The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-16
Barney 0'Balentine.
BIZ sam SLICK, ESQ.

darter. She waS a wilder, a miser and a
drunker. She was very good and very cross,
as many riieous pious people sre, and had q
loose tongue and tight pus Of her own
All the men that looked to her darter, she
thot had an eye to money, and she wsrn't
Tar out OF the way, mother, for II seems as II
beauty and money was too much to 20 to.
gether 10 general way. Rich gals and
handsome gels are seldom good for no.hin'
else but their cash or their looks. Pears and
peaches are not often found on the same
tree, tell you. She lived all alone the
most, with nobody but her darter and her in
the house, and some old niger slaves in a
hut near at hand and she seed no compsnv
she could help. The only place they went,
/" general way, was meefin' and Jerusha
never missed that, for it was the only chance
she had sometimes OF getting out alone.
Barney had most beautiful voice and al
ways went there, too, to sing alone with the
gals and Barney heorin of the fortin of
Miss Elles, made up to her as fierce as pos.
sible, and sang so sweet, and talked so
! sweet. and kissed So sweet, that be soon
stood number one with the heiress. But he
didn't often get chance to walk home with
her, and when he did, she dsrsnt let him
come in for fear Of the old woman. But
Barney warn't to be put off that woy long.
When gul's in one pastur, and lovers in
another, it's high fence that they can't get
over, that's a fact.
"Tell you what" says Borney, "set up
alone in the keepen' room, Jerusha, dear.
arter old mother has gone to bed, put out the
light, and I'll slide down on the rope from
the trap door on tho roof. Tell her you are
exercised in your mind, and want to medi.
tate alone, as the words you have heard this
day have reached your heart"
Jerusha was frightened to death almost
but what won't woman do when lover is
in the way? So that very night she told
the old woman she was exercised in her
mind, and would wrastle with the the spirit.
"Do. DEAR" says the mother. "und you
won't think Of the vanties Of dress, and idle
company no more. You see how have
given them all up since made profession,
and never so much as talk of them now, or
even think OF them. Co..
"Strange. Squire, ain't it! But it's much
m Lnn
devil. That old bag was too singy to buy
dress, but persuaded herself it was bein,
too good TO wear it,
Well, the house was fiat rooted house.
and had trap door in the ceilin' over the
keepin' room, and there was crane on the
roof, with rope to pull up things to spread
oil out; and when Barney thought the old
woman was asleep, he craws top of the
house, opens the trap door, and let's himself
down by the rope, and he and Jerusba set
down on the hearth In the chimney corner
courtin', or, es they call it in, them dieeins,
''sniffin ashes." When daylight began to
show, he went up the rope hand over hand,
hauled it up after him, closed to the trap.
door. and made himself scarce. Well, all
this went on as slick as could be, for while,
but the old woman seed that her darter look.
ed pale, as il she hadn't sleep enough. and
there was no gittin' her up in the mornin',
and when she did, che was yawnin' and esp-
in, and so dull she hadn't word TO saw
She got very uneasy about it at last, and
used to get up in the night sometimes, and
call her dsrter. and make her go off to bed,
md once or twice she come plsguy near
;atchin' OF them"
SO what does Barney do, but take two
1iggers with him, when he went after thut.
md leaves them on the roof, and fastens a
arge basket to the rope, and tells them if
hey feel the rope pulled, they must hoist
way tor dear life, but not to speak word
or the world. Well, one night the old wo.
nan came to the door, as usual, and SAYS,
Jerush"," says she, "what on airth ails YOU.
0 make you sit up all night that way Do |
ome to bed" "I'm rastling with the evil G
me- III come presently" Dear, dear" q
ays she' "you have rastled long enough G
nm him to have throwed him by this time, O
you can't throw him now, give it up, or he b
icy throw you." presently, marm," says g
'e darter. "It's always the same tune. !" n
ays her mother. goin' off grumblin'-"it's |.
ways presently-what has got into that gal D
act SO? Oh dear what a pertracted G
me she has on it. She has been sorelv h
xercised, poor GIRL" a
AS soon as she had gone. Barney larfed 60 B
lat he had to put bic arm GROUND her to Al
eady him on the bench, In way that didn't Il
'ok unlike rompini, end when be went to Il
hisper, he larisd 60 he did nothin' but II
uch her cheek with bis lips, in . way that ii
ok'd plaguily like kissin', and felt like il, Iii
%, and she pulled to get away, and that he p
I'd most regular rastle a. they sat on the to
'nch, and down went both on the floor with re
awful smash, and in bounced the old wo. b.
an (which 10 uppermoss." says she. - pc
aave you throwed Satan, or has Satan di
rowed you Speak. Jerushs, speak, dear, to
hoe throwsd!" II have throwed him."
ys her darter "apd hope he's broke bic
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