust hit the big
paint or llnowd 'dzacly " 40 were upwith
t'othcr uns but, Squire. | want iookin
fer W at follered. ! want. bgosh, fer 1t
were "a leetle the funniest p'founance !
ever see. even IN the Sugar Swamp dee.
stric Vile / were gain al the oniort-
nit passed. % paint ers, ! See one Of en-
ketch the tail Of another Nh in his mouth.
Then e third pu kctrhcd the first un's tail
in his mouth. an so on till the hull leyen
was strung out, holdn ontcr one an
other tails.
Wat in the name @ sam Hid is a
dom now. says !.
Il want long iindin out, for the big
painter int had kim a teerin ia 'mongst
tothers backed hisself mp ag.n the leader
Of the lcycn oufOrtuit uns i'm tie line,
and the loadm onforuit un grabbed his
tail II soon az he had did that the big
paint or started the pcrcession and vat
were he q dom of SquirG1 Havin' his
eycsight all right he were jist lcadm
his lsven blind companions outen that
patch. bgosh an a marchin Of en- homel
That were a sight, squire wuth travelin
a good many miles 10 see. an were 50
tcchin TINT the tears tumbled down my
cheeks bigger'n white beans.
"Bein curious to see wat mowt be the
upshot O this sing lar pint in nat 'rei
hist ~ follered along quiet like, an the F
percession marched ez solemn "a a funcrl
through the wood / had follered EN-
mebbs miled wen suddenly Colby Hard
pate. who had ben skinnin ia the neigh .
borhood for some iun with his gun stepped /
out from behind tree The sight O .
the pcrccssion Of uufortunit paint 'ers .
didn't seem 20 be 81 tetchin TO him cz II .
were ZONE. He unly looked al it fer .
couple a seconds. an then an idee struck F.
him. lie up with his gun an whanged .
away The fust thing ! see were the .
leadin' paint or tearin' like a streak o f
iightnin on through the woods an with /
no more tail to him Tim doe rabbit. .
Cody Lad shot it of slick an clean. an It .
staid right in the mouth Of the leadin' one .
O. the levon onfortnit paint ers.
"The procession kim TO stop. Colby .
steps up an grabs the tail lac had shot of .
~ the PANT ci e. were lcdVIh thO V."'4
uns. an starts ahead, Study an slow.
The percessiOn started arter him, an he .
led thehull O. them levcn paint ers straight
10 his cabin, whar he knocked EN- on the
head. one after tother, and put an eend
to their onfortnit state. | don't know
wuther il were the suddint way the idee
D getherin in them paint ers had struck
him. or W AT il were but jist arier eendin :
the mis- ny O the leventh painter Colby
were hit with SILVER tht made the raft.
Frs in the cabin rattle, an fore he I'd
gether himsel an brace agin il, IT shook
the breath outen him, an he passed over
Jurdsn.
Then you'll never sec him agin.' re
marked the Squire, calmly but positively,
fer you'll pass in tother direction. I'D.
Mott in New York Sun.