The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-01-13
A CIlRISTMAST PRESENT.
Major Jones' Courtship.
PAINvILLE, Dec. %, 1913.

MI IhOms0n,-Dear Sir: Erasmus Is
over, and the things ded. You know told
ycu 10 my last letter l. was gwine to bring
Miss Mary up 10 the chalk a Crisnus
Well I done it as slick as whistle, though
Il come mighty nigh bein serious under
tAkin. But III tell you all about the whole
circumstance. The fact is, I'd m, de my
miad up more'n twenty times to jest go and
come right out with the whole business, bu.
Whenever got whar she was, ard whehev.
~ che looked at me with her wi,chir eyes,
and kind o blushed at me 4 always felt sort
q skecred and fainty, and all what had
made up to tell helYwas forgot, so couldn't
think of it to save me. But you're a mar.
yied nj II, Mr.. Thompson, so couldn't tell
you nolhin about popIn the custom, as they
call it. It's a mighty great faver to ak of
: Rte pretty gal, and to people as amt used
10 il, IT goes mons'rous hard, don't it? They
cay widdcrs don't mind it no more than
no'hin. Blu, I'm IN kin 'ransgression, as
the preachers say.
Crismus eve ! pu. on my new suit and
shaved my face as slick as smoothin iron
and went over to old Miss Stanley, As
sspoea IL ven, inta the parlor whar they
was Ill set,in round The FIRE. Miss Carr
li0e and Miss Kesiah both laugcd rite out.
There, there, ses they, told you SO,
knew, il would be Joseph.
What's done, Miss Carline? see |.
You come sisters chicken bone, and do
bcliese she knew you was comm when she
pas ~ over The door.
I'M, didn't didn't, no such hing now
- Mary and her face bIashed red all over.
o., you needn't deny il, ses Miss Kesi>
a you long to Joseph now, jes as sure as
shafsS any charm in chicken bones.
knowd that was first rate chance to
say somethin, but the dear little creatur
locked so sorry and KEEP bIush;n go, Icould'n'
ny nothin zac.ly to the pint, SO | tuck
chair and reached up and tuck down the
bone and put it in my pocket.
VIVA, are you gwine to do with tina, bone
uow, Majer, says Miss Mary.
In gwine to keep j. as long as live,
- ], as Crismus present from the hand-
spsnest gal in Georgia.
When sed that she blushed worse and
xosse,
An. you shamed, Majer! ses she.
asNow you ought TO give her Crismus
ia, Joseph, to keep all her life, ses Miss
Cariine.
All! ses old Miss Stanley, when was
gaIIw used to hang up our stockings
why mother! ses all Of 'em, to say
stockings rite afore-
Then felt little streaked too, caus
thsy was all blushin as hard as they could
Highty-tity! ses the old lady--what fine.
rpent. I'd like to know what harm there is
il stockins. People now days is git;in go
mealy mou,hed that they can't tell noihin
81 its name, and don't see as they're any
bs,ter than the old time people was. When
Twas a gal like you, child, | used to hang
- my stockings and get 'em full of pres
ents. /
d The gals kept aughin.
Never mind, ses Mary, the Majer's got
sfeive me Crismus gift-won's you Ma.
~
Oh, yer, ses I, you kouw promised you
one.
4 But ! didn't mean that, ses she.
x I've got one for you, what want you to
kseP oil your life, but il would take three
bushsl bag to hold it, ses |.
Oh, that's the kind, see she.
But will you keep it as long Is you livea
H res !. Il
N Certainty ] will, Msjer. u