South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-09-24
GRANDMAS FIRST BEAU.

were real pretty when you were young
SAID Lena Lawrence, as she sa. by Tie
side of the still comedy old lady.
Much obliged TO Mrs. Lennox.' said
grandma, with a pleasant laugh. for she|
was happy, genial old LADY.
believe was considered pretty good
lookin' some fifty years ago
Ana sho said you had lots Of boaux.
Did yon? -
well. had my share. I reckon : nd|
The faint rcd ia her old cheek grew bri rhtl /
er; a many and many before saw your|
grandpa. Ny asst beau-oh. desr me l
how well remember!' And grandmaI
burst into hearty laugh that almostI
Drought the tears to her eyes.
'Fiease tell US all about it, demanded
three or four young voices.
wen, s'pose L can il I try. Therc|
was q pretty fair boy lived in the nexs|
farm house to ours, bout mile away.
HIS name was Jedediah. He was 'boutI
Ii when he first aspirod to the honor old
my company.
wasn't much above Is myself. iestI
out of long aprons, and like girls nova
days, s'pose, thought lots more about
the oeaux than I'd ought to.
One cold night in January. all theI
family was sittln' in the great kitchen.
pairing apples. when a knock came TO the
door. Father got up and opened l.,
"nen In came Jedediah, all bundled M,
WIN the exception of his nose, which was
peaked one. Father invited him in. an
he soon perched himself on high chair,
and began unwindin' his Comforter.
thought he never would stop. Then he
set there ten minutes without speakin' a
word, till by-and- bye he burst oct Will,
L say, Hammer, Elk Waters is goin' TO
hev little party to night, and he wanted
me to AK YOU
ia like to 60 says I, boxing side
ways over TO mother, for tie little bows
was ggg!irg-'if mother Gays So You'll
see, boys and girls in them days didn't
go off without asking.
1t is awful coid,' says mother, amt i'll
Jcdcdiah.'
Well, not SO very, goin' through the
woods
Bear seen in them woods, said father.
his blue eyes twinklng,' land not SO long
ago, neither
Let EN- come said eddy we called
/ him Jeddy for short. Il wasn't born in|
the back woods to DO scared by bear.
| well, said father, quite sober-lite |
II you DO meet one, don't let i. run old
with my Hanna
And mind you bring her home ford
loven, sail mother. i don't prove cd
girls OF sixteen staying out all night to-
iroilcs Now Hammer, wrap up proper
warm: It's dcsp'rit cold Wind
Well put on new caliker, with blacl,
silk apron, worked in herin' bone, with
pink silk, sliclSed my hair, and was down.
stairs in quick timc, | never felt so
! grand in my life as L did a-hangin' ON
Jeddy's arm. 1t makes rae laugh 20
| think of it, and how I asked him If his
ma waa we'll in such : patronizing way.
| Oi coarse there was fences TO git over.
ana lie lot me fall ct the very fust one
Dear me how. frightened the reiiog
was Why he stood there like apook.
and let me pick inEselfup, anu then said,
over and over. ioh, amt you hurt? Are
you hu!t bad2 Take OF mr. arm closer,
and snuggled up TO his jacket again,
trying hard not TO limp, for / did lame
my ankle little. But when got to
tue OH farmhouse forgot oil about it.
a III the girls and boys wero there for
miles about, sad the first Ching I heard
| was
oh Tanners got beau = ard felt
kinder provoked, and kinder glad
Well, VIC played The Wceyily Wheat
and
''lIero stands young couple,
J!Dcd heart and hand ;"
an Hunt the slipper and lots o'gamas
that youngstersdon't ihinil ofthese times.
We weren't DR. essed 10 Kill, with sashes
o yard wide under our armpils, ard we
could run and jump and laugh. why,
| I've seen q young faller who had maybe
/ been ordered TO redeem pawn after q
game OF button chase girl ali over
and out, and round house halfa-Gozen
/ times afore he'd git a kiss. You'd say
/ now a-days, such doin's were undignif.
| ed, an ali that, but know that girls in
! my day weren't half Gs forward an know.
/ in as they are now.
We'll, bout 'leven. wo started for
/ home, and we'd got 50 well acquainted
that we talked lots moro than when we
came,
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