Milford chronicle., 1904-09-16
TRlBULATI0NS OF 4 c0r,s
GRANDFATHER. ''
Elkins. w v

, noo. W. a., Sent .
b.a 1edF .h;- sonny-Had to have eIps b... O.
! pea TINS mornin' all on acco,,' COO ,ur'eakfast I,
nltle Steyey Elkins put nm S4ul o Of ii
sTsnuchlldren gave what tbo "a NE. HI,
hough Rider German" 70 '.sy called /,
cans Of Randolph County .ns s1e Repubi,
} lead It IN the suit 1 woro 4l got ne b
Hickory" licked the Rriti.h 5e when 'O9
leans in 1915. '-'Su at New On
-. y You o., ought to have seen I'll.
sn,,- ea,i ."etn I1Vors-saddes. brides 1s'0s
spurs, ridln gauntlets, guns AMI I's. 0ooa
euousn 10 arm cavalry rasil,i- pis'oi-
tralnin day. Then tbsv s.. s,eslinsat oaI
Win all the hxin's of Gu, NE gDl
housh riders, mounted mo on r'ied m Of hs
tanned hobby horse nan,es Va - hery %.
1;,o ano sent me prancin' up and 5og 5iogpaal1'
iia iiae OF shoutin' kids with 6ldo uoIa de
GarFy-own" and Steve Flt;e ELL p'ayl
ike a Comanche Indian 'A''S yellS
For about five minutes r..
visaged Dick caperin' in NV io5I, s9 u, Tin
Der IN all the pomp and circna,9 NY eaan.
glorious war wasn't in if with b'',-s'a'ee -,'ee Of
/ my breath held out. Spddoni- iie--gais
lsss Went back on me. the roon T1tl. .l ny
turtle, as they say in the nayy wv" . l9'asi
next thlng Your Uncle Henri ha aul las
was IN bed with hot bottles an r'e7 Be
ann and the doctor fsedin' bi., In aIllsl
with a spoon. H'u WHISKY
4hey say 4 man has mara 81.
bones in his body. and l'. .-al 20
I've an ache in every ana ,e ',2" H. toi
But the bodily pains ain't i,ai tSa
mat came of my lealin' tba. p "9a
rider German. Between tba ov.-sa -'l-sa
Ioh ana the whisky l had the dol,....l ~,
est nights sleep you ever knav. I'5as'ea
ed a dream worse than Nabuobo3u u.s'l'
1t seemed like was yisitiD' van ,,-uys]ai w. =
mount. We had spent tho aro'iaa ~ a.. nose nose.
g'is necessarily to find some isspa s..
hadn't been firmly and irrevoca biyp .-.' u.
tied right by the Republicans s9i @
proposed that we should 20 ont an ~. ''i
our teyered brows on the pier T., in .gO N.
''-' il Tue
l was just beginnin' to ou,.o n...
rom \. P. Willis about tbe s,f+ pJsI! r.5,
nat breaks across the lakes who, '''l'
, AiSpered, "Sh! Look, BY Dave gy Iy-
there amt a gold fshr' I looEel 'ii. ta.
.ouldnt see anything but a fresh ~,ta. 3a.
acEer giving forth a putreseent rlo,y r',. ..
e iloated by. ''' 90" As
Before could interfere. Won sh,,,,i
I'll catch him" and plunged be15l,5,
1to the murky tide.
That was the last | saw of van T..
ours l stood rooted to that SPOT poorin,
ito the watery depths. You never cams
p only bubbles, and still more bubblo,
lst ike your speech Of acceptance
At last pulled myself together and
eiied for help. Dave Hill was tba s.,t
appear upon the scene. see him nav
earin' a red night cap on his head and
e destinies of the Democracy in tbs
'llow of his hand.
Boys said Dave. as soon as he took
the situation and summoned the Fv.
utive Committee, boys. this is seri.
$ occasion. We've got to get nsv
ure head for the tieketw
What's that?' says |. whats bs
litter with your Uncle Henry? What
comes of the duties and powers ie.
lvin' on me under the Constitution in
Sc Of the removal, death. resignation
inability Of the President?"
You should have seen the look Of Div
It came into that good mans ewes
nd you, it was all a dream. [ win
'er again believe that he never knew
touch Of love, nor maiIen's hand in
n. "Nunky," says he. "Nun6y, %
ne and 90 to bed! The Constitution
ars to Vice President-elect. You are
elected vet. and its long shot that
won't be. If there had been any
nee of that I'd have headed the ticket
self"
'efore l could demonstrate he waived
aside, saying, Go home, Nunky and
to your business signing checks"
hat made me SO mad l woke up
is what one gets for leadin germans
our affectionate uncle.
HENRY GASSAWAY.