The morning times., 1897-02-21
NJ. QUAD'S
Fun, Fancy and
Fiction
and
'POSSUM SKETCHES.
Zeb White, He Tells a Story of the
Civil War

Civil War.
had been trading war stories with Zcb
White, the 'possum hunter OF Tennessee,
as we sat at table together and smoked
our pipes, when he said:
What made it bad fur our wimmen folks
yere durin' the wah was the guerillas,
who used TO gosloshin' about and robbin
ana burnin' both sides alike. In this nay
ourhood was feller named Abe Raynor,
who had about twenty men with him, and
he did nuthin but ride about and bluff and
rob The wimmen. Now and then, as in the
case Of my ole woman, he found somebody
who'd stand right up and defy him, but
bero' he got through with i t he driv most
everybody out and left the cabins on tire
behind EN-. Arter my ole woman had de-
llcd him two or three times, he got mad
and swore he'd drive her out at any cost
ana jest about that time | got a furIough
and come home
When heard what Ate Lad been up
TO, | wanted 10 hunt him down right away,
but he was purtcndn' TO be a good Con
federate, and it wouldn't jest do to kill
him off, thought over it fur o Willie,
| and then OF plan. one day when LoaId
he was down at the Corners with
his gang had the ole woman dress me up
III her clo5hcs and then sent Ter off up
stairs 10 lice | lGd 70 whskcIs in item
days. and when / OF dressed Up N female
cloShes dent pear much like nan.
was ut W ork IN Tie Kitchen whcn gang
OF dozen gurrrsIlas rode up 10 tie cabin
and Abe Rayt or 6ot Of his boss nd kicked
the door open ana yelled
Hel-o thar, ole woman. DO yo' want
Il
fire to the houSe?' -
what's the iow?' seq /, as gees to
! the door
We've come to burn yo' out
What fur?'
" Jest TO keep our hand in
. But IN fur the outh, and my ole
man is in GncIal Lees amy Reckon y0'
daSn't burn no cabins over the heads
of good Confedcrates
lie said il diCn't make o difference To
him, kase he was abieger man than Gineral
Lee, and lis plan was TO burn all the
cabins around yerc. so as 70 disaproint the
Yankees if they { OF up 50 1ur. | hegged
him OF to burn me out, bat he only laughed
at me. Bime-hy scz;-
Abe Raynor, m lookin' fur my ole
man on a furlCugh. and il he finds this
ttiD!H ScNt, he II nuIll Nb bDWH.
=" Zeb White couldn' hunt TOWN a rab-
bit! seq he, as ne laughs in my face
"'Mebbe yo' don't know him
Z" Mebbe ! do, and IL lie was yere Id
nail him to u tree by his cars. and he'd
cry like child. Il yo' wants to save
anythin from this house yo'd better be
mighty spry, kase we can't stand ycfc
all day chinnin' with ii woman
pore, weak woman but IN the wife or
Zeb White, who kin whop any man in
this yere kentry. Seems like yo' orter
be willn' to gin me a show
What sort Of a show
"I,H Tackle so single handed. and if
can't flop 20 this cabin may burn. Ir
20 amt a coward yol gin me show
~ amt a-fightin' of wmmin. he Sez,
as his men begun to laugh.
Then yo're afeared OF me?'
That Toused him up. jest as / had
counted on, )" said Zeb; "and arter
leetle mo- he promised that If could
lay him on his back he'd let the cabin
stand. That was what | wanted, ana
/ stepped out thar on that clear spot
and told hin / was ready. He took off
his coat and flung down his hat. ana |
seed that he meant TO use me rough
We danced around bit. and then he
Gums fur me. l was ready fur him,
and he was or his back befo Won could
count ten. IT was far fall. and all
the men said so, but the cTitter got I'D
mad. He'd bin downed by Il woman,
and felt cheap. aud he said he'd hey'
another try at it. | was willin', ana
when be cum agu ! gin him the tack
heel and flop and he went head over
heels and plonghed 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 bit, and then sez:
Mrs. White, if yo was a man Ia
whop yo'
''Yo' needn't mind my SEX sez /.
81 think III cuff yo'r ears to l'arn
yo' manners
- If yo' think yo' kin do it, cum on
The gang cried out that it wasn't fair
to fight woman, but Abe was mad clear
threw, and he cum fur me. / let him
play around fur a few minnits, and then
Jumped in on him and picked him up and
throwed him over that stump. He cum
down on his head with n 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 ilev' burned the cabin quick huff, Lut
the me n said it was a ia r bargain and sided
with me"
And was thatthe last of the AFFAIR."
asked OF Zeb, as he paused
mo, not exactly he replied "He went
away that day, but he'd bin licked by q