Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28
HE COURTsEEEE.
BY ARTENUS WARD.

There Wss many Ctfsctln ties which made 70
l-er GI.ar Betsy jane Her fathers farm
iill5 CurD; their cows and oUrn squencht theiE
rfur5t a5 the same spring; our old mares both
Lad stcres in their fauejs the mefales broke
ont Ia both .arme-iies et nearly The same pc
Rod oar parents Betsy s and mine) slept reg
ularlv every Sunday in the same meetin house,
end ..s uG5ers used 70 observe" How thick
he FVar7s and Peaseys air ~ 1t was = sub
ii-e sielt iu the spring Of the year to see our
&. vera. mothers (Bssy'5 and mine) with their
gowns giu'd up SO that they couldn't sile 'em,
uuuitely bilin soap togsther aud aboosin
tic uaGaTs
Alho I Iaukered intensely after the objsck
of my sff5cksluus, dErsenJ tell her Cf thu tres
that was ra-5u In my. manly Buzzum I'd Try
tu DO it, bat my tung would keTwhallop Up sgin
tire roof CT my mowth & stick thar, ike deth
TO a decesst African, or a country postmaster to
1 bis Cfis, while nay heagt wbanged agin my ribs
/ Ike GA cid fashioned fae agiu barn floor.
Twas a earn still mite in Joon. All nstur
was iush- and uarv z-fsr disturbed the screen
si.els I sot wi,h Betsy Jane on the f5nse OF
/ her 'atler'5 pastsr. We'd bin rompin threw the
woods. kuiI:n h0urs and drivin the woodchuck
! from his N4tiv Lsir $50 to speak) with long
sticks. Wall, we sot thar on the Tense, eswing-
/ ing cur feet to and fro, blushiug IS red as the
Eai5iasvilIe Fcool house when it was fusE
I painted, sud loOkin very simple, l make no
doubt Ny LETT arm was okepied in baLunsin
myself on the fense, while my right was wound
/ ed luvingly round her waste.
cleared my throat, and tremblinly sed:
Betsy, you're 9 gazelle."
IUOugbt that cir was purity fne. l waited to
see what etisck it would haze upon her. It evi-
/ IDENTIFY dn't fetch her, for she up and sed-
d" YoaIe . sheep
Betsy, I thinlz very muchly Of you"
Il done bIeeve word you ssy--sO there,
now cum with much obsaTvashun she hitched
| away from me.
d" I wish thar was winders 70 my sole ~ said
| T. so that you could see some of NY feelins
/ There's fire enuf in here" said /, striking my
| buzzun with ny fist, " to bic all the corn beef
| and turnips in The neighborhood. VersoOvius
| and the CntteT amt circumstans."
| She bowed her head down and commenst
lehswia tbs strings of her sun bonnet.
Ar, could you know the sleepless mites
worry throw with on your account, how vittles
! has saiz d TO be attTcctiv to me, and how ray
/ Inns has shrJ up, you wouldn't dowt me-
I Gaze on this,wastin form and these ere sunken
checks"
I should have continnered on in this sTane
Drobly for sumtine, but unfOrtuntly lost my
baUunse and fell over into the paster ker smash,
tearing my close aud severely damaging myself
giHeIally.
Betsy Jane sprung to my assistance in duble
ouick time. and she dragged me 4th. Then
draggin herself up to her full hite, she sed-
81 won't listen to your noncents no longer
Jeg say rIts strate out what your drivln at. 1t
ycu mean gittin hitched, Tn an
l considered that ere enUtf for all practice
Durpusses, azd we proceeded immeJiuy ID the
parsons, and we was made one that very mite
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