Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-02-20

aud how she used to lash me, yet she
or the cowhide could whip cut what
l}.d put into mt. What sort OF a
world would this be with everybody
~ meek and dccile as q lanb-with ,
all sunshine aud spring, with no v"ri-
city. Why We wonld not know how
{, appreciate good child or man
when We saw him.
After my mothers vain efforts to
whip the ''old boy" out OF me, and
began to get little older began to
,hilk prog: ess", aud my first step
in that line WAS to lull Gown that Old
COW hide that had given me- 80 min!
stripes, fru,L the crack that she SO
GREETED it in, and cut all round and
round from one end to tho other, SO
the next time she tried it Gu mo ii
W, nld fly into peicea One day Sue
says "Wilcy go get mp them geese
WIS in a pet, lent mood and Was
diln,o,y abcut obeying to rtc''j l.
heard a flutt.r and saw tho old lady
coming with ",ld candy" so ran
under the house. She called to me
to come ou, l would not. She says
.blast your little hide, Ill & yo".'
So she calls Niger 10y twice MY
size, named Ben, he came. "B &"
nn.ier aud bring that rat from nn.'rr
there" Ben thought it something
smart, under he cane aud when he
got in seven T eight feet OF NE l
gathered mp haudfullcf dust and
. fiunx it :nto bis eyes and jumped to
one side He rushed OF. straigb, t.
, my first position. but fonnd me not.
The old lady to encourage BE" ia +
!, ..yonder he is Ben-over IN the corner
to Your right" Ben opened his eyes
: and wopk wink aud dashed ut !: Q
! again. Anotl er handful OF d'.st and
: Ben's eyes were hers de combat, With
l anger depicted in-his conntensuc .
r B nj as bat he rushed here and
: there, like the man in blind mans buff.
Fearing he wonld get ne I picked ny
! half brick aud hit that nigger u
f blow right in the centre Of his cram
f nm and knocked OF a patch OF >kil
Il aud wool about tho size Of n silver
. dollar clear to the b'.ne. Out hs
went shouting murder. I staye,l I'M
, der the house until about midnight
~. thinking by that time many had COOL
. ed of. Out crcpt; ,he Was stand
:. ing in the chimney corner and grab
u led me, let down lightning lilo,
"a with old red and it flew all to peic,'
I, being dark she could not discove
'c the can-e Of the rawhide jumping +
d. pe,ccs. She gave me sl::p au,! say
i'll sthis is mirucle, Cod has iI.tcrvel
r. ed for you and you scamp can 80
nc bed, but if you don't get them gee'
,}s early Tomorrow there wi i tc 10 mo,
If interventions." Next morning I g
-. up early and went for these geese ;
found them down near n creek in II
49,, pasture, and tried to shoc them to II
house. One old gauder vas rathft
petulent and stubborn; he went z
an gag, crosswisc, sidewiSe aud evel
OF other way except 10 the house. "
&c" already mad, and made dash ut hi
w. he seized me by tho shit NJ
n.s commenced to flop me with his wing
ore We had mighty fight, finally Il
pv- wind was best and sit down on hi,
IlSo I snys to lnys elf 1 want to show "
opc SON. ct hing, 20 banled out strol
the string aud near by there was 20
'T- pouud rock. tied the rock to n
ars Gander's neck, picked him up al
w. -. heaved him i'll Down went the ga
90, d.r's head, mp came his feet, rnd I
water not Being deep enough to hi
his feet they dangled, they kicke
they spurted and really uiii wh'
i'm. could not have made more n, isc.
lni- got scared and rushed 'be ott
, @r- geese home. Nanny came ont a
counted them. She aays "WiIey o
,92. gander s'ni ssing; 90 get it,. I 81
..d in trembling way, ''mammy I spe
80 a turtle has got him for saw son
"a. thing in the creek splashing aw
~ that looked mighty like gande
- teet''-"lets 60 come" says she "a
:. :. sea". trotted and she trotted av
~, to the creek. When We got tn
80. those .ame feet was kicking away.
-. says "ma thrr must be n Zig tul
=. -. held on to thst gander's head''.
ho,, course I thought the old lady wo'
.ha be scared to go in after that game
- -, but 10 and behold she jumped ia sh
~. and all and pounced down after t
~ ,nrtle and brought mp my rock gar'
h;Id and all. Says she Turtle hey I
80. is some OF your blasted doings."
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