The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1871-12-06

AlloS SdWlH useu 10 20 UuG ~ uIcsS-Ildhii
was sort o. Jealous. 'caEse folks sot more by
Hubby than they did by her. well say
she, 'Huldy Peters is well enough at hel
trade /; l never denied that. though | do say
| never did believe in her way Of maxim
button holes, and ] must say, if twas tb,
dearest friend had. that | thought lluidy'E
irwin to fit Miss k~ittridge's plumb c0loret
silk was a piece of presumption, the sill
was iist spilled, so 'twarn't fl to come into
the meetin' house. ! must say that Hubby:
4 gal that's always too ventersOmc abou
takin' 'sponsiSilitles she don't know moth
in about
"'Of course size don't said Miss DHakiu
BlG-get. what does she kn0w about al
the looking to thai there ought 10 he IL
guiding he minister's house? Hubby well
meanin' and she's good at her OIL and
she's good in the singers Sc:'t, bat L3Tdy
massy. she amt got 10 experience. Person
Carryl ought to have an experienced woma,
to keep hOuse-cleanin', and tie fall house
~cleanin' 10 be seen TO, and the things to bG
put away from the moths, and then the get
TIM ready for the association and all the
minister's meetin'S. and the maxim ,le
SOAP and candles. and Scttln' The hens and
turkeys. watchin' the calves and sccin' after
the hired men and the garden, and there that
are blessed man jistS sets there at home as
serene. and has nobody round him but that
gal, and don't even know how things must
be a runnln' TO waste.
"Wall, the upsho. emit Wa ti,cy fused
and fuzZlcd and wuZzlcd til t3rv'c ed drjakcd
up all the tea in the tci pct, and then they
went down and called on t,tr Vlrsua ami
wuzzled him all up talhin' about this. HAT,
and t'Othcr that wanted iOukin' to. and that
it was no way 10 leave everything 20 a
young chit like Hubby, and that Ii ought to
he looking about for IN experienced woman.
The parson he thanked them kindly. and
said he believed their motives TO be good.
bnt he didn't go no further. He didn't ask
Mis- Pipperidge to come and stay there ard
help him. nothin' o. that kind, but said he'd
attend TO matters himself, the fact was the
parson had got such Il likin' for havin'
Hubby round that he couldn't think O. such
a thing as swappin her of for the widder
Pip~peridgc.
but he thought II himself, IiGlIy is Il
good girl, and toughtG't Il b. lcsviu' cv-
crythiDg to her. lis too hard on llsr. |
ought TO be instructor and guidin' of her.
cause faint everybody could be expected
to know and do what Mis- Carfyl did, and
so at 1t he went, and. LoTGy Lnrdy Inassv,
didn't Hubby huva time Ont when HE min-
lister began to come out OF his study and
want to tend round and see 10 things
Hubby. you see, thought all TIE w0rld of
the minister. and WAS most afraid TO laugh,
but she couldn't for the life OF her. help il
when his back was turned, for lie wuZzled
things up in the mCSt singular way. but
Hubby. she'd jiSt say yes s'r' and get him
Off into his study anu 20 ~ il her y
way.
'.Huldy,' says the minister, ere dag.
'you amt experienced oIt-dopTt, "n,! wj!' II
you want 10 Know anything yen mast cone
to me-
.N,c sir : srvS HUlJy-
Now, Hubby says the pars,u. you
must be sure and save all the tGrhry vL-S
so that We can have Il lot OF tuIh,s :'c
Thanks giving.
"'Nes, SIR say Hubby, aud sle op'r.i
the pantry door AID ShoacI h~itaI"i,ca t-l-
full she'd been slvin up. VA, tbs very
next day the parsons liyn-tUrAvv H:tS found
killed, up 10 Jim Scroggs,S barn, fo:Is sad
Scrogos killed it, though SCrCgE, stool 10
it he didn't. at any rate the Svrvggcs tho!
made a meal ont, and Iiuldy she felt bad
about it, cause she'd St: her heart on raisin
the turkeys. and says she. 'th. deer, |
don't know what | shall Do, | waS iast ready
to set her.
"Do, Huldy?' says the par~,n, why,
there's the other turkey cat t:lcrc by the
door, and a fire bird. too, lie IS,
"Sure enough. there vas thc odd On
turkey 4 sidin' and a squitterim' and ilpl,at-
& III HIS TAU ltttNilGiS III i't' "a I4s" 90 y
young widower, already 10 begin life ".er
again.
T"'But.' gays Hubby, yea h:"w ia cam
set on eggs
ale can't?r'd like To know whv,' ~
the parson. he shall set Oh liz e., ami
hatch 'em too g..
.sOh.' Doctor says Hubby. al ih tr. IL
bic, cause you know She didU'C want 10
contradict the minister. and She Wa afraid
she should laugh, 'lncvcr heard tia. = Tom
turkey would set OF cr@a.'
"'Why, they ought to- said t"c larson
getting quite earnest; what ci,c be- they
rood for? You Just bring OUT tinr eggs, and
but zen in the nest, and I'll MAKE him SCI
on EN-
So Huldy. Size thought there w,rl't DO
way to convince him but TO !;i i.ia tty -
she took the eggs Ont. and fixed en- n!
nice IN the nest, then size came ha't an
found old Tom Il skIrmishinE with Tie BAR
son pretty lively, tell yc. lcsec. cd
Tom, he didn't take the idcc a al. ati the
parsons wig got round so tia. liz cue stuck
Straight out over his ca. but he'd got hi.
blood up. Iescc, the old doctor was used
to c%arryin' his pints O doctrine, ana hC
hadn't fit the Armini#ms ard Soc.uims tC
be beat by a Tom turkey, so. finally. he
made a dive and ketcled MIN by the neck il
spite O. his flappin,' and strokcl him dow:
and put Huldy's apron round him.
"sThere Huldy,' he says, quite rcdin Ii,
face. we've got him now, and he Travelled
!, of to the barn with him as lively as acrick-
ct.
"Hnldy cane behind, iist choIin' viii
laugh, ard afraid the minister w"Iid lJoi
round and see her.
t "sNow, Hully, wen crook his LEGS an'
set him down. says the parScn when he 90
. him to the nest, you see he Il g"ttiH' quiet
J and he'll set there al riGh@.'
"And the parsvn he s1t Inn Go"n, an
= old Tom he sot there So'"inn enough aut
= held his head down all droopin'. lA0kin;
like a rail piouS Cd cock, - long 81 iht par
son sot by him.
i, "'Tierc; you sec how SUI he SETS say
: the parson to Hubby.
, siIuldy was 'most dyin' fot f,a- sh
, should laugh. I'm afraid he'll get up sag
she. when you do
"tOh, no he won't says tde pGrs0'
! quite confident; there says he, layiu' III
hands on him rs if he was ~pTcnouEcin
blessin'. But when the pars"n riE up, oil
Tom he riz up too, and began to march Oye
r the eggs.
, "sStop, now said tie person; I'll max
INN get down again hand mo that cor
|. basket, we'll put that over him.
so he crooked Toms legs and got lii
down again, AMI they BON stool an wal
cd.
"'Thatll do the thing. iIuldy,' aid ii
g parson.
r. 81 don't know about it., says IIl!Iy.
a "'Oa yes it will child, / understand ID, s'y
u he.
"Just as he spoke the basket liz light !,
Is and stool and they could see old io.n'a To-