Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-04-23

me, when we was both young, says
she, kinder soothin'.
No, you amt Katei You want
never Katel' Elviry said he spoke 1t out
in terrible high shrill voice, an he
trembled all over jest like leaf, an
they was scairt, thinkin' he was crazy,
which want surprisin'.
' And then he kinder sunk down, an
hid his face with his hands as ef he
didn't want to see her.
"An' they seemed TO feel like hurry
in off, without thinkin' no more about
milk. But says she to Elviry, before
she went, says she:
"What is the matter with himp Has
he been stricken with palsyP'
He was stricken by the falsehood
of q bad woman when nc was young
says Elviry. Elviry she ken be about
as sharp as a red pepper when she sets
out. An the woman went off without
sayn' another word.
"An' Jonas he got quieted down
pooty quick, but he KEEP sayin' to Ell.
viry:
"'The wust is there amt nothn' to
i'll There Want neUcr nothtn' 10 Hp
"Elviry thought he'd kinder come to
himself, an see how he'd ben dreamin'
his life away. She thought he'd kinder
| pictured out n gal in his mind tina
want a dretful sight like the one he'd
courted; or else he'd picture her out
| lest the same as she was when she was
a gal an forgot to take no account OF
the long spell It had ben sence he see
| her.
"Anyhow he KEEP sayin' over'n
over,
"'There amt nothin' to it! There
1ca MT neUer nothin' to Hr
Elviry thought that arter spell he
might want to see her agin', bein' sht
was his old sweetheart. But he never
said nothin' about her, an she never
come anigh agin.
g Arter few days Jonas he kind o.
| spunked up. 1t seemed as eff he'd kind
er walked up artor long nap, and
meant to 90 to work like responsible
| cretur that had an account to give in tn
! day o. Judgment. He came down here
! to the laudn' one day an wanted to
fshin' with me; seemed as pert as 4,
| lizard. 1t was a kinder lowery day
| fust-rate for lishin', but it had a dretiu
squally look an concluded not to g,
| out. Jonas he sat down with me an
N
/ rim V'y'ge, an seemed to hev some
sprawl to him, as hedn't seen him he'
| for twenty year. If it hed'n't been TO,
kinder queer look to his eyes you
would skursely hev known that he was
cracked.
"Bymeby a little sail boat from Pork
erpine hove in sight. There wa mt a
| breath of wind then, an they was l.
rowin' on her, but knew we should gi
it hot and strong before long; so was
kinder oneasy till they got landed.
"There was three or four o. them
| slim fellers, with knee breechcs an
smart stockin's an hats fixed up lik,
| gals, an Il parcel o. gals. | took notice
of the fust gal that stepped ashore, and
| she was about as pOoty a cretur as !
ever see; tall an high steppin', witt
rosy cheeks, an eyes as bright as but
tons, an slick, brown hair. Jonas he
stood up an stared at her, an the cur
usest look had come over his face that !
ever see he looked as eff he'd grown
young. | can't describe it in no other
way.
90 Kate! You are Kate! An l knew
you'd come! | allus knew you'd come!
She looked kinder 'stonished, but sht
gin him pooty smile.
"' Yes, I'm Kate, says she.
CAN then the others drew her away.
They was agoin' to explore round.
Jonas he started to foller, hut pulled
him back. | was afeard they'd make
fun on him, or else that he'd scare the
gals with his crazy ways. He gave up
pooty easy an sot down, but he never
took his eyes off'n her as long as she
was in sight. | see jest how twas; the
gal was the fat woman's darter, an she
| looked jest as her mother used to.
"It KEEP calm all the time they was
gone, but | knew squal was comm,
an / told 'em so when they was putin
off; but la! these city fellers hes so
much college larnin' about boats thai
| you can't tell 'em nOthin', though it
don't hender 'em from gittin' upsot
once in while. Jonas he see what
was comin'; in his wust times Jonas
was allus sailor enough to obsarve wind
and weather, an there want a man
on Barberry Island knew how to man.
age a boat better'n he did; and he
| begged on 'em to take him along ct
they was sot upon goin'. l knew twas
on account o. the gal that he wanted to
90, but still kinder encouraged them
takin' on him, for | thought he might
keep 'em from gettin' upset as they was
| likely to by themselves. They laughed
about it consid able an some o. the
fellers was sot agin it, but Jonas hung
on so't they finally concluded to take
him.
"When they was goin' round Dead
Mans Pint the squall struck 'em. Jonas
he had the sail down in a jiffy, but the
| boat she gin a lurch, an somehow or
mother the gal, Kate, fell overheard.
An Jonas he dove in arter her with his
heavy jacket an his boots an all on.
! Twas a heavy sea an the fust time she
came up he didn't ketch her; but the
second time he did, though she was a
good ways off, and he swum with her to
the boat near enough for them to reach
! her an pull her in. How he ever man
aged to do it there couldn't none o.
them fellers tell. They tried to grab
him when they grabbed her, but the
minute he let go his holt of her he sunk
Jest like lead
"That was the beginnin' of storm
that lasted three or four days. When it
cleared off they found his body washed
ashore on the rocks, right there to Dead
Mans Pint.
His old sweetheart an her dartel
they come over to the funeral, an they
wanted to put up big monyment to
him; but Elviry she wouldn't hear
nothin' to it, an she was so grim an
starn that she scairt 'em. She took it
pooty hard, Elviry did; he was her
brother, eff he was cracked, an they'd
lived together for long spell. Last
spring she up an merried Absalom
Peasley over to the main, thet he'd he'd
hankerin' arter her when she was
young. He was a widderer with nine,
Absalom was, an | calkilate she has
enough to keep her mind sot on without
broodin' over nothin'.
GAS for Jonas, poor creetur, you
can't say as he added none to his tai
ents, but | calkilate It he didn't hev
but one, an that sech a measly little
ono that the ord won't he hard on