The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-23
HuMDuRGEN.

taS lVuNe ioesSt lux SNSi co lohS,
knoin that | was gifted in that line.
But for all that wouldn't rite ter
youths time. But theirs sumthin
been hapnip that | am terinin to pub
ish. 1be fact is il has been happen
in FOR some time but | jist cotch up
with EN- last tn weaks. II all cum
round kinder IN this wise, as follows,
viz:
Yon see the Stublnses lives bout
3 miles from wevns, and there Amt
no better lookin gal in all this beat
than Malinda Slubins. Well, yon
see | always had u kind of hankerin
arter the gal ever since she was over
here last fall year and helped moth
or make her soap up and the like.
Well, ever since then me AID her has
been gittin along famin', as 1t wer,
till bout 2 weeks ago when that
onery scrub of Riting Skule mast, r
struck this beat, since which time
aiRt b,em hsmein' SO much rs it wer,
but she has and kept Inc. in hot water
as it wer. Just last Sunday was a
week | wer over to the skule house
TO m etin. aud thinks l,l'll go home
with Malinda anu make II all up.
(You see she had sent word by Bob
for m, tn come over sunday. Wei,
whe.i l got 10 The skule house thar
was that onry cuss of Blinton sittin'
on the very same bench and singing
outen tho same book long with her.
Well, il made INC 80 tarnel mad that
just thought I'd go right home TO
once, but OIL the second thought l
concluded TO stick EN- ont if II killed
me. l jist termined rite thar and
then TO see that day how stood
with her long side oil that ink Singer.
Wei, whea old parson Jones lii in
on h pocrits and the like, thinks |
he's preaching to that gal shore. |
was certain he had herd how she had
been actin with Inc, but, Lord |
don' bleye she heard u word he sed
for looking at Blinton. AS soon as
meeting was out and they was all out
OF the house, thinl ST III show you a
trick, Mr.. ritin Master, SO 1 walks
rite up tn Maliudy. SEES | shall |
fetch up your hosp why, yes,
Bill SEE she; Il am glad TO SEQ YOU
q tell you that made me feel gude).
Lam ridin old blaze, dou't git the
colt mixed and lost, SCI she. Well,
OIL went arter old blaze and the colt.
Mr. Editure, was you ever bothered
with drotiei coltp Well Sur, that
colt deyiled INC out Of all reason, but
at last ! fetch up old blaze and the
colt was squealin and covortin round
Ike he never was TO meetin afore.
Well,l helped her on.and went for old
Ballsand when | rode back whar |
left her there was that onery cuss on
q sorrcl boss what the calvs had
chawed its tail of, prancin round like
he was race horse. Well, ut last we
all started and rode up by her on
thc left side aud he rode up on 10th
er side and sez he, 'Can I sec you
home, Miss Malindyr Yes sez she
afore could get her eye or give her
tie wink. Thinks !, Pie go too with
out axing you. Well, we was talkin'
and fagin along when all at once she
happened to think OF that tarncl colt.
;Sez Malindy to me, SEE she kinder
smilin, Bill, won't you ride back and
get the coltl' See |, afore thought,
Il don't see what colts was made for
no how Well, / rid back calm as
loud as could, scope, colty, here's
your nanny! cope, colty, here's
your mammyl' Well, Sur, every
body was latin rite thar at the meet
in'.house. / do blcve that colt
thought that every old blaze faced
boss on that hill was his nanny and
had hard work to get the fool start
ed twards home. When we got back
whar l left EN- rode up side of her
agin, but that colt insisted on giltin
atween us and was trying to git its
NANNY 10 stop and feed 1t, but it got
mad at last and started back twards
the meetin.house. Malinda axed me
i'll wouldn't please ride behind and
keep it from goin hack. Well, sur,
had 10 drive that drotted. coltall the
way to old man Stu 5binses. Well,
when we got there old man Stubbins
took that onery cusses horse and SEE
he Bill, fetch your horse and lets put
EN- up Malinda seq come in, Mr..
Blinton.' So that made me mad, and
SEE TO the old man my boss amt
hungry and / must be goin pretty
soon. Well, We went in and arter
dinner Binton had q book with spec.
linens OF riten in IL and he was show
ing EN- to Malindy while / was play
Ing club-fst with the chilen, and he
would git his head most tuchin hern
and she didn't seem TO notice it al
all. Well. my fist was tn the bottom
and when one of the brats SEE to me
what you got there p "colt," SEE rite
out, and Blinton aud all on EN- LATED
; rite out like splitter plank, and he
sez 'Rogus, you must have colt on the
BRAIN SEE | (fer that cuss was gittin
my dander np) you had better pay
your wife's funeral expenses seed
il got him so limited at 1t every time
1t would fit, I'll at last he got his hal
and kotch his boss and rid of. Jisl
as he was glttin up SEE he 'IIe see you
agln, Rogus.' Arterhe WIS gone the
old man SEE 'haint he paid for his
lust wife's coffin p No. SEE !, handh
him letter Blinton had drapped outer
his specimen book. 1t wus dun fer
her funeral expenses. See he tn Ma.
Indy you notice that cuss agin and
you will stay al home here arler.' Sc
! had a fine time the balance of that
day and didn't leave till 10 o'clock
So last Sunday couldn't go over IL
see her but sent her a mackeril ant
sum herins and things. Jist atweer
you and me you may have tn publish
big weddin sumo. Think I've 60
tho upper hand of that widower now
don't your No morefrom yours til
deth, BILL RoGus.
P SWIM keep you posted al
things turn up in the matter, and II
do git her and the old man gives hel
old blaze and that drotted colt, I'll pul
1T to work and try to kill it at once
fur n full grone lite mare amt no
where side Of colt at moetin.
B. Rogus.