Fisher's River (North Carolina) scenes and characters . ig corn-cob stopper init. He sot it on the table, got a pewter cup,pulled out the stopper, and chug^ it wentas it come out. I soon larned from thesmell on it that it was apple brandy, andwhite-faced at that. He poured out a cup-ful, and gin it to the squire fust, who bussedthe cup a little, and then I bussed it. Johnhe bussed it, and kep a-bussin it wusser nura man would a purty gal, till he got in amonstrus good humor. I was mighty gladto see the refect the ole white-face brandyhad upon him, fur I was nation tired uv hissnaps and snarls.
Fisher's River (North Carolina) scenes and characters . ig corn-cob stopper init. He sot it on the table, got a pewter cup,pulled out the stopper, and chug^ it wentas it come out. I soon larned from thesmell on it that it was apple brandy, andwhite-faced at that. He poured out a cup-ful, and gin it to the squire fust, who bussedthe cup a little, and then I bussed it. Johnhe bussed it, and kep a-bussin it wusser nura man would a purty gal, till he got in amonstrus good humor. I was mighty gladto see the refect the ole white-face brandyhad upon him, fur I was nation tired uv hissnaps and snarls. Jist as John had got in a good humorfrom bussin Mrs. Whiteface, and had begunto spill his words right fast, we looked upthe hill toward the Blue Ridge, and we seesSol and Sally, dressed in thar best, a-comindown the hill afoot, side and side, and the oldlady a-traipin along arter um, Sol throwinhis game leg round one way, from right toleft, and Sal a-throwin hern around totherway, from left ter right. They kep goodtime. Sals mammy looked mighty loon-. JOHN SENTER, lg3 some bringin up the rear. They came in,sat down, and John—ding him! — peared tobe as glad to see um as any on us. Soon as they had blowed a little (it wasdingnation hot), and had wijDed the train-ileoutn thar eyes, the squire he tied the Goug-in knot (the Gordian knot, I suppose Bobmeant), and we all wished um much joy,John mong the rest. (I wanted to knockhim down, arter doin as he had done.)The corn-cob stopper was pulled outn thegourd, chug, agin and agin, and we kepbussin the pewter cup, and we chatted awaylike blackbirds, ceptin the squire, with boutas much sense. Dinner cumed next. The pot hadntbin idle all the time; it kep bilin away,pottle, wottle, pottle, wottle. Hollin shesot the table along side uv the bed, to sarvein the place uv chairs on one side, and along bench on tother side, and a short benchon each eend. It was one of these herecross-leg tables—none uv yer quality Senter was non
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