The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-01
SAM TRIED 4. TWIST.
THE sULps NECK WAS cHookEp,
AND he STNAl0ATRNEp IT.

But He was Tss Blansd Pesst - Jssgls
Around - TsD Il sais nAssh. and the
Bull Tossed Him Up The 0sldsa stairs.
Old Cartsrs lGssansss.
was stsolling through the country
graveyard on top Of the bill when was
Joined hy ap old man, who opened . CON-
versation aid presently said:
THAT grave over thar is whar my son
Sam lies buried. never rot no hsadstun
VT, but I'm gQjn to sum day."
$50 you've lost soni" said by way of
saying something.
"Yes, lost him two y'ars ago. Sam was
. powerful peart young man, he was.
Deed, bpt hp died Of too much peartness.
Might hev bin livin today II he'd needed
his father
ibid Sam meet with an accidenti'
"Sorter accident, I reckon. Man on the
next farm 10 US had big bull, and that
bull wasn't afeazsd Of anything on this
airth. Whom be got mad, he'd 60 fur 4
tree or stun wall o. quick a. anything
else. One day b. got 70 riproarin, and ~
thar wasn't anybody around 10 70 fur he
made fur . big rock in the field. Hs didn't
knock his hoyns Cd, - you might reckon
on, but 10 STRUCK sich blow with his
head that bis neck bent around to tho left.
When he had carried II that way fur 3
week or two, Sam says to me one day:
"'Pop, II somethIn hain't dun fur that
bull he'll soon hev bis head over his tail.
"'What kin be dunf' says I.
"'Why, II wants somebody to take BIN
49, L. A - A.
straighten his neck back
But don't you 20 to foolin with him.
II old Carter wants to twist his bulls
neck back into shape, let him 60 ahead.
but We ar family a. don't own any crit
tsrs and don't take no chances
"Sam didn't Gay nuthin to that" con-
tinued tho old man, "but mistrusted he
wanted 10 try twist. W. was workin In
the next field that day. and kept my eye
On him fur IN hour or two. Then he sud-
denly throws down his hoe and cracks his
heels together and boilers: '.'
Pop Saunders, I'm fur twistin that
neck back, and nobody kin stop me. I'm
az in the crittsr In way, but amt goin
10 stand by ind ses him lose his peartness.
I'll straighten bis nook with one twist
II argued and argued, but Sam was 10
powerful part that thar was no stoppin
him. He clumb the fence and spit on his
hands and went fur the bull, and that bull
knowed he was goin to do him good and
mover bellered beller or paved paw.
Gam got hold Of either horn, drawed q
long breath and then gin the oritter SIGH q
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 q bee line Tin,
but he was mad about being twisted.
hollered to Sam to look out fur calamity,
but while be was orackin his heels and
whoopin the bull made fur him aud picked
him up"
"And he was killed." said.
"Jest killed so dead that grin was left
on his face to bury him with, and he had
bin dead ton minits befo' he stopped
whoopin. He'd made that twist all right
and proper, but he didn't count on gittin
away. Yes, sab, jest died Of too much
peartness, and, shuck his pesky hide, If ole
Carter didn't want $40 Of me fur damages.
He was countin on sellin that bull with
twisted neck to CIRCUS, and had to pay
80 to settle the case. Pore Saml He was
good boy, but too peart-too blamed
peart to joggle around on top Of this
eEth." NJ. QUAD.