The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-22

$500 A Year, Invariably i'm Advance.
By Request.
How Betsey and I Made Up.
Give US your hand Mr.. Lawyer how do you do t.
day?
You drew up that paper-I spose you want you
pay.
Don't cut down your figures make it an K or a v
or that ere written agreement was just the makir
OF me-.
Coin home that evenin' tell you was blue,
Thinkln' Of all my troubles, and what was goin t
And it my bosses hadn't been the steadiest team
alive,
They'dve tipped over, certain, for couldn't se
where to drive.
MOTOR was laborin under heavy load;
MOTOR was travelin' an entirely different road
For a-tracin over the path OF our lives ag'in
And seem where we missed the way, and where W.
might have been.
And many a corner we'd turned that Just to guar
rel led,
When l ought to We held my temper, and driver
straight ahead;
memories came,
And the more struck the opinion that was the
most to blame.
And things had long forgotten kept risin' in my
mind,
OF little matters betw1t u.s. where Betsey was good
and kind.
And these things flashed all through me, as you
know things sometimes will
Ytor,r 81
thing is still.
But" says l. we're too far along to take another
track
And yhep put ny hand to the pillow do not Oft
turn back;
And faint an uncommon thing now for couples to
smash in two;'
And set my teeth together, and vowed I'd see it
through.
When leone in sight O. the house twas seme'at in
the night,
And just as turned hilltop 1 see the kitchen
light;
Which often hanson pictur' to hungry person
makes,
But it don't interest Teller much that's goin' to
pull up stakes.
And when went in the house the table was set for
AS good suppers I ever saw, or want to see
And I crammed the agreement down my pocket as
well as 1 could,
And fell to eatin' my victuals, and somehow didn't
taste good.
And Betsey, she pretended to look ahetl ilse cat
But she watched ny side coat noe'>
And then she went to foolin little with her cup,
And intently readn newspaper, a-holdin' it wrong
side up.
And when I'd done my supper drawed the agree
ment out,
And give it to her without word, for she knowed
what twas abent;
And then hummed little tune, but now and then
note
Was busted by an animal that hoped up in my
throat
Then Betsey she got her specs from of the mantel-
SHELF
And read the article quite softly to herself;
Read it by little and lttle for her eyes gettn
old,
And lawyers writin. amt no print, especially when
it's cold.
And after she'd read little she give my arm touch
And kindly said she was afraid was 1owiD her too
much:
But when she was through she went for me, her
face a-streamin with tears,
And kissed me for the first time in oyer twenty
years!
1 don't know what you'll think, sir-1 didn't come to
inquire
But picked up that agreement and stuffed it in the
fire;
And told her we'd bury the Ratchet alongside of
the cow;
And We struck an agreement never to have another
rash
II half the crockery in the house was broken all to
to smash !;
And she said, in regards to heaven, wed Try and
learn its worth
By startin' branch establishment and runnin' 1t
here earth.
And so sat a-talkin threequa rters OF the night
And opened hearts to each other until they both
grew light;
And the days when was winnin' her away from 80
many
Was nothin to that evenin eourted her over again
Next MOI min ancient virgin took pains to call on
Her lamp all trimmed and a-burpin to kindle anoth-
or fuss;
But when she went to pryin' and openin OF old
sores,
My Betsey rose politely, and showed ner out-of-
DOORS
Since then 1 don't deny but there's been word or
two;
But we've got eyes wide open, and know just
WI at to do
When one speaks CROSS the other just meets it with
laugh,
And the first ones ready to give up considerably
more than half.
Maybe you'll think me soft, Sir, a-talkin' in this
STYLE
But somehow it does me lots OF good to tell it once
in while;
And do it for compliment-'tis so that you can
That that there written agreement of yours just
the maxim OF me-
So make out your bill. Mr.. Lawyer don't stop short
of an X
Make it more if YOU want to, for have got the
Tn richer than National Bank, with all its treas
ures told,
For I've got wheat home now that's worth bel
weight in gold
A NOVEL MARRIAGE.-At Luray Page Coun
ty Va. last week, Robert II. Abbott .a1sla Miss
Martha V. Beahm rode up in front of the court
house, and calling for the clerk Of the court,
made known their desire to be married. The
clerk who il also minister, at ence issued the
license, and proceeded to the street, performed
the ceremony while the candidates remained