The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-27

en she wsen't~gofns Ter be. nytb.od,y's paley-
thin, she said "a herself, to be throw'd o. one
side when th6y0 got tired Nv her. er got :
new one: ell 80 he he'd it up hill work ct fuSt
tew get a look from FER But = 'r"se ne
wouldn't be bluffed off, but KEEP lo.'erin'
her up. Iikin' her all the better for her OF
ishness. allus treatin' her respectful, les .
he would the fnist lady, Only he's deter
no, ne was that stubborn, es we'll es lik1M
The gal herself. Well, s'pose this went on all
summer-she a-hangiR off en- 'voidin' him,
en- he putin hisseIf in her way wheneverhe
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 hi>se!f like Il pericc'
gentleman, she kinder Civ in, Ell they got
lew be sociable 'n' friendly like. Then
s'pose 'twa'n't long afore he got tcw likiW
her so well that he wanted her to marry
him-hOnOr bright, no sham, her nOthiW
privit', but fair en- square marriayc-en arter
a good deal Nv holdin' back, en- Ohjectin', 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, few
| cut it Short, afore the next summer they
was married, en- he tux her tew grand
house in the city, where she he'd servants
tew wait OH 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 tl,erc'bOut, till
they got 4 family Nv three child'n, one Nv
'em teentv baby; er s'pOse, though every
thin went ralght, she'd allus heda kind Nv
a notion that mebby the timed come when
he'd be sorry he'd married her-'ud get ter
think she wasn't quite sech Il lady es he'd
orter hev; that his fash'nable friends 'ud
put him up .tsF"t think he'd thrOw'd hisself
away on 4. poor ignerent country -girl-one
It didn't make any show 7 all Side him; en-
SO, though eyerythiN' went all nice, g
said, We'll s'pese she. felt kinder Uneasy
sometimes, midst all her fine things. Nova
s'pose jest ct this time cousin Nv 'tds'n
come there to make visif.-How dive like
il? Don't it sound like a nOvil:" he broke
off suddenly to ask the landlord, who was
still pacing Zip and down the room, and by
dint Of some watchfulness managed to keep
up temperance of being slightly bored.
7"Oh, yes, it'll do-for beginning. Pm
afraid you amt going to take the world by
storm Is a novelist, though. You'll have to
work in something more exciting to have It
! amount OHIGch nasSk33HbG
"Jest you wait; faint done yit. Course
[ I should spread It out more eff was srfin'
it. specially 'Iong through the courtin' part;
but, ye see, Pm only givin' the p'ints along
-lnarkin' out the ground, like. Oh, there's
more. plenty more" eagerly explained Cap.
tain Put, nsstily putting bis footts the aoor,
| changing his position, and placing the other
foot upon the other knee, '..plenty more, +"
he repeated, "ef ye'd care to hear it,, e, 80
'sOh, certainly responded the landlord,
not too warmly. ,,,.g..0,'... ,'.,',
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 be was 50
carefully surprising. No. MT 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
err these handsome, snowy, what they call
fas 'natin' women; lone thet 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 -ther, Il typFltI hain't gin 'eiu
any names; en- now I've got the cousin in I'll
have ter have names fer 'em, er sh'll be
gittin' 'em mixed up: so s'pose we call the
| gal (n0t the cousin, her we'll Jest call the
cousin, and let that dew, but the young
gal: s'pose we call her Tasmany, er Tassy fer
| show% Nv %ho fojloe WALL oon T,vor Vocoo
I,shouldn't want ter use names It belong tew
think meant them, en- mightn't like it.; but
| l never heerd the names Nv Tasmany en- ia.
yer 'cept es islands, SO nobody couldn't take
settled, ken go on ag'in. Es was sayin',
s'pose this cousin could 90 clean ahead Nv
Tassy in these fash'nabfe accomplishments, es
they call 'em, en- that Tassy got ter feel
kinder hurt en- jealous like, cause she took
so much NV Javer's 'tention. YeI 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, 50 Nv course she couldn't
be runnin' hither en- yon, ter parties, en-
the couSiiY. beins q fesl RIghayer. want wanted Cd
ter be goin, all the time. Course Jayenhad
| tew go with her, cause 'twouldn't be Sdlite
er, hospiterble ter let her 80 alone, beip' a
stranger en- q young woman; en- So, We'll
s'pose that she en- Javer was gon' a good eel
| together night. arter night, besides .-ilh,'
66ss0dck tp6fty frequent IN the AFTERNOONS;
en-, in conask ence, Tassy was gettin' mere en-
moro worried On jealous, but ,kecpin' It aIl
in, hopin', likely, that the cousin 'ud 90
away purity soon. on then things 'ud settle
back tew their old level ag'in. But s'pos4
| tn It, 'stead or that, she overheard 'em-,ih he
cousin en- JaveT-talkin' pdyit', whisperin'
\ en- plannin' isonethin', she conIdn't hear
I what, only he,heerd semsay theva l4ake'the
childeyn. isWhati the baby, tew yns'pose
she heerd:the cousin ask, en- then Javer ah.
swer,, Yes, the baby tew; itakel'em u4ll
en- then the cousin say, All right ost slime!
thin'iuv that nat,lr', SOFT she jumptter thu
cohclien7 right of that they was plmnin'
ter Nope tergether, take the Children en- all,
EN- leaveaher ,alons. NE see, :weiM ssp0se
that Jayer was dreadful fond er the young
ones es well esishe, en- she knew't he would
mt leave them, eft he would her. Course We
ken imagine IL purity near killed her ct fust,
Though she'd been s'picious, en- unhappy,
she hedn't looked fer anythin, ESQ bad es ftlis.
| sue kNnutI VOuuteU vi Vu0 culDO0In W Keep
mstiddy on 'em as ballast; "
lose everything all tor Wunst. en-
Children all tergeiher. Butlet's s'pose she
KEEP cool es she could, thinkin', jest - she
used ter when sAewas . gal, that she'd GOT
ter look out fer hersek en- s6ght her own bat
ties and not be beholden ter nobody, en- go
she didn't make a word nv fuss, onsy'said
she'd got headache when they said some.
thin bout her bein kinder flushed en- netvl
GUS ct the dinner-table, en- then, when they
two went OF their hossback fide In the
I park, by George! she ups en- hussels her
things tergether-s few clothes en- sieA. len
TUX her younsWns "a kited. En- when a.
YER m The cousin come back, 10 was tow en
empty house, 80 ter speak. Then 'We'il
ts'pose, Nv course, that Jsver was tur'bfy
tux down; ed Nv course, too, be went tel