Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-01-12

even hnls arua-1 -hsr VA htir
s-em lsa- ard that h~ WsfuEtrr -
r1li- -l - BAD made ne BE- -r. aaa
-A~ cid samaz lad a. sae cesia la -
keep u- quiet Evs-y ~ fur i've
lavs 49, -armint come ot@r f-re
fr1m lie Co.lsrs. azG stand d. oHf rhsr'
Is tAar stump - Voc 2 imp 1p asG
dawr CT "a hat ard Top tls arms and
ysiIs
II ar - cfyin' baby from So'th
Caru,-~rv. aut h-v -#s'Gled my aay
/ ever = q. - - hars. r,..ss 20 l1ak upau
he cri-r-r theF eats 20 White When
! E-s here. tears il ms ives and ~
f--t an biiS--rs. If Is 20 hnd him hidIu
II th~ aresh- and fhoagh calls and
cal, he wlli Hor aPpsar-
That va b. TAX said Zeb--- "a;
ard : heap no. ard I bsii-v- ID h~v
/ s-a-ged myself cut ard IT with ny
/ fe~rh bur fur the old woman she hsld
/ ne hack. aud talked soft and sweet.
/ ard artsr i've days suuinin' happ- med
/ That j. another eautankerogs eritt-r
/ eoH- aioug IL waS from Narginay-
$40 a tiu p@idler had ufH telHiu' him
| aoauf me- When h reached The ca hin
l. Nas drst-lly polite lie takes OF his
hat and ha~S and smiles and says 10
fhr cid WOMAN.
Il don't consider to reckon that I'm
misiook il thirkIn' Zeb White nyes
y-reg
This j the place she SAYS
And I'm powerful glad Of t. I've
walked - miiss 20 tear him up by th,.
| roots and show iIm that he's no fighter
Mn ! SO him right away. ma ann I'm
not wantiu' to press matters To your
injury, but wheE I'm goiu 20 pulvsriz-
. Earmint | like 20 have il over with
ard 81 my mind a. soon possible
Hes gore to town. but If you'll cal
;o-nigh. he'll cripple you fur life in
Gboat ten miuits.'
'Nou see how il was explained the
old man with a smile. Jest The mint
that critfer began taikiu' the old Won
ar could sse TIL hand Of Providence.
and she WIS so tickied over IL that she
couldn't wait fur Eight 20 come He
went away 10 come back in the even
in and then sac sent word 10 th-
other feiier at the Corners that II be
would show up at eight o'clock he'd
find me ready. II come on 10 rain al
shutdown. ard was a putty dark night,
bat bime-by the Moth Carol.eny crit
ter could be heard afar of. He come
along y-llin' artI CROWN and teIlin' Il
the big trees b. had pulled up by the
roots. and when he got 20 the house
the old woman steps out and tells him
1 4 2
the other way. He stood on that stump
and Dragged fur half an hour without
stop. Then we heard the ysryin' y
critter comm. He was whoopin' and
blown same as the other. and purity
: soon be WIS al hand Then we hears
the Moth Caroieeny man give q crow
anG say:
Praise the Lawd. but the erwin
baby what has walked - miles over
hard reads hasn't walked in vain, The
erift~r what was hiding in the bresh
has bin driv out by his old wife. and be
will now be given two minits 10 say his
prayersi'
Then we heard the other man give a
still louder crow and yell:
mo, was not miStook, This Is the
place whar' be dwells. and this is the
J eritter befo' me. Let him bid his wife
, good-by and raise his eyes 10 Heaven.
} fur he has only five miuits 70 live,"
! at had all come right said Zeb-
all come out as the old woman planned
fur. Them two cantsnkerous critters
] had come together. and each one
, thought be WIS standin' befo' Zeo
White. OF all the BLOWN and brag-
gin / ever did hear in my life that was
the worst. and men the old woman
laughed Till we cried First one would
flop his arms and crow Ike a rooster
and tell what he had done, and then
he would shet up and give the other
chance. They kept il up fur half an
hour, all the time eussin' aud DARN
each other 10 strike the fust blow. and
then they took a holt and begun TO
wrassle around They tore up a good
deal of grass, but not . blow was
struck. AFTER a bit they let go and
begun BLOWN again and II was a quar-
ter Of an hour befo' thar was any mo
wrasslIE'."