Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-07-17

of these lellers a, you. and keep talk.
in how slick they looked. 1t go, to
be parfec, pizen TO hear Of, or see the
critters. and the boys got together al
las, to see what was 10 be done--the
thing had grown partectly alarmin.'
At last meelin was agreed on. down
to old Jake Bents.
On next Sunday night, instead of
iakin' the gals to meein' whar they
could see these felers we left 'em al
home, and me, at Jake's. and ! am of
opinion thur war some congregated
wrath thar whew! want they!
H and scissorsr SAYS Mike JeIt,
lets go down and lick the town, rte
sfrair
Not holered Dick Butts. lets
kich these slick bsgers comm out of
meeiin' and tear the hide and feathers
off on 'em!.
why, - 'em, what do you think
boys. burs,ed in old Jake, Il swar if
they amt larnt our gals to wear sfarn
cushions; ony this mornin' caught
my dar,er Sally putin one on and
tyin' it roand her. She tho't was
asleep, bu, seed her, and | made the
jade repudiale it. and no mistake
quicker"
srhe boys took drink on the occa-
sion and Equality town was slumber
in for a short spell, over a Contiguous
yearthquake At last one OF the boys
proposed before we attacked the town,
that we should gil up a ball in the
Bottom. and jest outshine the town
chaps. all to death, afore we swallowed
EN- 1t was hard to gin in to this
proposition, but the boys cum 10 il at
last, and every Teller started TO pn! the
AFFAIR." agon.'
Il had been long spell hankern'
arter old Tom Jones darer, on the
branch below the Bottom, and she lcas
cri.,rr good for weak eyes-maybe
she had nj pair Of her own-well if
they warn't a brace Of movin light
houses, wouldn't say it--,hpre was
no calculaiin' the extent or handsome
ness Of the family that gal could bring
up around her. with fel|er like nae To
look ar,er 'em. Talk about graceful
ness. did YOU ever see maple saplin'
movin with south wind! 1t warnt
crooked stick to compar' to her, but
her old dad was atctui, He could
jest lick aaythin' tina, said boo, in them
diggins. oui-swar satin, and was cross
as she bar. with cubs. He had
little hankerin' in favor of the tellers in
town, too. for they gin him presents
Of powder to nnnt with. and he was
precious fond Of usin' his shooiin' iron.
| detarmin'd. anyhow. to ask his dar-
ter Betsy. to be my partner at the Net
tie Bottom ball.
We'll, my sister, Marth, made me
bran new pair of buckskln trowsers
to 60 in, and rie my picter, eft she
didn't put strrups 10 EN- TO keep EN-
down. She SAID straps wur the fash
ion and should ware 'em. | just felt
with EN- on as If | had some,hln' pres
sin, on me DOWNFALL my joints wur
sot tight together, but MatIh insisted.
and knew could soon dance 'em of,
so gin in. and started off 10 the branch
for Betsy Jones.
when | arrlv, the old Teller wur
sittin' smokin, arier his supper. and
the young Jones wur slttin' round
the table takin' theirs. A whappln,
big pan of mush stood rite in the cen.
tire, and large pan Of milk beside it,
with lots of corn bread and butter. and
Betsy was hel pin the youngsters,
while old Mrs. Jones sot by admirlng
the family collection. Old Tom took
hard star a, me and kind shook
bu, the straps stood II, and recovered
myself, and gin him as good as he
sent, but wur near the door and ready
to break if he showed fight.
What the are YOU dom II
Disguise says the old man--he swort
dreadfuly-'are you comm down here
to stea!'
Il rled up a, that. Says |. 'ef WI
comin'ior sich purpose. you'd be thu
last I'd hunt up TO steal off on
Your right, says he, I'D make +;
hole to light your innards if YOU did.
And the old savage chuckled. | mean
because he had nothin' worth stealth
but his darter, but he tho, twas cos
was afear'd on him.
We'll pnrty soon | gethered ~ ant
told him what cum down fur, ant
invited him to come up and take
drink and see that all went on rite
Betsy was in an awful way for fear h
would ut consent. The old 'oma
here spoke IN favor Of the move. an
old Tom though, on the ticker and gi
into the measure. OF bounded Bets
M ladder into the second story. an
one of the small gals with her to he
to nut on the fxups sot down i
a cheer, and fell talkin' at the oil
'oman, While we wur chattin' ava
as nice as relations. could hear Bets
maxim things stand round above. :
The floor was only loose boards kivel
ed over wide jolce. and every ste
made 'em shake and rattle like sma
hurricane. Old Tom smoked ava
and the young ones at the table woul
hold spoonful of mush to their month
and look at my straps. and then loo
a, each other and singer, till at La
the old man seen EN-.