The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-18
FEB WHITES SON SAM
ne WAS TIE MOST cANTANkERoUs
p MORTAL THAT EVER LIVED.

His Pop" - Sad Details Of Sans Adyen-
turs with . Bull.
"Speakin about eanlAnkerous critters,
said old Zeb White as we sat together one
evening, II reckon my son Sam, who
died five vars ago, was about the wust
That boy had powerful good heart In
him as gineral thing, but thar was days
when tho devil seemed to hey possession
CT him. Ii wasn't no good to switch him,
and when ho was outer sorts it wasn't no
good to argy with him. He was ID y'ars
old Wien cum homo from the wah, and
lis Essd was swe!led up big huff fur q
man If fo'ty. Ha finally got SO that he
felt Ike rubin up ag'in me. was at
wori. IN tho garden one day when he Gums
homr from the Gamers a-spittin right and
left, aEl bi,neby he Gums out to me and
se2:
"'Po2, mebhe 20 calls yo'self the best
mar on this yere mounting
" Mebbc do, SEE /, az looks at him
outer my left eye.
But 20 amt, though, and I kin
prove it.
Then who isf'
He stands right yere befo' yo, and
bis cognomen ar' Sam White. Dad, I'm
goin to whop yo'P
Better go inter the house, boy, and
hev yo'r mother GIN yo' sum bread and
butter and 'lasses on IT,
"But that boy had tho wust kind o.
swell head, said the old man, land he
was airnest in thinkin he could whop his
pop. He gifts higher and higher, and
bimeby he sails fur me. / knoWed what
was comin, and befo' he could wink twice
/ Topped him on his back and then
whopped him till he hollered fur mercy.
He lived fur two vars arter that, but he
didn't try that game on me no mo- One
day he was down to Bristol, and thar was
circus In town. We went In, and as we
was looAin at tho ANIMALS one Of tho lions
lies down, with his tail stiokin through
the bars of the cage seen Sam a-grin-
min, andI seq:
Young man, don't 20 go and make
no fool of yorsslf with that lion'
I'm gwine to pinch that TAIL SEE he.
What's the usef
I've heard as how they were made O.
leather and had no feelin in 'em, and I'm
goin to SEQ about it,
II didn't say nothin mo-, kaso knowed
Sam was bound to have his way if it bust
ed him. He gifts olus to the cage and grabs
that tail and gives it pinch and twist
and then hangs on to 1t with al his might.
The lion jumps up with roar fit to shake
tho hills, and III about minit that huh
menagerie was upset and tho circus folks
a-piln On to Sam. One Of the older lions
in the cags clawed him across the hand,
deg bit him in the leg, and them circus
folks whopped him ill he didn't git outer
bed fur six weeks. He was in to all jest
SIGH scrapes as that, and the wonder was
that he lived as long as he did. The older
he groHed the mo- cantankerous he got,
and ono day the ole woman cum to Inc
with tears in her eyes and seq:
" Heb White, Sans a-gittin wusscr
and wusser all the time, and Tn almost
hopin the Lawd will take him away
" Tho Iawd couldn't manage him il
he did git him. sez |.
." 'Mebhe he could. Noble he's got
pen up thar in heaven to put Sam into
and keep him till he's bin made over
I'm goin to dye my shawl black and fix
up a mournin bonnet, fur that boy O ours
will be brurs home dead bcfo he's a
month older
"Waal, SO he was--so he was" said tho
old man, with touch Of patllos in his
voice. Gle was down to tho Corners one
day to blow and brag with tho crowd
a-haagin out thar in them days, when a
nan Gums ridin up on a mcwl to say that
Bill Clark's bull had broken out o the
field and WAS comm up tho road. That
bull was big 'un ana hooked two HOSES
to death. AS the man was glYin the
alarm the bull showed up down the road.
He was PAWN up the airth and maxim the
heavens quake with his heller, and SIGH
as had bosses tied ny was mighty spy to
set 'em loose and git 'ein away. Nobody
didn't propose to git In the way of that
bull and take Enthusiastically but my
son Sam. IL was chance fur him to
show of, and no riz up and yelled:
This is tho day l hey bin Twin fur!
III go 10th and take that bull by the
horns and flop him on his back
1.-THE men tried to argy with Sam, but
he WIS sot, and pQlIin of bis cont and
ilinEin down his hat, he walked out and
begins to paw and boiler, same as the
bull The critter stops to look ut him and
fur a mint or TWO he must hev wondered
what it was Then his eyyR began to
glare and his tail stand ont, and the crowd
hollcIrd to Sam to git oyet the fence. He
never minded EN-, but with roar and a
heller he run in on tho bull"
And what happonedY" l asked, as
the old man paused.
Jest what might h0v bin looked fur"
he replied. "i5am was tossed go feet at tho
fust pU off and when that bull got through
with him thar wasn't much left to bury.
a man Gums up to break tho news to us.
I wasn't home, and he seq to the ole wom-
an:
Mrs. White, ar yo'r son Sam homo
todNyY
He AIN t, says sire.
And do 20 know why he amt?
Net :;nctly, but l reckon It's kaso
hos sumH liar elge.'
""TIa! right, Mrs Whito--pcrfcckly |
right AID proper. YO'r son Sam amt |
home and amt comm home, kase he's got |
bi2ncss up thar in the land @ angels and !
golden streets which will d@tain him fur |
sum time NJ. QUAD.
Horribly Han;;irnyucd,