Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-12

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and the proceedings harmonious the
result win be Of great benefit 70 the
county
fNhodo you think win be nominated
for Judge" ola John asked
Neither Of the candidates that have
been named We have better timber
than any Of those fcllers
Well said the major, yawning, II
reckon we better go to bed, SO as to be
in trim for the work tomorrow"
Il viii show you the room, the old
man remarked, arising
The politicians were shown into an
upper room, and the old man, placing a
candle on the mantelpiece, babe them
goodnight and went down stairs
.Wbat noise was thaty the major
asked when the old man had quilted the
room.
81 didn't hear any noise, the colonel
answered.
Il did; it sounded like some one gasp
ing for breath
He might have heard noise might
have heard old John struggling to sup
press his laughter
Suppose we go to bed" said the
major
.All right. You go ahead and will
blow out the candle"
They talked for some time before lying
down; then, after long silence, the coli
onel uttered a deep growl The major
reached over and gave him rake with
the comb
"What the deuce are you doing2" ex-
claimed the colonel, springing up in bed
"What do you mean?" And in his rage
he began to CRATE his teeth.
The major, supposing that he was get
ting ready to begin biting, reached over
and gave him another rake
"You Internal IDIOT" yelled the colo
mel, feeling for the majors hairt'if
don't wool you I'm a shoter
''What are you doingg' howled the
major Let go, or I'll hurt you'll Quit,
| tell you'll Haven't You got any sense"
The major had found his hair
''Ill let you know what it is to rako
the life out of me with crosscut saw. .
Il was doing it to oblige you, you
confounded wolff Let go my HART"
"Oblige mel Do you take me for
saw log? Look outl If You hit me
again I'll pull every hair out of your
head"
They tumbled out on the floor, rolled
over and over, and then overturned
lettering old wardrobe that came down
upon them with crash The major
swore that he was dead, and the colonel
yelled for light, but no light came.
Had they listened they might have heard
another noise that sounded as if some
one were breathing hard The old man
was in the hall shaking the railing of
the stairway, The major was the first
to scramble to his feet.
81 win throw you out Of this Window"
he exclaimed
And if can find my pistol I'll shoot
the top of your head off" howled the
colonel
This threat so frightened the major
that he gathered up his clothes as best
he could and rushed from the room
"Why, what's the NATTER" the old
man asked when the major came down.
Nothing, only am going away to
get a cannon and then come back and
blow that fool into eternity
"Did he try to bite you?
"He tried to kill me, that's what he
tried TO do
"Why didn't you rake hiln?"
II did rake him.
"Hunph!" grunted the old man; "he
mist have lost his popularity What
You arc not going out in such a night as |
thisf"
Eyes, am, for if see that fool again
I'll have to cut his throat Good-by
Shortly after the major left, the
colonel came down why, look here" |
said he; IL growled inst as you told me
to do, and ! wish may die if that fellow |
didn't come within one of ripping my
life out of me-.
Mighty sorry to hear it. He must |
have changed since | know'd him SO
well"
When the convention met next day |
the major and the colonel fought each |
other so violently that neither of them |
could win, and at an opportune time, |
old John Perdue stepped in end received |
the nomination. -Opie p, Read in New |
York World