The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-26
SAM TRIED A TWIST.
THE BULLS NECK WAS CROOKED
Z AND He STRENGTHENED IT.

hut He Was Too Blamed Peart to Joggl,
Around on Top of This Earth. and tn,
Bull Tossed Him Up the Golden Stairs
Old Carter's Meanress.
was strolling through the country
graveyard on top Of the hill when l wa!
joined by an old man, who opened con
yersation and presently said:
"That grave over thar Is whar my sor
Sam lies buried. I never got no headstu1
Wit, but I'm goin to sum day"
$50 you've lost SOM" said by way o.
saying something.
Eyes, lost him two vars ago Sam was
q powerful peart young man, he was
Deed, but ho died of too much peartness
Might hov bin liyin today If he'd needed
his father"
"Did Sam meet with an acoidentP"
"Sorter accident reckon. Man on the
next farm to us had big bull, and that
bull wasn't afcared of anything on this
airth. When ho got mad, he'd 60 fur a
tree or stun wall as quick as anything
else. One day he got to riproarin, and es
thar wasn't anybody around to 60 fur he
made fur q big rock in the field. He didn I
Knock his horns off, as you might reckon
on, but he struck sch blow with his
head that his neck bent around to the left.
When he had carried 1t that way fur q
week Or two, Sam says to me one day:
Pop, If somethin hain't dun fur tina;
bull he'll soon hev bis head over his TAIL
"What kin be dunr' says l.
Why, it wants somebody to take him
by tho horns and gin him twist tc
straighten his neck back.
=" But don't you 60 to foolin with him.
II old Carter wants to twist his bull S
neck back into shape, let him go ahead
but we ar fam 'ly as don't own any crit
tiers and don't take no chances
'Sam didn't say nuthin to that" con-
tinued the old man, "but mistrusted he
wanted to try twist. We was workin in
tho next field that day, and kept my eye
On him fur en- hour or two Then he sud-
denly throws down his hoe and cracks his
heels together and hollers
"'Pop Saunders, I'm fur twistin that
neck back, and nobody kin stop me. I'm
ag in the critter in way, but amt gon
to stand by and see him lose his peartness.
III straighton his neck with one twist
II argued and argued, but Sam was so
powerful Eeart that thar was no stoppin
him. He clumb the fence and spit on his
hands and went fur the bull, and that bull
knowed be was goin to do him good and
never bellered beller or paved paw.
Sam got hold Of either horn, drawod
long breath and then gin the critter sich
twist that he was throwed clean over on
the other side. Sam was hollerin and
wavin his hat when the bull got up. His
neck was as straight as bee line ag in,
but he was mad about being twisted. I
hollered to Sam to look outf fur calamity,
but whilo ho was crackin his heels and
whoopin the bull made fur him and picked
him up"
"And he was killed." I said.
Jest killed so dead that n grin was left
on his face to bury him with, and he had
bin dead ten minits befo' he stopped
whoopin Ho'd made that twist all right
and proper, but he didn't count on gittin
away. Yes, sah, jest died OF too much
peartness and, shuck his posky hide, if ole
Carter didn't want $40 Of mc fur damages.
He was countin on sclin that bull with a
twisted Ieck to circus, and had to pay
$40 to settle tho case. Pore Sam! He was
% good boy, but too pcart--too blamed
peart to joggle around ON top of this
airlh. M. QUAD.