The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02
DAVID AND GOLIATH.



Last week, my brethren, as was
a-rcadin' in my Bible, found story
on big fight Il. Samuel. x,iiD 1t
was powerful inicrcstin' and studied
it almost all the week There was
two armies a-campin on two noun
tains, right forncnst each other, and Il
hollcr and, reckon, some good bot
tom land and mcddcr lot lyin be-
tween 'cm. In one Of the armies
there was big fcllcr-a whoppin
great big fcllcr--and every day hc
went down into the mcddcr lot and
looked up the hill to tothcr camp.
and just dared en-. lie told en- to
pick their best man and send him
down the hill and he d fight him. And
such sogct close never heard tell Oil
aforc.
lie had brass cap aud brass trous-
crs, and coat made like mail-bags
where they arc all ironcd and rivctcd
together. But the fcllcrs in tothcr
camp Just clean hunkcd. They
darcn't fight the big Teller, nary one
en- en-. They jest sncakcd away, and
the big fcllcr he went back to camp
But he didn' quit thar, the big fcl-
Ter didn't. lie was spilin' for fight
and he was bound to have it. lie
jest went down into the bottom land
into the mcddcr lot every day, morn
in and cvcnin and dared 'cm and
dared en-. tell you he pcstcrcd cm
nightly. The old fcllcr, Saul, the
gincral, lie felt more cliawcd up and
mcancr than tho sogers. and when he
couldn't stan it no longer. he told the
boys that if any on en- wanted to go
down and lick the big fcllcr he give
him his gal and right smart chance
OF plundcr. But they was all so
skccrcd that even that didn' start one
Of en-. The big fcllcr went down and
dard EN-, and pcstcrcd en- moren a
iiioiitli-GG days. the Bible suys.
don't know what they'd done if it
hadn't been that pert little fcllcr
had como down to camp, one day, to
fetch some extra raticns to his three
big brothers, that their old dad sent
to en- from home. Kind old pap: he
was, and sharp, too, for he sent along
big present to the boys cap cn.
Well, jest as the little fcllcr drove up,
they was ali gwinc out TO fight. aud
the little fcllcr left his traps with the
driver, and legged it aftcs tac sogcrs,
and told his big brothers how'd y.
Right thar the old big fcllcr came out
and dared en- again, and they wcrc
all so skccred TINT they just run like
mad. The little fcllcr hcarcd him,
and then went back into camp aud
hearcd all the sogcrs talkin' about
him, and what the old gincral would
give to have him licked. He asked
EN- heap Of questions about it all.
and his big brother he got mad at him,
and twittcd him about keeping sheep,
and gave him right smart Of sass.
lie was riucky, but, you see, he had
to stan it, cause twas his big broth
er. Big brothers arc mighty mean
sometimes.
But the little rcllcr talked heap
with the other sogerS, aud they told
the old gincral about him. and lie told
them to tell tho little fcllcr to come
and see him. The little fellow was
mighty plucky, and Just up and told
the old gincral Saul that he would
fight the big fcllcr The yincral looked
at the handsome little fcllcr- he was
real handsomc-an scs he, kinder
softly, Il reckon and slakin' his
head, "it's too big a job; your re only a
chunk Of boy, and he s an old fight
cr."
The little fcllcr spunkcd up and
told the old gineral that he'd had ono
bar fight, and he killed the bar. lie
said there was an old lion and Il ban
got among his dads sheep, and was
gwinc off with lamb. lie broke fol
im and az soon as he met up with tho
old bar he lamm'd him till the b'a,
turned on him for Il hug; but he go,
one hand into the long ha'r under his
jaw and lanm'd d him with the other Il
till he was dead. He'd killed tie lion
and the bar, and he know'o q he was
enough for tho old big teller
Then the little Teller talked real re-
ligion to the old gincral. You see,
he'd got religion aforc that. aud he
know d that the Lord would help a
fcllcr, if he was all right, and got into
tight place. lie told Gincral Saul
that the Lord had mada him mighty