Mower County transcript., 1904-09-07

IN ev0oy t01Q8 IN 1CS II8c1, IN On enc
eoue! hatn't here to ne-I was
scared clean down istts my ,ccks.
\ When therefore insos sseht ,rosnd aths
hA In tic snn, I -sould1, Us nstt
but q sotSd haa1k o.skiver. tRysenn, it
looked M thur was enough hayoaet
psnts atapSayed tar to stab III ths
faes tn The univ ssua.a J. I sd eur gen
eral abQ,t sthat time: he w.- =. ,.sz-estt.n' ! t.,
on his hoss a chawh' tobacco an spa1
tin over tts shead; he was as cooagas 4
cucumber; looked like he was Jest
try1n' to study what would be the right
thing to do. He.was a daisy; part In
jun,S an not afeosd O., God Almighty.
Seem him thzt away made me -suter
ashamed, anil plunged in... At fust it
come awkward, but in a minute it
wasn't any more'n shootin' at rabbits.
I'VE plugged away an laughed an
made jokes an had a good all round
time as long as it lasted, an then we
got ratified an begun to retreat. was
shot through the left arm an side, an
fell in a ditch. A Yankee run up with
p'inted bayonet an yelled, Cuss you,
come out O thar or I'll shoot you?
Some O our boys said ort to- "a
cussed i'm back, but didn't. It jest
seemed part O. the game to me, an he
was winnin'. You come down after
me- said I, 'ef you want me- An
couple Of 'em did, an drug me up the
bank. They had ketched few more
Of our boys on the wing, an they driv'
us up in q circle an put some foreign
guards around us. Every one of us
was cut ur had balls som'ers In us, but
we sassed them guards about the'r
brogue, an one thing an other, till
they was mad enough to kill us. They
give US good reatment-I'N say that
much fer 'em-an' liked Their grub.
They had all sorts O good stuff in cans.
They patched us up in the hospital an
finally exchanged u.s."
"Oh, say" protested Kenner, that
amt all, is itY'
Its all I've got to say today. I've
got to blow few blasts at the post
Office an stick up the flag" He
stepped to Buckley's desk and leaned
on it. II Wish, George, that you was
out our way to make jeff behave his
SELF"
"Drinking again? p George asked, with
smile.
"Yes. an that amt all; he's got every
moonsmner over thar down on i'm.
He informed on some of 'em while he
was out O. his head an now thar's no
tellin' whar it will end. Somebody shot
at I'm while he was in the field t'other
day-sOme skunk In the woods, afraid
to show hisself."
THAT'S pretty bad," said George
sympathet1cally. Jeff ought to be
more cautious
As Truitt was leaving, Mrs. Hillyer
waddled in, her gray shawl wrapped
tightly round her body.
"Come fer money to run the house
on" she said, with laugh, to her
husband. mo, thank you, I won't set
down." she added to Kenner, who was
Offering her his chair ''The truth is,
I'm goin' to steer clear O. this house.
Mrs. Dugan says all the reports In the
town git started among you uns.
Eff she knew came here she'd lay It
on me. I thought fer q while, after
they lifted her quarantine, that she
was goin' to do different, but she's
wuss AN ever. I sawed 'er of short
yesterday. though" Mrs. Hillyer
laughed heaEdly. "You know, Mr..
KenDer, she's got one tale that she
tells over an over constantly. One Of
the longest winded yarns you ever
heard, about how she fust. got &C.
quainted with a woman she met by &C.
cddent. She forgets she's told it twen-
ty times, an Jest takes 'er chair an
begins to unwind. So far nobody hain't
been bold enough to say they'd heard
it before, but when seed her a-comin'
through The gate yesterday l told Hor-
tense ef she dared to spring that old
gag on me ag'in I'd stop 'er ef it
cost me my life. I thought Hor-
tense I'D die laughin', fer Mrs. Dugan
had no sooner n set down than she be-
gun to tell about how she fust met the
woman. Well, I'd made my bet, an
I wasn't goin' to be beat. Hold on
said I; right here I want to tell you
some'n, Mrs. Dugan-some'n powerful
quar- about me. believe, on my soul,
I've got second sight Second sight,
says she, in her mean way, why,
didn't think you was quite old enough
to have yore second sight, 4 don't
mean that sort O. second sight, says
I; but I've noticed sometimes when a
body would begin q tale I could see
clean to the end of it long before the
end was reached. Now says I, see ef
1 amt right; the next time you met
that woman was at the county fair,
whar she tuck fust prize on her patch
quilt an with that finished out her
yarn, as pat as eff it was one O. my
own brag tales. Lord, wasn't she hot!
She got as red as a ripe tomato. I
wasn't goin' to tell that says she; 4
remember tellin' you that. l was goin
to git round to some'n else: but, since
you are SO almighty smart, reckon
I'll go on about my business an with
that she dirted out O. the house, an
kicked the dog as she went by it on the