The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-07-19
Correspondents fer tas nNrc:2tt.
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| Well, you see. after the Ioker ''
scIape. mt and Sal got a'ou, miad!in'
well for some time, till I made up nv
mipd to fetch things to he'd, for
loved her harder aud harder every day,
and had an idea, that she had a sorter
sneakiug kindness for me, but how TO
dew the thing up right posted me orful.
got some love books and read how fel.
lows got down on their marrow. bones
and talked Ike parrots, sud the gals
they would go inter sort .ftrance, and
then how they would gently tall into
the fcllcr's arms, but scne how that
didn't s1it my notion. sske' marin
how dad courted her, bu- sze said it
had been so long since tha, / forgot
all about it. Uncle Joe ers says
marin done all the courtiu. At last
made up my mind to go it blind, for
this thing was fairly consuming my in.
nerds. So I goes over to her isidy's,
aud wheu | got there l sot like a fool,
thinking how l should begin. Sal, she
said somethin' was troubhn' me, and.
says she, "'aint you sick, Peter ?"
"yes-no," seq l ; J" that is, amt ex.
actly well; I thought I'd come over to
Benezett, to night" seq L, That's q
mighty putty beginning anyhow thinks
L; so l tried again. "Sal," seq I, aud
about this time I felt mighty tainty aud
oneasy about the squic =eyincsam.-
" What ?" sez Sal. SAL" seq |, agin
What ?" seq she. "rR set to it al.
ter while at this lick" thinks [. Pc
ter" sez she, "there's sumthin's a
troubliu you powerful, I no, It's nigh,
ty wrong tor you tew keep it from a
body, tor iGnerd sorror is consuming
fire." She sed this, she did, the dear,
sly creetcr. she noed what was the
matter all the time, mighty we'll, and
was just trying to FISH it out, but was
conc so far l didn't sec the mint. At
last | kinder sorter gulped down the
lump as it was rising in my throat, and
seq l, " Sal, does you luv everybody ?"
" Well" sez she, ",har's dad and marm,
and, Counting her fingers all the time
Wia =: 2v"s sorter shut, like !eller
shootin' of a gun,l thsr's old Pide
(that we're an old COW of he.n) cant
thiuS of anybody else jist now" sez size. !
Nuw this wur orIul tor tc:'cr drd in !
iuv, 50 ar'cr while I tries uoo:hcr |
Shute. SeE |, Is Sal, Tn pcwrrf,, lone /!
sun to hmm. and sum,imes think It
only had putty wife to iuv sud TO .4ik |
tu. and to move and have my beat with,
| should be tremendous teller With |
that she began and named over all the
gals witbo five miles Of thar, aud never
wunst cum uigh uamin' OF herself, aud
sed ortcr &c; one of them That sor.
ter got my dander up, aud SO ! hitched
my cheer up close to heru, and shet
my eyes, aud tremblously sed "Sa!,
you are the very gal I've been hanker-
ing after for long time. lee yu all
over, from the sole Of your led, to the
foot Of your crown, an l ioa care who
knows, it ; and if you say SC. veil be
joined together in the holy b., = nat.
rimony, c pturijas aRum, w5r.i With.
out end" sez l; aud felr ike I'd
throwd up au allygatur, felt So reliev.
ed. With that she fetched a sorter
scream, and after while she seq, seq
she, " Peter" "What is't, Sally ?"
seq |. "Yes !" sez she, hidin' ov her
putty face behind her hands. You may
depend upon it l felt orful good.
Glory glory" ssz I, al must hol,
lar, Sal, or I'll bust wide opes. HoOray
for Hooray, l kin jump over a ten
rale fence, l eau do everything that any
fellow could, would or orter do" With
hat l sOrter slashed myself down by
ler and clinched the bargain with
such kiss talk about your
about your merIasses-talk
'bout yer blackberry jam-you could't
,svc 20, mc come ni"h 'cm thew would