The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-08-19
their stories just As strange as they please,

you know"
"Yis, but they've got to be proherble
don't We see? The've got ter be proberble, -
argued Captain Put. snow. see here" he
went on, rising and placing his chair neal
the wall, where he sat down and tilted Il
back, raising one foot upon the other knee.
Now, see here" he repeated. ''S'pose T..
edicated 50 y rs caperbie NV dcwin' it. en-
wanted ter write one er them nOvils. what
'ud ye think nv somethin like ihis:-PI Jest
give the p'nts ye see-the framework, Ike,
tew be finished up es ye please. Fust, then,
Wen say there's q young gal; kind NV 2
ter take keer NV herself en- fight her own
battles; smart, m purity 3 anythin'. course.
Well, s'pose she's fit Ter way along. en- got q
edication, en- she's teachin' shoot, some'rs
in the country, faint pertic'ler where, On'y
I'd put it handy like to New Y0rk-handy
like fer these city fellers, what like ter run
out fer a few days gunnin', er fishin', en-
sech. Then s'pose one er these fellers hap
pened ter meet with this 'ere young gal in
some kind NV romantic way-both ketched
out in thunder-gust, er somethin' the like
that amt partic'lar, either, on'y I'd make
1t kinder unusyil-en he TUX terrible fancy
tew her. En- s'pose arter this he made q
pint Nv meetin' her every day almost, on
her way tew or from school, en- laid hisself
out tew be 'greeable en- pleasant es ever he
could. Fust, Wen s'pose, she fit shy Nv
him-gin him short answers, en- mebby not
very civil ones, bein' proud little thing, en-
kinder s'piciOus tew, on count NV hevin'
ter look out fer herself all her life; en- she
flowed, Nv course, that the on'y objict he he'd
was jest to muse hisself with her fer while,
en- then 60 home en- forget all about her,
whether she'd got tew carin' fer him er not;
en- she want goin' ter be anybody's play
thin, she said 10 herself, to be throw'd O. one
new one; en- so he he'd it up hill work ct fust
tew get q look from Ter: But s'pose he
wouldn't be bluffed of, but KEEP follerin'
her up, likin' her all the better for her of
ishness, allus treatin' her respectful, jes' q
he would the fnist lady, on'y he's deter
mined to gain her good 'pinion whether er
no, he was that stubborn, es we'll es likin'
the gal herself. Well, s'pose this went on all
summer-she a-hangin' on en- 'vOidin' him,
en- he putin hisself in her way whenever he
could make eny excuse fer it, till ct last, see
in that she couldn't find any fault with him,
en- he'd allus kerried hisself like perfec'
gentleman, she kinder Civ in, en- they got
tew be sOciable m friendly like. Then
s'pose 'twa'n't long afore he got tew likin'
her SO well that he wanted her to marry
him-honor bright, no sham, ner nothin'
privit', but fair en- square marriage-en arter
good deal Nv holdin' back, en- objectin', en-
fearin', she Civ in tew this, tew; cause,
we'll s'pOse, she'd got tew likin' him es
much es he did her by this time; en- so, lew
cut it short, afore the next summer they
was married, en- he TUX her tew q grand
house in the city, where she he'd servants
tew wait on her. en- q fine kerridge to ride
in, en- all so nice.
"Now, s'pose everythin' went on all nice
and straight fer five years er there'bout, till
they got q family Nv three child'n, one NV
'em teentv baby; er s'pose, though every.
thin went s'ralght, she'd allus he'd a kind Nv
notion that mebby the timed come when
he'd be sorry he'd married her-'ud get ter
think she wasn't quite sech lady es he'd
orter hev; that his fash'nable friends 'ud
put him up ter think he'd throw'd hisself
It didn't make any show It all side him; en-
so, though everythin' went all nice, .
said, We'll s'pose she felt kinder Uneasy
sometimes, midst all her fine things. Now,
s'pose jest ct this time q cousin NV his'n
come there to make q visit.-How dye like
It? Don't It sound like a novil?" he broke
off suddenly to ask the landlord, who was
still pacing up and down the room, and by
dint of some watchfulness managed to keep
up the appearance of being slightly bored.
''Oh, yes, it'll do-for q beginning. Pm
afraid you amt going to take the world by
storm Is novelist, though. You'll have to
work in something more exciting to have it
amount to much"
"Jest you wait; faint done yit. Course
It, Especially 'long through the courtin' part;
but, yesee, Pm On'y givin' the p'ints along
-markin' out the ground, like. Oh, there's
more, plenty more" eagerly explained Cap
tain Put, hastily putting his foot to the floor,
changing his position, and placing the other
foot upon the other knee, "plenty more, I"
he repeated, "ef ye'd care to hear it."
"Oh, certainly" responded the landlord,
not too warmly.
Before this time, though the Captain
seemed totally unconscious of the fact, most
of the last nights company had dropped in,
one after another, all suspiciously silent,
though, as far as other appearances went,
profoundly Indifferent to the story he was so
carefully supposing. No. not all. The
sharp eyes Of The Water Rat betrayed the
keen interest he felt In the recital, or rather
in what he hoped was to come; but he pru.
IDENTIFY remained In the background, having
squatted himself in the corner by the door.
"Well, them" resumed Captain Put, "es I
was goin' ter say, s'pose this cousin was one
er these handsome, snowy, what they call
fas' natin' women; one tibet could play the
pyanner, en- sing, en- dance, en- paint pictur's,
en- ride hossback, en- dew everythin' twas
fash'nable fer ladies ter dew, but what the
other one-there, vowi / hain't gin 'em
any names; en- now I've got the cousin in I'll
have ter have names fer 'em, er sh'Il be
gittin' 'em mixed up: so s'pose We call the
gal (not the cousin, her We'll jest call the
cousin, and let that dew, but the young
gal: s'pose we call her Tasmany, or Tassy fer
short, en- the Teller We'll call Javer. Ye see.
shouldn't want ter use names It belong teW
anybody else eff could help it, cause they'd
think meant them, en- mightn't like 1t; but
I never heerd the names NV Tasmany en- ia.
yer 'cept es islands, so nobody couldn't take
no Tense bout the names. Well, now that's
settled, ken 60 on ag'in. Es was sayin'.
s'pose this cousin could 20 clean ahead NV
Tassy in these fash'nable 'complishments, es
they call 'em, en- that Tassy got ter feel
kinder hurt en- jealous like, cause she took.
SO much NV Javer's 'tention. Ye see, We'll
s'pose that Tassy was all took up with her
Children, her little baby in special, en-
wouldn't trust 'em much with servants en-
hirelin's, but would keep good lookout
arter 'em herself, so Nv course she couldn't
be runnin' hither en- yon, ter parties, en-
en- the theater, en- fairs, en- SIGH, en-
the cousin. being a real highfyer, wanted
ter be g0in' all the time. 'Course Javer had
tew 60 with her, cause 'twouldn't be perlite
er hospiterble ter let her go alone, bein' a
stranger en- q young woman; en- SO we'll
s'pOse that she en- Javer was gOin' q good eel
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