The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-01
Sarge P2unkott.

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.,,o c,tv this year. but with the coming
~ warm weather came these Souhss'o'e'
and for a. week we have hao LILIES so"a
times and joyful
brown keeps a wagon for no other puf-
nose than to ride these young 4oiha OUT
=. n,here thew may desire TO go when
,hev come. and he keeps wheat stfa"
, ond clean to put In the body for
49,, 70 cit upon. They like to sit down
49, - tho old wagon body and holler
and scramble as we go along. inc ooys
~, - o,,+ and break honeysuckles and
aa+ber wild flowers till before we have
| Travelled 3 miles there are a HehS "a
these. and then they are known as d
nicn,cllipg crowd and are gazed at by peo-
n,a from the fields and all teamsters
Give them the right of way upon the
road
re, weeI, so many came that we mad
:. ,at an extra wagon. and drove.
NJ, team was not well matched-one horse
,,,as nc bic as a young elephant and the
o+hor was d tiny Texas pony. Inc pony
was little. but he was mean 50 mean l''"'
g "a mad been as large AS the other
! h,rea and as mean in proportion NJ Wouid
involve fne world in war before nc was d
week older At the very hrst Htlie NIL
he hogan to fall back against the nreasI
s,rans and then surge forward champ
! ;.,, his bit and shaking his head Inc
! b;,, horse pulled him alous when ne slob-
nod ard held him down when he Woui0
have rushed wildly forward but al Inc
49,. branch we struck sand bed and
~, tbie zine the young loihs had flow
ers and were 1u=sy auu the pony seei''''
"a resolve chat NJ wouId show them 4
/ ming or two. lusteAd vi LaI.hs oa1N
,,,i 'f.shlus forward. me- somehow III up
''''0 ~ side. and zeal on tie othef
siae 81 the tongue ana got tahstep "f
',,9,,., me legs Oh tn big MORSE Til taele
| WAS nothing 10 uo D"' ~
| things straight
,'rf>yn vas IN 'front.' but he stopped anu
,..,,,,a h,ck 20 my relief. his was 5000
il. me old man but future eNei'l5 9V'"
h.rnonst;3ted lnat The good must some
times suffer TOR tier very goodness
brown nd no sooner got PACK ~ nus
tban The youngsters in ms wagon pe5a"
- wnoou ana the boy with whom he
had LETT his lines cracked ms WAIp am
away they went, whoopins and scream
ing and waving hats, aprons, mowers
and bushes NV old friend Garted on
IL, overtai<e his team, but never an Over
take did he. the young folks were IN
their glory They would allow Brown
to ret up to within Is or " yards OF them
and then they would crack their Whip
land sall away out OF mis- reach, with sQch
~ whooping and laughing as was never
heard before 1t was funny to the young
sters, but it was not funny TO Brown. lie
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and then he would beg a while and cuss
il while. Sweat was pouring from his
classic brow and his tongue was hanging
outside but never rclent came from
the youngsters, who had tun in seeing
HIM trot and walk and cuss and beg an
the way to Snaphngcr creek. d distance
of 10 miles.
In the meantime l was wrestling with
the Texas After he learned to get over
the tongue he kept on getting there. /
verify believe that we would have been
in that same bed till yet if We had
waited for Texas to pull US out. But We
didn't wait A happy thought struck the
young people and they decided to pull
the wagon themselves. This they did,
and had lots of fun while doing It. 1
took out both horses and the young folks
pulled and pushed till we We're clear or
the sand and up the little hill on the
other side 1t was fun for the young
sters at first, but they had to pull up
every hill clear to Snapfneer aud IL
ceased to be funny. The Texas was in
his glory and seemed toe ENJOY making
my crowd pull the wagon as well as
browns crowd enjoyed making him trot
ara fnme behind them all the way.
we were already In sight Of our camp
ing place and the creek when we went 10
cross a small branch and the pony stop
ped as usual. About the time that he
cid stop though, there came along Davy
thompson ana Billy Wilson. Dave
thompson is entirely too good to foo
with Texas ponies, l soon learned that.
but Billy Wilson was equal 10 the 0cca-
sion. I soon learned that. ana Mr. Texas
Pony soon saw that he had his match
Without getting into the wagon Billy got
alongside of Texas and when Texas re-
fused to so Billy came down on him with
a pole that it took both hands to handle
IL surprised Texas, but he knew his bus
mess and reared and fell fat in ths
branch Billy knew his business. too.
ana no sooner than the pony was down
! than Billy was on his head and held IL
under the water. Texas squirmed and
snorted and strangled till thought he
! was about drowned but he wasn't. and
when Billy let him up ne was cured.
From that time to the present Texas
has been as docile and as faithful as
one could wish We had no more trou-
Bile from that source
OF course, there were five or six DID
people along to temper the youngsters
and keep them straight, but they came
later and in carriages of their own. The
old folks brought along the bathing suits
and it was a sight to me and Brown ara
i q good many country folks to see the
| young people In these suits-especiaNy
after they had went in and got them wet,
While Brown ished they put it on mo
to hustle up milk and other delicacies-
good water ground meal, for instance.
am pretty good forager and had no
trouble in getting milk, butter and chick
ems. There Is nothing in this but upon
| one OF my expeditions for these things
l ran up on house away back and
there was something In what / learned
from the old people there. They sold
me whate'er they had gladly. and It was
all that they might get money to keep a
son at business college In Atlanta and
| daughter at school In Decatur How
anxious these old people are to give their
children chances that they never had
| themselves. learned from others in the
settlement how this old couple stinted and
laoored to meet the demands of their
children There are thousands of moth
ers' II not so many fathers. who ars