The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-08-30

whats up" tn tell you, lawyer. for I've
To az up that agreement which you wrote out
And tell You all tina, camc of it. and settle up
For we doa't need the contract now; think We
never will.
took tho paper you drew up down home the
To read il to our D, tsey. and see if twsrs ell
And amer tea we both sat down to talk the mat
tsroer.
And see If We could both agree to settle on that
SCORE.
told her how the starting point. waerson We
Was something concerning Heaven "a difference
And following this the other cause don't
That / spoke Of yesterday abou, what killed
the COW.
And Of those other things. you know. told her
Just as nigh as possible as l tsld them to you:,
Of how said sharp things to her. and she the
And how the more we arg'ed the more we didn't
agree.
told her tina, after thinking ont back to the
very start.
Since as we couldn't agree nohow that we had
How it seemed the more we arg'ed the sadder
grew our plight:
That wouldn't live with woman if l couldn't
treat her right.
Then read her the agreement from Whereas"
on clean through.
And asked her to examine it and see If it would
Bstsey read each paragraph. and asked her if
twas right;
She gave the paper back to me and said it wasn't
quite.
~ aud t,a1 he nn1 nd
opened TO the rage
Wherein was writ our children's birth, also the
And how 1--WE out of six OF them were written
with the dead;
And AS l read them names. l wished that some
things hadn't been said.
And then she turned another page. where stood
her name AND mine ,o,. :, 1900
By parson HOOD. Of Pleasant Plains. John Blake
Says she. That is the contract John. think.
for you and me.
You want me now to take it all, the live stock
farm and home.
But can't never do that, John. you've been too
We've loved each other and been true. only we
didn't agree.
What boot: it whether hollow-horn. or murrain.
Since il weren't my. place to get spunky and
quarrel any now?
We'll let bysones be bysones. John. and take
Bsin yoksd together forty years. we won't work
we'll apart.
And after all think we'll let this new agree
The old ones good enough; we've tried it it's
And III hold my tongue hereafter. and not let it
Then we'iI be happy as we were some thirty
years ago.
We loved each other in those days; leastways we
thought so then.
For you chose me Of all the girls. and chose you
And once Tom Jones. helawyer. tried to cut you
out, think.
But mittened MIN for love of you. Poor Tom
he died from drink!
Folks said that was foolish then. but have
For plenty's oetter'n poverty. and happiness than
So. John. wen not break partnership; at least.
But let our boat glide with the tide. with love to
guide the prov.
We will not live much longer here. for We are
And the years that God has given us ere long
Now let's be friends again. and in Heaven We
needn't fear;
Well love each other better there. as we've oeen
lovers here"
The rest belongs to Betsey and me. what was said
and done last night;
To-day we are as we used to was and all is going
right. :.
gone by;
There's no happier folk in all the land as is she
and I.
And I've come to tell you. lawyer. that want to
pay your fee :.
For writing that agreement to which We didn't
agree.
Your work was all right lawyer. but the old one
was stout,
We thought that we would stick to ii. for were
no longer out.