The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-13
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Since l writ you that letter, things
In this beet has been sliden along as
smuth as oaker down n mans lhrote,
so ter speak, cepen at old man Stub
binzes. The old man and omen has
been as mad as fire at Mslinda fur
lelt;n that dandy fool OF Bliniin no.
tice her. Well sur cum to find
out be had writ that dun tor his
wiics coffin and drapped 1t on pur-
pus III make Mslinda think he wus n
widiwur, but the fool he'd furgot tu
recete it. Besides that, old Mrs.
Jones told Sam Jinkins that squire
Blue told him that Bill Rogers said
that Bliniin has livin wife now out
in EeIynoise. So that mite OF the
quill has left this beat for guide, !
hope. Not that | am jelous Of him
nt oil, but such chaps puts sich big
noshuns in young gals heds, talkin
all kinds of drafted soft stuff tn Elm,
aud sayin over poetry and sich like.
and gcttin em ter think that ther
heds Is chuck full of sence and lern-
ing and sich like. So Mr.. Editure l
think am gettin slong famln now,
and will ask her the fatal question
next time git a chance i'll can get
my mouth to 90 off. Did you ever
hav any sperience,in courting IN cl-
mist? l recon | hav writ down five
or six speeches IN say tn Maliildy but
sum how I cant think OF EN- when
she is with me tn seve my lie.
Jist last Friday got on my hoss aud
rid rite over tu see her on purpus
tendin tu AK her If 1t killed Inc. But
when got there, there wuz cusin
Dick who has been off 10 Docturs
skule and wants everybody TO call
him Doctur. Well he thinks lie Is
rs smart as Blintin, so when / rid up
scz he tn me rite afore the hole ofein
sez he Bill has you moved over here ?
I see You comm three or four times a
week, see he halindY IL going 10
hav you II the fruit don't git killed
Malindy sorter struck at him and sez,
you thinks you is nifty smart Doctor.
When she called him Doctor seed
him sorter stiffin himself back. |
| wus jist goin to take him off,,but Ma
Indy sorter shook her he'd at me 40 |
didn't say nuthin back tu him. Well,
that evenin we all went down tu the
river fishin, that is cusin Dick and
Bill Rogers, from your city, and Nan
cy Blue, and Malindy and Miss Josey
Jenkins. You see it amt more than
o half mile from the old mans down
tu the river so tuck the bate and
poles, and we kinder paird of, Bill
Rogers got with Nancy, and the
Doctor (when he sees call him
Doctor in the paper he'll most bust,
got with Miss Josey, and me with
Malindy aud off we started. You
see we had to go round the now
ground aud cum III where the logs
aud brush was tangled SO bad a mule
culdn't git through, so / had 10 &c
round, but all the rest ofsln climbed
over sum now aud got before us.
du believe they dun il on purpas but
we wus so closo tu the river thas
culdn't think Of my speech til We wui
J there Well, we cOtch lots Of fish
Malindy would hahle sum gall fur mi
TO fish fur that didn't care cen
fur. tride tn git her to namo her
self oil the evenin ill at last she scz
SEQ II you eau ketch me Well sur,
was standin on OIL old log, and got 8
big bite, and thinks I, now is my
lime, aud II 1 du ketch her, i'll jisl
ak her oil the spot; SO | gin q big
jerk and my foot slipped and fel
kerchug rite in up to my waist. Wei
every drafted one Of EN- latied like |
wus nifty funny, bnt l jist told en-
| didn't think it wus so nifty tunn,
fur fcller to be wet all over,3 mile
from home with his Sundy cloze on
Cuzin Dick wanted to gibe Inc sum
!, thin tu keep me from takin cold Ii,
sed, but | jist told the drafted fool
| didn't want any OF his tarnol stuff
The fool even carried his bags will
him fishin go fraid every bod,
wouldn't know he was Doctor.
: fist called out and told em must b.
9 goin. Bill Rogers sezs you ain't goil
tu leaveM eMissMalindy without excusil
yerself, are you? You see he want
ed to chow off city lernin. But
: never sed 'nutbin tn him, but wen
! fur my hoss to the house. Malindy
bless her hart, liked to cried whei
they wus oil laffin at me. Don't yol
. think that is good sine Mr.. r.Editure
When 4 got tn the house that dratte'
colt had chawed the rains of my ne,
$l.25 bride most, in tu. enten
TO Kill that colt yet il II costs mo tire
dollars / don't care l got on oil
Ball and went home most frose.
4 No more from your friend Ill
1 death. BILL RoGUs.
:. p. S.-lf she sez yes, and mos
! know she will, won't you come dow
!, to the wedin? A living edi,ure wi
! be sumthiu new In this beet. Yo
shall be treated to the best we kno,
how; but we aint.muchy on fashuu
, siie and sick like, but sich as W
have we are welcumtu. lsiB. r.