The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-29

SIGH sassy brats as them was, and all OF
'em ont1 Phehe from mornm'sUo night
1t nigh about tuck the life out o .ner.
But she tuck care o'Abe's woman and
done a sight o work, and things went
on fer about six months; and then the
pore girl was clean out o. every thing to
wear. She was ies' as nigh naked fer
all kinds o. clothes as you ever see. :
Phebe was awful keerfrll of her things
or she'd never made her mothers old
things last her so long. But old Mis-
| Carl didn't hev but a few calico things
herself. There was that girl nigh %
years ole, and she'd never had a
atwood or alpacky dress in her life.
So she ups and tells Abe she don't want
to leave him when he has sickness in the
family, but somethin' to cover her she
has got to have, aud if he wont bear no
IL viii agin her, she'Agit place among
the farmers some 'ers and work till she
gifts her some Clothes. Abe, hegrowled
around, but he knew it would never do
to let Phebe 90. He said it was perty
hard fer a pore hlan like him to have to
ciothe sechl a family as his'n and his sis
tiers besides; and then he pulled out and
boroweddiTe dollars and give her. You
never see nobedy piea%der than Phebe
when she cot that money. She went to
the store, and paid for the linen. suit
Jake had give her ard had charged up
to her, and got,some muslin ahd calico,
and my girls helped her do her sewin'.
So Phebe, She. 4come sout in her, new
things and felt ssprdce. She bought "a
straw hat fer siXty-two cents, too, and
my girls, they p.snadedi her to go to
meeten' -
Phebe hadn't gone, among the young
folks none around there; she never had
no time, and then the boys they was SO
rough They never had no manners,
but would 90 wheopin'p and yellia''
round, and on Sundays they'd pitch
horseshoes and play ball and jump all
day long. Now, when Phebe got some
clothes on her-ahate like the fashions
is now-she wasn't a bad-lookin' girl.
Some wimmin can look real pefty in
calico, and she was a good shaped girl,
,Phebe'was, for all she d worked so hard
and when she was so little. She was'a
big girl, but she had a good color, and
her hair,was as brown, so 1T. was. And
Iawert and stayed with Abe's woman,
so Phebe she could go to meetin' after
her clothes 'wis done, and the girls said
they never seed a cot let loose fuller of
play COMM and goinh = {, rrf5gr{ %
! That was the first TIME, too, that Irish
John war. at meetin', and | do low
them two fell in love with each other
then and there. The girls, a good
many ofthem, was settin their caps for
John. He was a very orderly kind of
Teller, unattended right to his own bus
mess. He didn't go much with the
other bows, though he didn't Seem 10
feel himself above nobody, but it WASH t
in him to1go ajumpin' and a howlin'
round. HIS place was stiddy with one
o. the farmers all the yeer round. He
lived at North's and nigh about run the
farm, fer ole man North heaput all de-
Irish John.
Some said he'd only been in the coun-
Try a year, and some. said he'd been
over five years or better, and, he'd
worked with afarmerup above Kokomo.
or round abouts Alto sore'rs, afore he
come TO North's. But he was very
quiet Teller and didn have much to say
fer hissef, and some o. the girls kind o.
took shine to, him. He was reel good
lookin', and straight as Injun AIRY,
kind o., and he carried |
bis shoulders back and didn't go hullii' !
over ike lots'o' the fellers 4eokih \ Ike \
their nose is hooked to their big toe,
and their backs is bulgin' up to sprout..
Fust thing you know, him and Phebe
Carl was goin together; | thought
It did beat al when | heerd it for Phebe
she never had no beau. Jake an Abe
and the. rest had tied her down too clost
fer that. thinks to myself ;gess Now,
Phebei is a good girl, but she's never had
no comp ny, and most likely this feler'l
turn her head, and we don't none efdls ]
know all about him. ; He pears stiddy
and we'll behaved; but he may have a
wife in the old country, or even over
here. And Jake antf Abe, they's so all
fer themselves, they wouldn't keer what
trouble Phebe might GIT into, and the
other boys an the. ole man Is that ornry
they won't never look OH fer her none.
So,n SAYS l, "I'll kind o. keep an eye
on her courtin' - 4 iti- co. onF it-- 81
Well, they didn't git much chance to
cotlft at Abe's house, cause there was
Mis- Carl always doWn, and them chill
dren yowlin' all over the house, and
threw didn't have only two rooms, the
Twin room and the shed where they
cooked. I'd a shook the breath out o.
that Sary Jane, so would-that's the
Oldest one. 80 Humphi = SAYS she7to
Phebe after Abe had give Phebe the
five dollars, "my papa don't owe you
aothin;, SC, he don't. He, pays youf fer
your work. The owdacious little ripi |
| goes over to Mis- Carl when they
lust begun goin' with one another, to
see how Phebe liked her beau. And L |
give her a sly dig or tive, and that sat
SIZED me. There never was changeder |
yirl than she got to, be-, / b'lieye my
soul she worshippedthe ground that fell
er walked on. And if any body'd speak
about him her faced git so red.
Him and herd take their walks along
5he railroad Sunday afternoon, talkin'
kind o. still and comf'terblei together
ike old married folks 1H And that girl
got reel perry, so she did. used to |
run in and stay by Mis- Carl a good |
1eal them times, SOS Phebe could git |
out with her Teller.
Jake and Abe; they done-jes' as much I
agin' it as ever they could Il low it, |
made lem mad to think Phebe might !
nave home of her own and not have
o niger for them no more. They
,alled him all the names they could lay
heir tongues to, and she'd goout where
,he couldn't hear, her eyes full and her
ace Albumin Phebe'sspirit was kind
y slow, but when it was up once it was
I'D. And onc't when Abe was goin' on /
.allin, Inhn. /. dirty low hog-trotter and |