Me and
Jim-Bo and Hi climbed up on the roof with the washtubs and
hammers while the rest of the boys and all of the girls were
easing their way up through the hall. Then, when Jim-Bo let out
the whoop, we all cut loose! Wow! What a din!
"We heard Lucille scream! Next minute, Ollie came running out
in his nightshirt! Then they saw who it was. As soon as they
could pull on some clothes, we all went in. We stayed and stayed.
I reckon it was nearly midnight when we left, wasn't it, Bess?"
"Yes, Lucille cooked us so much ham and battercakes and stuff
it took a long time to eat it all up."
"Did y'all ride Ollie on a rail?"
"No. We boys threatened him. Then we told him that since he'd
married himself such a fine cook, we'd postpone his ride. But
'course he knew as well as the rest of us that the riding on the
rail part of a shivaree is sorta passed over nowadays. Still, he
made like he thought he'd had a close call.
He told Lucille that only her good cooking had saved him from
a nightmarish ride through Rocky Head Bottom!"
"Foot dool!" Grandpa told Dorris.
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