The Washington herald., 1908-05-31
SET Up ALL NIGHT
Bigs Barker Got Caught Out
in the Rain and Dark and
Thought He Was a
GOner

| Bige Barker had a terrible awful ex-
! perients while driving homo from the
county seat last Wednesday night wich
will go down in his memory as some
4 thing horrible 70 look back upon.
Bige had went to the county seat with
basket OF butter and eggs, wich he
says he can get cents more for on the
duzzen than Hen Weathersby, our store
keeper. pays. intending to take II out
In groceries. Bige says he arrived at
the county seat about II o'clock, and
before doing his marketing he fed his
horse. wich was that old piebald mare
Of hisn wich he calls jimmy" Then
! Bige ct his own snack which his wife
had put up for him and afterward went
and done HIS chores about town. After
he got all through and was a-going 10
start for home about o'clock, so as to
git back 10 Bingville before dark and do
his feeding, Bige heard that a political
orator was a-going 10 make a speech in
publick square at the county seat be-
ginning at p. m. 70 wich there was no
admission Being as Bige is red hot on
politicks he desided he would wait and
hear whot the political chap had to say.
and so he did. and he got 50 interested
that II was neer O'Clock before he
hitched UP and started for Bingville
being as she is spawned and amt much
on the go It began to git dark before
Bige got half way home.
To make matters worse, It clouded ND
and a stiddy. drizZlin rain set IN. and
before Bige knowd It the atmosfere was
so dark that he couldn't see his hand
| before him 1t wasn't no use to try to
guide jimmy SO Bige Jest let the rains
hang loose, and told her to go ahead
and that If she got of the road he'd
give her a good liclin as soon as he got
her home. On and on Bige went through
the black darkness, until he thort he
must be most to Bingville. They wasn't
a dry stitch on him and # was chilly.
too
Then very suddinly Jimmy stopt in her
tracks and refused TO go inch further.
Bige he cluclSed 10 her aad scolded her
| and licked her with the whip, but tho
old mare wouldn't bulge a inch FINALLY
Blge thought he'd git out and kind OF
feel his way ahead Of the horse to see
whOt was in the road. so he jumpt ont
Of the blackboard into water clean up To
his waist and climbed back into the
buokboard quicker'n scat, and set there
and begin 10 think It over The mora
Bige thought, the moro he couldn't make
out whore he was He was now afeard
to go ahead. thinking he might get
drownd and when he went to back the
horse out he found the wheels had stuck
in the mud. so there was nothing 10 20
but Jest set there and wait for davli1b.
Bige says It was the most terribIest
night he ever put through, being as he
was almost sksered to breathe for fear
the bottom would drop out from under
him and sweep him away into the water
| and him not able TO swim q stroke. 1t
raIned hard all night and Bige was very
near froze stiff. He amt no drinking
man, Bige amt, but ne said II he aad
bottle Of licker In his pocket ne would
Of been tempted to of took a nip of it In
order TO get net up some.
At last daylight come and to Bige's
surprise he found the mare and hisself
standin in q bog hole in the road. hub
deep. and within sight Of his own house
ar the edge Of Bingville.
Bige was purity mad when he discov-
cred this and he said so in terms too
strong 90 be put into the Bugle.
He says II he don't git a cold in his
chest after this experients. It will be a
caution to him.