The union Democrat., 1869-06-12


saws he; the liker died out of him once and
be was dead for three DAYS. and they was
gaing to bury him next day, says he. when
one If the boys filled him up with Ticker and
set him up against the side of the house. and
in the morning when they come TO bury him,
he was gapping and batting his eyes. says
he. Most all the folkes had left the liker
shop AMI gone MP TO the ball. and as Cave
had Mt got back thong | would walk up
and take look before he come. When | got
their the gals was sitting on ono side and the
fellers on the other; and when | went in, they
all looked at me so much, that | felt like a
strange hog who had been put in pen
with lot of others. But bimeby the fiddler
begin To rub rawsum on his bow, and screw
up the strings and the fellers begin to look
at the gals. and then they all went over to
where they were, and tried to get on the head
setts with their wimmen; and that sorter like
made me feel easier: for it does bother me
heap for folkes To look at me like they never
seed any body before; and then took a look
round to see how they would show Oft with
our fokes on the plains. The fellers looked
pretty much like us; except their clothes fit
EN- better; and they had more hair greese.
and sweet melting stutfruhe on EN-, 1.-THE gals
nv gracious wasent they pretty tho, " it bet
could have seed them she would have got leal-
Gus right off; for nothing rifles pretv gal so
much as to see other pretty ones fixed up so
nice as these were. Josh. says to myself.
veu nrto go down and get your boots BACKED;
wash your face. and put on billed shirt. for
YOU are aS good booking a. any of them teilers
if you are fixed up. So jest went down and
stepped i'm place where there was a lot of
tellers with their gals; and says any shirts
for sale here? no; SAYS one OF the wimmen,
We only have pies and cakes, and then they
ell laughed and was going out when n slick
hooking feller, sitting down by a mighty
pretty gal, says mister can les YOU have one.
What is to nav, says |? O. nothing says be.
and thev laughed again; then he got up and
whispering something to his gal, took me over
to his room and giving me shirt, says make
your self at home here, and use anything you
want to. saws be. Josh, says | to r.yself,
you are mighty lucky; here is everything
You want and more besides. to make you look
and smell nice to them gals; and after wash
ing and blacking my boots, | looked in the
glass and hardly knowed myself; had
changed so. hut the most difference was in
the smell. for did smell pesky good; and if
Bet could have get sniff at me she would
ent want to put the wedding off for | did
smell awful bad the last tine | seed her.
After rubbing a lot of the sweet smelling stuff
on nv nose rag; come out and going into
the liker shop. | thought | would take a pref
" good drink, so | would feel sorter home
Ike with the wimmen. Going up to the bar
the TELLER rp'ier the table, erawled out and
says. don't care if do; you amt asleep
this time saws l? No, SAYS he. | lost drink
hv that fonliShness, am going to keep awake
until the ball breaks up. Jest then, Cave
come with his gal. and helping her out, they
went in where | wanted TO buy shirt and
then he ccme over where | vas. and says:
come right long. | want to show YOU to nv
gal. Now. You gest imagine a tall gal. with
a short dress on; cut round with saw teeth
and a white dress under that which made the
top one look mighty pretty. and she standing
as strait as a shirgle with large big black
eves. with full round form and black hair
cut short: with calf on her leg like coffee
pot; and look which gest seems to saw,
amt afraid of Won; and you have Melinda
Snggs before your eyes. NV friend Nh.
Tickets. Miss Melinda; says Cave, glad to
know you, saws his gals flashing ber eyes
at me-: am to know you, saws |, and tnen
gast run out Of anvrhing to say, and sot
down and spnse looked like fool; for Cave
he saw that was q little scared like, and he
saws; see Miss Melinda up to the ball. fo- I've
90. to fix up before | can come. As we was
going along up. | got SO that could talk
frstrate. and asked 20 dance the first cowtil-
lion with her, and as they was darcing fam
cv Jig when we come in, she says. the next
will lie our dance so | gest set down and
waited Bmehv feller come up and saws
he, Mister, | will give you knock down TO
&C
you. SAYS |. one is enough at a time, for
gest then felt scared like, for they quit dane
ing and begin to set down. and the fiddler
and some OF the fel!ers went out to geta drink;
and | would have given anv thing most. to
went with em, for all tine gals begin TO look
at me agin; and | heard some of them say;
who is that new feller? aad then they would
come over and whisper to Caves gal, and
she would saw no. And wasent cirtain. but
they was talking about me. and would rath-
er been sitting on meat axe with Bet on my
lap. than with all of them peering at me.
Now you see wimmen are curious critters.
and they all wanted to know who Melindas
new bow was: she wssent going to tell EN-,
and was mighty glad when the fiddler come
hack, for as soon as he set down they begin
getting on the floor to dance. Come saws
Melinda the early bird catches the worm, and
she jumped up and got on one of the head
sett> and soon was going it like feller
heating tanhark. honors all, hands all round.
grand right and left, alemand left. balance
all. promenade all surg out little TELLER
jumping up and down like he was going to
have fit; and then he would no with a tune
called Lanigan's Ball; AMI tel. you what it
got me M to a bileing pcint, for when we
s'opned there was a small river running down
nv hack; and the sweet smelling stuff steam
ed up my nose and liked to take away my
breath. lts powerful hot tonight, nv shirt
il wet amt yours? saws | to Melinda as we
sot down. Same folkes amt got no sense or
manners either. says she. looking ar two fell
ers emitting m in The middle of the floor. No.
saws |. | think they had enough iumring
ronnd without cutting up anv more didnes
right off. saws |. wipeing my face. IF the
tool killer would come round. there would he
funeral saws she, looking at me, what says
l; o. nothing says she. and then she got up
and went into a room where the wimmen
liked up. that is powerful smart gal saws
to myself and come to think dident know
who ste ment, me or them other fellers.
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