Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-19

lore Wneei OF the waBgfn Wuz loose.
an called Henry Jones' attention to
H.. but he sed some wlmmin wus
mighty meddIeson and thet he'd driv-
en- around long enough to know . few
things. an he whipped up them hossse
an went faster'an ever
Sez i---~Henry Jones, I'm goin' 70
git right out Of this Vaughn never
see sich reckless driver"
Sea he: "Ye couldn't please sone
wimmln folks ef ye give em the earth
with n fence Ground It,"
Wall. he hadn't no more then got
them words out when the hoss on the
of side stumbled an fell an the next
thing knowed they wuz loud crash
an the whole waggin fell into smlthsr.
Gems an | wuz thet scared | could
scurcely breathe, l fell right under
the hosses an myl he'd narrsr
escape I'll tell ye.
don't rickoleet how | got out Of
there. but did. and when / crawlea
over to IA fence an got up Sarah wvt
''CRaf te PNahiu tL i ltll, III InV
peart young feller wuz paIern ashes.
Wall, by the time we all got picked
up and viewed the remains, so to
speak, We diacivered that the waggin
wuz beyond repair, so Henry set out
to borrow waggin from the neigh.
bors.
We he'd breakfast out In the woods,
and there amt anything thet tastes
more wholesome-like then food cook.
ed on camp fire out in the open.
| tell ye It beats all the catee meals
ye kin scare up.
Wall. we Travelled along some bet
ter after thet, tho wuz afeerd of Hen
rvs drivln'. About 10 o'clock we stop.
ped In a beautiful mountain place and
camped. Ef l could describe the beau.
teness of the scenery | would thrill
ye up with awsomeness, but ez ye
know amt much ct descrIbin'. But
them mountains wuz sure high with
green verdure creepin' up their sides
an the streamlet ripplin' down tho
ahead OF the Halps or any OF them
foreigner countries which brag 10
much about their hills.
Wall, the men folks got out the
ishin' apparatus an sed we'd try our
luck at fishin'. so the peart young
'eller rigged up my polo an we went
down the river en- cast our lines out
IN the water.
Wall. ez ye know. l never wuz no
hand ct fisbln an ez for carryin' fish
poles around | Amt onto my job. So
wuZ standing thar a-fishin when I
felt somethIn' nibblin' ct my line.
wuz thet excited like I didn't know
whut TO do. SO Civ the pole Jerk
an screamed with all my might. Wall,
he fish hook flew back nm caught
Ia my dress an screamed louder then
ever. SO the peart young fellow drop
ped his flshin pole and come runnin'
He looked mighty mad when he see
whut II wuz, but he took the hook
out OF my dress an then he says:
hfh ho biIht5H out sA-lihn-
In. They ought to be kept In cages"
wuz mighty mad an ! flared up
like. an sez: Men nowadays ain't
got any chavalrouness about them Ef
my 81 wuz here. ye'd see sample
Of politeness thet I'D be like a prim.
mer to ye."
Sez l: Il amt a-blamin' you. young
man. maybe IT'S the fault of your rails
In"
Wall. he wuz thet stricken thet he
didn't say a word. but list went off to
camp low | settled him good an'
To continue. we he'd fish fer dinner.
but not OF my catchin'. though | did
enjoy 1t some.
Wall. after dinner we walked up
a mountain road an come to a mighty
purity lake. 1t wuz grand. You could
see way across the water an they wuz.
Mt ripple 1t wuz like a mirror an
ye could see the shadows OF the trees
they wuz u waterfall which fell from
way up on "A cliff. an we stood In the
spray and law sakes. 1t wuz the purti
est sight I ever see. l wux wishln'
81 could a-been along. He alus did
enjoy purity scenery.
Wall. Henry wanted to go Out ON
the lake and fish. SO we all got In the
boat an rowed out TO the middle.
didn't hev no luck a-fishin. so l put
up my pole and wuz again ct the
scenery an enjoying myself when |
see a big fish jump fer the young
feller's line. give big scream.
See /. "Ye'ye got bite. Wheel" An
| jumped up in the boat an the next
thing | knowed the boat just turned
over an we AL went In the water.
Land sakes, 1t all happened SO quick
| didn't hev no time to think. but 1
rickollect l yelled fer 81. an the next
thing l knowed ! sunk Wall. when
coined two WIZ on shore an Henry
and Sarah wuz a-laughin' At to kill.
but the young teller wuz lookin' like a
peeled lemon In his wet clothes an
see he. II hev he'd all l want of this
fishin with wimmin folks along"