St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-10-30


deserves Il better man than that
Young pup of fellow, though
would not blame her much If she
takes him, for she must be We y
lonesome, and she has to let her
farm out on shares, and it isn't hall
worked. and no one else seems to
have the spunk to speak mp to her.
By lingo! if | was a SIM lie ara L d
show you trick or two"
So saying Ed borrowed some
bags and started around the corner
of the barn, where e left Bill
sweeping, and put his ear to knot
hole and listened, knowing the
batchelor had habit of talking to
himself when anything worried him.
"Confound that young Sackrider!'
said Bill. "what business has he
there, I'd like to know? Got Il
new buggy has he? Well, SO have
/, and new harness, too! and his
horse cant get III sight of mine, and
[ declare I've half a mind to yes
| will I'll go this very night and
ask her to go to the show with Inc.
I'll show Ed. Wilbur that I amt
half such calf us he thinks / am,
if 1 did let old Watson get the start
Of Ile in the first place !"
Ed. could scarcely help laughing
outright. bat he hastily hitelied tile
bags on his shoulder, and with a
low chuckle of success, started
home 10 tell the news 10 Nelly; and
about ) O'Clock that evening they
saw Billy go by with his horse and
buggy, ON his way to the widows.
He logged along quietly, thinking
Of the old singing school days, and
What a pretty girl Susan was then,
and wondering inwardly il he would
have more courage to talk up to
ner. until, at about mile from her
liopss, when he came t. bridge
over a creek, and it so happened
that just as he reached the middle
of the bridge, he gave tremendous
sneeze, and blew his teeth out of
his mouth, clear over the dash
board. and striking on the planks,
they rolled over the side of the
bridge and dropped in four feet of
water.
Words connot do justice to poor
Bill, or paint the expression of his
face as he sat there-completely
ut his startling piece
of i'll luck. Aftera while he stepped
outside of his buggy, and getting
down OH his hands and knees look
ed over into the water: yes, there
they were at the bottom. with IL
crowd of little fishes rubbing their
noses against them, and Bill wished
that his nose was as close for
His beautiful teeth. that
cost him 50 much. and the show
coming on, AMI no time to lose, for
some one might come along and
ask him what he was foolIng around
there for. He had no notion of
spelling his good clothes by wading
in with them on, and besides if he
did that, he could not 60 to the
widows that night; so he took n
look up and down the road to see
that no o..e was in sight. then
quickly undres>ed himself, laying
his clothes in the buggy to keep
clean. Then he ran round to the
bank and waded into the almost ice
cold water, but his teeth did not
chatter in his head-he only wished
they could. Quickly he waded
along SO rs not to stir up the mud.
and when he got to the right spot
he dropped under the water, and
came up with them in his hand, and
replaced them in his mouth. But
bark! what hoise is that ? A wagon.
followed by u little noisy dog bark
ing with all his might, and bis horse
is starting.
"Whoa, Whoa! Stop you brute
you, stop!" But stop he would not,
but went off Mt a spanking pace,
with the unfortunate bachelor after
him, and the little dog yelping after
the bachelor. Bill was certainly
in capital running costume, but
he strained every nerve he
could not touch the buggy or reach
the lines that were dragging on the
ground.
After awhile his plug hat shook
off the seat, and the hind wheel
went over it making it as flat as a
Bill snatched as he
ran, stuck it all dirty aud dimpled
on his herd. And now he saw the
,r;dov's house on the hill. and what.