West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-04-26
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second wire clothesline just as the MINIS
ter and two of the deacons caught their
neclxs under the other wire. You know
how wire, hitting man on the throat.
will set him back head over appetite.
well, sir, i was looking out of the
back window, and wouldn't be positiye.
but think they all turned double back
summersaults and struck on their ears.
Anyway Pa did. and the gun must have
been cooked or it struck the hammer on
stone, for it went of. and il was point
ed toward the house, and three of the
visitors got sailed. The minister was
hit the worst, ono piece of salt taking
him in the hind leg and the other IN tho
back, and he yelled as though it was dy-
Mantle. ! suppose when you shoot n
man with salt it smarts like when YOU
get corned beef brine on your chappcd
hands. They all yelled, and Pa seemed
TO have been knocked silly some way,
Ter he rranced around and seemed to
think no had killed them. He swore at
tine wire clothesiine, and then | missed
Pa and heard a splash like when you
throw cat in the river, and then |
thought. OF the cistern, and went down,
aud we took Pa by the collar and pulled
him out. Oh he was awful damp. No.
sir, 1t was no duel at all. but naxident.
and didn't have anything TO do with il.
The gun wasn't loaded to kill, and
the salt only went through tue skin, but
those men did yell. Maybe it was NV
chum that stirred up the chickens, but /
don't know. He has not commenced to
lead different life yet, and he might
think 1t would make our folks sick il
nothing occurred to malSeth pay at
tention. l think where family has
been having good deal of exercise, the
way ours has, it hurts them to break off
too suddenly. But the visitors went
home real quick after we got Pa out of
the cistern, and the minister told Ma he
always felt when he was in our house rs
though he was on the verge of a yawn-
ing crater. ready TO be engulfed any
minute, and ho guessed he wouldn't
come any more. PA changed his clothes
and told Ma to have them wire clothes
lines changed for rope ones. | think il
is hard tosuit Pa, don't your"
''Oh, your Pa is all right. What he
needs is rest. But why are you not
working at the livery stable? You haven't
been discharged, have your" and the
grocery man laid little lump of con-
centratod lyo that looked like maple
sugar on n cake of sugar that had bccn
broken, knowing the boy would nibbleit.
mo, sir, / was not discharged, but
when livery man lends me n kicking
horse to take my girl out riding that
settles 1t. asked tho boss if couldn't
have quiet horse that would drive Linn
self If | wound the lines around the
whip, and he let me have one no said
would so all day without driving. You
know how it is when fellow takes n
girl out ridiug--he don't want his mind
occupied holding lines.
Well, ! got my girl in, and We went
out on the Whitefish bay road. and it
was just before dark, and we rodo along
under the trc es, and | wound the lines
around the whip and put one arm around
my girl and patted her under the chin
with my other hand. and her mouth
looked so good and Der blue eyes looked
up at me and twinkled as much as to
dare me to kiss her. and was all of a
tremble, and then my hand wandered
around by her ear, and drew her head
mp to me and gave her q smack. Say,
that was no kind of horse to give TO o
Young fellow to take girl out riding.
just as | smacke1 her felt as though
the buggy had been strus!. Tis.b Pile.
driver, and when / looked at the horse
be was running away and kicking tho
I buggy and the lines were dragging on
the ground. was scared, tell you. /
wanted to jump out. but my girl threw
ner arms around my neck and screamed
and said we would die together, and Just
as we were going to die the buggy struck
a fence and the horse broke loose and
went of, leaving US in the buggy, tum-
bled down by the dashboard, but we
were not hurt.
''The old horse stopped and went to
chewing grass and looked up at me as
though he wanted to say 'philopene.' /
tried to catch him, but he wouldn't
catch, and then we waited till dark and
walked home, and told the livery man
/ what thought Of such treatment, and
/ he said If bad attended 10 my driving
and not kissed tho girl / would have been
I all right. He said / ought 10 havo told
him I wanted horse that wouldn't shy
! At kissing, but how did know was 90
ing 70 get up courage TO kiss her7 a
livery man ought to take It for granted
that when young fellow goes ont with
girl ho Is going to kiss her and give
him horse according. But I quit him
at once. won't work for n man that
hasn't got sense. Goshl What kind Of
maplesuga Is that2 Jerusaloml Whcwl
Give me some wateri Oh. my, it's taking
a., The skin off my mouths"
/ The grocery man got him some water
and seemed sorry that the boy had taken
the lumpof concentrated I've by mistake,
and when the boy went out the grocery
man pounded his hands on his knees and
/ laughed, and presently he went out in
front Of the store and found % sign.
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BEEN plCKED MOkE'N a WEEK
TJFEEH'N TiupE.