Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-03-14
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MAJOR JONES' LETTER.
Miss Kesiah makes a bomina6ie fool Of Cousi,

! Miss Kesiah makes a 6omina6ie fool Of Cousin
PINEvILLE, Jan. 9Th, 1914.
Mr.. Thompson. Dear Sir.--Well,
Crismus and New Years is gone, and
heap Of fun has gone with 'em. Down
here in Pinevile we had real times, you
may be sure. Every body tuck Crismus,
specially the niggers, and SIGH other car.
rvns on--slch dancin and singiu, and
shooln' peppers and .rocke,s--you
never did see. But the best Joke was
the way cousin Pete 60, tuck in bout get
tin in sister Kezi's Crismus bag. Pete
had kind of sneakin notion Of her for
some time, but the drafted TOOL don't know
no more about courlin nor hown pup
does about 'stIonomy. He was over to
our house Crismus eve, gwine on with his
nonsense, and bo,herIn sister Kiz till she
got rite tired Of him-telin her how he
wanted to git married so bad he didn't
know what would come Of him, and how
he wishrd somebody would hang up bag
for him, like Mary did for me.
"Oh, yes" ses she, "you want to fool
somebody now, don't you7-but you're
mighty mistakin."
mo, Miss Keziah," ses he, "ifI amt
in gooi yearnest, never was in my
be-"
"Buf, now, Doctor, would you give
yourself away to any young lady for a
Cl SINUS gif: like brother Joseph did 7"
"That ! would" SEES he, "snd glad OF
the chance"
"Ah," SEES she, "I'm 'fraid you want to
play some trick-you young doctors Is so
monstrous hard TO please" And then
she looked round at me and kind o. wink
ed her pretty black eyes and smiled.
Pete looked in the glass, and sort o.
slicked down his whskers, and then SEES
be, GAN the gals ses that, but the fact is,
Miss Keziah. ws's 'sceptible to female
charms jest like common men, can as
shore you. And the fact is, I'm 'termin.
ed to marry the first gal that will have
me for a Crismus present."
"Now, you all hear that" SEES Keziah.
Eyes" we all said.
"Now mind" SEES she to cousin Pete,
"you amt foolin."
lnever seed Pete look so quure--h he
looked sort O. skeered and sort O. pleased,
and he trcmbled all over and his voice
was so husky he couldn't hardly speak.
mo. is in down right yearnest-you
see il amt"
"Well, ses she, "we'll see."
Pete seemed monstrous fidgety, and
bmeby he lowed it was time to 60, and
after biIdin US all good night, ses he snow
remember, Miss Kezah," and away he
went with hart as light as handful OF
CHI cken feathers.
He hadn't been gone more'n no time
afore Sister keziah, bust rite out laugh
in.
Nov SEES she, az dom; fix DR..
Pomposly good, then amt Kezah Stal.
lions, that's all. He's always been ca.
voriin about and maxim so much Of him
sell, as who bu, he and now III take him
down peg"
why amt you gwino to hang up no
bag :" SEES sister Cailine.
That aint," ses she.
fOh, now, SIS, that's too bad TO disap.
pint him so."
"But the doctor shan't DE disappointed,
for III make aunt Pussy hang up one for
him to take an ain in TIL murnin f ne's
mind to, and then we'll see if he'll be as
good as his word"
And shore enough, she called aunt
Prissy and made her go up in the loft and
empty the feather bag, and tx a rope in
IT, an 20 AMI hang it on the porch for
COUSIN Pete. Then she T. Id Priss all how
she mus, do in the morniu, aad we all
went 10 bed.
| couldn't sleep for thinking what
bominable fool they was gwine to make
out o poor Pele. Mary SD il was a grea.
shame 10 serve any body 50, but she didn't
b,leve keziah ever would quit being
wild and mischlevous.
1t wasn't no great time fore heard the
gate squeak, and the next mint there was
a monstrous racket among the dogs, and
know'd Pete was come. could hear the
gals titerin and laugAin in Their room, and
the next thing bang went somt thing agin
the fence, and then one Of the dogs set up
a kirye! hike something had hurt him,
and all was still Tor a few miuts. Then
heard Peie stePpn about very cautious
on the porch, and movin the table and
CHI irs. and then tn ice shuck with his
weight, as he drapped into the bag. All
was still agin for ht;le while, 'cept the
gals snlckerin in Their room, and then
heard Pete sneeze. and the dogs barked.
anil thought the gals would laugh so loud