The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-09


how the land lay, and that Dick, hayin'
saved up good bit Of money, were will
lin for to be spliced, if so be as how it
were agreeable to you,, marm;' and +
wiped the sweat off my. head and were
gladsit were over. .sse.sss.fs aas -ss7tFsstass'
~ss Well she looked kind of confused,
but ! seen that she weren't displeased,
and she says, & suppose / know the gen.
tleman you speak Of, hasin noticed him
in meetin'., es ast5 iszss' ss'8sat
soho; thinks I, there's; where Dick
come across the craft. But, says she,
this is so sudden, so entirely unexpect-
ed, that really ! am not prepared to
say anyth1n. 80 .sAss+.. if.s.s,l' ..ss .s..s.s
q" He ii never come near you agin,
marin, says /, unless he thinks he has
some little sight; may I tell him that he
may come up and see you tomorrow.
nighte' nj
"s shall be home tomorrow night
says, she, and Of course I'm always
glad for to see my friends
Talk enough, marm' says I,sfor |
considered the business as good as set
tied, and / bid her good afternoon, she
lettin' me out Of the door herself. s.a.
Well, I goes down and sees Dick,
and I says fits all right, old chap, and
you're . mighty lucky fellow; all you've
got to do is to haul alongside as soon as
ever you like, and the Widder,s yours,
and she'll be expectin' you tomorrow
night But Dick were too much in
hurry to wait for the next night and
away he goes thatisame evenin' as hap
py as a young porpus. e sa s4stssaf y
"I turned in mayhap about 10 O'Clock
that night, and were Just droppin' off
to sleep when l were woke up by Dick.
: l don't want to strike youin the bunk, ;
says he, though I've had a mind to put
a knife through you; but get up and
put On your pants, and come out on
deck, and We'll have this out here and
now
'ss Avast, says I, there's some mis-
take here, and I amt a-goin' to fight
till knows what it's for, and anyhow I
amt goin' out on deck for to fight,
cause the watchman will cali police
man and we'll both be locked up in less
than no time; so whatever's the trouble,
it'll keep till mornin' and then if I've
done any thin agin you, wen go down
to the north shore, qand fight it out
pleasant. 'siiasl
Some the rest OF the chaps had got
walked up, and they took my part, and
jist told Dick there. mustn' t pc no fight
in there, and them and he agreed for
to put it off till mornin', and then,
says he, III iarn you how to fool 2
shipmate. - 81 .e.ss ..ss.s .ss.t
'sWen he goes out ON deck and
heered him q walkin' there and waited
"a spell, and then I went ont and I says,
z Now, chumnie, what s, this all aboutP,'
Says he, you never sWent near. that
woman, and have made a fool: :ofeme.
e ssiAvast!a says I, swho says % p e !.
i, co She says 50, says he. 5.s,i ,s.s.st
"t Then, says l, with all due re-
spect, and I'm sorry to say it OF sich q
nice creeter as she appeared to be, she
tells thunderin' lie. 'Taint no use,
Dick, for you and me to fight over this
thing, I'll go up there with you to-mor-
row, and if l don't convince you that
she lies, don't never cali me shipmate
again. She amt worth stoppins out ot
bed for; 90 turn in and take your rest
ike man, alF s's z
"Well, sir, next night we goes up TO-
gether, and when we gifts to the top Of
Mortimer Street, instead Of portin'
Dick starboarded.
6. Hold hard, old fellow right your
helm;' says i. that ,ain't the way.
"s Yes it is,' says he, this here is
Rineon Steet, t'other way is Doug.
lass Street.
sssI don't care what you calls it,
this is the way ] went, and at No. IS ]
found Mrs. Lee, and mighty nice body
she is.' SAD sn zsssgasa ,stsh4s7si = =
+ ,ssThat's Douglass Street, says he
and you went all wrong. .,. ,,s.-,,,
81 found Mrs. Lee, and SO I wen,
all right, 'says I. And now we must
60 and explain to her how this mistake
occurred 81 s
"Wen, it was long time afore
could git Dick to 60, but at last ne did
and was let in by the same tidy little las
that had opened the door on the day
before. We didn't have to wait Ions
afore the widder came down, and if
thought her charmin' the day before
you may jist believe me, sir, she wert
perfectly bewilderin' this evenin, with
all her Kites aloft, and every one OF 'en
pullin'. / seen at once that she'd nevel
| sot eyes on Dick afore, SO twas cleal
she had thought come from some body
else, so there were blunder all round
"Of course / had to be the spokesman
and ups and tells her the whole story
poor Dick sittin' there lookin' as sheep
ish as yea please, and the seomical~ sid
struck her 50. that she laughed sft t.
burst her corsets. - NJ. "a ss.j !.
ssWell. she insisted ON our havin' .
glass of wine, and she told us she kline