Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-10-25
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By AKrExus WARD.

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The fOllOwigg issn "old enc" bpi, like
rum, improves on age:
There was many sffectin ties which
made me banker arfer Betsy Jane. Tier
fathers farm jined our'n; their cows and
our'n squenched their thirst at the SANE
spring; our old mares both had stars ia
their forrerds; the measles broke out ia
both famerlies at nearly the same period.
our parents (Betsy's aud mine) slept reg
ulsTly every Sunday IN the same uscetin
house, and the nabers used to observe.
"how thick the Wards aud the Peasleys
arei' 1t was a serblipse site, In the r;,ib1
of the year, to see our several mothers
lBetsy's and miDe) with their gov ms pin'd
up so they couldn't siIe I, EN-, affecshun-
ately bilin sope together 4 atoczin the
nabers.
I Altho I hankered intensely srter the
objeck of my Hifecshuns | darsent tell her
of the fires that was rsjin in my manly
bussum. Id try 10 do It, but my tuny
would kerwhollup up aein Tile ruff of my
mowth and stick THAR like deatlf.to de-
seast African, or country postmaster to
his cfhss, while my heart whanged sgin
my ribs like an old fashioned wheat fale
agin a barn floor.
Twas a earn still mite in Joon. All
mater was husht and nary zefIer disturbed
the screen silens. l sot with Betsy Jane
on the fens Of her fathers psstur. We'd
bin ronpin threw the woods. knllin fio,rs
and drivin the Woodchuck from his Naiis
Lair $50 to speek) with long sticks. Wal,
VIC sot thar .on the fensc, swinein onr
feet two and fro, blushin Us red as Bald
winsville school house when il Was paint
cd, and lookin very simple, | make nv
doubt. Ny left arm was okepied IN bal.
ensiu myself on the rense. shile my rite
was wounded luvinly round her waste.
| cleared my throat aud trenib ibliugly
sed:
betsy, you're a Gszellc'
/ thot that air vas putty fine. waited
to see what efIeck il wUeid kev spon her.
1t evidently. didn's fetch upon Lcr, Tor
she up and scd:
you're Sheep
SEE | betsy, | think very muchly Of
you"
Il don't believe word you ssy-so
there now, cum!" with which obseryashun
she suddenly hitched away from me.
81 wish thar wuz winders ia my sole"
sed |, $50 that you could see some Of my
ieelins. There's fire enuff in here" eed
|, strikin my buzzum with my fst. Ito
bile all the corn, beef aud tniuips in the
naeeshaad. Yslsovyius aud the Criiter
amt circumstance"
She how'd her he'd down and eomnenst
chawin the strings to her sun bonnet.
"Or, could you know the slcepless mites
| worry threw with on your account, how
vittles has seiyed to he attractive to me, a.
how nay Inns has all shrunk up, you
wouldn't dout ne. Gaze on this waslin
form and these ere sunkon cheeks"-
| should have continued on in this
strane for some time, but unfortunately L
lost my ballunse and fell over into the
pastur kersmash, tsaiin my close and ~.
vercly damogin myself generally.
Betsy Jane sprung to my Hssistans in
double quick time aud dragged ne l,h.
Then drawn herself up to her full hite,
she sed:
"l won't listen to your nopccnts no
longer. Jes say rite strate out what you're
drivin at. If you mean gittin hiiehed,
I'm iu"
considered that air cnuff Cor ell prac.
tickle purpusses, aud we proceeded imme-
jilly TO the parsun's aud WA made that
very mite.