The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-10
HE Tackled THE PREACHER.

Dtiroit Fee Tios.
View days since q gentleman was rio
ing along n Possnm Ridge highwa,
when, In making n turn in the road, Ii
came upon an old man badly battere,
and bruised, sitting On astump by til,
wayaidc. The old man looked rs though
be had been run through " threshjp;
machine, or dragged under u harrow al
over Il twenty.acrc field.
"My FRIEND" said the traveller, "whn1
is the matter here"
Right smart the trouble" the native
replied, grully.
"Are you burt?"
"Wal. il bayin' a leg broke, n arm puI
out O. jint, an q head cracked, an bein
pounded sore, Is any sign O. bein' hurt
then l guess Pm kinder injured"
"liow did it happen?"
Happened easy 'nough."
did your team run away, or some
thing like that?"
"No, 1t didn't"
How did it come about then?"
1T came about through want Of sense
on my part"
II don't understand you."
Don't, ch? Wal. | don't wonder at it,
Reckon Philadelphia lawyer cou!dn',
understand an old idiot like me-. Saw,
mebby you don't know 1t, but I'm tie
biggest old fool yer ever laid yer eyes
on"
Come, don't abuse yourself, but Just
tell me how this happened, and what |
can do for you"
"The best thing yer can do for me ia
ter take a club aud pound my head or"
"0h, pshaw, man don't talk 80. There
Is no use blaming yourself for this acci-
dent. You couldn't prevent it."
Couldn't? Reckon ] didn't bring it
all on myself, Ell? Reckon l didn't
banker urter it an split my shirt to git
inter it? No, l reckon l amt to blame"
What was it you rot into?"
Whist wuz It? Why, the fight, o
co'se. Yer seem determined to find out
all bout this yer business, so III lest
tell ye. Reckon yer know thar waz a
ielle. loldin' e..neetin' down ter tho Coon
Run meetin' house?"
Yes. l heard Of it."
oval, it wuz him that chawed me
up"
"rhe preGcher?"
"~Azsackly. He's the identical trick
that done it."
What caused him to do such n deed?"
oval, ther long an Their ehort O. ther
business is this: That thar ialler has
been holdin' meetin's down thar to the
meetiu' house for nigh Il month. goiu' it
red.hot day an night, an everybody in
these diggins got to goin', excepting me
| hung oil an' sassed back when the
preacher talked to me, an last night he
opened up on me In his pra'rs an bill,
me up TO the Lord 40 a monty onery, no.
count old cuse."
"Eid be mention your Nance"
"No, but no talked 40 everybody
knowed who he meant, an he went on
scan'lous. Said I stole sheep an whip.
ped the old 'o.nan, an SIGH"
rAud you think hu mrapt yous"
u know lie did, though rs l said he
didn't mention any Names"
"Well, then what?"
"Why, when l hearn what he'd done.
said ia get even with him, an kuowin'
he wig to paas e'!oug here to-day, |
came up yeve an laid in wait fer him."
Yes"
oval, after wai,in' bout en- hour,
hero he come waikiki long singin' dis
happy os a coon, an I Jest laid low till
he got up most even with me, then |
jumped out right before him, an begun
70 r'ar IN cuss an kevort, swarm that
I'd whip the hide otFon him in three
shakes OF u sleeps tail"
"Yes, aud then WHAT"
oval, he tuck to argyin' an talkin'
soft like, M l kept on cussin', an ar,er
while he see talk wasn't goin' to count,
SO he flung of his coat an said:
"1f yer, bound ter whup the, an
"And you piled on2"
"{as, I piled On, but | didn't whup
i'm. ]. reckon l piled oil n right smart
suddinter than l piled on"
"Dia he go for youT"
"Wal, sorter. Bout tho time I retched
Tor him, it 'peared like the earth rig up
an wbacked mo sgnay ac.osu the back Of
my head, slappln' tho breath clear outen
me, ANTHEM for a few minutes it seemed
like a cyclone had ahold NV me, spinnin'
me round in the dust an whackiug me
agin the saplius till I lels like thar
weren't nothing lett w me but a few
irazlins."
THAT preacher wasa fighter, was her"
"shucka, he wuz a regular heracane in
full blast, ne WIZ. thought I'd just
swipe hin, ot'n the yeartii, The lust pass
made at I'm but as l said at iust, lnis.
ter, I'm a old fool, an wont never
tackle 4 preacher aSin. l wouldn't mind
ilghtin' a possel o minus, but yer kin
bet III give precheta plenty OF room"