The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-02-07
TILLER'S WOOING.

Captain Seth FILLER, returned from his
ekly fishing voyage in his good barque
ekler, was surprised TO find his domicile
IT up and apparently deserted.
still more surprised was he, upon being
ormed by a sympathizing neighbor, who
ivered to him the dOor-key, that his sis.
Nancy, who had been, since his mothers
18th, his sole housekeeper, had formed q
pden attachment for a travelling tinman
} neighboring town, and had, IN the pre-
US day, walked of, o. rather ridden of
"a the same in his wagon. Nancy had
her love, and a good piece of roast beef
dy for her brother, together with a mes,
e to the effect that she chopped he would
nix better Oft, and come to see her and
eph. which nothing would please them
Der"
Burned i'll dol" said Captain Seth Til
wrathfully. 'Let her be satisfied with
Joseph, since she was fool enough to
re a comfortable home for the sake OF
ting married. Just like women the
pie world over. A mans only got to say
ll yer? p and they jump at it like a dog at a
Ae that's flung to him. Well, let her go.
bn't keer. A woman STINT worth much.
how: and l guess l kin get along with
'em.n
his was said aloud, partly as a relief to
own feelings, and partly for the benefit
his next door neighbor, Miss Hesper.
tings, who sat at her window in visible
byment of his chagrin. And then to
" his independence OF women, Captain
p s~traightway set about preparing his
ping meal.
Any fool can make bread, he saidtohim-
And putting a quantity of flour in a
he went to the hydrant in the back
and let on it a stream of water-work-
the whole into a soft, sticky paste,
ch, with great difficulty, he finally got
1 his hands into q cold bake pan, which
hen put into the stove.
1ch trifies as yeast, or shortening never
pred to him.
hen he put about a cupful of ground
be to two cups OF cold water, and set on
stove to boil, after which he looked af-
he cold beef. But the rats had been
e before him !; and Captain Seth, with a
expressive aajectives, flung the meat
OF, the kitchen window TO his dog
lie. .
Phi have a boiled fowl, I guess" said he,
Is eye fell upon NaDey's couple of rather
ent .s.pullets," stalking forIornly about
premises AID after 9 prolonged and
ting chase, In which Pickle rendered
bubA viz, OIC vi Iuc ulilOlluudU6
3 was run down, decapitated, plucked
le spot, and summarily plunged into a
f0f boiling.
is due to the Captain to say that the
of cleansing the fowl had never occur
10 him, else, doubtless, that important
er would have been attended TO-.
,or Captain Tiller! Henever suspected
hing wreng, until he attempted to take
3utty-like mass of dough from the oven,
10 cut into the boiled fowl. And then
and fowl followed the beef, and Pickle
ed to his own fancy, royalty that day.
If anything could have added to Cap
Seth's bitterness Of feeling, it was hear
he derisive laugh Of Miss Hesper Bit
who had witnessed the whole of his
pedings in the backyard, and alss be-
the exit OF the sayory viands through
dtchen window.
{ that Miss Billings or Captain Tiller
maliciously inclined by nature. Their
tal enmity had originated In a feud be-
q Captain Seth's terrier, the aforemen-
ID Pickle, and Mas Hester's tortoise
cat, Pink. Pink was partial to taking
loonday siesta on the top of the pail
separating the two lots, which proceed
Pickle regarded as an intrusion upon
tersonal rights and resented accord
sThelady took part with her cat, and
faptain espeused the cause of his dog.
lin Seth called Miss Hesper a spiteful
nd she retorted by informing him that
md that other dog" were the pest of
|eighborhood. Hence the present Bit
es Of feeling between the two.
, captain went cut and got an expen-
unsatisfactory and badly cooked sup
/; the only public house in the little sea-
y fnmn uhnratvn hn HooslaI
cold and miserable; and, unable to
be matches, CROPPED his way to bed in
Arkness. The morning brought no
ut. There were things to be aset to
n" "chores" to do, pots and pans to
pured, his clothes to be mended and
ID; and Captain Seth looked around
sort of despair. For the first time
life there dawned upon his mind q
otion of the usefulness of woman.
ia day or two the captain led this mis-
mode of existence; and as the time
ached for cmbarking or his next voy-
? looked upon that and his prospective
with q species of forlorn horror,
melody I'll break into the house and
!" thought he. SOr the things III
nsty and mouldy, with being shut up
at any fire and-look at them du6s O.
towned wrathfully at a heap of sail
sothes lying in a corner Of the room,
which wanted washing, and some Of
stood In great need Of repairing.
Nancy had always kept them 30 neat
Fan.
Ok 'ere,n said Captain Tfller, rising,
18th his back to the stove, his legs
and his hands in his pockets,
2phizing tie furniture In general;
I've had enough Of It. A man
te expected to live like a wild IDjun.
married" ssr- a
ain TilIer was a man of his word,
no, having made up bis mind to q
was sure to act promptly upon 1t.
down, now. on a threelegged stool
the fire, and leaning his elbows upon
ees, meditated. In three days he
sail, therefore there was q necessity
mpt action.
q see" said Captain Tiller, thought
tn be better to take o wilder, l
Widders are more steady than
and more used to things, and won't
any counting, and that sort O'non-
Not Q young wilder, though.
, apt to be fighty.o
he unused again, and decided within
that tine only one he knew answer.
regulations was the widow Tyron.
ID marry tho WIDOW Tyron. And. |
>lap on the knee as OF one who had
% Q fnal and Satisfactory conclusion,
:, clapped his sou-wester non his
Rtt0ned up his pea.}Acket. md b..
16en TO that ladV's abode j,