Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-04-29

clear of of any specimen of human natur,
in our paris Ab1lt meetin' time, of put
to Elthlm Dodge's. Patience Dodge was
as nice gal as you'd see 'twiyt here and
wonder, any more than she wasn't Just like
Nancy Cummias. Ephrl;m Mussay had
used to 90 to see her; h was clever fel-
Ter, but he was dreadful ielus. Well,
went to meelin' with Patience, and SIT rite
afore Nancy; I didn't set my eyes on her
till after meetin': she had a teler with her
who had blazen' red head, and legs like a
pair of compasses: she had a face as long
as a thanks5iven' dinner. | knowed who
she was thnkin' about, ana 'iwasn't the
chap with t.he red head nnther. Well, l
got pocin' Patience about spell. Kept my
eye on Nance, seed how the cat was jump
in; she didn't cut about like she. did, and
looked rather solcmnly she'd gin her tew
eyes TO kiss and make up i kept it up till |
like TO have got in mess about Patience.
The crittur thought I was gon' arter her
for good, and got as proud as tame turkey.
/ One day Ephe cum down to our place,
lookin' as rathy as maliShy officer, on
trainin' day.
"Look herc,'' scs he, ''Seth Stokes," as
loud as small thunder clap, '.I'll be darn
ed"
"Halo" ses |, sswhatss broke %
sWhv," sas he, 81 came down to have a
satisfaction about Patience Dodge. Here
Pve been cortin' her ever since last wear
and she was jest as good as mine, till you
cum goin' arter her, and now | can't
touch her with forty foot pole"
"Why," ses I, "whGi on earth are you
talkin' about! ain't got nothin' TO do
with your gal; but s'pose | had, there's
noth!u' Tor you to git wolfy about. If the
gal has taken likin' to me, faint my fault
if Pve taken likin' to her, faint her fault
and if we've taken illin' to one another,
faint your fault but | amt SO almighty
taken with her, and you may git her iorall
me; SO you hadn't ought to git savage about
nothin'."
sWell,'' ses he, (rather cooled DOWN. 81
am the unlucl,iest thing in creation:
went 'other day to place where there
was an old woman died of the bots or some
such disease, and they were sellin' out hen
! things. Well, there was a thunderin' biz
StiioI VI III dNNIS, iuii vi oii eOito Vi tuNh
50 ! bought if and thought | had made ;
| spec; but when / cum to look at 'em, ther,
warn't nothin' in it worth cent, except al
5 old silver thimble, and that was all rustei
up, so sold it for less than gave for it,
Well, when the chap that bought it took i
7 hum, he heard somethin' rattlc-broke tn
old chist, and found lots of gold in it, in
. false bottom hadn't seen. Now if l ha
z tux the chist hum, I'd never found tina
x money, nor if / did they'd bin all counter
II felt and I'd bin tux up for passin' on 'em.-
Well, / jest told Patience about it, whe
o she rite up and called me darned fool"
! "Well," ses l, "Ephe, that is hard b,
;. never you mind that-jest go on-you ca
= git her! and when you dew git her, yo
10 Can file the rough edges off jest as yo
. please" /;
!, That tickled him, It did, aad away I
!, !. went, little better pleased.
ar Now, thinks i, it's time to look aft
Nance, Next day down ] went. Name
N was all alone, axed her If the Squire wi
: in she sed he wasn't.
d "Canse," !" says l, (makin' beleev l wan
= ed him,) sour colt sprained his foot, and
n cum to see if the Squire won't lend me t
mare to 60 to town." 9.
xt She sed she guessed he wood-better
y, down till the Squire coined in. Down
ne sot she looked sort o. strange, and my hs