Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-01

them pillow handles again
You won't, heh? he sed, and struck
at me three or four times. but f1ndin' he
cudn't hit me, he looked sad.
I'm goin' down to git my wardrobe.
I sed, and leave We to do yer own plow-
In. fer I WORT stan It to have We put
yer trademark on me In that way
THAT CANNED him. for he knew he
at the salary 1 was DRAWN or that cud
do as much on as little feed.
Ezry,' sed he, after looking wishfully
at me few minnits. 'mebby we've been
right in the midst Of this job. And tho
cussin' is Almost as bad as overeatin'.
II yell come down and go to work agin,
I'll make We the subject of special plead
In
Il shook my head and picked up an
"'Ezry,' he then sed in pensive tone,
we've both ben hasty, speshily you.
Come down and all will be fergiven'!
But I was still mad. and 1 replied that
forgave me or not. l want a-sp'ilin' fer
forgiveness not as much as he wud be
for some one to help him break up that
old lot when was gone and departed.
Then he tried the gentle zeffer cpl
sode. and said 'twud break his heart to
see me depart in sech a unholy frame.
Tell ye what I'll do no sed, ct yell
come back I'll hold the pillow and you
may drive the steers, all unpleasantness
will be forgotten. and harminy will brood
over us
with welt as big as a garter snake
on my laig where the hiplash girdled 1t,
didn't care much what brooded. But
the prospect Of drivin them oxen with
Uncle Hiram at the helm tempted me.
and I slid down.
Now. Euy.' sed he. I'm soin' to set
ye q pattern In sweetness and show ye
how unnecessary tits to shed unregen' rate
lanswidge in the peaceful pursoots OF
Aggrecultter.'
took the a 1s;p me whoe xse s osied
crackin' tho long braid Of woodohucks
hide over the teams, and they started the
old man along the lan'scaDe with con-
sid'rable enthusiasm. Twas sweet to my
young heart to see him tumpin' around
back. trippin' his toes agin roots, the
sweat pourin' down his face like lazy
from the mountain brow.
''Tu rights the han'les hit him q swat
In the ribs. knockin' him clean out Of the
furry. Gates Ajar! he muttered. sorter
low, az he crawled back, holdin' on to
his sides as ef he was afeared Of lostn'
suthin'.
What's the use O. drivin' so like a
pirutr he asked. Cit ap. herer I yelled,
His left hand got caught atween a
stump and saplin'. pullin' of q piece
Of hide as big as hymn book cover
toner's gourd! he shouted. Be We
e1sad " wh sa me elsne here. 'S ys old old
hippodrames! The plough pint struck
a stun. bringin' ev'ything to a focus
excep' Uncle Hiram. who went right on
over the .han'les and stood on his head
THROWN a rotten punkin on barn floor.
.Jepthy's dawter!' he shrieked. slowly
risin' and ontwistin' the kinks in his
neck. He wanted to stop and talk q
spell and rub the p'tuberances on his
old pate. l hadn't time to daily. and 1
only answered, Gee. Buck! and fairly
lifted the oxen out Of that. scool deestrick
with the goad. He stumbled agin a
rollin' sod. fell with his chin on the
ploughtail and knocked two teeth loose.
'Hamans gallus!' he screeched.
what's yer con-sarned-ed hurry?'
'Haw, Brindle, and come up. Bright:
I yelled, pourin' out the whang leather
with JUNCTION. We went q rippin' and
q tearin' through a patch of elbow roots
and Uncle Hiram got his feet tangled
up. and fopt down, hittin' his funny
bone agin q stun. FRY furniss!' he
growled. 'du We wanter kill me whur
thays nobody tn witness the murder?
II didn't wait to hear any more con-
talker and cudn't interest him much.
but I roared at the oxen and distrib-
uted the whiplash among them with
copiousness. Over the rough places they
Of big saplin', pulled it partly out Of
the ground and cut it Off. The pieces
flew back, hittin' the man that was
settin' himself up for a sample in sweet
ness Of temper square on the nose and
he turned two back han springs in the
furry I stopped the caravansary to
ieap-froggin' and kangarooin. around
like the clown in the circus. Bimeby he
got righted up. and seezin' a club, ut
out fer me, yellin like catamount with
the penderseetis.
I'm q leetle nigh-sighted. but l cud
see trubble. So without stoppin' to bid
him good-by, I gyrated down that hill
screamin' in the Background. 'Ezry But
ton. wi blankyty blank. bubble an twist
ed ornery, gimlet-eyed, thimble-brained,
toggle-Tinted. blankyty blankashun son
Of q cross-cut saw By this time |
ali the sillybles but was so shocked at
what I had heard that I didn't stop in
my career till / got clear down to the
house.
Uncle Hiram didn't come down till
asked what KEEP him so late when he
knew 1t was prayer meetin' night. he
answered that he had been up In the
wilderness 'raslin'' with sin.
"'Yer nose looks sed she. as ct
ye'd got the wust on 1t. I'm glad We
sent Ezry down so he want witness
tn the see-ance.'
"Uncle Hiram invited me to go out
to the barn to look alter the cattle. Then
he wanted to know II I'd told Aunt
Ammi about our little taty tate.
hadn't. Whereat he remarked I hadn't
better. fer II I did I'd wish I'd been
born dunn as we'll as an idjit.
'Ef he'd q known I'd already told
Eldorado Jenkins. the hired girl, and
that she'd told Aunt Ammi. he'd never
ief me gone out Of that barn excep' in