Year: 1874

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| From the St. Louis Republican,
There were four of them, and they
were bloods; young bloods. You have
seen young blood He is the son of his
father, and his father is rich. He is called
a blood because he bleeds the old man
The young blood tolls not, neither does he
spin-but his head spins once in while
He also spins around with the boys and
among the girls frequently. Well there
were four of them. 1t was Sunday night,
| They had been out to Rinkle's and We're
| going home on the ST. Charles rock road.
| They sat in two-seated buggy, drawn by
dashing team of bays. Presently they
came to the large, open common ut the
intersection of the rock road and King
highway


Here an episode occurred. You have
seen an episode.


| 1t is something sudden
And so unexpected.
1t seizes you with amazement Trans
| fixes you with awe. In this instance the
| episode mashed your nose
A countryman was driving home in Il
lowly truck wagon, drawn by an aged and
methodical gray horse. The young bloods
came dashing up with their prancing bays



But the countryman had about two
drinks OF whiskey in and hence had the
advantage.


A gill of whiskey contains the same
amount of fight as IA gallon of beer, and
then it so much handler and less cumber-
some.


The young b oods drew rein and the
countryman hollered whoa The Y, b,
a C nI To n it ha nplllI toll fhnIo ybnTa
they were going.


The protane c. told them Ito hell


Then one of the y. b. said you're Il
BANKED liarn


At this the countryman laid down his
lines and got out of his truck wagon right
into the middle of the road, and made a
speech as follows: You roosters has lii
on the wrong fence just one on you stay
in the wagon and hold the horses. and
the other three git right out here. can
lay all the dust between here and the town
with ye. Oh, I'm the fellow that can keep
all the flies Off. I'm better than any
muskeeter bar. Jest one Of Yer hold
them horses-my old mare'll stand with
out hitchin-and the balance jist walt
right here now. Come on Git out"
and the irate countryman announced his
firm belief in the canine parentage Of the
young bloods. Then he danced and
pranced up and down the road, and kicked
at the horses ears and gyrated his long
arms and threw up his old slOuch hat IN
the air. "Oh I'm Il catamount, am 1
like to be stopped in the middle OF the
road, | do I'm four year Old bui
PAWN up big clods right out of thr
ground. | am I'm whole menagcrir
of royal Bengal tigers, and a cage full ot
grizzly bears I've fit in the ring, have
Get out, | say, and I'll show YOU Whm
you're a going"'


Then three of the Young bloods pulled
their coats and accepted the kind invita-
ton The other sat in the buggy and he!d
the horses. lie was the lucky one. He
could 90 to see his girl next the night, it
he wanted to, and not have to tell her that
he had been ont to the base ball match and
got hit with the ball, The best place in
the vicinity was in the buggy, holding
the horses.


Well, the three bounded out Then the
countryman set those long arms going
and the three Immediately imagined that
the hot spell had brought on tornado
accompanied by an earthquake and ca
livened by rapid strokes of lightning


The countryman seemed to have about
fifteen fists


I'm tell you whar you're goin, he
yelled, as the first of the three tried 10
climb over the fence on his ear.


''Thar's whar you're gon' y he sLriek-
ed, as the second of the three executed
back somersault in the ditch


AN this is the way for you to travel
he yelled as the last OF the three tried Ia
balance himself on his nose in the middle
of the road.


Tie started for the lucky fellow who wa,
in the wagon holding the horses, but the
lucky fellow let the horses 90 and cot out
of the way


Then he made another speech A. tol
lows:


"Oh, am an earthquake. am i'm
a volcano right from the bowels OF the
earth. Give me some more nuts to crack
GIVE me some more raw meat to rhaW
up


Then the three Slid OH bchind lh,
fence, down to where number tour wa
holding the horses, and they Slid softly in
to the buggy and the buggy slid quietly
into town, and the three slid furtively m-
to n drug store. They had been out 10
see the base ball match and they had been
hit with the ball They knew where they
were going during the balance of that
trip At all events they did not inquire
Of any more countrymeu quietly driving
home in truck wagons.