Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-12-10
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Well, you see, me and Sal got along midlin'
well for some tine, till made up my mind to
| fetch things to a he'd, for loved her harder
and harder every day, and had an idea that
how to do the thing up right pestered me orful
got some love books and red how fellows got
down on their marrow bones and talked like
parrots, and the gals they would 90 inter q sort
OF trance, and then how they would gently fall
into feller's arms, but somehow that way
didn't suit my notion. / asked marin how dad
coarted her, but she said it had been SO long
that she ID forgot all about it. [Unkle Joe al
lers says marin done all the courtin') At last
made up my mind to 60 it blind, for this
thing was fairly consuming my inners So
goes over to her daddy's and when got there
l sot like fool, thinking how should begin
Sal she sed sumthin' was a troublin me, and
sex she, "ain't you sick, Peter!'
"Ies-no," sez /; "that is, I aiu't exactly
well: thought d come over it tonight" seq
That's mighty putty beginnin', anyhow
thinks /; so / tried again '1Sal," i" seq /, and
about this time felt mighty fainty and oneasy
What seq Sal - ~.
"Sal, ser L sgin.
"What?'' seq she.
.'l'll get to it after q while at this lick ,
thinks l.
Peter, seq she, 'tthere's sumthin' a trublin
you powerful, no. Its nifty wrong for you
tew keep it from body, for inner sorrer is
consuming ire" She said this, she did, the
dear sly creeter. She noed what was the mat
ter all the time, nifty we'll, and was just tryin'
20 nsh lt out, but was gone so far didn' t see
the pint At last l kinder sorter gulped down
the lump as was raising in my throat, and seq
l-"Sal, does you love everybody"
'Well," ser she, 'thar's dad and marm,
and Counting, her fingers all the time with
eyes sorter shut, like feller shooting off
gum and thars old Pide, THAT were an old
\ II hs,,I~ &c
llst now" seq she. Now this war orful fur a
feller ded in luv, so arter a while tries an
other shate. SeZ I-"Sal, I'm powerful lone
| sum to hum, and L sumtimes think if only
had putty wife to love and talk to, and to
| move and have my bein' with, 1 should be
tremendous fellsr:" With that she began and
named over all the gals within FIVE miles of
thar. ard never wunst cum q nigh namin of
herself, and sed orter to get one of them.
That sorter got my dander up, and SO hitched
my cheer close to hern, and shet my eyes, and
trent mblously sed "Sal, you are the very gal
I've been hankering after for long time,
luv you all over, from the sole Of your head
70 the foot OF your crown an don't care who
knows it; and if you say so, we'n be Joined
together in the holy bons Of matrimeny, g
pluri bus unum, world without end, seI I; and
felt like I'd throwe'd up an allygatur, felt
90 relieved. With that she fetched q sorter
scream; and after while she sez, seq she,
"Peter?" =
"Whst is't Sally ?" sell.
Yes?" seq she, hidin' ov her putty face
behind her hands. You may depend upon it
felt orful good
"Glory! glory" seq l. "I must heller. Sal,
or III bust wide open. Hooray for hooray.
kin jump over ten rale fence, I can do syery-
thing that any fellow could, would or orter
dc" With that / sorter sloshed myself down
by her, and ciinched the bargain with kiss
and such kiss-talk about yeur sugar-talk
about yer merlasses-talk about YER black
berry jam-you couldn't have got me to come
nigh EN-; they would all tasted sour arter
that Eff Sails daddy hadn't holIered out its
time for all 'oncst folks to be in bed, do be-
lieve d staid there all mite. Yer orter seed
me when got hum. pulled dad outer bed
| and hugged him. pulled marm outer bed
and hugged her. pulled ant Jane outer bed
and hugged her. 1 pulled the nigger servant
outer bed and hugged her. I roared, I hol-
| Tered, danced about and cut up more capers
than you ever heard tell ov, till dad thot was
crazy, and got rope to tie me with. Dad, -
| SEE 1, 81 m gwine to go for to get married."
Married." bawled dad. .....
married :" squalled marin.
"Married ~ squaked ant Jane
"Yes, married J" ser I; jined in wedlock;
hooked on for worse or for better, for life and
/ for death, to Sal; | am that very thing, me,
| Peter SpOrum, Esquire.' With that up and
telled them all about it, from Alpher to Ome-
Il gar. They were all nifty pleased and nifty
willin', and | went to bed as proud as q young
rooster with his first spurs
| D Jehosfat! didn' I feel tremendous good
and kept getting that way all mite. / didn't
sleep wink, but kept rollin' about and o
pressed down and runnin' over