The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-12-15


of his own door at his own home and
boiler Whoa there Kit!'-what do you
reckon would then come to pass around
them premises? There Jest simply amt
no tellin, boys. what all would come to
pass under them circumstances, but II
Won will both enter the game and go
with me I'll be doubly dadburn If we
don't find out. / will put on the gear
and let Won all hitch me up to this
wagin, and here we go. No difference
if old man Hank is froze up and wealth
er bound over in the hill country, he
mought maybe happen to come home
unbeknowance to his folks. and you can
see that the general circuinfrrence OF
the calamity would be about the
same"
Right here am bound to own up
that it want no very big job for Andy
to rope me and Blew into the harmless
little game like that, and so a few
minutes before 10 o'clock we hookedu up
and rolled off towards the Willis place.
And IL Come to Pass.
According to our private arrange
ments me and Blew went on ahead SO as
to be on the grounds when Andy pulled
up and take good notice of what would
come to pass. 1t was then pitch dark
out doors, but bully bright fire was
burning in the company room. and
there set julie and Miss Sweetic courtin
and lal1agagin and carryin on to beat
bobtail.
Presently here come Andy. hitched up
to the wagon, talkin to himself and
cluckin and goin with Kit for all the
world exactly like old man Hank Will
lis. The house set clost out to the big
road and Andy ratified up rights before
the front door. He kept a mighty rat
tin with the trace chains, and then all
of a student he dropped the shaft down
and hollered who there Kit?" at the
top of his voice.
Now, my hearers. maybe you mought
think something didn't drop through
the back door about that time, but /
rather think it did, and to the best of
nv knowledge and belief it was julie
Majors He went out like a cat shot in
the back with quart of eight ounce
tacks. He lit in the back yard head fore
most, when he did hit the grit he hit it a
pitching and hyin. Old man Hank
three or four terrible bad dogs in the
back yard and about this time they
jined in with the general performance
In his big hurry to move his washin
away from the Willis place julie run
into wash pot full of fresh soap and
tore down two PANELS of the garden
palms. and finally at last he was neces-
saried and compelled to leave bran
spankin new hat and about three rear
sections of his Sunday breeches for the
yard dogs to chaw ON in during of his
absence.
thought in my soul that Andy and
Blew would have to turn loose and lay
down and laugh themselves to death
and die. All the lights in the house
went out by that time, and soon as we
could unhiteli Andy from the wagon we
road towards home. When we got
| in the bottom across the mill branch we
slowed up, cause that was also the road
| to the Majors place and it was more
than probable to us that julie would be
comm along now presently. And torect-
| ly here come julie down the road, run
min like quarter horse and putin and
BLOWN worse than a pair of forty horse
power bellows. BY this time it seems
| like he had likewise also lost one shoe,
and with marry sign of hat and only
! the shattered remains of his breeches
he was runnin throw snow and ice half
| leg deep and sweatin great drops of cold
perspiration.
What's the use to hurry of in the
heat of the day without your blanket?"
as julie run up into the crowd loolSin
like scared rabbit.
But amt this bully weather for
courtin and stayin out late at night?'
says Andy.
ny hat all the good news over at the
Willis place." says !.
We went on carding julie in that way
l, -
but of course that was all vanity.
You fcliers can talk big and poke
fun at me this time" says julie present
ly. but if you only but knowed what
terrible clost place / have pulled
through tonight you would wonder how
l come out Twin and not dead" And
with that he pulled out in swinging
trot for home. There Blew and Andy
laid down right there in the snow and
rolled and laughed all over themselves,
and i had to stop and wait till they
could git enough and quit.
It Was Always So.
To hear Andy Lucas tell it the next
day, it was the durndest most strangest
thing that had ever come to pass in the
Rocky Creek settlement--the way his
one-horse wagon got over to the Willis
place the night before. 1t was Jest
simply way yonder past his general I'M
derstandin, and if he could only but
prove up the facts in the case somebody
would have to tote blame good lickin.
But when julie Majors found out that
old man Hank Willis was still weather
bound somewheres over in the hill coun-
try, and likewise also that one-horse
wagon belongin to Andy Lucas was
found standin at the front gate over at
the Willis place the next mornin, he
didn't need no slate and pencil to figger
out the facts with. He went about
mighty nigh spilin for fight two or
three weeks, but l reckon he didn't
know who to start with-Blev or Andy
or me--and there want no tellin exactly
how long it would take him to git
through with the job. So reckon he
must of come to the conclusion that it
mought maybe be best for him to turn
around and go back before he started.
So far as anybody knows of julie Ma
bors never did go back to see Miss
Sweetie any more after that, and hence
forwards from then on he has been
dead square agin Andy Lucas in every
thing that comes along. If Andy was
to take up notion tomorrow and go
and join the church julie would call for
his letter and take out and quit inside
of next week. About the onlyest thing
that would make Democrat out of julie
Majors would be for Andy Lucas to
drop the old flag and put his member