Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-18
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what likes the site Of hlui. Sum.
times 1t makes me trimble fer Fear
he mite go rong aud Do ofel Dreds
before he thot
We was Taken about the war one
mite. aud nav sed she Didn't SEE
How sorers could ever Bare TO Look
at peepl- gittin shot to peaces ani
the Blud Rnnnen Down the Battle
Sksrred plane IN Rivers.
1t amt nawthlu, paw SAID, "frI
men with uurv. | amt never al
frcted by the Site of Blud People
often s.,y they wooden'r Look ar -
priz- fife Brcoz III SO buddy But
they are chlcken-hearted like To
,ee people with strong stummicks
S. Uucl- Henry Sent Us TOO chick
ems up frnm The Country in Box
nud NAV Told Paw he mus Chop
thare He'd. off SO she could cock
them fer Sunday dinner. Paw
didn't sly nothin, But purity soon |
snuck out the Back way and he was
Taken to the Grocery boy trying to
Hire him to kill them, but the Boy
Sed he wasen't Looken fer job ex-
cept it w,s in Bank with hours
fun ten to Three.
Then paw come back aud sed If |
would git he Hatchet he would do
the Rest, aud him and me and the
pupp and Little albert Went Down
to the Basement WHARF the Chickens
was and Got Reddy for the Slotter.
Paw took off his cote and Rolled mp
his sleeves and Hollered Shoe at one
of the Chickens what was Pokin its
he'd mp Between the Stats Of the Box.
After we got a Bord dXt to Lay the
Chickens He'd on paw says to me
Now you Take the chicken out
and put its He'd on the bord aud shut
your Eyes"
Done mi part Ill Ritz, But jlsr
about the time paw Got Reidy to
Come Down with the Hatchet the
pupp Jumped at the chicken and II
gel ked and the Hatchet split open
one Side Of it He'd, and it Gave a
turrable Skowk and paws face got
Derhly pail and he Set Down on a
Box and sed purity Fe"ble:
Git that Dawg ont Of Here
So | let go of the chicken and the
iupp made a Grab fer it, aud II flew
at Paw and he Struck at it. But the
blud went All Over Him, aud l;tlr
albert Was Hollen like If it WAS Him
and not the chicken what Got Hurt,
and nav was upstairs screemln Like
cate with its Tale cot in the Dore
Crack, and the other chicken Got out
and thay WAS cackrl Lun Ike if th.y
had jlst L4de about Duzzen aig-
spe-ce and WAS glad Of it.
Then paw Braist up and Hit the
Pupp with the Furnes poker md the
Pupp Got Dscurridged aud Went mp
to WHARF nav was and me aud paw
went chaspn the chickens around
thru the Basement over the Cole and
under Boxes and in the Corners
WHARF it was So Dark you couIdrn't
git your Breth without nrIkrn n
match, aud purity Soon paw seen one
Of Them Skroogen Down Behind
sum BArls. and he went TO make Il
kwick grab fer it, But dilen't noris
a BorG what was nailed mp 10 hold
one end Of shelf, and nit bis he'd
agin it.
Idunno whether the sound | Herd
lrum the other Eud of the Bnl'munt
WAS when his bed bit the Bord or
when he set Down on the hard fore.
Mvbby it mite Of Bin both. He
Done them 70 near together.
When the nabers what Herd nav
Skreemun come and see paw setten
thsre with Wild Look and Chicken
BIud and Durt all over his fails grss
they tbot he Had bin mp sginst the
hot end of nexplosen Of SUN kind.
So thay helped him up stares aud
nav pade the milkman thurty sentz
to kill the chickens.
When thay wac put on the Table a
Sunday paw rurtend-d be HAden' t
never herl Of them Before, and about
the Time he was Beginnin to Eat the
incest peace Of white meet thay wss
in the hole Bizness l says:
Paw"
What he ast.
DO you think it Hurt the Chicken
mutch to go foPPrn around with its
he'd half cut off that way ?" says
Then paw lade Down his Dlfe and
fork and Looked like you feel when
YOU trl 10 Swaller a Dose Of Cater