Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-06-21

reflection. at happened the night o. Alcck
Simpsons birthday party. Alcck had kind
o. give out that his party was to be one OF
the finest affairs they'd seen in that neigh
borhood, and so made preparations accord
ingly. I'd got the promise of Emily Peters
company. Emily was q smart little critter
goin' on seventeen, and the purtiest gal in
tho county. All the boys were wild over
her. Her checks minded you of straw
berries and cream and she had way of
ilashin' her big brown eyes at q feller that
used ter set my heart II thumpin' like
woodpecher hammerin' on hollcr limb.
~ hitched tho sorrel colt up to pap's new
top buggy, and / jst calculated me an
Emily d lay ZEN all in the shade. Iknowed
tho other fellcrs 'ud bo jealous OF me for u
month to come. But we had alittlc spat on the
way and by the time we got to the party felt
more like layin' down in the haymow than
gon' in mongst tho crowd. could stood
| II though If Emily hadn't got upa filtration
with Fred Gibbs, n spindle e-shanked leather
head that despised top o. tho earth, and
give me to understand that she was goln'
home with him.
"That jist made me red hot. went out
doors and sot to work to think up some
plan of revenge. BY and by the thought
struck me that could get even with Fred
and Emily and have great joke on 'cm Mt
the same timo by stealin' tho bars often
Fred's front buggy-wheels SOS the buggy
| ID tumble down with 'om on the road home,
and | went right straight to tend TO it,
| After I'D throwed tho bars over into the
| cow-lot went off and laughed till was
sick, n thinkin' how Fred and Emily ID
| bo piled out on the prary and have TO walk
| home.
"Soon as l could straighten my face up l
went in and cut sich n splurge among the
| girls that L reckon l must 70 made Emily
Jealous; anyways, she left Fred and kind
o. made up TO me. BY the time we was
ready to go home we was as sweet on one
another as though nothin' had happened.
"Ihc first half mile of our road was
smooth as n floor, but didn't hurry none
| told Emily the sorrcl colt was young and
It wouldn't do TO drive him too fast, and
she lowed was right.
"Wc got along splendid till VIC came to O
little creek we had 10 ford. AS the wheels
went down the bank there was q jolt and
then u wObblo, and out we went into the
creek, ker-chunt. Jeminyl You could
a. hecrd the screech Emily give us she
souseu into that icy water clean over into
tho next county. 1 felt like hollerin' my
sell, only my mouth was SO full OF mud an
|
Emily out. BY that timo we could hear Tho
sorrel colt a.tearin' down the lane half {
mile away, jist tlickety.brindle; so there wal
nothin' left 10 do but walk back TO Simp
sons. II was along towards tho latter cen,
OF October, and our clothes froze stff
Emily's mouth must "a froze shet, too,
reckon, fer she's never spoke TO me to thi
day. OF course l felt awful, but for al
that couldn't help chuclflin' every time
thought of the trouble that Fred and hi
girl 'ud git"
"Dld Fred's buggy wheels come of In IL
creek, tooin asked Bronson, after waitin
in vain for the old man TO finish his story.
"Noap. Didn't come off at all. Ye soc
Fred's buggy stood right side o. mine tina
night; IL was darker IN sack o. black oati
and was in dreadful hurry, and-wel
the fact o. the matter is, l fixed the wron
buggy" .. y. CARTER
Tue Mills bill had nothing whatever TO d.
with prize-hghts.