Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-01-09

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anl a sara 4 ions lsfofsfhe agree
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&c ne wsidiug bet The very III ~
bsflTe Il was a. euus On, fuli
shanssl her rsini sod rsh arrirs
the river sid liia ~ Zee. ani mar
Tisi Lia, ahi len me "a - 80
traps s0msWh herr sise Tho isft l.
that pat : damPer 0n me and !
msie ap my nini hal ris'n hsiiiin
psid altogether better il.sn cal han
ia, aud jet iurnssi nay ailrnii'l
10 ralrhih esUn, uiink aHd bsr, snl
thar, boys, nesvr m.ssol mr., !
kind q forged that lhsne aar aHA
sieh live eriii,rs Ss Iemaio sin.vn
except n,silhvr ano was a NillVg.
with nO's.ly la, me - eane iir, an
shs ahd | loss.her supported lh'
family. and a. thar Aar ~, b's,ly sls''
"a Nogk for, ws laid up a rgh'
sinAn chance of m,nk AMI ossn
skins, aud samssdimes, Fear ~
nvv ysars pass,d, whrn ] hasan n
nolicr llial the oil Woman bryan u
grow as psrki,h as seliln hrn,-
What on airlh's ia ihe Wini' Thought
ii scented .omrlaln, II can
Ls that the o.l Nemsn's ioll Ia love-
| begnn l. lhlhk abnul bilia al
sumo hallvrnai bark and gslt'n' a
lamarack plaster lbr her back, whom
ono day. when the rain Lad driI
my dog WolfaRi nae into tho rabin,
aud | s,l half asleep on tho stso',
tho oil woman broke Loose,
"AmbTOse." sail she 'lm goitin'
used np-i lvrl rhumaiy Ia nay back
my speciaclcs l. broke can l
make hoe, cake nnr fry out possun,
iai. like used lo-lm gciiin' ed
aud broke down aud You must set
married"
"Phsw. phsw! rhcw!" eonlln',
WHISTLE wouldn't CO.'S out no
how. "W0lr yon yarmiEL' The
dog sc, up ono oi the dolelIlcsi yo Is,
Just as the critters do whom any
b..dy's goin' IN die, and then hc
.ncakod off and hid under the bel,
"Married molhcr-l get married!
"Yes, Ambro e-l cant pull lax;
Ican't dig ta,ers; ! cant hoe corn
like ! used To. and you'll sart'nly
como IL want iryou don't got some
body TO Oil my place
Well. thar va plenty Of gals Il"
the settlement, AID the old woman
wouldn't lot mo Civ. up the chase
NO tho next night, | lct WIlf u
home, aud went up TO see John Ia
ker's Molly. She wcrn I up To some
of tho gals in the settlement, hut J
war known To her droppin' eight
ucrcs of corn in one day. and rak n
and bindin after the cradles in tn"
rye field. so | though. shc monsht
do: But thought perhaps Molly
mought have u DO, and OF all thil e.
it's little the meancst gittin on
another mans tree waea hc'sw tch
in tho Lick, so | though J d look
in the winder and See If any human
was stayin' with the gtl, before !
went in; so ] iuml 10 | around il
the dark and clime1 upon dup GU
TO look in. lis. rs | WAS ta'iin' II
peep. my foot slipped and | come
kcrhop, head and tail. full length up
to the neck in somcthin' soft
"IIcavcns and airth! what kind Of
IL ouagmirc am | in now?' Tie
noise brought the old woman and
Moll out with the candle rs | was
founderin' in the trough.
Am. Swamp-my gracious
what are you doin' thar in my
soup?" screamed the old woman,
"A gittin' out iist as fast rs can,
Miss Baker" says L scrapin off the
slush from my face and hand hands.
"But how on airth did You come
to git in thar"
"Why, Miss Baker, to own the
corn. l como up tn see if Moll thar
would except my company, and
got up on the dugout tu-iu-'
10 git soft soapcd aiorc you
come in," roared Molly. "Yoa can't
soft soap me, you varmint, and the
sooner you make yourself scarce in
these diggin's the better, or iii
make soap grease of your body. and
bile you down to smaller chunk
than you now be-"
"Nulf scd, says I, "may | be to-
totally obiterated if ever try to
git on the track of gal again
The old woman may die Of rhcuma-
ty, and I'll give up the traps and go
to raisin' corn myself-aye. and ba
kin. my own hoet cake, and patchin'
my own trowsers before I'll ever try
tn court another female woman
l don't understand the natur, of the
game.