Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-07-07
MANAGEMENT-A YANKEE STORY.

udfF, well they Is q loete SO, out II you manage
EN- uie, hawl IN here, and let 'om on, there, you
can drive EN- along without whip OF spur, Jest
/ which way Yea want 'em TO go.
| When lived down at Elton, there was a good
many first rate gals down there, but didn't take
a lken' to any on 'em, ilii squire Cummins cum
down there 10 hive The squire had an almily
putty dartor. | sed sum Of the gals was first nate
AMI a leetle more. There WRs many dressed liner
and looked gsnder. but there was somelhn jam
about Nance, that they couldn't hold esndle TO-.
IL teller seen her wunce. he couldn't hook at an.
other cal Cor week. tux lkfn to her rite of,
and we got as thick as thieves. We had used 10
90 TO the same meeln and sol in the same pew.
| II took me TO liud the sarms and Inns for her,
and we'd swell EN- out in 4 manner shockln to
hardened Sinners then we'd mosey hum togelh-
en- while the gals and iellers kept locking on as
| tho they'd like to mix in. I'D always stay TO
supper and the way she coold make inlun oaks,
and the way wood slick 'em over with molaSscs
and put 'em away, was nuhr 10 nobody. She
was dreadful civil tew always glltin sunihln nice
| for me, was up to The hub ia love, and was goln
| IN Tor her like q locomotive Well, things went
on this way spell, I'LL sho ihot she had me lite
cnuit. Then she began to show of kinder Inde-
pendent like. When I'D 60 to meet,n, there was
| no room lor me in the pew ;--when she'd cum
out she'd streak off with another chap, ana leave
mo suckin my fingers at the door. Instead Of
sllckcn TO me as she used 10 do. she got culn
around with all the lellers, Jest as if she cared
nothln about me no more, none whatsurneyer. !
got considerably rled and thought mouI as well
cum TO the end Of at wunce so down | went
to have It out with her there was huh grist Of
tellers there. They seemed NIFTY quiet ill | went
IN, then she got talking in all manner Of nonsense,
and sand nothn to me aud darned little Of that.
tried TO keep my danger down, but twarn't no use.
| kept moovin about as Il ! bad pin ia my row-
sers. SWEET as il had been Ihrashin. My coll
| lar hung down as it it had been hung over my
stock to dry. coodn't stand it, SO cleared out
as quick as | Good, for seed twas no use trying
To say nuthu to her. went strate 10 bed and
thot tho matter over n spcl--hnks ,haiguI is
Jest try IN Of me, faint no use Of her payin pos.
sum I'll take The kink out Of her il don't
otch her out that high grass uso me for sassage
meat.
hcarn tell Of boy, wunce, that got to skewl
late one Sunday morning, master ses, you iarne'
sleeping crIttel, what kept you so late why, ses
the boy,l's so eyerIastIn slppy Out, coold'i get
along any how. every step | took forward, |
went tew steps backward, and cooldn', have
got here at all, il hadn't turned back to 90 iuh-
er way. Now, that's jest my case have been
putin after that gal considerable time. Now,
thinks |, III 20 luther way--She's been sli,in Of
me, now III shte her--whats sass for the goose
IS sass Cor tho gander. Well, went no mote to
Names. "Next Sabbaday, slicked myself up,
aud do say, when 90, my iixius on took the
shirt clean oil Of any specimen Of human hoIur,
about Our parts. About mceln time off put 10
Ethan Dodge's--Patience Dodge was aq nice a
gal as you'd see 'twixt heie and yondcr, any more
than she wasn't jest like Nancy Cummins. +.
phraIin Massey had used to 20 and sec her he
was clever Teller, but he was dredlul olus Well
went 10 meotIn with Patience, aud sol rite afore
Nance | dd'nt set my eyes on her till arler
mtetIu she had feller with her who had bla.
zen red head, and legs like pain Of comrasses !;
she had face as long rs grace aiorc thanks.
given dinner. ! knew who she was thlnkln
about, an 'twarut The chap with the red he'd nuth.
er. Well, kept boein Patience about n spell.
Kept my eye on Nance, seed how the cat was
jumpin, she didn't cut about like sho did, and
looked rather solemny, she'd gin her lew eyes
to kiss and make up. ! kept up until like 10
have got into mess about Patience. The crit
ter thot was goin urter her Cor good, and pot as
proud as lame turkey. One day Ephe cum
down 10 Our place lookn as raihy ms a mashy
ossller on trann day :; look here, SEES he, Seth
Stokes, as loud as a small thunder clap III be
damned. Halo SEES ], what's broke p
\ Why, SEES he, cum down to have satisfaction
about Patience Dodge, here I'ye been courtein
her ever srce last grass year, nm she was just
us good as nlne, I'LL you come goin after her,
and now can't touch her with forty foot pole
She an like the same gal, and Pm datnd if I'm
goin to stand it. Why, ses !, wha, on ainI are
you iaIkn about, aint got nothn to do with your
gal, Dut spose had, there's noihln for YOU TO get
wolery about. lfthe gal has taken n lken TO
me, taint my fault, if I've 10 her tant her lau,
an II wevo taken lkin 10 one another tanl your
fault, but amt so amlty taken with her, an you
may have her for me, so you hadn't ought 10 get
savage about nothln " ell, ses he, (raiher cool
ed down. am the unluckiest thing in creation
] went luther day to pacc where there was an
old woman died of the bots or some such disease,
and they were selIln out her lhinEq Well SEES he,
Their was thunderen big chst Of drawers full Of
all soils Of truck, SO boi l. iaoi made a spec,
but when cum 10 look at 'em, ther warut ncthin
in II worth cent except an old silver lhimbe and
that was all hustled up 50 sold it for less than |
gin for IT, well when the chap hat bot il tuck il
hum, he heerd somethin rattle, broke the old chist
up and found lots Of gold and silver in false
bottom hadn't seen. Now C I'd tuck that chisi
hum I'd never found that mummy, OF If did they'd
BIN all counterfeit, and I'd bin tuck up for passin
on 'em. Well, tjest told Patience about il VIXEN
she rite up and called me darnd fool. Well,
ses |, Ephe, that is hard, but never YOU mind that
60 you can get her an when YOU dew get her,
you can fight the ruff edges Of jest as you please.
That ieeked him it did an away he went leetile
better pleased Now thinks its time to look
arter Nance. Next day doun went Nancy
was all alone axed her If the square was IN