The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-04-18

up 10 mlnr down there III my
lower field. an il WAS about that bit Of
line fence that me an her had some little
trouble once. oh no. ii didn't amount
T." II" lawsuit nor nothim only Il lively
| little dispute. an she hauled III" Ilp afnrr
HE church committee and testified that
! :" far forgot myself not only a> u
hurrhmam. hut rs Il gentleman rs well.
that | ~w"rr. or words t" that effect.
Il was provoked about the old fence
.m the w"mam'S >tuhhnrnnr>S. but the
| tin nr before tn" church WIS It
humiliation: yes. sir. Il humiliation
Yes. she cam" out ahead an | con
GUIDED the hest thing To do was to let
yer alone for you uknow how some wu-
men is. Squire. when they cit II notion
| III their heads ii stays there. an how
| ever much Mrs. jackson may have been
| IN til" wrong in fact. WAS in the wrong
she thought ] WAS the offender, and |
Regarded ii aS the part of wisdom To let
her think 50.
"Wcll. last Spring ! thought would
plant my truck patch down on the lower
side of that field where the soil was
sandy an moist and everything WAS Il
Jumlin' and GROWN right along ! WAS
proud of that there patch an KEEP the
weeds down. an ii was aS fine patch
nS you would see in II day. Things was
a-movin on smooth enough till one day
when the sun was gettin' over II little. |
went down to do some hoein' an fetch
som" tomatS an early sweet POTATOES
well. ] went along. not thinkim' bout
much of nothin' in particular. when
Boob :. | locked over in my sweet po-
trtoc>. an by Cad there was one If
Mrs. .IackSon's half starved hogs lon%in'
nt IN" from potato row. lie had pillow
"d down the Who'll" conssrncd row an
ruined everything as he come
Mad Well. | amt no saint. though
| do try not to give way to wrath
got over the fence in hurry. an mace
Cor that there hog run it up an
down an over an acroSt an it beat me
every time. SAW the hole he come in
at. but that there hog wouldn't see it,
II" Y as built for runnin'. He had in
hrrit"d tendencies to root hog or die |
am not Il runner, but many fool keeps
in race after he knows he is beat. We
experienced that at the fair last Fail.
didn't we. Squire :
well. | can laugh now. hut WAS
most d-dnngerou>ly mad then. an the
longer run the madden an hotter | got
The sweat was a-runnin' off me an my
linens was gettin' purity well Soilrd.
reckon. but after IL while | got that
there hog in IL corner an closed in on
him, my legs an arms stretched out to
inI n,,I.
Squire, an | was a-sayin', Now | got
-you-you-" couldn't think OF
II" word that wasn't unchurchly Well.
! closed in little all round. that there
divilish hogs little sharp eyes a-watch-
in me, an suddenly he made II break for
my-for my centre poSiton-wcnt be-
tween my legs an upset me by the force
of the rush an rolled me. sweat. linens
an all over in the fresh ground he had
routed up.
We'll, | jcS' laid there an groancd.
| couldn't get on my feet. / had lost
an was defeated an crushed | WAS
sight when | did get up. If any man
pr"r was sorrY he had joined the church
! WAS then. hunted up my hat. got
over the fence m started home. Hall
WHY H"IusN the field | mcmt Il Young .rl
Mrs. .jackSon'S daughter. rrcknl
@"in' hnm" from the puStuilicr. She was
,,r, <>ci IL some kind of loose. light
pink. ~pluk. pink dress. ~ clean an
cool as an riclr. She had on II liuily
white h&t with roses an things. She
va. = contrast 20 mo. | tell you. She
said. 'Gond afternoon. or somrthim an
smiled. an well. | didn't saw rnthiu
! was mad.
''Whru | rot home ! called Tom an
told him to yet Il couple Of the fellow,
down and fetch up that there hog deaf
or alive. an pen him M. Al sumner
Tom reported that they had the hog rrn-
ned an hadn't no bother.
"'Wcn,' said !. Thomas | want You
to go over 10 Mrs. .JackSon's this rvrnin'
an tell her how feel ahout this hrrc
natter That wc--youd better say we.
Thuma>-,lon't want no trouble nor moth
in not fair. but She must send over an
cit that there hog an pay the damages
or forever aftrr hold her peace Tom
went. an when got around next morn
in he ~rid: