Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-12-02


Yes nm. after they get a little ole
they get tierd NV en- Yes m'm. L
spose you tierd Of me- Yes MN. I've
Aerd nv poorin oil on the trubbled war
ters, but Gather didn't poor it on rite
or i wasn't the rite kind. II must
nv bin kurrysene, for the hole rune
seemed TO be in blaze, and I went
down steers tn steps at time, the
last thing / herd, being, Lope, and q
rore uv latter from the yung lady.-
: Z vept odt e Nurk sd didn't cum
= u - nj ~epu 1ts<>1
house I feped thru the winder and sor
Betsy and the uther childun setting
round the table eatin supper, so thort
that was a good time to git to bed. i
went round to the back dor, and then
went up steers nifty ezy. After maxim
the preperashuns I've made for years
befor goin to bed, exsept redin, (the
buks were down steers and it was pitch
dark up steers,) got in bed, and turnd
my face away from the place Betsy lade.
I had Just kuverd myself orl over, ex-
cept my nose, when / herd Betsy say,
'Wheer's yor pappy? Why don't he
cum to supperl ? Severed NV the chill
dun ansered, dunno But Tommy,
the littel kullud boy that wates in the
house. sed, Mr.. Bragedon. Esqr's CORN
to bed. 1 sawd him as 1 was cummin
down steers wild dc shuger' I didn't
90 to slere caws I wasn't SLEEPY. As
sune as Betsy had klened up the to-
things, tho it was befor her bed hover,
I herd her cummin up to bed. She
cum in the rune and after she had
combed her heer over and over until it
was as smuthe as If she was goiu to
party, and lukin Mt herself in the LUX
inglass five or six times, she melt down
and sed her prayerA She prayed so
long 1 thort she had gorn to sleep, but
she hadn't. She just got up time enuf
to stop me from callin her. l peped
ont NV the korner Nv my eve. and /
thort by the kamness NV her face that
the Euroclydon was over and that l
mite ventur to sneze, so / snezed.-
'Slepe,' sez Betsy. Yes nm. sSpose
vor dremin = Yes MN. .Dremin NV
tha. oudashus pece 2 Yes m m. .p3nt
dreme nv me now p No MN. Don't
think enuf NV mef' No MN. what
YOU sneziu about?' Nothin MINI
'Spose your snezin ut me?' Yes nl'm.
.I'll have you to understand I'm nuthin
to be snezed at Yes MN. You'd
better sneze at that oudashus gall
Fundamentally for rs both, q reg!er,
natcheral sneze cum, and / snezed, aw-
quish shew, quish shew, aw-quish shew-
ish ish ew. i had herd Nv oil on the
trubbled worters, and thort 1 had dun
it. But it must have bin the rotg sort
-kurrysene, for it didn't stop the Eu-
roclydon. She got in bed, but didn't
stop torkin. But got SLEEPY, and the
last wurd l reekulleck was, Lope. /
reckon had bin aslepe sum three or
for overs, when I was walked bv
presher on my brest, and Betsy num-
bin out sumthin behind me. She had
got holt NV a partuv my clothin, which
If il had bin Summer time, ut iittel
distants, and outside NV my suspenders,
mite have bin taken for Summer cote.
She had twisted it up with both hands.
like a oshun tellygraf kabel, just under
nv sholder-b blades, and was tite as
kittel drum he'd akros nv chess. You
shant CO. sez Betsy. About haf aslepe,
no IN m sez /. but You shant 60
sez Betsy. No MN, but Bets You
want to lope with that oudasEus pece.'
Yes m'm, but Bets 1'll hold on to
you.' Yes MN. But Betsy. You
want to run off and leve yor wife and
littel childun.' Yes m'm. But Betsy.
If 1 cud NV got holt Nv her, 1 cud Nv
walked her, but she had me as tite as if
I had bin in vice, with my bak toards
her. Findin cudn't use my hands,
thort I'd try my heels; and SO let go
on her bakwuds. For about ten seek.
unds you'd have thort the ole quilt had
regler bilt ole Sint Mary's miasmer-
matte fevernager. 1t had the desired
effeck. She let go her holt and turned
on her bak. % husband, I've had such
dredful dreme. / thort you were
runnin away with that oudashus gal,
and was holdin on 10 yor cote tale
As you weer draggin me along. you
dragd me by hoss, and the hoss turnd
on me and begun kickin me on the legs,
and it woke me. 1t must have bin q
nitemeer.' She was a putin and pam
tin and blowin, and cud say nuthin
more, and thort it nv best chants to
speke. Sez Betsy, take my advice,
when you 60 to ketch hoss, whether
it be q mite meer or emmy uther kind NV
hoss, don't ketch 'eni by the tale Sum
Nv these times You'll git kickt, and per-
haps git yor legs broke. With a muel,
or a ajacks or emmy Nv theer relashuns,
the case is different; for I've herd that
a muel or ajacks can kick you as well
when you've got holt NV the fotop as
the tale. But, Betsy, turn over on yor
uther side and 60 to slepe. 1t was
nuthin but a drerne. She dun so, and
I turnd oser toards her, bttel sorter
kinder srune mole fashion. thort
maby / mite have a nitemeer. and so ]
fixed myself so that / cud ketch her as
she had kort me. Iput wuu arm down
between us, and the uther rite down nv
side, and opend both hands reddy to
grasp Ter If shud have ni.emeer.-
But / hadn't. / had dreme. / drempt