Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-02-24
A CoURTING ADVENTURE.

BY PETER sroRUa, Esq.
"Wen. you see after. the poker scrape,
me and Sal got along middlin' well for
sun f;me. ill 1 made sp nsy mind to fetch
things TO a he'd, for luved her harder and
harder every day, an he'd a idee that she
hal a sortcr sneaking Kindness for me; but
how to do the thing rite up, pcstercd me
orful. got sum luv book and red how
the fellers sotdown on thar mari-cr sboncs
an talked like fools, an how the gals
would gently fall inter the fcller's arms,
but somehow or mother that v ay didn't
.satc my notion; | axed ram how dad
scourted her, but she scd it had bin so long
,thxt she'd forgot all about il. fUncle 10
sallers sed mann dun all the ceurtin AT
last ma'lc up my mind TO. 90 it blind,
ifersthis thing was fairly consumin my vi
tails. 50 | goes over to her daddy's THAT S
SAILS and when got thar, set like
like fool thinkin how to begin. Sal
sed sumtbing was trublin me.
s'She sell this nifty soft like
rYes--no. ''scz I,'t.that ISL amt al
zackly well. | thought I'd cum over to
nite," sez L.
THAT'S purity bcginnin anyhow, -
thinks | so tried it again: tsi -
SAL" SEE !, and by this time / felt
unity Uneasy like.
.as'Whatsy seq sal0 &. vs,ns5A
"Sal,' seq agin.
What SEE She
'.l'll git to it AFTER awhile" thinks |.
"Peter," SEE she. char sumthin trub-
lin you powerful; / know its wrong for
You to keep it from body, for an innard
sorrer is consumin fire."
- She scl this she did, the deer sly cree
fur; she noel what was the matter all the
time. an was jist tryin to fish it out, but
was so fur gone Didn't see the pint. At
last | sorter gulped down the lump as
was rizin in my throte. and seq I.
''Sal. du you luv ennybu.ldv?''
"Well, SEE she, "thar's dal--an nam
IAN n countin on her finger all the time,
with her eyes sorter shet like TELLER shoo-
tin ~ argun and thar's old Pide. THAT
wtir an old COW NV hurn) an l can't think
up ennybuddy else jist now, SEE she. &
Now this wur orful for Teller del in
lux, so arter awhile | trie,l another shute.
Seq l.
sd, I'm. powerful lonesome at home,
M | famtin,es think # ! only had ahiec.
purity wife to luv and talk too, wo:.ld be
tremendous fcller.'
with that she begins AMI names over
taAytlk gals in i've miles nv there. anil
never enest come a.nigh namin NV hurself,
and sed orter to get one nv EN-.
This sorter got my danler up, so
hitched myIchcer up close TO hern, and
shct my ise and sed.
F;,"Saf, you are the very gal I've been
slaPkGin arter fura long time; lrv yer.
and don't keer who noes II; an eff you
say SO. we'll be jined together in the holy
bons NJ matrimony. pluribun unum, sez ]
anu ffeli sorelcvcl.ns With that she fetch
ileta& sortcr scrcenl, and arer awhile
Eeez --risea sos1 h'f4 tir'sf-< a1ft.s. -
ssssIe iecsr'. ! -35'ss.'. i's ..,.f 80
.ssas. Vhst, Sally SEE I--.assssf ..9ssasE}
SAT- lies, '''ssed she. lliain nv hnr purity
face behind her hands You may depend
on ~ { e ss e. must boiler. Sal
.Hsorar for Hooray--I kin jsnp over .
tall rale fsns | Kin do enpyz and every
thiIsssffRHi cihy ftitfcf fellssrf - ever could
wsabh shsuA, Or ostsrdos't
With That fsofter sloshest myself dow
rly he's. and and seelcsl the bargin with
kiss. and sich a kiss-talk about your shu
ga, Bx1ksbout yer merIassis.. - talk abou
Ssss tass a.,J ,i lsp iSy you'd al las
.sOh these wimnis, how good and no.
bad. how high and how 10. they kin max
Teller feel.a EflSals daddy hadn't hol
Tered out it were time for all oncst folks t
stgP SxA p psliessl' a'ssast there 4
night You ortcr seed me when &C
home. .Ixrsred, j lad6el an hollcrcd,
erocd like a rooster, ialised about an c,
sdr6s& sa9s:rsFthan y On lcves lr-esn e
on, till dali thoTt ! was crazy, and got
rope to tie me with.
81 -iAads iscz 1, -I'm gunic to be ma
riel."
sss,farric,l.- tawled da1 s''s-
Married. squalie,l NAM. n , i'FIaf
"Aarrielr' sqneaked ANT Jane
szss-fsss msrrisl. scz J.. married, a
Re sure--marriesl ike a fash---jined
wallock-hookcd on for wusser or for be
fexriIY liiesof fur dsthstp SalsI am HI
very thing-mc. Peter Sporum. Esq.
With that Iups and tells 'cm all abo
il from Alpl.cr TO Olnegcr- They was a
riiteIy pleased and wiilin, an went to b
,akpEpVka& AyyQpng. rooster with his q
@ tii;, M "" ! ss; s lss i /
happiness was cIlock: full : pressed dow
IN frain overa' III tell you sum
these days about tho wesldin-sl slIsussea
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