Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-02-04
John Cults Secret,

rs Mr.. CUTS IN = asked gentleman,
who, having knocked at door, was sa.
luted by woman, from an upper win
dow, with "Wcll, what's d wautin'
naow 2"
"Ies, he's in, or about somewhere, /
suppose" she replied "but I'm MIR.
Cults vixen any business is to be done.
He's Mr.. Cuts eatin' and drinkin'; sleep.
in sometimes ~
swell my good woman,' said the gen.
tleman, q think he will be Mr. Cuts for
my business, too. i wish to see him."
'What do you want of him p asked
the shrew, thrusting her head still farther
out of the window.
TO do something for me. But l must
see HIMSELF was the reply. l.-.
lis it raal business, tpr pay, or only ii
favor you want ? / can let your hoss
have peck Of oats, or can direct YOU to
the shortest road TO the -Four Corners, or
can-l can-wby can do any thing for
you that he could, and great deal more
take the money and write receipts, and
pay the men, and take off the produce.
I'm AS good Judge of stock as he is and
| can't be beat on horse tiesh.'
But said the gentleman drawing
down his face sOlemnly, 'you can't take
his place now. Find him for me at once.
The shrew was baffied.
'Look-a-here, mister,' she continued,
may be You do not know the circum-
stances Of the case. This here farm is
mine, and it was my fathers afore me ::
and Cults, he amt no more claim to 1t
than that there hen down there has.
And besides I'm seven years older than
he is, foot higher, and weigh twenty
pounds more What's your business on
my place if make so bold p
TO see and talk with your husband
replied the gentleman getting out of his
chaise and hitching his horse to post,
as If he meant to stay until he did see
him.
BE you doctor Cause there amt
a living thing the matter with Cuts.
He's the wellest man in the town, and so
be ], said the woman for the time.
'No, my good woman, I'm not doc
tor Do You think your husband will be
in soon !? Send that boy to iiud him.
said the stranger
The boy looked up in his mothers
face, but he knew his own interest too
NSih w SldIt Nitncut OFutTS.
'Ihen your a minister l suppose, by
your black coat. may as well tell you
and save your time that we don't go
TO meeting and don't want to. 1t ain't
10 use tor YOU to leave no tracks nor
nothing, for Pve got big diary, and
hain't no time TO idle away sreadin', and
l keep him about it 80 early and late,
that when he's done work he's glad to
go TO bed and rest
I'm DO minister, madam, / wish was
though, for your sake said the gentle
man.
Send tor your husband; cannot wait
much longer, must see him at once
The boy started to his feet again, and
looked in his mothers eye but it gave
10 marching orders.
Look here, mister now appearing at
the door, and looking defantly at him,
you're school master huniin' up dis.
trict school, and you think he's com
mittee man, but he amt this year.
'Ma'am Cults as the neighbors called
her, dropped her hands to her sides and
heaved groan.. She had found man
she couldn't manage. ..
See bere, now, mister she said, i
can read a body right through, and |
knew what you was the blessed minute
4 clapped my eyes on you. can tell by |
yonr everlastin' arguin' that you are a
lawyer. We amt gotno quarrels; don't
want no deeds drawn nor wills made !;
so if you're huntin' job of my husband
you may as well unhitch your horses
and drive on. We know enough to
make little money and know enough
to hold on TO it, i
My good woman, you entirely misun.
derstand my errand. i can tell no per
son but himself what it is, and must tell
him in con6deDee alone. II he chooses
he may break ii to you in the best way
he can. fAlE ftl
'Oh, my goodness sakes alive Brother
Lifts blowned up iS Mississippi boat
bet. Oh, la me, the poor fellow. He
Ieft little something, didn't he p
4 never heard of him, and nobody's
blowed up that ! know of replied the
gentleman. iqa.ry E.y |
4 know ! know You're the man
that wants to go to Congress, sb, and
have soma bsts bEotiss after votes, He !