The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-24
Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
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Continued from last week
bellishments as would be likely to help
on the good cause. When | told her
about the weddin' she groaned amazin'
an uncorked the finest line of snake
talk ! ever heard, was with Arkan.
saw Bud when he died with the jim.
jams. He saw snakes a-plenty, an
described 'em graphic, but he wasn't
in the same class with that old she
Bishop She called the preacher every
kind of snake I ever heard of,
81 let her relieve her mind in the
way that comes so natchural TO a
woman, an never put in a remark un-
til she called the preacher an adder
Then | said, 'Bein' that he was a school
teacher he would have to be an adder,
or he couldn't teach the children
'rithmetic
"She shot a glance at me full Of sus'
picion, but / looked as stupid as my
remark. She put it down to ignor.
ance, an we drove on.
THE mud got deeper an splashed
higher as we advanced. At last she
was compelled in self-defense to shut
her mouth, an keep it shut. Then we
came to the worst loblolly on the road.
/ drove into the softest place an the
buggy sunk to the axle. Julia couldn't
pull it out, an there we were.
Il done my best to keep the Bishop
from dirtyin' her feet / unhitched an
embarrassed Julia. put blanket on
her an cinched it; then | led her
round to the side of the buggy an
told the Bishop to climb on. She
didn't like the idea of goin' to River
view ridin' on a mule, but there
seemed to be no other way; so she
mounted my noble Julia, an led her
down the road. But we didn't go far
cause | had other plans. You-all
know that Julia is a trick mule; I'd
spent days eddicatin' her jist fer my
own amusement, but now was the
time to make her eddication useful. |
gave her the signal to play dead.
But she wouldn't stir a peg. So l
left her to the tender care of Provi- !
dence an started to RiVerView fer a
team. As luck would have it / met the |
preacher in the very place where |
told him to be; jist round the sharp |
bend in the road, an not over twenty |
rods from his mother-in-law Said /: |
Your dear mother-in-law is round the |
corner sittin' on a stump, feelin' bad, |
an she's goin' to feel worse. She's
goin' to hear the bob-cat that carried
off the niger. She'll yell fer help,
an you must rush to her rescue.
Il struck out into the bresh at the
side of the road, an sure enough, list
as I foresaw, the Bishop heard the
lob-cat. He was caterwaulin' to beat
lmazin' grace, an threshin' round in
The bresh like a wounded bear. The
Bishop let out yell fer help that
was heard at both Riverview and the
Junction. Round the corner came the
the hosses on the jump, his
wife holdin' on to the back seat an
he mud fiyin' promiscous.
when the Bishop saw the team
coming she yelled 'Saaa-ye mehr The
preacher stopped the hosses right in
ront of her an said, Mother, Wen
lave you or perish with you He said
t jist like an actor in a show The
,allopin' hosses must have scared the
,obcat fer they heard it no more.
When ! came strollin back ! found
he Bishop kissin' the preacher an
is wife an blessin' 'em in the most
ayrental way. All was forgiven an
happy, encludin' yours
ruly When the Bishop offered to
ay me handsome fer my dead mule
eclined. / said: Madam, l gave that
luIe as freely to your service as you
ave the meetin house to Volley.' An
did, too.
They drove back to take the high
Dad to the Junction, as harmonious as
ne mockin' birds in May Jist after
ley disappeared round the corner |
poke to my noble Julia She opened
er eyes an said, 'Hee-haw hee-haw!'
list as if she understood the joke"
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