Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-03-23
Roses red, and violet ! blue,
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To which adde d one out Of m
: own head all the one | ever mad
boys; but it went to herheart, | recko
Oh, what can cure my melancholy?
Nothing on earth-+but you, Miss Pdlly.
/ | sent this by Bill, in the morhin!
sas he went up to school. lie wei
right by Squire POI iter's, and prom
ised him red hanG-sled, if h
would dn't te!l nobody. Keep shady
Bill; said |. Tight as a clam, sal
he. Thinks ! TO hy self f-ogip sh
gifts that all read over, she'll hegi
to guess, what I'm ;rter, when ge
/ up there tonight.
/ | and father had to 30 up into th
deadening to chop v wood that day 70
1.-THE district. Bless my stars, ho,
cold it was F. the Wind blew through
the bare limbs Of the old oaks ant
naples like wrath. But my hear
beat double quick tim you know
boys how it goes md chopped away
like blazes.
y You re in a hurry, Sam; amt you?
said the old man.
N 70 other way TO keep warm, faith.
err but / was sn't cold, not |. We
kept at it all day, and long day il
was, tell ye. Just before sundown
we turned in and shopldered our axes
for home
sam, said the old man, I'm right
tired somehow, and ybu may 90 down
to tile lower meadow and fodder the
Stock
Off | struck like mad, for | knew
it would take me till pitch dark to
get done, if | had to Go it alone, and
then I'd have my supper to eat, my
beard to take off, fix up, and walk a
mile and half, and it would be we'll
on to 8 clock when I'd git up to the
Squire's. The sno ow was falling a
perfect sheet, and the wind blew hard
er, and Iknew that marin would be
up about my going out such night,
for mother used to know something
about boys in them days. Thought
there never Was such a night, and |
gaesB there wasn't either.
Old brindle didn t get any more
than full dose of nubbins; and as
Ill e as not, ddbBin found the hay-rack
empty afore morning. Marin had
mush and milk for supper and hang
the mustn't " +ouldn cool and I burnt
my mouth to a blister first dash; /
slammed dow n the spoon and pushed
back the chair. Whats the matter,
SAM said father. Nothing, said |.
Sue looked at Tom, and Tomwinked
at Bill, and Bill couldn't keep IN
Sans going up to the Squire s. be
out. Father looked at
marin, and she blowed her mush, and
they didn't say word. So I went
up stairs to get on my butter-nut
breeches, striped vest, and blue hunt
ing shirt. Wasn't there a giggling
when | Started. Bill had told.>
All the way up | was thinking how
/ should fix it to get chan@e.
The Squire and his wife were stiff
old church folks, and knew they'd
not got to bed and LEI I've | and Polly
up to talk it out; 'tw4 IS too cold and
stormy to be out on Il e porch to look
1t the moon; and no kind of a chance
5or a sliding spree on the pond, and
only one room in the house. When
got there, | walked bold up to the
loor-my heart bed t against my
pocket, as if it would bust clean out,
out | was determinedb 50 | give an
lwfnl loud knock:
walk in, said the Squire. Good
evening, Samuel said he, show's S the.
olks to homer
'Middling, | thank ye, Squire
low do you all do here?' said ! as |
Walked up to the fire and pulled off
ny left mitten, and stuck out my
land as if it was cold.
so as to be stirring said the
squire, take a chair. Zeb, hand
samuel chairs-
The old Squire was sitting in the
light corner of the Fireplace, with
is red woollen night cap on, toastiug
is toes; with a candle in one hand
nd his newspaper in t'other. Marin
'orter sat at his elbow darning stock
1gs, next to her sat Polly, and then
mn; Jack and Eph were churning
yer in t'other corner; turn about,
.eb and Dick were dressing axe