Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13


manteltree, n her eyes couldn't
bulged out ferder If it had ben
growlin' n snappin' painter that stood
afore her. Pooty soon she got her
breath, n fallin' into cheer she
throw'd up her hands.
"Wull, consarn you, Jerry Bill
finger! If that don't jist dumswizzle
mel she hollered.
"Fer thar stood Jerry, holdin' his hat
in his hands n GRIMM like bar
eatin' honey. He want bald no more,
but had head O hair th't kivered his
bare conk like an old hen kiverin' her
eggs.
"'Thar's the hair y been so durn
anxious aboutp says Jerry. Now,
wen a. var goin' ter come down n
help me run that air clearin' O. mine?'
says he.
80 Pru she give in N sot the day
fer her m Jerry to git hitohed, m the
news O. Jerry's hair fetched folks FIN
all over the deestric' to see it, N if
Jerry had run fer Office jist then he
KID ben elected to anything.
"Now, Jerry had sister, Sally, n
he were her guardeen. She had sot
her feelin's on young Sam Stover, n
him m Sally wanted to git married
the wust kind. But Jerry he didn't
want Sally to marry Sam, m put
veto on the hull business FIN the start.
1.-THE ideep says Jerry. wat kin
Sam Slower do but tame crows, N
coons, n bar m setch?' says he. An
he a-wantin' to marry SallyP says he.
young Sam didn't do much else but
tame crows m setch, that's so, but he
picked up good many dollars at it,
m his pop had a sawmill, m Sam were
giner'ly thort to be all right, n so he
was. But Jerry had other idees for his
sister, m he nipped Sam right in the
bud.
"Wull, the day th't Jerry n Prudence
Petty was goin' ter be hitched kim
round, N Jerry started for Biler's.
Sally had gone up to help with the fix
ms the day afore. Ez Jerry were
passin' by his buckwhit field he see
tht two O Jed Crone's pigs had broke
through the fence N was everlastinly
rootin' away in the buckwhit. Tht
wouldn't do, O. course, N Jerry hur
ried over m druv the pigs out. Then
he see th't he'd hef to fix up the fence
er they'd be right in ag'in, N he sot to
work to do it. 1t were warm day,
m Jerry took off his coat m his vest
m his hair N laid 'em in a fence Cor
ner vile he done the work. 1t didn't
take him long, n he were kind O.
restin' m coolin' off little fore he
put his things on ag'in to start fer Pet
TVS Vile he were moppin' his head
n his face with his handkerchief, a
couple O crows kim sailin' down outen
the woods often the hill N lit on the
fence nigh whar Jerry's hair were lay
in, n begun clatterin' n Gavin
n jawin' Jerry didn't think nothin'
O the crows ii Il one of 'em jumped on
the gro und N begun to make little
'zamination O. the hair: Then Jerry
got kinder skeert N started 10 chase
the crow away. The crow, seein' Jer
ry maxim fer it, knowed at once that
the hair was his'n, n want to be
fooled with, so O course the crow, fol-
lerin' out it's natur', picked it up, n
t'other crow grabbe d holt of it too, n
away off in the woods they sailed with
the hair th't had got Jerry the best O.
Prudence.
"Now, all the time Jerry were work
in away fixin up his fences agin the
pigs, Sam Stover, were sittin' on the
fence over home thinkin' about Jerry s
weddin' tht were to come off that arter-
noon, an cussin' Jerry fer standin'
'twixt him and Sally Vile he were
cussin' to hisself, couple O. crows th't
he had tanned kim sailin' along an lit
in the yard right in front of him.
"'W'at under the canopy has them
crows hooked on to now?' said Sam
gittin' down often the fence an walk
in over to whar the crows was jawin'
over sumpin' they had brung in. BY the
dancin ghost O. OF Kentuckyp hollered
Sam, stoopin' down an takin' it away
from the crows. If they hain't COB.
bled Jerry Billhinger's hair Pm tea
potP
can Sam danced an yelled like a
crazy man, m then went an hid the
hair in the barn. He hadn't more thar
done it Wen Jerry kim putin an
blowin' outen the woods.
"'Them durn thicvin' crows O. yourr
has snatched me bald-headed ag'inr he
hollered. Cit me my hair durr
We, or tha wun't be no weddin' at Pet
tvs this arternoon!'
"'Wun't Pru marry y unless y sh ov
up with yer hair on?' says Sam.
No more'n she'd marry skeer
crowr hollered Jerry. 'Whar's my hair?
"'That bein the case, yer right
jerry said Sam. 'Tha wun't be M
weddin' at Petty's this afternoon, say
he, unless An then Sam stopped
an looked at Jerry till the sweat rolled
outen Jerry like peas.
"'Unless what| says Jerry, jumpin
up an down, fer it were getting ,lonl
to'ards time fer the hitchin.
"'Tha wun't be no weddin' at Pet
tvs this afternoon says Sam, 'unlcsg
tha's twor says he.
"'Two?" says Jerry. Who's t'othe
unp'
ME an Sallyp says Sam, GRIMM
all over his face. Unless me an Sail,
bitches this afternoon, says he, 'yol
an Pru Petty don'tP says he.
Jerry jumped an swore fer a min
ute or two, an then hollered:
"'Gimme my hair, consarn ye, an
come onr said he.
Sam got jerry his hair out on tn,
barn, an went long of him to Petty's
Wen Sam tor Sally th't tha wer
gointer be a double weddin,' an tina
him an her were the doubler, Sally jis
bellered fer JOY.
? How'd v ever bring Jerry over?