Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-01-26
Humorous department.
DAVID AND GOLIATH.
The Story as Told by a Local Preacher In
the Southwest.

Last week, my DretnreD, as was
a-readin' in my Bible, l found story
on a big fight Il. Samuel, xvii.) 1t
was powerful interestin', and studied
it almost all the week. There was
two armies a-campin' on two noun
tains, right fornenst each other, and a
holler and, I reckon, some good bot
tom land and medder lot lyin' be-
tween 'em. In one of the armies there
was big feller-a whoppin' great big
feller-and every day he went down
into the medder lot and looked up the
hill to t'other camp, and just dared 'em.
He told 'em to pick their best man and
send him down the hill, and he'd fight
him. And such soger close l never
heard tell on afore.
He had brass cap and brass trous-
ers. and a coat made like mail.bags
where they are all ironed and riveted
together. But the fellers in t'other
camp Jest clean flunked. They dare
MT fight the big feller, nary one on 'em.
They jest sneaked away, and the big
feller he went back to camp. But he
didn't quit thar, the big feller didn't.
He was spilin' for fight, and he was
bound to have it. He jest went down
into the bottom land, into the medder
lot, every day, mornin' and evenin' ,
and dared 'em and dared 'em. l tell
YOU he pestered 'em nightly. The
old Teller, Saul, the gineral, he felt
more chawed up and meaner than the
sogers, and when he couldn't stan it
no longer, he told the boys that if any
on 'em wanted to 60 down and lick the
big Teller he'd give him his gal and a
right smart chance of plunder. But
they was all so skeer'd that even that
didn't start one of 'em. The big feller
went down and dared 'em, and pes
tered 'em more'n a month-40 days,
the Bible says.
1 don't know what they'd done If II
hadn't a been that a peart little feler
had come down to camp, one day, TO
fetch some extra rations to his three
big brothers, that their old dad sent
TO 'em from home. Kind old pap, he
was, and sharp, too, for he sent along
q big present to the boys cap'en.
Well, jest as the little feller drove up,
they was all gwine out to fight, and the
little feller left his traps with the driver,
and legged it after the sogers, and told
his big brothers howd'y. Right thar
the old big feller came out aud dared
'em again, and they were all so skeer'd
that they just run like mad. The lit
tie feller heered him, and then went
back into camp and heered all the
sogers talking about him, and what
the old gineral would give to have him
licked. He asked 'em heap of ques-
lions about it all, and his big brother
he got mad at him, and twitted him
about keeping sheep, and gave him a
right smart of sass. He was plucky,
but, you see, he had to STAN it, cause
twas his big brother. Big brothers
are might mean sometimes.
. But the little feller talked a heap
with the other sogers, and they told
the old gineral about him, aud he told
them to tell the little feller to come
and see him. The little feller was
mighty plucky, and he just up and
told the old Gineral Saul that he'd
fight the big feller! The gineral look
ed at the handsome little feller-he
was real handsome--and ses he, kinder
softly, IL reckon" and shakin' bis
head, "it's too big job; you're only
a chunk of a boy, and he's and. old
fighter"
The little feller spunked up, and
told the old gineral that he'd had one
bar fight, and he killed the bar. He
said there was an old lion and bar
got among his dads sheep, and was
gwine off with a lamb. He broke for
i'm, and as soon as he met up with the
old bar he lamm'd him till the bar
turned Oh him for hug; but he got
one hand into the long ha'r under his
Jaw, and he lamm'd him with the
other'n till he Was dead. He'd killed
the lion and the bar, and he know'd
he was enough. for the old big feller
Then the little feller talked real
religion to the old gineral. You see,
he'd got religion afore that, and he
knowed that the Lord would help a
feller, if he was all right, and got into
q tight place. He told Gineral Saul
that the Lord had made him mighty
supple, and looked out for him when
the old lion and bar tried to get their
paws into him; and he knowed He'd
see him through the fight with the old
big feller, for he was just DARN 'em
and pesterin'. 'em to make game OF
religion. When the old gineral seed
he was so plucky and religious, too, he
knowed them's the kim that fit power
full, and he told him to go in, and he
made little prayer for hisself Then
the old gineral put his own soger close
on the little feller, and strapped his
sword onto him. But they were a
heap too big, and he shucked 'em of
directly, and made fos a dry branch
down in the bottom. Then he hunted
five little rocks, smooth as hen egg,
put 'em in d little bag where he carried
his snack when he was a-tendin' the
sheep, got his sling fixed all right, and
hurried up to meet the old big fellel
in the medder lot.
When he seed him comm he was
powerful mad they'd sent down such a
feller, and jawed awful. But the lit.
tie feller jest talked back religious
and kept his eyes peeled. And reck'
on the big feller couldn't ben a-look.
in. I've studied heap on it, and
Jest know the big feller couldn't a