Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18
their stories just as strange as they please,

their :, storie; just as strange as they please.
Yis, but they've got to be proberble,
argued Captain Put. 'NOw, see here" he
went on, rising and placing his chair near
the wall, where he sat down and tilted 1t
Now, see here" he repeated. ''S'pose rs
edicated SO It rs caperble NV dewin' it, en-
wanted ter write one er them nOvils, what
'ud We think Nv somethin like hisCIn Jest
give the p'nts We see-the framework, like,
tew be finished up es We please. Fust, then,
friendless, lone creetur'; one 't's allus he'd
ter take keer Nv herself en- fight her own
battles; smart, m purity 8 anythin', course
Well, s'pose she's fit FER way along, en- got a
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 York-handy
like fer these city fellers, what like ter run
out fer few days gunnin', er tishin', 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 somethln' the like
that amt particular, either, on'y I'd make
it kinder unusyil-en he TUX terrible fancy
tew her. En- s'pose arter this he made
pint Nv meetin' her every day Almost, on
her way tew er from school, en- laid hisself
could. Fust. We'll 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 hevln'
ter look out fer herself all her life; en- she
flowed, Nv course, that the only objict he he'd
was jest to muse hissef with her fer while,
en- then go home en- forget all about her,
whether she'd got tew carin' fer him er not;
en- she WANT goin' ter be nybody's play
thin, she said o herself, to be throw'd o. one
sid hon
new one; en- SO he he'd it up hill work ct fust
tew get look from FER. But s'pose he
wouldn't be bluffed off, but KEEP follerin'
her up, hkin' her all the better for her Off
ishness, allus treatin' her respectful, jes' g
he would the fnist lady, only he's deter
mined to gain her good opinion whether er
no, he was that stubborn, es well es likin'
the gal herself. Well, s'pose this went on all
summer-she a-hangin' off en- 'voidin' him,
en- he putin hisself in her way whenever he
could make eny excuse fer it, till ct last, see
i'm 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 we'll 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
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 on her. en- 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 family Nv three child'n, one NV
'em a teenty baby; er s'pose, though every
thin went straight, she'd allus he'd 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
away on a poor ignerent country girl-one
It didn't make any show It all side him; en-
so, though everythin' went all nice, IS I
sometimes, midst all her fine things. Now,
s'pose jest ct this time cousin NV his'n
come there to make a Visit.-HOw dye like
it? Don't it sound like 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.
ooh, yes, it'll do-for a beginning. Pm
afraid you amt going to take the world by
storm as a novelist, though. You'll have to
work in something more exciting to have it
"Jest you wait; faint done yit. course
I should spread it out more eff I was writin'
it, Especially long through the courtin' part !;
but, We see, Pm on'y givin' the p'ints along
-markin' out the ground, like. Oh, there's
tain Put, hastily putting his foot to the floor,
changing his position, and placing the other
foot upon the other knee, ''plenty more, "
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 supposng. 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-
IDENTITY remained in the background, having
squatted himself in the corner by the door.
"Well, them" resumed Captain Put, ''es
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, Ell paint pictur's,
en- ride hossback, en- dew everythin' twas
fash'nable fer ladies ter dew, but what the
other one-there, vow! 1 hain't gin 'em
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 (not the cousin, her We'll jest call the
gal: s'pose we call her Tasmany, er 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 it; but
I never heerd the names NV Tasmany en- ia
yer 'cept es islands, so nobody couldn't take
no 'fense bout the names. Well, now that's
settled, ken go on ag'in. Els was sayin',
s'pose this cousin could go clean ahead NV
Tassy in these fash'nable 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. 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 a good lookout
arter 'em herself, so Nv course she couldn't
be runnin' hither EN- yon, ter parties, en-
concerts, en- the theater, en- fairs, en- sich, en-
the cousin, being a real highfyer, wanted
ter be goin' all the time. Course Javer had
tew 60 with her, cause 'twouldn't be perite
err hospiterble ter let her go alone, bein' a
stranger en- young woman; en- SO We'll
s'pose that she en- Javer was goin' good eel
together night arter night, besides ridin'
hossback purity frequent in the afternoons
en-, in conscience, Tassy was gettin' more en-
more worried en- jealous, but keepin' it all
in, hopin', likely, that the cousin 'ud go