, 1844-02-17

'hS LibtS iAGNA | IO emu 10 EN-
Some how or other | couldn't sleep O
nItesnor eat nothin, and | don't know
what upon yearth was the matter
with me-; | thought il was the dispep
sy, which you know makes people
have mighty low spirits. Cousin
Pete thought he was monstrous smart
and went all round town and toIt
every body that my symptoms wa:
very bad, and said he was gwine tc
put a strengthenin plaster made out
o, Burgemy pitch. on my brest. tc
keep my hart from brakin. | know
what he thought. but if he sposed ]
was gwine to make a fool O ravselI
bout Mary Stalliens. he jestas much
mistaken as he was when he tuck the
show man for Tom Peters, from
Crackers Neck. ! did feel sort o
veXed bout the way she tuck I'D with
C~rOtchetf, but then she was so much
disappointed when he turned out to
be a runaway barber, tina. | couldn't
help teelin sorry for her too. It's n
monStrous curious feeling when anv
body tries 10 hate somebody that
they can't help likin. The more one
tries to spite EN- the worse he feels
his self. But ! was determined TO
hold out, and if she hadn't come 10.
l-l-iaCt is. | don't know what !
should a done. for il was monstrous
GryIn, that's a fact.
But its all over now. and every
things is: as strait as 4 f>h-hook.--
CID Miss StaiIinns was over to Il
!Ious Ia take tea along of mother. one
~evenin last week. She and mother
talked il all over bout Crotchett and
Miss Mary TO themselves, and when
| went TO see her home. she didn't
talk Of nothin else all the way.
Domination take the reich sez the
old woman, 80 run away from his
wife and children. he fddIin waca-
bone. and come out here 4 trying to
ruinate some poor innocent gal by
MARVIN EN-, when he's got a wife to
home! He ought to De sent to the
P]enitenjIary. so he ought"
'Zactly SO, Mss Stallions,' seq |;
but he WAS nifty PoPler among the
gaiS-Sone OF en- was almost crazy
after him.
4 know they was, Joseph. know
they was, and now they want TO turn
i, all on my daughter, Mary, when.
laws knows, the child couldn't bear
the cre;er, only for pcriiteness.'
.lrs. but SEE |, she went to church
wiki INN, you know. and he was TO
your hous every ute when | was
thar, taikIn TO her
That was only for pcrlitcness, 10
seph. That's what she Iarnt down
to the Female College, SEE She. 'lf
ii gentleman comes 10 sec a lady, she
must be Ferli,e to him, whoever he is.
Cuss sch p~eriltenessas ,hat, thinks
land 'tatnt TO matter if she de-
splses him Oh the lace of the yearih,
she must talk and smile to HIM jest
like she liked him eve so much
But Miss Mary. looked like she
thought heap of C~rotchett,' ses |.
1t was AL decate, Joseph, all de-
cate ana per!iteness,' ses she. That's
the way win gals nowadays, Jo-
scph, and you musent mind EN-. 1t
drdn'tused to be so when and your
mother was gals. I'll warrent ii
Crotchetts didn't come bout US if we
didn't like their company, AID We
had 10 know sll bout 'em fore we
keep company with any body.
sTaint so now, though, Miss Stal-
ions SEES land believe | sort o
drawed n long beth. Its very differ
ent now. If a chap only comes
from the North, CT sum place a way
out O creashun, and Is got a crap o
hair and WHISPERS that would make Il
saddle pad, and is got a cote differ
ent from every body else, and a thun-
derin great big gold cham about his
neck, no matIerl if he stolem' he's the
popIerest man among ladys, and old
acdunintences, whose been raised
rite along side of 'em, don't staEd no
sort O chance
Not all the gals amt so Joseph
my gals han't 10 SIGH iool notions IN
Their heds, I'll sure YOU
BY this time we were right up TO
the door.
Come in, Joseph ses she.
NO thank you, Miss Stalllens,' ses
|. Il believe III 20 home.'
'Oh, come in child. and Sc, a while
with the gals-lhey's pullln lasses
candy in The p%arlor.'
was kind o. hesitation, when
,eard Miss Mary'S voice say, !
.Nayar mind mother sDose he's i,