Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-07
miscellaneous Reading.
,ow RETSEY AND I MADE UP.
Nv WILL Il. CARLKTOe

uoW BETSEY AND I MADE UP
nv WILL II. CARLTON.
your hand, Mr. Lawyer; how do You dc
70 S, ex1 M that paper-I s'pose you want your
pay down your figures; make it an x or Y
Don Gu. are w,itten agreement was just The max
in Of me.
,..,a that evenin' tell you was blue,
CON sin Of ali my trouble, and what was goi = to
,,s da' my HOSES hadn't been the steadest team
ave e. tipped me over, certain, for couldn',
lee where to drive.
.,1vas laborin' under heavy load;
81, was trsvelin' an entirely ferent road
.s tracin' over the path OF our lives ag'in,
foi i i.ss;n where we missed the way, and where
we might have been.
- n.pv corner we'd turned that just to quar-.
re rel e ought to we held my temper, and driven
't ,ss nore thought it over the more these
a n men more struck the opinion that was most
70 blame.
:. things I had long forgotten kept risin' in my
n nlns' matters betwixt us, whore Betsy was
good and kind;
A these things they flashed oil through me, As
,ou know things sometimes will
~ ~ feller's alone in the Darkness, and every
thing y still.
But" says l.. "were too far along to take
another track,
Nd when when put my hand to the pillow do not
Oft turn back;
a faint an uncommon thing now for couples to
n 90 set my teeth together, and vowed I'd see
1t through.
1sn came in sight o. the house twas some'at
nd lust q / turned a hilltop see the kitchen
vaics often han'some pictur' to hungry per-
l., Il cont interest a Teller much that's goin' to
pull up stakes.
"A when went in the house the table was set for
Hsgood supper's ever saw, or ever went to see;
I'd crsmmed the agreement down my pocket Is
we'll as could,
Ind fell to eatin my svictuals, which somehow
didn't taste good.
N Betsey she pretended to look about the house,
she watched my side coat pocket like cat
would watch a mouse;
y then she went to fooiin' little with her cup,
intently readin' q newspaper, aholdin' 1t
wong side up.
vhen I'd done my supper drawed the agree
IMt out,
w it to her without word, for she knowed
tasn hummed little tune, and now and
ten note
h bu' sted by some animal that hoped up in
ny throat.
n Betsey she got her specs from off the mantel-
shelf,
dread the article over quite softly to herself;
Id ~ hi ~ md for "a
lawyers' writin amt no print, especially when
its cold.
d af er she'd read little she gave my arm
| touch.
ID kindly said she was afraid was 'lowin' her
4 too much;
!, when she was through she went for me, her
face a-streamln' with tears
Ia kissed me for the first time in over twenty
years!
ont know what you'll think, sir-I diant come
to inquire
h picked up that agreement and stuffed it in the
ire;
Nj told her we'd bury the Ratchet alongside of
the COW;
ID we struck an agreement never to have another
row.
paI told her in the future wouldn't speak cross
or rash
hiithe crockery in the house was broken all to
mash:
Ane said, in regards to heaven, we'd try and
lND its worth
ssrn' branch establishment and runnn' it
here on earth.
tD we sat a-talkin three-quarters of the night,
y opened our hearts to each other until they
both grew light;
The days when l was winnin' her away from
so many men
nothin' to that evenin' courted her over
sgain.
bit mornin' an ancient virgin took pains to call
0nus,
j lamp all trimmed and Albumin to kindle
another FUSS
when che went to pryin' and openin' Of old
sores,
Bssey rose politely, and showed her out-of
81 doors.
bee then don't deny but there's been word or
"a two;
'wev'e got our eyes wide open, and know just
what To do;
ben one speaks cross the other just meets it with
N q laugh,
d the hrst ones ready to give up considerable
more than half.
Pybe you'll think me soft, sir, a.talkin in this
n style,
somehow 1t does me lots Of good to tell it once
VI in q while;
% | do it for compiiment-'tis 30 that you can
"a see
at that there written agreement Of yours was
M Just the maxim oil me.
short Of anX;
lke it more if you want to, for have got the
|# checks.
richer than National Bank, with all its treas
I've got wife at home now that's worth her
EA weight In gold.
III -Rarper's Weekly.