The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-06-28
Ton and Jerry.
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ny OLD TRUNKS.


this that's the matter with me, anyhow
Why blamed If | amt 80 weak that / can
hardly move hand or foot. And this
room appears strange to me, too. Why,
it has the appearance of my dear old home
in far-away Cloverport, that have not
seen for so many long years. God bless
the dear old town and my dear old home
and the loved ones in it. II | ever live
to clasp my darling mother in my arms
once more surely never will leave her
again-ah, ray of light is fitting across
my sluggish brain. This, in fact, must
be my old Cloverport home. l will get
up and investigate matters little
o-o-oh."
"Are you awake, jerry" Is
swell guess am, but ] must have
dozed off to sleep few minutes for I've
had some of the alltiredest dreams, and
I've furnished an exercising track for
some of the most frightful Nightmares
that ever capered around over fellows
constitution. Why, actually thought
that had gone to Cloverport to visit the
home of my childhood and that l had
the dad fetchedest time that ever any
poor creature experienced. ] got Clover
port and the Mammoth Cave an Pinch
eco an California all mixed up in one
3 conglomerated mess of general cussed-
ness and lots of hurtin'-but say, what
makes me have this tired feeling?"
"Why, Jerry, you've been sick. What
you imagine to be frightful dreams were,
in measure, actual occurrences. You
ar. positively in .Cloverport right now,
under your mothers roof and this is
your brother Tom who is speaking to
you"
"What caused this sickness, Tom. /
member that was in good health when
i left California"
"Why, it was all mostly due to my
thoughtlessness in not getting carriage
or bringing lantern when came to
meet you at the depot. We met with
little accident or two in coming down
home, and the next morning it was dis
covered that you had slight attack OF
brain fever; and you have been delirious
ever since"
"How long have been out of my head,
Tom?"
SONY about three months, dear Jerry,
but"
"Bout three months?" #t
eyes. You know, you came here in
March, and it is now the last of June"
"Well, gee whiz think wds slight
ly' attacked"
ooh, you haven't been so very sick,
Jerry. Some time ago the doctor said
thot the crisis would come to-day, and
that you would either die or take turn
for the better"
"Well, I've beat the dyin' racket all
holler but | wish, as that doctor was so
good at settin' dates, that he had fixed
the time OF the crisis back yonder about
six weeks or couple OF months ago
uh-h-h-uh."
"How do you feel now, Jerry, any
how?"
o ooh, l feel Just about like I'd been
chased by pack of hounds and I'd out
run the last dad gasted one of 'em-but
say, Tom, can't understand this thing
yet. Tell me something about this little
accident or accidents, as the case may be,
that happened to me and slightly inca
pacitated me for these few days"
"Well, Jerry, it occurred about this way.
You see, at that time this town had ter
rible boom on her, and we all had spirit
of progress wrangling in our breasts that
caused us TO want to see some improve
ments made, and we had gone to work
on grading the streets and sidewalks and
paving our walks with the celebrated
Cloverport vitri-"
'Hold up, hold up--stop right there,
Tom. The whole thing has popped back
into my mind and now remember ii all
distinctly. The streets were all torn up;
/ there were banks and stone and brick
and trees, and not BANKED street light
70 see them by. If that just wasn't the
blank-blankedst experience that ever any
body had in single night I'd like to
know the reason Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures town to
blank and blank-a -blanknation- and
back-again-a-ho- o'-times-I-do- say
by blank. III just be blank-blank-"
"Here, here There is no need OF all
that swearin' Jerry. That don't better
the matter particle"
81 know it, Tom, but when think Of
that night, can hardly keep from getting
alittle mad; and since I've been out
West I've rather partaken with the ways
OF the country, and have learned to be-
lieve that when a teller gets mad that
cussin' is the easiest way out of it; tho
guess while Pm in here / will have to
curb my inclination"
so, don't know that it is necessary al
all times to absolutely refrain-it's good
deal owing to the crowd you are in and
the impression you wish to make, but
that blue blaze that was shooting Out
your mouth just then was making i
smell sulphury all around here"
''FIa, Ina, ha! Why, Twas only runnin
hall-head-on then, with the brakes oil
besides. You ought to hear me SOM
tmes when have her wide open on