The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-03

I part with Brndle. though Tn very much
sot on that creetur.'
II know'd tho old Teller was close -
rosin when he was sober, but he tuck to
old apple mazin'; and when he was q leetle
mellow was the best time to git a bargain
! out Of him. So thinks I. I'll not name how
much l will be willin' to give now, but I'll
Jest try a leetle s~hecoonery or diplomacy,
as the politicians Sea. onto him. Never
mind says I. I'll come over Saturday and
see you bout It, Very well, Billy says
he. and be shore to bring . sample Of the
old apple along with you
THAT was jest what I wanted him 10
signify. So the next Saturday I dxes up
for old Lowry. I tuck q bottle Of the old
apple and o BEDFORD. to lead the yearlin'
with. for I was termined to have that
creetur II sperits and . rope could bring
him. I tuck some meat n bread in q bag
TO eat on the way. and started early In the
m~orning-old Lowry. you know. Lives all Of
eight miles from my housewife melody
but old Rather, that one-eyed possum dog
Of mine. along with mo.
I'D hearn a good deal lately about de-
serters beIn' round. and Susan was mon
strous opposed to my gwtne over to old
NO"Ay p " 4SoA nv v AAod6hI ObS4S
haul me. But I didn't think ther was any
danger II a body only KEEP q sharp look out
for 'em.
We'll, I went along all right enough I'll I
come pretty near to the old Rogers place,
whar you know nobody haint lived not for
a long time. I stopped at the creek, for I
begun to feel monstrous tired and lonesome
like, and SO I tuck q drink Of sperits. Then
after gwine up the hill I rested awhile on
the Tense. and tuck another little nip. After
that l got down and struck across the old
field for a short cut. Well, I went along.
kind OF singin' Dixie low to myself. not
thinkin' anybody was about, only some
cows up by the old house. and Bill leaks
pore old blind mule with a cowbell on. what
was usin' round. gettin' tangled up in the
bushes and buttin' up agin the stumps every
now and then. I was jest gwine along,
hummin Dixie, as I said, when all Of a
sudden 1 heard a noise over in the woods,
and old Rather. what was smellln' along
ahead of me. turns tail and comes tearin'
back as II the old nick was after him.
Thinks I what upon yeath's thati I stopped
and listened. and looked into the bushes,
men with muskets and baynsts shinin' In
NNo SuLp e1o q ~ 0@A 01i0 ooAs
render. or your q dead
81 liked to drapt right in my tsacks, ana
If the rope wasn't fastened round me with
the bag what had my Dime end bottle in
1t, I'd draped EN- sure. I never stepped to
consider. but Jest tuck tn back dRsk ~
hard as I could split.
"Haltr ses one Of the Asssetsn. Noos
the tar-heel-
II didn't hear the rest, for jsst then,
bang! bang! goes ever 30 mi guns and
the bullets whistied round me like . swarm
Of bumble-bees. But I never stopped to
look behind.
81 soon got into the growth: but It was
nothing but old-pine scrub. and wasn't high
enough nor thick enough to hide a body n.
Jest then I remembered a old well q leetle
ways on In the field. what had no w1ter
in it, and I mad q straight coat-tafl for
that. I had no time to consider. fol I
know the deserters was hot after me- n
Il they sfsr got eyes on ma asin I was :