The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-07-10

"I'll do So"

"I'll do So"
Hush, he's coming back"
i eve are goirg to have more rain
i think. sal the Ma jor, as he re.
I sumed his seat.
YES" the Colonel responded, "bu,
/ hope that it viii not interfere with
the convention. IF the attendance i.
large and the proceedings harmonious,
the result will be Of great benefit to
the country"
"Who you reckon will be nomina.
ted trr judge?' old John asked.
4 Neither Of the candidates that
have been named. Weshave better
timber than any of those fsiIersa,----..
"Weli, sssa{1 the Mayor, yawnir,g,
81 reckon we had better 60 to bel s.,
as to be i'm trim for the work to
morrow"
Il will show you to the room," t:.e
old man remarked, arising.
The politicians were shown into an
upper room and the old man placing
a candle on the mantel piece, Dade
them good night and went down stairs s.
| "What noise was that?" the Mai ,r
asked when the old man had Quilted
the room.
| 81 didn', hear any noise," the Col
onel answered.
81 did; it sounded like some one
gasping for breath He might have
heard a noise-might have heard old
John struggling to suppress his laugh
ter.
Suppose we 60 to bed," said the
Major.
'All right. You go ahead and I
will blow out the candle
They talked for some time after
lying down, and then after long 81
lence. the Colonel uttered deep
growl. The Major reached over end
gave him rake with the comb.
"What the deuce are you doing ?"
exclaimed the Colonel, springing up
in bed. what 60 you mean?" and
in his rage he began to CRATE his teeth.
The Majol, supposing that he was
getting ready to begin biting, reached
over and gave him another rake.
"You internal idiotp' yelled the Colo
mel, feeling for the Majors hair, elf
don't wool you I'm shote."
"Wbat are you doing?" howled the
Major. "Let go or I'll hurt you !!
Quit, 1 tell you! Haven't you got
any sense?" The Colonel had found
his hair.
"Tll let you know what it is to rake
the life out of me with a cross cut
saw"
81 was doing it to oblige you, you
confounded wolf! Let 60 my hair"
"Oblige me! Do you t..ke me for
saw log? Look out! If you hit me
again I'll pull every hair out of your
head"
They tumbled out on the floor, roll
ed over and over, and then overturn-
ed tottering old wardrobe that came
down upon them with crash. The
Major swore that he was dead and the
Colonel yelled for a light, but 10 light
came Had they listened they might
have heard another noise, that sound
Ell as if some one was breathing hard
The old man was in the hall shaking
the railing ofth stairway. The Ma
jor was the first to scramble to his feet.
II will throw you out of this window!'
he exclaimed.
"And if l can find my pistol I'll
shoot the top of your head off" howl
ed the Colonel. This threat so fright
ened the Major that he gathered up
his clothes as best he could and rushed
f ON The room.
"Why, what's the matter ?" the old
man asked when the Major came
down.
Nothing, only I am going away
to get cannon, and then come back
and blow that fool into eternity"
"Did he try to bite your
"He tried to kill me, that's what he
tried to do"
"Why didn't you rake him?"
81 did rake him."
"Humph!" grunted the old man;
"he must bave lost his popularity.
What, you are not going out in such
night as this?"
i'Yes, I am, for if see that fool
again I'll have to cut his throat.
Good bye"
Shortly after the Major left the
Colonel came down. ssWhy, look
here, aaid he'll growled just as you
told me to do, and I wish / may die
if that fellow didn't come within one
of ripping the life out of me-"
Mighty sorry to hear it. He must
have changed since l know'd him so
well. !" .,..-s,..4o
When the convention met. the next
day, the Major and the Colonel fought
each other SO violently that neither of |
thein could win; and, at an opportune
time, old John Petdue stepped in and |
received the Nomination.
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