The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-05

tnct tney set the dogs ter barkin at ole
man Warren's down the road. Then
the clerk. who WIZ red headed an ugly
az Sin, put his mouth in. He sed thet
Jes' afore sundOwn Il man kim inter
the store an axed CT thar wuz eli par-
son ennywhere in the dcestrict.
tole him. sed the clerk, that
thar wuz one over in the Baket sittlc-
ment an showed him the way ter git
thar but bein kinder curious like ter
kno' what the trouble wuz. axed him
ef sumbody wuz de'd.'
No. he sed. hits not quite SO bad
az thet. Ie see, we hev new skule
teacher In the valley. an him an Coon
Parker's gal are awfully stuck ench
other. Things hev cum ter sich pint
thet nothing Will satisfy 'em but ter
git j'ined tergetler, SO I'm after par
son ter do the j'in,n'
"Then the whole shootin match hoop
ed az hollered like er set Nv crazy lu-
natics. I j'ined in. but I only lated
with my mouth an kinder grinned q
ieetic tryin ter look pleasant. Bill
King. who he'd bin settIn on pile Wv
flour sacks in the corner Nv the room,
got up an slowly sauntered ter the
dore. Az he passed me he winked hiz
eye. an follcred him. Whin we got
outside. he led the. way ter an ole gum
log, an we both sot down.
"'What yer a-gwine ter do erbout
this thing? said Bill. 'Ye amt a-gwinc
ter set still an let thet Internal dead
beat wv or skule teacher take yer gal
rite out frum under yer nose, air We?
"I don't know what ter do, Bill
said I. I'm in er monstrous lot wv
tr'uble an would ruther be de'd than
erlive, but 1 sec no way ter help hit
"T do.' said Bill. AN cf We will stick
ter me yen git the gal yet
"I shore will do tibet, pard.' said I.
"'Well. ye know the path that ls
over the hill frum Coon Parker's ter
the big road|
"'Yaas'
"'Now, thct is the path what thet
feller travels. You meet me tomorrow
mite at the big chestnut tree nigh the
top NV the hill an bring erlong two
plow lines
"'Gee whiz, Bill. we air not a-gwine
ter hang him. air YEP
"'Naw, but he desarves hit, tho. I'm
only a-gwine tu teach him a lesson
thet he'll ricomember az long az he
lives
81 made u sneak fur home an wint
ter bed. but hit wuz mitey lectle l
slept Ev'ry time dozed of 1 could
see thet plague taxed skule teacher a.
maxim luv ter Nancy. 1 got up whin
ther chickens commenced CROWN fer
day On clim' up on the hill, whar 1
sot down IN watched Nancy a-milkin
the COW in the lot down at Parker's
house. I wanted ter go tn her so bad
thet l wuz ermost crazy, but remem-
bered what Bill he'd said the mite afore
erbout me a-stayin ter hum all day an
not goin nowhar,, not even to the sto'.
After awhile clim' back down the hill
an wint ter my cabin, whar l passed
one Nv the most miserable days er man
iver seed. The sun hadn't more'n
crawled down behind Lavender noun
tin in the wes' thet evenin nfore wuz
on my way ter the chestnut tree. Whn
I ariv' thar, found Bill, an with him
wuz Ben Sanders, a pertickler frien'
Nv mine. They had made : dummy
woman by stuffin a dress full Nv hay
an tyin moss on her her er head. This
they covered with an old white bonnet.
In the twilight she looked 'zactly lack
er human being.
voices up ther path
That's them now,' said I. That's
Nancy an thet feller on ther way ter
the siiindis uow. Lly down an keep
quiet till they git by
"When they got opposite ter where
we uns wuz a-hidin, Nancy said:
Il know We'll hav' er Jim dandy time
Nv hit ternite an fun world without
end
'"Then thet audacIous scoundrel up
an sed:
we couldn't hclp but hev er glori-
GUS time, Miss Nancy, whin sich
purity gal az y'u IL present
Thet made me desperate, an ef hit
hadn't bin fer Bill a-boldin Nv me /
would er pounceG on ter him quicker
than chicken on tn a June bug.
When they he'd got oute'n site erround
the bend Nv the path, we uns got up
frum whar we wuz a-hidin an went
ter work on the dummy. When we got
hit fixed cep'n putin up, we sauntered
over tn the Parker house an peeped In.
Everything WIZ lively inside. Nose
Ely's fiddle wuz er talkin rite out In
meetin fer all hit wuz worth, an Alb
Burns wuz on the fo' a-callin the fig
ures In a kinder singsong way:
First four for'ard, hans all roun.
Big pigintoed Josephus Brown.
Balance ter yer partners sashay all,
Salle en- the new groun, Sallie en- tho ball.
. "And away they went it, maxim the
dust fairly fly frum the ole board fore.
Fer fear thet we'd be diskivered we
sneaked OH up on the side Nv the
mount'in an waited fer the thing ter
break up. Long erbout 2 O'clock we
seed 'em leavin, an 'mong the crowd
thet passed over the III wuz the teech-
er an Nancy. Az sune az they wuz out
Nv site we struck out over the hill nm
got the dummy. Bill clim' the big
chestnut tree IN put ono end OF the
rope over er limb an cum down. He
then fastened one end erround Miss
Becky (thet's what Bill named the
dummy. He then stood behind the
tree. a-holdin Miss Becky with one