Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-04-01

in this we're kentry. Seems like 20
orter be willin' to gin me show
"'What sort of show P
"Ill tackle 20 single handed, and
if can't flop yo' this cabin may burn.
If 20 amt coward yo'll gin me a
show.
"I amt a fgbtin of wimmen, he
sez, as his men begun to laugh.
"'Then yore afeard Of me-
THAT reused him up, jest as l had
counted on, said Zeb; and arter a
leetle mo he promised that if I could
lay him on his back he'd let the cabin
stand. That was what l wanted and
I stepped out thar on that clear spot
and told him I was ready. He took
off his coat and flung down his hat
and l seed that he meant to use me
rough. We danced around a bit, and
then he Gums fur me. was ready
| fur him, and he was on his back beto
YOU could count ten. 1t was ia +
| fall, and all the men said so, but the
critter got up mad. He'd bin downed
by a woman, and felt cheap, and he
said he'd hev' another try at it. |
was willin', and when he cum agln |
gin him the back heel and flop, and
he went head over heels and plowed
up the airth. When he got up he was
the maddest man yo ever seed. The
boys was a-cheerin me and a-laughin
at him, and he wasn't gwine to hev
it that way. He looks at me a bit,
and then sez:
"'Mrs. White, if yo' was man I'd
whop 20.
"'Yo' needn't mind my sex, sez l.
al think III cut yor ears to larn
yo manners.
IF yo' think you can do it, cum
on.
The gang cried out that it WASH
fair to fight a woman, but Abe was
mad clear through, and he cum fur me.
I let him play around fur a few min
its, and then jumped in on him and
picked him up and throwed him over
that stump. He cum down on his
head with a crash, and it was jest
half an hour by the clock befo' he
was able to climb into his saddle and
ride off. He'd hev burned the cabin
quick enough, but the men said it was
ia r bargain and sided with me.
"And that was the last of the af-
fair" asked Zeb, as he paused.
"No, not exactly he replied. He
went away that day, but he'd been
licked by a woman and it ranked
and he couldn't abide it. The blamed
critter thirsted fur revenge, and one
AFTERNOON he cum back yere alone to
git it. My ole woman seen him
sneakin in the brush over thar, and
so dressed up in her clothes agin
and sot down yere to smoke my pipe
and wait. Purity soon he showed up,
and, walkin' up to me, he sez;
Mrs. White, cum along with me.
What fur
"'Kase Is goin to tie yo up and
switch yo' and hev music while the
cabin is burnin'.
"'Abe Raynor, 20 90 on and don't
fule with me, or it'll be the wuss for
yol
"'Wuss be durned sez he, and he
makes a grab fur me and lifts me up.
When l was on my feet | lets out fur
him, and in FIVE minits he was a licked
man. | tied him hand and foot and
/ licked him with a switch till | was
tired. Then I sent for some Of the
gang and they cum and took him off.
When they had cum one of EN- sez to
me:
Mrs. White, did yo do this all
alone by yoself?'
4 did, sab.
"'Yere it ar.
"He takes it and looks at it and
shakes his head and sez
That's all Mrs. White. amt
goin to question the Lords ways, but
If he dldn intend 20 fur man then
may I never steal another feather
bed Pears to me like yo' had bet
ter gone to the army and left Zeb
home to wash the dishes ?"
And did they never find You out p
Never" replied the old man.
"They made so much fun of Abe be-
in licked by woman that he had to
dig out, while as fur the rest of the
gang, they never cum a-nigh my cab
in ag'in. One day, while the ole
woman was out AFTER roots, she run
ag'in seven of EN- in the woods, and
at the sight of her the hull crowd
took wings so fast that they left a