The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-05

N6nrk especaally-appeassd and -
auested an explanation OF thia pnr
warranted assault MARKS face fol- -
he recognized his friend. and nd. ms
..Why, Lord love ye, kyernol. sw'ar
I didn't low 'twus youns whar wus
ertop o. tibet thar thing. Yer see,
hain't jis' nstcherly gut over tibet pizen
lie TELLER whar cum durn nigh or put-
tim of me in tn buryin'-groun' with his
pesky stun, whut wusn't Atten ter put
on er dog, much lessen or man. an I
he'd M min SO sot on er layin' OF him
out whenst mex SEQ him. tibet when
youns fust driv up I 'low'd 'twus him, |
an SO flung tibet air rock; but she war
err leetle heavy an fell lower than
cackerlated-but fur tibet you'd er ben
petered by now, I reckon. But III
squar' tibet hole in thar. kyernel, l
sw'ar 1 will" he continued. pointing to
the damage his rock had caused.
pastime as this will get yon into
trouble, even if practiced on the lie
chap What has he done to you?"
ssWa-al," replied Mark, as he grinned
sheepishly, 81 don't much like to tell
re, feners, SEEM as how it's SIGH a burned
good Joke on me, but it happened erbout
| like this:
.'Ye see, war standin' list'nin' to er
Teller whar had slycoon lie ter sell, an
! he made SIGH a powerful survigrus talk
| erbout pollyticks an 'liGion an SIGH.
| tell he gut me kinder het up like an
| vvhenst he cummenced ter talk erbout lit
| tie ailin's an small pains er carryin' OF
people off, begin to git one in the hoA-
Ter of my back, an the mo- he talked
! the worse I begin ter feel. tell 1urse
| news 1 know'd he hollered out tibet
de'th an dest'ucl<sion wus agwine to
ketch up with airy man vvhar didn't tal<o
lxeer of hisse'f, an jis' then an thar j
drapped my stick O. candy in tho sand,
fur I paid the skunk er quarter OF er
dollcr, gut err bottul O. his pizen truck
| an lit out fur home.
II crawled in the bed that night an
tried to shake off tibet misery in M
back, but, bless yer soul N body, it
! vudu't be ehuck with or cent, SO in the
mornin' the old 'ooman give me er cur
ryin' with tibet doggone lie, an the mex
| thing 1 know'd the misery wus q rarln
! round in mer stummick. I TUX q dram
! er ticker or SIGH a matter two er three
times Then the ole 'oomsn up an
| 'low'd mebbe tibet slycOon lie wud do
me sum good (she kin read n bit, but l
can't), SO she taken Their red wrapPin'
sed sumthin' like this: 'Continner the
op'rashin till the pain ceathest- 1
axed her whut >vus the meanin' of hit,
an she low'd tibet op'rashln war the
doctors word fur a-drinl1in' of it. So
jis' then an thar pintedly grabbed the
|
sxviR-an' when tibet stuff lit atop O. the
ticker 1 had TUX hit felt like two Ell
three of these hyar box-cars soun's CT
cummin' together when tho engine il
a-sl1iftin' of EN- down hyar to the
deepo, an jis' then my inards
took a far I jumped nine foot in
the air an cum down in er heap, like
a chimbly tibet he'd been blowed down
by the win an tibet ticker an thet lie
wudn't mix no way 1 cud fix it. I sash
aged to the right an swung corndert
, with the side o. the cabin, turned ove1
the ash-hopper an split lye all ove'
, mer dogs-whar wus a lynn under thai
am set 'em to howlin' like five
hund'ed; made my way through thu
, corn-patch on my shoulder-blades,a an
lef' a furrcr thar like harrer hae
1 gone plum through hit hitched ter e'
( yoke o. oxins: stood on my head in thu
l big road an made mans mule throw
5 him, stampedsl the cattle an set thu
) pigs ter squeelin' an goin' on like durn
\ fool pigs do when they gifts skeered Th'
$ chillen gut ter cryin' an the ole 'oomal
: wus a-blovvin' the horn fur help. while
t / wus a-layin' full length in the spring
branch with sumthin' in my stummicl