The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-04-04

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when lived down at Eltron, there was /,
good many fpst rate gals down there, but
didn't fake a likin to any on 'em, till Squire
CHHmlRs gum down there to live. The SOUR,
had a mighty putty darter. | ged sum Of. til,
gals was fust rate, but Nancy Cummins wal
iust rate, and q lseAe more. There was many
dressed finer and looked grander, but there wa.
sumthin jam about Nance, that they couldn,
hold a candle to. If Teller seed her wuncs
be conldrtlook at another gal for a week.
Lux likiln 20 her rite of, and we got as thick
as thieves We had used to go to the same
meetln, and sot in the same pew. 1t took me
to find the Sans and hims for her, and we'd
swell 'em out in a manner shockin 10 hardened
sinners; and then weld mosey hum together,
while the gals and fellers kept a lookin on az
though they'd like to mix in. I'D always stay
70 supper, and'the way she cqod make min
cakes, and the way rood slick lem over with
Hlolassses and put Fem away, was nothin TO no
body She was dreadful civil tew, always get
ting spmthin NICE for me. i was up to the hub
in love, and was goin in for il like a lokymo-
i've. Well, things went on this way for a
spell, till she thought she had me rite enough.
Then she began to show off kinder indepep.
dent like. When I'd 60 TO the meetin, there
was no room in the pew; when she'd cum out
she'd streak off with another chap, and leave
me suckin my fingers at the door. Instead of
stickin to. me as she used to do, she got cuttin
round with.all the fcIlers jest as il she cared
nothih about me no more, none whatsumeveE.
! got considerably riIed and thort | mout a.
well cum to the end Of Ii at wunce; SO down
went to have it out with her: there was a
hull grist Of fellers there, They seemed nifty
quiet till went in. then she got talkin all man.
ner-oi nonsense, sed nothin to me, and darned
little Of that. | tried to keep my dander
down, but ii twarn't no use-I KEEP movin about
az if bad q pin in my Irogsers. 1 sweat as
if had been thrashin. My collar hung do "
as if it had'been hung over my stock to dry. /
couldn't stand it, so ! cleared out as quick as |
Good, for | seed twas no use to say nothin to
her. Invent strate to bed, and thotahe matter
over a spell; thinks ! that gal 10 Jest .fyin Of
me; faint no use Of our playin possum; III
take the kink out of her; if / don't fetch her
out of thathigh grass, use me for sassage meat.
! hearn tell of aboy, wuhce, that got toskewl
late onSunday mornin; master ses, YOU tarnel
sleePin %cretur, what KEEP you SO late? Why.
ses the boy, it is so everlastin slipprfy out. /
coodn't get along no how, every step l took
forrord, ! went two steps backward, and I
coodn't have got here at all, if hadn't turned
back to go t'Other way, Now, that's Jest nv
case. have been putin after that gal consi-
derable time. Now, thinks /, rll 90 t'other
wdy--she's been slitin me, now Jll site her
what's sass for the goose is sass for the uander.
Well, ! went no more to Nancy's. Next Sab
baday, slicked myself up, and / dew say.
when got my ixins on, / took the shiTtclean
off of any specimen of human natnr in our
parts, tell you now. About meetin time, OIL
! put to Ethan Dodge'gP Patience Dodge was
as nice . gal as you'd see 'twixt here and yon-
der, any more than she WASN'T jest like Nancy
Cummins. Ephraim Massey had used to 90 to
seq herr he was a clever fellow, but he was
dreadful jelus. Well, | went to meetin with
Patience, and sot right afore Nancy, | didn't
set my eyes on her till arter meetn; she had a
Teller with her who had q blazen red head, and
legs like o par Of compagses; sho had a face
as long as a grace afors a thanksgiving dinner.
| know'd who she was thinkin about, and
'twarnt the chap with the red head nother.-
Well, got boein Patience about a spell. Kept
my eye OnNance, seed how the cat was iumpin;
she didn't cut about like she did, and LOOKED
sOlemnly she'd gin her two eyes TO kiss
make up. kept it up until like to have
got into a mess about Patience. Tho %critter
thot was goin after her for good, and got is
proud as a lame turkey. Won day Efe cum
our place lookin as rathy as 4 malishy
offser on a trainin day; look here, SEES he, Seth
S .okes, as lond as a small thunder clap, III be
darned - Halo! ses !, what's broke?-
Why, SEES he, | come down to have satisfaction
about Patience Dodge, here I,ye been cOrtih
ever since last grass a year, and she was
jest as good as mine till you cum a goin urter
her, and now l can't touch her with a forty
foot pole. Why, SEES J, what on airth are you
sbout2 aint got .pothin to DO with
your gal, but sposeI had, there's nothiD foryou
10 get wolfy about. If the gal han taken .
to me, faint my fault if I've taken a
likin to her faint her faulti and if we've taken
likin to one another, taIat your fault; but |
amt 50 almighty taken with her, an you may
get her for me, SO you hadn't ought to get sa-
wage about nothin. Well, ses he, (rather. cool
ed DOWN. i am The qnluckiest thing in cres
Iwent down tother day to aplace where
there was an old woman died Of the bots or
such disease, anil they were sellin out the