The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-09-09
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/ was travelling among the noun
/ tainS OF east Tennessee. and one day
| about noon was casting about for q
place where might get something to
/ eat when my eye was attracted by Il
number of horses that were tied near
a ruinous old log house.
! Curiosity and hope that | might
! be on the trail of something to eat
! drew me to the house. Upon enter
! ing the door way found n justice Of
/ the peace holding court. 1t was 81
| criminal case, and discovered the pris-
! oner to be a long, lank fellow, with a
bony face and a complexion that pro-
| claimed the clay eater fancied that
| having killed some one he was now OF
/ trial to determine whether or not he
| should be sent before the grand jury
| rs sort of sarcastic preliminary to
! he hanged, and had begun to pity his
! probable wife and presumable chill
! Gre!i when the judge said:
This here court, bein' sortcr tired,
| will now take q recess fur halter hour
| The court has sot here an chewed new
| tobacker till the hide is about all took
often the inside of his mouth, an
wanter say that if anybody has got
any tobacller that is little milder in
its parts, pass chew of it right up to
! the court.
The prisoner took out twist of to-
bacco and handed it to the judge,
whereupon the jurist remarked !:
"This court thanks you, Jeems, but at
! the same time reminds you that the
! law of this great land amt to be
/ bought for a mess of pottage nor Il
! chaw of tobacker. How's yo' crap,
/ Jeems -
''Sorter wallerin with the crab grass
an rasslin' with the rag weed. l
woulder had it all right, but this here
| trouble come on me. When a man is
! bowed down in the speret he amt
thinkin' of craps. He is a-thinkin' of
the shame that mout fall on him an
! take all the color outen his repurta
ton
eyes, that's fact, Jeems
What is all this about - l asked,
turning to long haired fellow that
/ sat near where | stood.
! WALL he answered, leaning over
and turning loose a squirt of tobacco
! extract that might have singed cat,
''Jeems Timberly he shot sheep an
I reckon he's in fur it,
| 'They don't intend to hang him. do
they -
NO, wus'n that. They'll hit him
! about fifty laShes with Il hickory an
! then make him work Il country road
some day when thar's boss show in
the neighborhood."
| At this juncture the judge pounded
! on the table. Come to order now
/ The court is about to put on the sol
emn gyarment of the law of this here
! free and mighty land, an if any man
! so fur furgits himself as to interrupt
! the proceedin's he'll fall under the
witherin' displeasure of yourn truly.
Now, let's git at this business, fur this
court has other affairs on hand. This
court must go some time this evenin'
and reprimand a man that pizened
| his dog. Jeems, as | said at the out
set of this trial, | never was more
shocked in my life. Fur many years
we have know'd you to be reasona bly,
honest, with generally II putty good
dab of meat in yo' smoke house. an
we KANT see why you should have
killed the Widder Dalton's sheep
Yes" spoke up the widow, who for
/ the first time | noticed was present,
! sitting in corner, IAN a finer ram
never blew his breath on II bunch of
! pennyrile. But here comes Jeems an
shoots him, an that, too, when he's
! SOt slIlOIc lHcstG tlIdtl HstNt. I'LL lS
| knows that I've got three son-in laws
! to feed"
''Jedge.n said Jeems, ''if YOU will
| jest let me have mint | will fling ii
| good deal of light on this here subject
l don't deny a KILN OF the sheep
/ well, then, Jeems, you neenter say
| no more. You've stated the very fact
! that we air t"yin' to- git at, an thar
amt no use III foolin' along here no
| longer The court lows that it will
halter sentence you. Jeems.'
! Not without givin' me Il hearin',
hope"
Il don't see what good hearn'
will do you when you have made that
confession
wall, Jest listen to my talk, an
/ then mebby you'll see. | don't want
to take up yo' time, SO that you KANT
! meet the Teller that pizened yo' dog,
/ but do insist on havin' Il hearing"
"Wall, then, go ahead, but cut her
Short
"Jeems' got up, reached back his
| long hair and thus addressed the as
| sembly: Zone cold winter night,
/ when the snow come down faster than
! YOU ever seen chaff come outen n
| wheat fan, | heard a bleatin' noise,
/ an goin' to the door | thought the
sound come from the valley not far
! from my house. told my wife that
had to go down in the valley, be-
cause / heard lamb calling for help,
and let me say right here that l may
be bad III Il good many things, but no
/ lamb ever called to me i'll vain. |
/ thought of Simon Peter that was told
to feed the Lords sheep-thought of
7 - Il 4. L..
snow a-drivin' past me into the Louise.
| NY wife said that better not go out
| in sich a night, specially as | Want
felin' very well but L lowed that l
couldn't sleep with the pitiful cry of
that lamb a-ringin' in my ears SO l
| took my lantern an went down into
| the valley. The snow was whirlin' so
fast that | could hardly see whar |
was goin', but at the last comm near
er an nearer to the bleatin' | found
a little lamb with his head stickin'
out of a snowdrift.
81 took him out his legs were
! frozen stiff as sticks. | took him to
the house an warmed him by the fire,
got bottle of milk and fixed it SO he
could suck l built up a good fire so
! he wouldn't get cold durin' the night,
an every time he would bleat / would
get up an fix his bottle. The weather
staid cold for a long time, an once
when the old COW got out of the lot
and wandered off an didn't come up
in time to give milk for the lamb |
searched for her on the mountain side
an way down in the valley. 1t was
late when got back home an long
before / reached the house / heard
the lamb a-bleatin' He seemed to be
powerful glad when | came in with
the milk, an the thought read in his
eyes was I never will forgit you.
Wal, to make long story short, 1