Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-08-31

A Van kee Ourtsh 1 p.

"Well, you see, after the poker scrape, me
and Sal got along middln we'll for some time,
till made up my mind to fetch things to he'd,
for | loved her harder and harder every day. and
had an idea that she had sorter sneakng
kindness for me, but 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 go inter sort of trance, and then now
they would gently fall into the fellers arms, but
some how that way didn't suit my notion. l
asked marin how dad courted her, but she said 1t
had been so long that she had forgot all about IL.
unlike Joe alters says marin done all the court
in'.) At last made up my mind to 60 it blind,
for this thing was fairly consuming my innerds.
So goes over to her daddy's and when l got
there l sot like fool thinking how should be-
gin. Sal she sed somethin' was a troublin' me,
and seq She" Amt you sick, Peter 7"
"Yes-no," sez that is, amt exactly
we'll. | thought Id come over tonight" SEE |.
That's mighty putty beginnin' anyhow, thinks
| ; so | tried again. Sal, SEE |, and about this
time felt mighty fainty aud oneasy about the
: squizerinctum.
"What ?" sez Sal
"Sal," sez agin.
?" sez She
"I'll get to it after a while at this lick, )" thinks
"Peter," sez she, "there's somethin' a troublin'
tew keep it from a body, for innerd sorror is
a consuming fire. She said this, she did, the dear
sly creeter. She noed what was the matter all
the time nifty well, and was just tryin to fish it
out, but was gone so far | didn't see the pint.
At last kinder sorter gulped down the lump as
was raising in my troat and SEE /" Sal, does
you luv everybody !?
"Wel," sez she thar's dad and marin, and,
(countin the fingers all the time with her eyes
! INIT ka fal m n Y
thar old Pde, (that were an old COW OF hern)
/ can't think of anybody else jist now," sez she.
Now this wur orful fur feler ded in luv, so
arter a while | tried another shute. Sez /
" Sal, I'm powerful lonesum to hum, and sum-
times think if | only had putty wife to luv and
| to talk to, and to move and have my bein' with,
| should be tremendous teller." With that
she began aud named over all the gals within
| five miles of thar, and never wunst cum nigh
namin' of herself, and sed orter get one of them
That sorter got my dander up, and so | hitched
my cheer up close to hern, and shet my eyes, and
trembliousy 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 to the
| foot of your crown, an don't care who knows
| it and if you say so. we'll be jined together in
the holy bons of matrimony, plurlbus unnm,
world without end" sez | and | felt like I'd
throwd up like an allygatur. felt so relieved
! With that the fetched sortcr scream, and arter
| a while sez She" Peter"
"What s't Sally 20 seq l.
eyes /" sez she, a hidin of her putty face be-
hind her hands. You may depend upon it felt
orful good.
"Glory glory |" sez I. 81 must holer, Sal,
or I'll bust wide open. Hooray for hooray. |
kin lump over ten rale fence | can do every
thing that any fellow could, would or orler to
do With that | sorter sloshed myself down by
her, and cinched the bargain with a kiss-and
such kiss-talk about your sugar-talk about
yer merlasses-talk about your blackberry jam
YOU couldn' have get me to come nigh em. they
would a tasted sour after that Ef Sails daddy
hadn't holared out it's time for all 'Onest folks
to be in bed, | do believe | had staid there all
mite Yer orter seed me when / got hum.
pulled dad outer bed and Rugged him. pulled
marin outer bed, and hugged her. | pulled ant
Jane outer bed aud hugged her. l pulled the
niger servant outer bed and Rugged her.
rored, hollered. | danced about and cnt up
more capers than you ever heard tell ov, till
dad thot was crazy, and got a rope to tie me
with. "Dad," sez |, "Pm gwine to go for to
get married
"Married" baled dad.
"Married p squaled marin.
"Married" squaked ant Jane.
"Yes married." sez |. Married all over (;
lined in wedlock hooked on for wOrser or for
better, for life and for death, to Sal | am that
very thing me, Peter Sporum Esq" With
that up and telled them all about it from Al
pher to Omegar. They were all nifty pleased
and nifty wilin, and went to bed as proud as
Young rooster with his first spurs.
| o Jehosfat didn't | feel tremendous good,
and kept a gettn that way all mite. | didn't
sleep a wink but kept rolin' about and d think
in till my cup ov happiness was full pressed
down and ruDnin' over