The Republican journal., 1871-11-23

has nobody round but that gal, and don't |
even know how things must be runnin' to
wasteh
oval, the upshot ont was they fused |
and fuzzled and wuzzled till they'd drink.
ed up all the tea in the teapot, and then |
they went down and called on the parson
and wuzzled him all up talkin' about this, |
that and tother that wanted lookin' to, |
and that it was no way to leave every |
thing to young chit like Huldy, and that |
he ought to be lookin' about for an ex-
perienced woman. The parson, he thank |
ed 'em kindly, and said he believed their
motives was good, but he didn't 60 no
further. He didn't ask Mis- Pipperidge to
come and stay there and help him, nor
nothin' o that kind, but he said he'd at- |
tend to matters himself the fact was the |
parson got such q likin' fer havin' Hubby
| round that he couldn't think o such a
thing as swarpin' Hubby Off for the widder
Plpperidge.
''But he thought to himself Hubby is
good girl, and / oughtn't 10 be a leaving
everything to her-it's too hard on her.
| ought to be instructin' and guidin' and
helpin' of her cause 'taint everybody
could be expected to know and do what
Mis- Caryl did, and so at it he went, and,
| Lordy massy, didn't Huldy hev time ont
when the minister began to come out of
his study and want to tend round and
see to things. lIuldy, you see, thought
all the world of the minister. and she
was most afraid to laugh, but she told
! me she couldn't for the life of her help 1t
| when his back was turned, for he wuz-
zled things up in the most singular way,
! but Hubby, she'd Just say, yes, SIR and
get him off into his study and 60 Oh her
| own way.
"'Huldy,' says the minister one day,
! you aint experienced outdoors, and
| when you want to know anything you
must come to me-
"'Yes. sir says Huldy.
| "'Now, Hubby says the parson, you
must be sure to save the turkey eggs so
that we can haye q lot of turkeys for
| thanksgiving.'
"'Yes, sir says Huldy, and she open
| ed the pantry door and showed him q
| nice dishtul she'd been sayin' up. Wal,
| the very next day the parsons hen turkey
| was found killed, up to old jim Scrogg's
| bam--folks said Scroggs killed it, though
| Scroggs he stood to it he didn't-at any
rate the scroggses they made meal ont,
and IIuldy she felt bad about it, cause
I olC u Stl litl iltult WI titiSlU lllt lul Keys
and says she. 'Oh, dear, don't know
what I shall do, / was Just ready to set
! her.
| "'Do, I1uldy,' says the parson; why
there's the other turkey out there by. the
door, and fine bird, too, he is
''Sure enough, these was the old Tom
turkey Il struttin' and 4 slidin' and quit
| term and tlountin' his tail feathers in the
! lilo lva1y uriIourar oil
ready to begin life over agin'
4" But says IIuldy, 'you know he can't
| set on eggs
"'He can't, I'd like to know why says
| the parson-'he shall set on eggs, and
hatch 'em too
"'Oh, DOCTOR says Hudy, all in
| tremble, cause YOU know she didn't want
to contradict the minister, and she was
| afraid she should laugh-I never heard
that Tom turkey would set on eggs
"'Why, they ought to- said the parson,
SUUu Tor. Ju.,. i,ti"1 ,,,,c III vz,;,5,
now, and put 'em in the nest, and I'll
make him set on EN-
80 IIuldy, she thought there wern't
no way to convince him but to let him
try; so she took the eggs out and fixed
! 'em all nice in the nest, and found old
Tom sllirmishin' with the parson pretty
lively, | tell ye. le see, old Tom, he
didn't take the idee at all, and he topped
and gobbled and fit the parson, and the
parsons wig got round so that his cue
stuck straight out over his ear, but he'd
got his blood up. Ye see, the Old doctor
was used to carryin' his point O doctrine,
and he hadn't fit the Arminians and Socn-
ians to be beat by n Tom turkey-so,
finally he made a dive and ketched him
by the neck in spite o. his tloppin' and
stroked him down, and put Huldy's apron
round him.
g ''There, Huldy,' he says, quite red in
the face, we've got him now,' and he
travelled off to the barn with him rs live
ly as a cricket.
'IIuldy came behind, ,iist chokn' with
laugh, and afraid the minister would look
round and see her.
"'Now Hubby, we'll crook his legs and
set him. says the parson when he got him
to the nest, you see he is getting quiet,
and he'll set there all right
'fAnd the parson he sot down, and old
Tom he sot there solemn enough and held
his head down all dropping, looking like 4
rale pious old cock, rs long rs the parson
sot by him.
There; you see how still he sets
says the parson to IIuldy.
"IIuldy was most dyin' for fear she
should laugh. Pm afraid he'll get up
says she, when you do
"'Oh, no he WON'T says the parson,
quite confident; there, there says he,
layin' his hands on him as if he was pro-
nouncin' a blessing. But when the par
son riz up, old Tom he riz up too, and
began to march over the eggs.
. Stay, now = said the parson I'll
make him lay down again; hand me that
corn basket, and we'll put that over
him.
$50 he crooked old Toms legs and got
over him, and then they both stood and
waited.
"'That'll do the thing, Huldy,' said the
parson.
81 don't know about it, says Hubby
"'Oh, yes it will, child understand
says he.
'Just as he spoke the basket riz right
up and stood, and they could see old
Toms long legs.
"I'll make him stay down, confound
him. says the parson, for ye see parsons
is men, like the rest on us, and the doctor
had got his spunk up.
"'You jist hold him minute and I'll
get something that'll make him stay, [
guess and out he went to the tence and
, brought in long, thin, flat stone, and
laid it ON old Toms back
"Od Tom, he wilted down considerably
under this, and looked really as if he was
goin' to give in. He staid still there a
good long spell, and the minister and
Hubby left him there and come up to the
house, but they hadn't more than got in
the door before they saw old Tom hoppin'
; along as high steppin' as over. saying,
talk talk gutter! quitter . and struttin'
and goblin, as if he had come through
the Red Sea and got the victory.
: 90 on, my eggsr says Huldy, I'm
: afraid he's smashed 'em!'
/ "And sure enough there they was
smashed flat enough under the stone
;, "'rll have him killed. said the parson
+ I'VE won't have such critter round