The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-03-23


end of u spliUtered rail, an' nigh
onto a piut o. hornets staid nth the
shirt, stingiu' 1t all over. The bal
ancr on 'cn, bout a gallon au' a
half, keep on 18th dad. He seemed
ter run jist az last as a hornet cud
~, for it war the tighteSt race ever
did see. Down through the grass
they all went; the hornets softer
mGkir' it look like smoke all arouR
dads head, an''ith nawthin' on bat
the birdie, am nigh on ter II yard o
plow line q Sailm' terhind i'm.
"'I seed that dad war aimin for
the Swimmin' hole in the creek,
whar the bluff war oyor twenIy.toot
nurpindic'lar ter the water, which
war ten foot deep eff 'twdr an inch.
Dad hadn't guv up the idee yet
that e war a real runaway boss, so
when e got ter the bluif e jlS' jump
ed right off, or ruther . Aep' right
on runnin'. Now, right thar, boys,
e ovcrdone the thing, tertha's nary
"A boss az ever war foulled w war
darn fool enough ter leap over sech
a place. A mule mowt er done It,
but dad warn'I playin' mule.
"I crep' up ter the edge o the
bluff soon NJ Lcud, an peeked over.
Thar war oPdad'S bald head, Tor all
the world like a peeled ingyun, a
bobbin' up au' down in the water,
an the hornets a-sailin' an a-circiin'
'rouud, turkey buzzard like, an
ev'ry wunst in a while ten or a dozen
on lem ID make a dip at dads head.
W dad KEEP up Il peart dodgin' an
der. sometimes they'd hit the water
am the water was kiyered 18th
drowned hornets.
""'Wot on top o. the y'arth air
yer dom thar, dad p SUI /.
"s"Hain't dom (dip) nawthin' on
top o the y'arth (dip). dod rot yerV'
Eowled dad, a bobbin' and dippin'
lis bald head w the hornets duv fer
him. "Pm er (dip) dom this fyar
(dip) in under the water dip" SUI
dad.
"s"Wall," SUI I, "wot air yer
dom anyhow ?" SUI ].
"'"Don't yer see (dip) these h'yar
Internal Clip varmiuts on ter me
(dip) % SUI dad.
"s"Wot p SUI /. "Them air
hoss-fies thar. Yer amt raaiy
afeard o them, air ycrg" SUI l.
"s"Hoss flies! = SUI dad, maxim a
did. "They're raal giniwiOe dip
bald horuets, We in dip fernal
plague o Egypt, your SUI dad.
"s"Wall, dad" SUI I, "yerIl hef
ter stay thar TIL night, l reckon
SUI |, sam arter they go ter roosl
you come ham, an Iii feed scr an
down. suz |.
"Then, KNOWN dads onmodiiet
natup | broke I'm them parts an
softer skirted round IN the woods
kinder achin' fer hum, but rulleI
ightin shy of it. w | SGT ellons
the road, two miles FIN our cabin
the mex AFTERNOON, kinder hldlh
erhind a fence corner, | seed a telleI
traveller comm erlOug the road an
| SUI to i'm, SUI |:
"s"Stranger," SUI !, "dld yel
come past the cabin jist this side o
the creek 2" SUI /.
"tWall, yaas, | did," SUI e.
"sWot war eoiU' on thar" Il l
apervided yer noticed ?" SUE |.
"s"Why, nawthin' much warn''
goin' Ou," SUI e, "unlS a man wal
settin' III the door 18th nary a shirI
ou," SUI e, Gam a woman wal I
greasIn lis back an arms,' SUI e
"an',is head war eTbout w big NJ
ten-gallon kag," Suz'e, can ne bad
Mt the fust sign OF an eye-al
SMOOTH" SUI e.
"s"That mau's my dad, strang
ell" SUI l. -.
"s"Ben much fghtiH in thi'
nelghborheod, lately ~ SUI e.
"s"None with s~peakiu' on, per
/ sonly er p'ticler,' SUI |, an The
r stranger went on, shakin' his heat
w If e thort | war lynn. An now.
boys,'" Sut LovingoOd used TO say
this hog eyed genius concluded bis
story. "sI hain't seed my OF dad
sence. am | hain't hankering ter SEE
lin uuther but if one o you ash.
eats ~ come h'yaT an hole my boss
Tarpole down ter tue y'arth, I'll buy
the liquor.'"