The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11
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now | COATED SAL.

harder every day, an had idea that she
had a sorter sneaking kindness for me, but
how to do the thing up rite pestered me
orful-l got slms luv book, and read how
the follers got down on their marrerbones
and talked like folks, aud how the gals
they wud 80 into sorter trance, and then
how they would gently fall inter the fel4
lers arms, but sumhow or luther, that way
didn't suit my notion. | axed nam how
dad coated her, but she sed it had been so
long, that she'd forgot all about it, (Uncle
10 alters sed nam dun all the courtin. At
last made up my mind tn go it blind, fur
this thing was, fairly a consumin MY in-
nards, 50 I goes over to her daddy's CHATS
Sal'sD and when got there, | sot like a
fool, thinking how to begin. Sal seed sum
thing was trubin Nv me, and sed-
SEES she, Aain't you sick, Peter?"
She sed this mighty soft like.
" Yes-no" ses l. "thnt isl amt ad.
zactly well-I thought I'd cum over to
nite,' ses |.
That's mtg putty beginning anyhow,
thinks l, so I tried again.
SAL ses I, and by this time I felt nifty
fainty an Uneasy like about the sqpiserinc
tum.
'Whot,' ses Sal.
SAL SEES | again.
'Whot,' ses she.
I'll git ia it arter while at this lick,
thinks l.
Peter ses she, 'thars sumthin trub-
lin you powerful, l no; its nifty rong for
you to keep it from body, fur an iunard
sorrer is consumin fire. She sed this, she
did, the deer sly creeter-she noed what
was the matter all the time nifty we'll, and
was jest trying to FISH It out, but was so
fur gone, didn't see the pint. AT last |
sorter gulphed down the lump as was a risen
in my thote, and SEES
SEES !, Sal does you luv emmy bodyY
'Well,' ses she, thar's dad, an nam Gan
counting on her fingers all time, with her
Use sorter shet like Teller shootin Nv a
gum and thar's old Pide, THAT war an old
COW NV hern) an | can't think Nv emmy body
else jis now ses she.
Now, this wur orful fur Teller ded in
luv, SO arter while [ tries another shute.
SEES I, 'Sal, I'm powerful lonesum at
home, an | sumtimes think eff | only had
a nice, purity wife to luv an talk to, and to
move. and have my being with, would
be a tremendous Teller
With that she begins and names over all
the gals in five miles Nv thar, and never
wunst come nigh namn Nv herself, and
sed orter git wun Nv them This sorter
got my dander up; so I hitched my cheer
up close to hern, and shet my Use and sed--
Sal, you are the very gal I've been han
kering arter for long time. love you
all over, from the sole nv yore he'd to the
foot Nv yore crown, and | don't keer who
nose it; an eff you say SO, we'll be jined on
tugether in the holy bons nv matrimony
c pluribus unum, world without end amen,
ses |; and felt like I'd thoed up alliga-
tor, I felt so relieved. With that she
fetched a sorter screen, and arter while
SEES
SEES she, 'Peter.'
Whot, Sally SEES I.
Yes ses she, hiding Nv her purity
face behind her hands. You may depend
on it felt good.
Glory glory SEES I. l must boiler,
Sal, or I'll bust wide open. Hoorah for
hoorah--I kin jump over ten rale fence,
kin butt bull off the bridge, and kin do
eny and every thing that eny other Teller
ever could, would, should or orter do
With that sorter sloshed miself down bi
hur, and cliuched the bargain with kiss,
and such kiss-talk about yore shugar-
talk about yore merarsis, talk about yore
blackberry Jam, you couldn't a got me too
cum nigh, they wud all tasted sour arter
that.
Oh these wimmin, how good and how
bad, how high and how low they make
Teller feel eff SAILS daddy hadn't holler>
ed out it was time for all onest folks TO be
in bed, | do bleeve I'd staid thar all night.
You orter a seed me when I got home.
pulled dad outer bed an I Rugged him.
pulled nam outer bed an I hui ged her.
pulled aunt Jane outer bed an | Rugged her.
| roared, | snorted, cavorted, lated an
hollered, dansed about and cut up more
capers than you ever hearn tell on, tell dad
thought | was crazy, and got a rope to tie
me with.
Dad SEES I, T'm gwino to be married ;
Married = bawled dad.
Married ! squalled nam.
Married squeaked ant Jane.
Yes. married, ses married all over
married to be shore; married like flash
jined in wedlock hooked on fur wussur or
fur better, fur life an fur deth to Sal, am
that very thing; me, Peter Sporum, Esq.
With that | ups an tells EN- all about it,
from Alpha to Omeger. They was ali
nifty pleased, aud nifty willin and went
to bed as proud as young rooster with his
fust spurs.
Oh, Jehosaphat but didn't feel good
and KEEP Citing that wav all mite
didn't sleep wink, but kept rolling about
and thinkin and thinkln tell [ felt my cur
nv happiness full, pressed and packed dowr
and a runnin over. I'll tell you sum u,
these days Nv the ,wedden an all NV that, al
how | duo, and how Sal, she dun, and how
all dun and so forth aud so on.
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