Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-02-01
From tAe Western Continent.
BECKY WILSON'S COURTSHIP.
By MAJOR JOS. JONES, OF P1Nnv1LIE.


"Ob, now, Becky, do tell US all about
III" ses the gals.
Becky hadn't been married move'n a
month. and hadn't got over her bashful-
ness yet.
"Bout what?" ses she.
"Why, bout your courtship." ses the
gals.
"ShAw." ses she. turning away her
head and blushin dredful; "you better
tell your own courtships yourselves, !
reckon"
eyes, but none ofus ever had any bows,
Becky, and you's a married woman
Come, now, do tell US all about it. do
love to hear about courtin so much," SOS
Betsy Bowers.
"Oh, yes, Becky, do tell u.s."
"Well," ses Becky, after great deal
ofblushin and twistin about, "I'll tell you
all how it was, if that'l satisfy you"
well, now" ses the gals, all gettin
round her SO they could hear good.
"Well," ses Becky, putting emphasis
on bout every other word, John, he, cum
to over house to see me-" she ses, turn.
In away her he'd and kind O. lookin down
sideways under her arm. Fool! he
better go to see his SELF reckon. Ora
cious knows, didn't care nothin bout
him."
"WeIl." ses the gals.
"Well, John, he, sed he loved me-
Fool better love bis self, reckon"
"Ob, that's so funny" ses the gals
Ego on"
"shaw," ses Becky, 81 won't tell no
more"
"Oh, yes, do--do, Becky? 2" ses all of
3 em.
"Well, then John, he, ax'd me, if |
wouldn't have him. Hem, fool better
have his self, reckon"
"Then what did you say?"
"Hem never sed nothing. Gracious
knows, hs wasn't gwine to git nothing out
of me-"
"Oh, oh !" ses all the galls-"do go on,
Becky ?"
"Then. John, he, AID mother, If he
moughtn't, have me. Fool better 90 and
have his self, reckon"
swell, " ses the gals.
"Well, mother, she, got kind O. flustri.
Gated, and sed yes. Fool she better
mind her own bisness, reckon"
"And then what -
"Then John, he, AID daddy, if he,
moughtn't, have me and daddy, he, got
kind O. flustrlcaied, too, and he sed yes,
too"
"That's the sort of daddy's," SOS the
gals, rubbin Their hands.
"Ihen nanny, she, went to town, and
got a white frock, f9l me, land white gloves,
toPut on my hands, for me, to be married
to John. Hem, fool! she better be mar.
ried to him, herself, reckon"
"Well, J" ses the galls-"go on, Beckyp
"Shaw, now l amt gwine to tell you
no more about it, so amt"
"Oh yes, Becky, do go on? Oh, do
tell US all about the Weddin, Becky p
that's good soul!"
"Oh, hush, gals, bout SIGH nonsence. "
"Oh, do, now-thats a good SOUL"
"Well, bimeby, the preache9-man, he,
cum to over house, and, a whole heap
OF people, to marry me. Fools they
great dea! better staid to hum, l reckon.
Gracious knows, didn't want to see 'em. u
"Never mind. Becky--go on"
swell, then, John, he, cum to take me,
up, to the preacher man, for to be married.
Fool never did feel so mad-and then
oh, shaw, GALL can't tell any more. u
"Oh, yes, go On, Becky"
swell, then, the preacher.man he, ak d
me, il |, would have, John, to be, my law
ful husband. Hem, fool! better have
him, his self, reckon. And then
Shaw, gals. sUon't tell any more !"
"Oh, do, Becky. Now, your jest cumir
to the interestinest part. Oh, do tell III
the rest, Becky! ?"
"Well, | never sed nothing, and the
Preacher.man, he, sed must have John
to be, my husband. when he was sick, anc
when he was well, and when he was bet
ter. or worseF, and rich and poor, and love
him, and stick to him, and mind him, and
Lord only knows, what heap of things
and then he sed, people what he put to
gether, it was agin the law, for any bod,
TO take part; and so was married
hard and fast, the fust thing know'd, Il
John"
swell. what then, Becky 2" ses tn
gals, gettin more and more interested al
the time,
"Why. then, the preacher.man, he
went home, and then, all the fellers, Gun
. pullin, and hallin me, and kissin me, an
squeezin me, and, SIGH other earryins on
as they did cut up. Fools they grea
deal better kissed theI own selves, reck
on"
go on, Beeky-tsll US all about it 2
ses the gals.
"WelI, then, after they all went AVA