toney's

Updated: May 9, 2025

Turn there, if you please yonder by that lightning-scared old oak and those top-heavy pecans is his cabin and has been for more than sixty years. Here was the local of my grand-father's house; here was born my mother; but all the buildings have long been gone save Uncle Toney's cabin.

W. H. (William Henry) Sparks - The Memories of Fifty Years: Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest

While there's life there's hope I recommence my exertions to get out of the hold with some success Purer air My weakness returns I recover my strength Still no outlet I perform my ablutions My desire to live at all hazards returns "Where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise" The yarn of Toney Lawson The evil effects of getting drunk The "Viper" Toney obliged to give in Toney's thoughts of escape The fate of the "Viper" determines the question Toney's wonderful escape.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Dick Cheveley: His Adventures and Misadventures