The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14
A Yankee Courtship.


things to & he'd. for loved her harder and
harder every day, and had an idea that
she had sorler Sneaking kindness for me,
bat kow 70 dew The thing up right poster
Cd me oriul | got some love books and
red how fellows go. down OH their mar
row bones and talked like parrots, and the
gals they would 20 inter a sort OF trance,
the feiler's arms. but some how that way
didn't SUI; ,ay notion. asked marin how
dad cour;ad her, but she said il had 5oen
10 long since that she'd forgot all about it,
(Uhcic Joe; aicrs says lnarn done all the
ceuriia'D a. last mada up my mind to
20 it blind, for this thing was fairly con-
sumins nv innerda. 50 goes over to
her daddy soi when go, there sot
like fool. thinking how should begin.
Sal. she said somethin' was = troublin'
me, snd. says she. 'Aint you sick. Pc
To-?
'Ycs--no. seq /; 'tha. is. amt exactly
well; thought Id come over TO night.'
eez !. Thu'ss mighty putty beginnin'
anyhow thinks |; so tiied again. Sal,
SEE |. ana about this tine felt mighty
family and oneasy about tn, squi1erinc-
tam.
WHAT sez Sal
Sal sez agin.
What sex she.
I'll &c; 10 i. artor while At this lick,
thinks
.i'et4r. ssz she, there's sumthn's a
troublin you powerful no Its mighty
wron. Tor YOU COW keep il from n body.
for inucrd sorror 10 a oonsumiR' 6rs.'
She sed this. she did, the dear sly Greet
er. Size nosd what WAS ths matter all the
.,me, mighty we'll aud was just tryin
10 fish Il out, but was gone SO far | dinl
geo tho pint. At last kinder sorer gulped
down the lump as was rising IN my throat,
snd Cd ! Sal, does you !uv every body%
Wei, seq she. 'thar's dad and marin,
and (cou-,in' her fingers all the time with
her ewes sorler shut. like fsler shooting
off a gun. thsr-s old Pide (tha, weressan
old of hsrn) | can, think cfsnybody lss
Jus, now. seq she.
Now this wur orful fer fellow ded in
luv. So AFTER while | tries another shute
Seq |, Sal I'm powerful lonesum to hum.
and sumtin.es think II only had Put
~ wife 10 NV and To talk tu. and to move
and have nv bein. with should be re-
mendoas Teller
With that she began and named over all
the gals within FIVE miles Of thar, and new
er wua.t cum nigh namin' of herself.
aad sed | orier get one of then. That sor-
Ter got nay dander up, and so hitced my
cheer up close to herE. and sbst my eyes
and trsmblvusly sed.
Sal, YOU are the very gal I've been
hankering after for long time. l luv va
all over. rom tho sole Of your he'd to the
fool Of your crows. an | don't c,re who
knows il, aud if you say so, we'll be Join
ed together in tho l.o.y bons Of matlimo
nv. c plurIbus unum, world without end,
sez |; and f.l, like I'd throwcd up an al
Iyga;ar. | felt So relieved With that she
fetched : sorter scream. and after willie
she sez, ssz she. 'P.ter'
What isl, Sally SEE /,
.Yesl' soz she, hidin' ov her putty face
behind her hands You may depend upon
it felt orfuI good.
GLORY. glory sez |. i must holar,
Sal. or Iii bus, wide open. iIooray ior
hooray kin Jump over ten rale fence,
can 10 every thing tl.at any fellow could
would or ort-r do With that | sorteI
sloshei myself down ny her. and clnched
the bargain with kiss.--talk about your
suLar--talk about yer molasses--tslk abou
yer blackberry ian--you couldn't have
ret me TO com, high 'em, they would all q
lasted sour ar;sr that. XII SAILS daddy
hadn't holIsred out lis time for all 'ones
folks to be in bed. | do believe I'd staid
there all nita. Us orter seed me when
20. hum. pulled dad outer bed and
Rugged him pulled marin outer bsd
aud Rugged her. pulled ant Jane cute
bed and Rugged her. pulled our nigger
servant outer bed and Rugged her.
roared and h.,lsred | danced sbout and
cut up moro capers. than you ever hsarC
tell ov. till dad shos was crazy and 10, q
roma TO Ito me with Dad seq I. I'm
pmine 10 20 for to get married
.Aarried.' 5aIlsd dad
Married. squalled marin.
Married. sqaesked ant Jane.
Yes. married. sez [. Married ali over
iiaed in wedlock: hooked on for worser Of
for better, for Efe and Tor death, TO Sal;
an, tha, very thing: mao. Peter Spornm
Esquire. With ,hs, up I'D tellsd them
ali about it from Alphsr to Omegar. Thsl
we're all mighty pleased and mighty vii
lin aud I went TO bed as proud as young
rooster with his FIRST spurs-
O Jehosifat' didn't feel trsmsndou
,,od and Kept getting that way all mite
didn't sleep wink, but kept rollin' aSou
I'D ,b;pkir. ill my cup ov happiness va
III p.esssd down snd q runnin' over