The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-02
guess we shouldn't stand it great while,


liur, durln' the three days that she STAYED
with US. And one mornin', when she
had been goih' on drc,fully, that way,
took Josiah out one side and told him
II couldn't bear to hear her go on so
and believed there wus suthin' wrong
about it."
ooh, no." says he. She means every
word she says" says he. "She is one OF
the loveliest creetcrs this earth ahords
She is most q angel. Oh |" says he
drcamily, "what sound mind she has
got"
Says |, 81 heard her tclin' you this
mornin' that you wus one Of the hand
soonest men she ever laid eyes on, and
didn't look day over twenty-one"
"Well, says he, with the doggy firm.
ness Of his sect. ''She thinks so," and
says he, in firm axcnts, Il am good
lookin' fellcr, Samantha. A crackin'
good lookin' chap, but | never could
make you own up TO it."
| didn't say nothin', but my gray eye
wandered up, and lighted on his bald
head. 1t rested there searchiyely, and
very coldly, for moment or two, and
then, says !, sternly: BALD heads and
beauty don't 60 together worth Il cent.
But you WIS always vain, Josiah Allen"
Says he, "What if wuz?" and says
he, "She thinks different from what you
do about my looks. She has got keen
eye on her head for beauty. She is very
smart, very. And what she says, she
means"
"Wall," says |, II am glad you are so
happy in your mind. But mark my
words, you won't always feel SO neat
about it, josiah Allen, as you do now"
Says he, in cross, surly way: Il
guess know, what do know"
hain't yaller hair in the hull OF my
foretop, but thought to myself, I'd love
TO see Josiah Aliens eyes opened; for ]
knew, as well as l knew my name wus
Josiah Aliens wife, that that wemen
didn't think Josiah wus so pretty and
beautiful. But l didn't see how wus
gon' to convince him, for he wouldn't
believe me, when l told him, she WIS a
maxim OF il; and knew she would stick
to what she had said, and so there it wus.
But held firm, and cooked good vittlcs,
and done well by her.
tea, that WIS Sylplina Aliens, Miss Ma
Sylphina didn't use to be the right sort
Ia
provender thing, and threw herself away
married for her first husband, though
Nathen Spooner wus dyin' for her, even
then. But when hei drunken husband
died, and she wus left with that boy OF
hers, about six years old, she up and
jined the Methodist Church. didn't
use to associate with her at all, and Jo-
..s. 4. Il
second cousin on his fathers side. But
folks began to make much of her. So
and Josiah did everything for her wc
could TO help her do we'll and be likely
And last fall she wus married to Nathen
Spoone-, who hadn't forgotten her in all
this time.
They make likely couple, and /
shouldn't wonder il they do we'll. Ma
then Spooner is bashful; he looks as il
he wanted to sink if any one speaks &c
him; but Sylphina is proud sperited and
holds him up.
They hain't got good deal 10 do with
and Sylphina, bein' kind o. AFRAID o
Alzina Ann, sent over and borrowed her
mother-in- laws white handled knives
and, unbeknown to Alzina Ann, car
ricd her over some teaspoons and other
things for her comfort, for if Sylphinu
means to do better, and try to git along
and be provider, want to encourage
her all can, so carried her the spoons
Wall, no sooner had we got seated over
to Mrs. Spooncr'ses, than Alzina Ann
begun.
full little boy looks like you, Mr.. Spoon
CT" she cried, and she would look, first
=. N.:!l:e::, and :l.e:: 8: :!:e child, ;;:;:i
that enthusiastic look of hers.
Sylphina'; face wus red as blood, fol
the child looked as like her first husband
as two peas, and she knowed that Natheu
almost hated the sight of the boy, and
only had him in the house for her sake
And truly, if Nathen Spooner could have
sunk down through the floor, into the
seller, right into the potato bin or pork
barrel, it wolh. have been one Of the
most blessed fciiefs to him that he ever
enjoyed. l could see that by his coun.
tenancc.
If she had just said what she had tc
say, and then left off; but Alzina Ann
never'll do that; she has to enlarge ir
her idees, and she would ask Sylphina il
she didn't think her boy had the same
noble, handsome look to him that Nather
had. And Sylphira would stammcr, ant
look annoyed uioTo'r ever, md get rs rec
in the face as y red wooden shirt. AnC
then Alzina Ann, looking at the child'i
pug nose, and then ut Matthews, which
was sort of Roman one, and the bes
fcetur in his face, rs Josiah says, woult
ask Matthew if folks hadn't told him be
fore how much his little boy resemblet
his pa. And Nathcn would look thi
way aud that, aud kind O. frown; and i
did seem as if We couldn't keep him ou
Of the seller to save our lives. And ther,
it wus.
Wall, when it came supper time, NOR
WIS in store for MIN. Syiphina bein' e,
determined 70 do better, and start righ
in the married life, made a practic o
maxim Nathen ask n blessin'. But he
bcin' 90 uncommon Desniui, IL made
awful hard for him, when they nad con,
pany. He wusn't professor, nor nuth
in, and it come tough on him. II
looked MS if he would sink all the Will
Sylphina wus settin' the table, for h
knew what wus before him. He SCENE,
TO feel worse and worse all the time, an,
when she WIS settin' the chairs 'roun
the table, he looked so bad, that didn'
know but he would have help to get t
the table. And he'd give the most pitt
ful and bcseechin' looks to Sylphina tha
ever wits, BIZ: she shook her head az HIM
and looked decided, and then he'd loo
as if he'd viii, right down again.
So when we got set down to the table
Sylphina gave him real firm look, an
he give kind of low groan, and she
up his eyes, and Sylphina and me, an
Josiah put on becomin' look for tn
occasion, and shet up our'n, when, all G
Il sudden. Alzina Ann, she never aske
blessin' in her own house, and forge
| nthnr folks did lenstwavs that Nathn