Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-05-14
HOW PEBBLES ASKED THE
OLD MAN.
By JOHN QUILL.

!, give him a lift out Of bacheIordom
! and she said "Yes." tits therefor
! absolutely necessary to get the oil
q mans permission, so PEBBLES said
that arrangements might be made
for hopping the conjugaI twig.
PEBBLES said he'd rather pop the
interrOgatory to all the old Merri.
Weathers, and bis sisters, and his fe,
male cousins, and his Aunt Hannah
in tie country, and the whole ofhis
woman relations, than ask old Mer
riweather Bot 1t had to be done,
and so be sat down and studied out
a speech to disgorge to old Merri-
weather the very first chance he got
to shy at him. So PEBBLES dropped
in onhim one Sunday evening when
all the family had meandered around
to class meeting and found him do
| ing a sum in beer measure, trying
to calculate how many quarts his
interior could hold without blowing
his head off of him.
"How are you, Peeb p said old
Merriweather, as PEBBLES walked
in, as white as a chunk Of chalk,
and trembling as if he had swal- |
lowed condensed earthquake
PEBBLES was afraid to answer, be-
cause he wasn't sure about that
speech. He knew he had to keep
his grip on it while it was there, or
it would slip away from him like an
oiled eel through an augur hole
So lie blurted right out:
"Mr Merriweather, sir, perhaps
it may not be unknown to you that
for an extended period of some five
years, have been busily engaged
in the prosecution of a commercial
enterprise .s
'Is that so, and keepin' it. Sc
cret all the time? Why thought
you was tendin' store. Well! by
George! you're one Of 'em, ain'tI
you?"
PEBBLES had to begin over to get
the run of it.
"Mr. Merriweather, sir, perhaps
it may not be unknown to you, that ,
during an extended period Of some :
Eve years l have been busily enga-
ged in the prosecution of com
nerclal enterprise with the determi-
nation to procure sufficient main
enance-"
"Sit down, Peeb, and help your g
elf to beer. Don't stand there
olding your hat like a blind beggar u
nth the paralysis. What's the mat cI
er with you, any way? I never p
eed you behave yourself so in all "a "a
~ born days" at
PEBBLES was knocked out of time ~,
gain, and had to- wander back and III
IKE fresh start. r 'o n'
"Mr. Merriweather, sir, perhaps IN
may not be unknown to you that 9
urlng an extended period of five pl
ears, have been engaged in the III
rosecution of a commercial enter vi
rise, with the determination to " "
rocure a sufficient maintenance" :"
"A which ance? 2" asked old Mer- VI
weather. But PEBBLES held on to VI
le last words like it was his only III
lance, and went on:
Sin hope that some day / might ~
tier the wedlock, and bestow my OI'
Irthly possessions upon one can ou
il my own. l have been lone an
an, sir, and have felt that it is not 70
,od to be alone, therefore"
"Neither is it, PEBBLES, and I'm pc
fired glad you dropped in. How's VI
G old man ?" 'al
"Mr. Merriwether, sir" said Pee Wis
IS, in despairing confusion, rails yo,
z bis voice to yell, sit may not 'ul
unknown to you that during an any any
tended period of lonely man, 1 glel
We been engaged to enter we'd @ uer
k, and bestoW all my commercial g'ei
erprises upon one whom / could al
Dcure to be a determination to be llle
ID for sufficient possession-I ple'
an that-Mr Merriweather, sir, gEa
nay not he unknown" you
And then again it may. Look ".ll
e, PEBBLES, you'd better lay down oi y,
take something warm, you amt t.1t. Cne
l." r. a# lust
Mr. Merriweather, sir, it may inul
be lonely for you to prosecute 70 70
whom you can call friend for I'o'
maintenance, but-oh, sun
G it, Mr.. Merriweather, sir, any
Oh, PEBBLES, you talk as wild as inal I.
ckass. l never seed a more first Viuc
s idiot in the whole course of saw
life. What's the matter with was
anyhow ta
Mr.. Merriweather, sir" said bur,
bles, frantic with despair, sit Gao,
Z not be unknown to YOU that stol
prosecuted lonely who is not viii,
d for commercial period of afteI
lock felt for some five years, ed,
cana
See here, PEBBLES, you're drunk, No {
if you can't behave better than robb
, you had better leave. If you
t III chuck you out, or I'm -
ehman." Pike
Mr. Merriweather, sir said er, Vi
oles, frantically, lit may be I'M Mr.. j
wn to you that my earthly pos coun
ions are engaged to enter we'd Gus 6
FIVE years with a sufficiently thing
" man who is not good for a few b
mercial maintenance. " Mr..
he bloody deuce he isn't
you just git up and git, old Th
or I'll knock what little brains ador
# you you've got Ieftr Core