The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-21

er before we he'd thet dreadful freshet
20 veaxs AGO this fall, Jest after the
eouinoxal-svfnl Storm! Jonas was
laid MP with q sore toe. Dear me!
what q time / he'd with thet man. Fl
any little thing allied him, there want
no liyin' with him. Then the freshet
came ON md carried of bridges, md
washed the roads, md was shet up
With thet man fur two mortal weeks.
But then, they're bout all alike, they
can't bear nothin'-none Of EN-"
You don't think much Of the men,
do you, Aunt Patiencef" asked Bessie,
"Lor' sakes! no! I don't take no
stock in 'em. It's always ben . won
derment to me, what they was made
for, but like musketoes md lice, I 'spose
twas fur some good purpose. Yes.
I've often thought what . peaceable
time we should 6eyof it, if 'twant fur
tho men. ''=-z'
Why, Aunt Patience! !" laughed Bes-
ne, 81 am sure don't see what we
could do without them. ! think they are
lust splendid! But what did induce you
to-marry, il you hate the men so?"
= "I never should, child, Il hedn't ben
90 tender-hearted. It always was my
worst fault. / he'd beaux plenty, when
I was your age, jest because l was 80
sarsy, md aggravatin'; but / wouldn't
hev none of 'em md when I got nigh on
to so, they give it up"
Z What relief it must have been,
Aunt!''
"Yes, twas. calculated then I
could hev o little peAce-but law sakes
it didn't last long, fur Jest about tibet
time who should buy the Deacon Skies
place, and move inter the neighborhood
but Jonas Pettybone. -
"Did he fall in love at first sightf"
laughed saucy Bessie.
"Goodness, no! I reckon he didn't
know much about love. 1never thought
he was over and above smart, md he
was dredful shifless. But there was one
thing that be was o master-hand at md
that was eatin'. You hain't no idee
what sight of victuals it took to do
him. Why! I've seen him set down md
eat . hull painful Of doughnuts, md q
half . pie besides, for lunch, md then
cit up md say he felt as holler as a
punkin." ga
"How did you happen to marry him,
Aunt Patience7 Do tell me about it, +"
persisted Bess. q.a b SEQ
"'Tain't no use TO revive that old sto-
~; it's too redikilous-besides, you
hain't ready to die, are you?"
"What do you mean, Aunt Patience?''
asked Bessie, wonderingly.
do lanDhinS at Il ohns,0d
tell you; didn't but just survive it;
md besides, the poor mans dead md
gone, md longs don't hev to provide
fur him, hadn't ought to grudge him
the pleasure he got out o. my dough.
nuts. No. l hain't agoin' to bring up
any thing agin him now faint right,
you needn't ask me-"
80, please do tell me why you mar.
ried him, Aunt Patience, that's darl.
ing" urged Bessie.
WHe was . dreadful moderate man, y
resumed Aunt Patience. 81 used to tel
him an earthquake wouldn't start him
never see him in hurry but once
Oh dear! twas enough to kill any body
THE way he shot round tibet kitchin'.'
4 "Please tell me-" began Bess.
"Welli well! do wait till I git to it, >
interrupted Aunt Patience, impatiently
81 amt no talker, AN il takes soma
time to git ready to begin. But I'm
comm to the main point right away
You see he come in one day to borrow
somethin'-them Pettybones was allu'
borrowin'-sh iftless set-'nd I was ,
fryin' doughnuts, md he got taste q
'em. OF course he'd to offer him one
when he sot there lookin' 50 wishfu
like. But wish, for the lands sake,
hedn't, fur it created hankerin' TO
'em which lasted q, long a. he lived
And hain't no idee but what 'twa
them that carried him off at last"
Doughnuts? Aunt Patience-hov
could theyp ?" asked Bessie.
"He was took down in haydn time
You see-he hedn't no more calc'latio
then that-with o fever. II it he'd BEL
me, shouldn't have minded nothin
shout it; but he was 90 lazy he'd Civ
right up to any little thing md think b
was a-goin' to die; md finally he di'
worry himself INFO regular fever
Goodness! how did work over tina
man. / sweat him and give him arb
~ s he be~un TO picf mn. The firs
thine ~ beSnn To think about of course
~. sst;rs 7 msdo him grnel md boe
tea bv the bucketful, but Jonas sai,
they didn't begin to. make no impress
sion on him. One day was a-fryin
doughnuts md Jonas smelt 'em, ''nt
says he: Patience, can't stand thi
no longer; I've got TO have some dough
nuts. 1hether or no.i sJonas Petty
bone, Saws /. .be You crazya 70,