Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-15
MY CourtshIp.


BY AHTENUs WARD.
There was many affecting ties which made
mo banker after BetsS dams Her fathers
farm fined ourn; thor COWS Aad ournlsqueneht
gheir hurst at the same apfire; our old mares
both had stars ia theft ioffeds the uaaasles
broke ont ia both families AZ nearly tbe Aame
period; our parents Betsys aud mine) slept
regularly every Sunday in the same meeting
house, and the nAbors used 70 absurve-1HOw
thick the Wards and psasleys air 2 il was
a sublime sight III the lspdDg OF the year, TO
see. our several mothers (Betsy's and mine)
with their gowns pin'd up so that they could't
sile EN- afIecshunitely Bilen soap together
and abcosin the nabers. i"
Ath6 ] hankered intensely after the Offices
Of My afeckshuns, / dsrent tell her of the
fresit that was rajin in my manly Buzacm. I'd
try TO do IT, but my tung would kerwhollop
up again the roof Of my mowth q stick thar,
like deth to a deceased Afrikan or Il country
postmaster to his ofiss, while my heart whan-
ged again my ribs like an old fashionea wheat
Flale,again a barn floor.
Twas a calm still mite in Joon. All nature
was husht, and nary zslTer. disturbed the Sc
reep silence. | set with Betsey Jam on the
Tense ef her fathers paster. We'd bin romPm
thru the woods, kullen Aours & driven the
MoO0-ouuih lIOu nH IhllNt iAAI so " hEthhl
with long siicks. Wall, we sot thar on the
fence, q s%winging our feet two and fro, blush
in as red rs the Baldinsville school house when
it vas first painted, and lookiR very simple,
make no doubt. ssMy left arm was okepied in
ballu nsih myself on the fence, while my rigts
was woundid luvihly round her waste. 2 lsj
+ cleAred my throat and tremblingly sed-
Betsy, you're a Gazelle"
Thought that al. ufua pIplV Hpa uyatIen
to soc what afTeck it wonld have upon her. 1t
evidently didn't fetch her for sheup and sed-
lyon are q sheep ~"
See + ..rrrtt . o l
'Betsy, | think very muchly OF YOU
al dOn'tbIievea word you say-so there
now cum ~ with muuhu obsarvashun she
hitched away from ms. . d.sa.i .ss' .if .
II wish thar was wInders to my sole 7! sed !,
20 that you could see some OF my ieelins.
There's fire enulf in here, % sid / stricking my
buzzum with my Est, ito bile all the corn
beef and turnups' 10 the 'nabsrhood VersoOyi-
us andthe Critter alnt "A circumstans
She bowed her head down and c0mmenst
chawin the strings OF her sun bonnet
"Ar, could you know the sleepliss mites |
worry threw with on your H%ccount, how vittles
has seized to be attractive to me, Il how my
Inns has shrunk up, you wouldnt dowt me.
Case on this wastin form and these ere sun
ken cheeks-' a.l- -vI-gf4s..t aa
l should have contnnered on in this strane
probly for sum time, but unfortunately | lost
my balunce and fsli over into the paster ker
smash, tearing my close and severely. dampg-
in myself giperally. Betsey Jane sprung TO
my assistance in double quick time and drag
ged me 4lh. TReh DRAWN herself up to her
full hite, she sei- .Y
~ won't listen to your noneents no longer
Jes say rite strate out what you're drivin az.
If You mean gettin hitchcd, Tn in
] considered that air enuff for all practical
pnrpusses, and we proceeded immeiitly to the
pArson, s and was made one that very mite.