The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-03-17

"a meddlin old maid. wish you'd mind
you own bizness, and let me alone about
Josh Maswire-''I wouldent wipe my old
shoes on him." Now, what did the critter
dew when spoke SOP Why, she snorted
right out a latin, and says she, go, don't
git in passion, Melissy--don't dew keep
yer temper till yer marned-dew." Purity
soon she went hum. This was a Friday.
Well, Sabberiay come, and dident see
Joshaway. ! thought twas rather queer,
but reckoned on seein on him to Wednes-
day evenin meetin-so | waited with pa
thence till Wednesday evcnin come, and
went 10 meetin. Well, he was there, and
| sposed Of course he'd wait on me hum
but when meetiu was out, 10 and behold
he went straight apast me and axed Clscy
Foggerson if hc should have the pleasure
% Seein HER hum Then it all come ,hro' my
head like a flash o. lighinin, what said ,c
Hammer Canoot--and know'd she'd told
him ont as well as if I'd heerd her
tell you felt like death Inever know ed
till that mint how much sot by Joshaway
Magwire-the idea O losin on him was az
gravation. Well got hum some how OF
other, and went straight off TO bed-bnt
dident sleep none that night. IN the mornir
] got up with a tremendous headache, and
lookin as pale as a ghost. Mother she axed
me whether or no | want sick. telled
her no but all that day want Git for nc
biznesS-dident have no appetite at all
and when night come yer gram'ther felt sc
consarned about me, she gin me dose o.
pnrrgarlick-cauSe she said If I dden,
sleep that night I'd sartinly be attacked
with the fever. In spite Of the parrigar.
lick dident sleepa wink that night, mother
Next day ! felt wusS than ever, but | was
awful high spirited, and was determined
nobody should know the reason Thinks
me--if Joshaway's mind to use me so, be
may, aud be hanged to hin. ain. gwine
to kill myself on accoun. o. him--he ain,
the only young man in the univarSc. That
was the way ltalked-to myseli-but talkin
and dewin's two things, you know, Nancy.
The more tried to despise yer uncle, the
more ] couldellt-the more tried TO hate
him, the better | liked him. Well, SO i,
" ent on for number o. weeks. Yer uncle
never come nigh me. fused TO see him 10
'ingin school and meetin, but he never Of.
fered TO see me hum-alwayS went with
Cloey Foggcrson. Afore long, every body
was talking about him and Cloey FoCger-
son. BIT what worked me most was-the
gals begun TO blagguard me about my loS.n
my sweetheart, and thinks me, I'll git him
back if | die fer't. So arter pordcrn ont
n spell, made up my mind I'd incurrdge
Star Canoot, aud see if that wouldent bring
your uncle few. Star was ready enough to
step up, yon know, but Pd gin him the nit
ten SO many times. he was afeared TO ver-
ter. So one day goes by his shop, (he
was a Vaughn maker Ivy trade, you know }
he was standin in the door, as he always
was, in gincral way, (he was everla>tin
lazy well says, says /, show de dew.
Mr.. Canootp tell you never see sur
priseder critter'n what he was--l hadcnt
spoke tsw him in bet.sr'n year. We'll,
as common says lie. Says |, why don't
you come TO SEE us now a-dayS, Mr.. Ca
noot% The crit.er was tickl.d. and saws
he, 'the reason haint is because | reckon
I'd my company wau'nt aPreeable.' 'Oh
Mr.. Canoot, you muStent think So,' says !
and then went Of, Wen, next night he
come Tour house, and AFTER that he come
every highland tell you twas an awful
cross to me 10 treat him any way decent,
for hated the critter Ike pizen, but man
aged TO be perlitc TO him, and afore = weeks
time he poppt the question. tel,'d him
twas very unexpected, and must consider
ont spell alore GIN him an arser. He
seemed apparently satisfied, and continued
to wait Oh me, and | could sect yer uncle
felt uneasy, by the way he looat sideways at
US whenever he see us together, but still he
never come nigh me nor offered tew speak TO
me-aBd SO 1t went on for two hull months.
Al the naborS begun 10 talk about JoSiar
Canoot and me-and Star, himself, was a
teazin on me TO know whether hadn't CON
sidered most long enough-and what to dew
| didn't know. was nigh upon crazy. my
health failed. hadn't no appetite, nor no
sperrts. Yer gram'ther was awfn oneasy
about me. Yer see was all the darter she
had left TO hum. Yer mar was marril and
gone, and yer aunt Bcdo,t was married
and gone tew. Well, got TO be miserable
critter. One evening, artcr supper, 1 was in
n dreadful state o. mind. | knowd Star
was comm that night TO git his anser, and
wanted to Git rid on him. So huv OH
my things and slipt out, and went IN 10 sis
ter Bedo;;'s. She lived TO the upper eud o.
the village. Well, found yer aunt Bedott
TO hum alone. Yer uncle llez WANT in
gone 10 some meetn or other-and kiar-
he was baby then-he was asleep in the
cradle. 'lm glad you've cum saws silly.
says She. 'ior I'm awful lonesome. He2
has gone oil inewhere-denrk knows wher:
'tiS ama2in how any man can be willin to
leave his pardner alone as much as he does.
I'm clear out o patience with tiff il
hadn't ben for that ilambergasted Young
ones havin the snuiiles I'd went off scme-
wher myself Yer aunt Bedo,t's nice
woman, but she was always an awful
grumbler: they dew say she iawcd the
deacon ont o the worldly Wen. so she
went on scoldin aud ire,til, and teln her
troubles and trials for ever 50 long; ut last
broke in, and says |, 'Ol Silly, don't 90
Oh so; YOU don't know wha, trouble is |
said II III kind a way that startled her.
and says she, 'Mcli>>y, what dew You
mcanE ] bust rite wi, cryin. Yer aunt
huv dawn her knicu work and come up
tew me, aud saws she. 'McDi,sy Pool. VIVA,
is the maticrS kept ona cryin and didn't
0n>er. At last she says, dew tell what ails
you, MeliSsy, dew faint nothin abou, Josh.
away Macwirc, hope, wouldn't fret
my gi2zard for him TIERS as good fishes
in the sea rs any'i ever was kccht Wit
Well, artcr spell thinks me, may MS well
tell her. So ] telld her the hull from be.
sinin to end how nigh yer uncle come to