The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04
WHEN YOU AND l WE'RE YOUNG

Persons occupying second floor Of
fees on the public square, were start
led Thursday afternoon by the pas
sage of some object in front of their
windows. 1t was the person of ou1
devil, Charley Lyon. He had been
out to his fathers farm to get the
long-legged mule, Giraffe, which he
and Fraser McDill yer to drive ur
to Due West.
There are two certain young ladies
in that lively city who r favored
with the admiration of these gallant
young men, and after some days con-
sultation, Charley and Fraser de-
cided to hire a livery stable buggy,
get old Giraffe, and launch a move
ment against the outer Notifications
Of that city, and lay siege in concert
to the hearts of the young ladies. So
they drove up. They took tea with
Fraser's uncle John, and heard all
about Woodrow Wilson, from which
point they proceeded to the home of
the young ladies, where they remain
ed in earnest conversation for at
least fifteen minutes, and until the
mother of the girls came in to in
quire what the boys wanted, thinking
at the time that it was some of the
neighborhood children who had come
to borrow something.
Thinking that it was about time to
retreat, Charley and Fraser fell back
to the outer trenches of the city, and
after further conferences it was de-
cided to hitch up old Giraffe and go
after further reinforcements. When
they had made all arrangements to
go, the mule wished to take a drink
at the public well, but not finding a
public drinking place there, they
drove around to a trough in the rear
of the store Of Pratt & Clinkscales.
1t was very dark back there, and old
Giraffe must have come to the con-
clusion that, being in Due West, it
was not safe to drink in the dark for
fear of getting a swig of Brya.n's
grape juice, so he refused to drink.
Fraser got out and grabbed him by
the head with the intention of stick
ing his mouth in the trough and fore
ing him to drink, %whereupon a con-
siderable riot was precipitated, re-
sulting in Giraffe ringing" one of
front wheels of the livery stable
buggy on Pat Kennedy's gate post,
depositing the balance of the buggy
in Jim cClintock's backyard, and
lighting a rag for home. Being
feet of foot, Charley circled around
through Poverty Hill and way sta
tons, and headed him about four
miles from town.
Arriving back at the beginning
point, a search was set up for a
blacksmith who could fix the buggy.
He was located about four o'clock,
and after inspecting the vehicle he
informed the boys that he
would give them an old buggy to
come home in and that they might
return later and get their vehicle.
Of course the blacksmith, who has
old buggies to sell, has a right in fix
ing his price for repairs to take into
consideration the fact that he gave
the boys a buggy to 60 nome in.
The boys reached Abbeville the
next morning at about eleven o'clock,
which is the reason our devil was out
when his Abbeville sweetheart rang
for him on the phone. One wheel
of the gift buggy still had two spokes
in it as the boys came up Haskell hill.
Charley slept soundly Friday night,
but Fraser attended the dance at
Sharon, and tripped the light fantas-
tic until the small hours of the night,
the sets.