The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26

tt CH Ell n Al.
I will now rekur tew the insydent al
looded tew in the 4goi.l chapt ers. And
this is the insydent.
On kan still moonlite mite IN Joon,
1885,, solitterry ioskin mite be seen
settin' and smokin' on the porch OF Ear
mer Joneses farmhouse.
Stranger, was that joskin.
AS / sot and smoked L thunk and
thunk lst of thing and then ofanother,
outill finally my thots settled on the
neece of nabor Brown, Geneveeve-
sweet Geneveeve st. Muggins, who tho
| [ had seen her but 2ice and spoke to her
| but Ice, had already won my fresh yung
hart.
| For farmer Jones had told me all a.
bout the critters haven A or 5000 , III
| her own rite, and so 4th, and how he
| liked the gal altho' old Brown was her
| unkle, with hoom he had bin at log
| gerhcads for yeers on account OF lor-
/ SCOT.
| The fust time seed the critter was
at meetin', but she had anuther feller
with her, SO had no sho to speek
her.
| But the next time | clapt eyes on her,
was more lucky.
com on her as she was in the act OF
drivin' our ole gray bull out'n her un.
kle's cabbige orchard, and the bull benz
ours l felt cald upon to malk some eX-
kuse for his thotlessness.- So gittln' oil
my mule and hitchin him the fens, !.
advanced lords the MAIDEN with my mart
u thumpin' like onto the hopper oil q
rice mill at by water.
..Excuse me MISS" sed !, s'fur maxim
so free es speak to yu, but seem es our
ole bull hes made so free with your CAD
biges, feel it my dooty as the only re-
presentatif of the Joneses INTEREST pre-
sent at the time bean, beg ov yu
overlook this Youthful indiskreeshun OF
hisn, and ashure yu that shood 1t on
fortunately ockur agin-"
"Shonld it ockur agin ~ scz the ma,
den. swell, eff it dos l reckon III spill
his hide fur him, stranger, as shore es
yore a foot hy !"
As she stud thare in the mornin sun
lite. utterin those words, her disheyel-
ed hare dun up in net. her lite hane
grasn,n a hoop pole, and her le1I hanc
5oldin i'm her close out'nsthe mud, she
formed a pictur for an artist.
ona,led be the look of thoas llashli
re an, strateway sot work hXln uI
thn fers. and fur the next 10 minutes nl
en- very little past betwix us except tn'
: hammer and males. When .he fens wu
fixed. She (Geneveeve) got up and so
on the ton rale fannin herself with he
"Durn him fur an ugly, good for moth
in looking critter amy how, mur /
cd the MAIDEN. wipin her eyebrows VIII
+ her skirt. and lookin straite al me
she's maid me SWEET wush a ploN
hoss."
Not novin wether she meant me o
the bull, blushed and kept silent.
A klumsy silons follored this, wen al
of Il sudkint.
She Jumps down off'n the fens an
seq: stI reckon I'D better git. or III ne
some bcllerin at me from the house,
when grosped her arm ana elacKiia
ted. ''Stay! l moment MISS ot. Mus
Gins-l moment, sweet GenevecVe, IL
me beg ov yu blend me Just o."
"Can't see it stranger! DON'T no yo
good enuff 2 lend you nothin.
"You misunderstood me, my mummy
suclxle.n sez I. s'tis yore attenshun
wood borrow from you long enuti' iC
me more ont at yore feet myameite
feelins Ontil tell you. that seer
/ nv I's fust Bheld yore by no meel
y homelv feetyurs, those feetyurs hev D.
,, Norayed on nv fresh yung hart-ohtl
fell vu how I've dreemed ov you nj
and day outill even kustard pies ha'
lost thar charm for me--ontlll tell y'
tinallv." sed |, Qookin arounl for dl
y nIais neel down,) ssuntel tell you
noIlv. that Low you by no meens tam
lv. and that without you life me he
4th will be blank, thet is nary prlz
Sneek. Geneveeve," sed L, "speek, dea
est. and let me no at Ice my probat
prospecks in the present premises"
UWhipsnaiks and not-t-i-d mok
sinsl" sez the MAIDEN, "ef yot amt
long winded kuss ov lover, | dol
want a cent. Well tell the trooI
s.ranger." sez she, pullin up her stoc
= ins. II TUX a likin 2 you the lst time
seed YOU at the meetln',. altho' Ka
K, sai hankered arter yu tho; AID re.
on mite es well hich on 2yn es u
bilyus lookin shadder OF Gus !
Brown, for the old man swares ! 81
D. .hev marry Ike yet. You no IKE he,
u reckon. he's ole Browns son. ret
. on he thinks thet's the only way he
knen nv stamps in the family"
"Then,, sed [, risin my feet, "tt
a thou tcilest me that | may hoap!
y, anoeliok bean words amt noWhar
express my 'feelins ~
s.Hoop i'' sez the MAIDEN, "hevl
told thee thet thou hast ded thing
= il, thou gump of gumps J"
LEN AS the last words dide on herlip
nilode her waterfall on my manly hr
and printed on my cheek the fHst p
xs kiss OK Low.
I will mass over the next fu nome
ov hiss In silens, tina benz sakred