The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-01-14

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joke. Uncle Joe, without so much as a
CULVER of his bushy eyebrows, went on:
''rosy was sittin with her feet kurled up I'M
der her citing candy IL reding story book in
her Room she sed go way Teddy Il ma She
was in her room having row with kamil the
Made about her cloes and she sed go away
Teddy too then | says were shall Go to X
| she says you May go to the the Club 81 find
your father know were the fenix Tub is Just
roun the Korner but father was busy playing
| cards with some men & aud said go d sit down
my Son
$50 set down a. looked at some pictures
| there was two men talkieg q guess they
didunt know me but they knowed my sisters
| good kause one says charlie, you go in for loo
If You can stand her temper Il lie go in for
| the blondy then we will make old man gloss
settil our bills lie brake her temper If get Ler
says charlie 81 will get more capital for the
| Firm
"blondy is meek & will stay at Home & not
interfear with me Guess says the other Teller
any way we will share the proffets."
A funereal silence fell upon the room.
Hedge looked unusually childlike and
unconscious. Sorghum pulled his mus
tache over bad imitation of smile.
''then Father he after good vile he got up
| q put on his Cote to go home IL just Out side
| the door of the club House a man said some
thing to father and father He said lots Of
Swear Words that amt allowed boys in Prof
fessor Whacker's skool d it was all bout a
Settilmeant.
Sand father said he Hadunt Got the money
for it. So thort it was newyear's presint
that man wanted pa TO buy him
"then we went home Mother says to pa the
gurls will look elegant tomorrer d they will
be sure to ketch something wurth vile at last.
"Father says they had better ketch 1t pretty
quick then for things is comm to an end then
| all of a sudden a pounsed on me d sent me
to Bed
''the mex Day wich was newyears no boldly
ct breakfast down 81 airs but me and father IA
| Their looked splendid Il so did l. we had on
our bes cloes q the carriage was reddy TO take
us calm. wen ma IL tina gurls came down
they were very butiful especially loo tho like
Rose best.
''ma says pa what do you think of your
chick er Biddys and she kissed him
"Pa says humll And We went Out and he
banged the front door,"
Mr.. Gloss used every vile to turn I'm
Gle Joe's attention; but he went on mer-
cilessly:
''Some Of the Ladys we called on was old &
some was yung. The old ones mosely had no
necks in their dresses IL good many had Or
fully pink cheeks Il had dirty eyes with black
Smudg under them.
''but Pa said the same thing evry where's.
show charming You Are to Day says pa to
all of them Il he bowed IL bowed. And he
kinder laffei and Bodied roun & looked Silly
then he come out & jumped in The carriage &
says Swear words agen
''says is IL Fun to make calls pa
"Says pa its nusense so says wot makes
you do it Pa
"sosierty says pa then I asked who soierty
was d pa says Nunsense agen then he tells me
to hold my tung
Then we went to see a ugly ole woman
with lots of dimons 81 she wanted to Kiss me
Il Wouldn't do it & after Wards pa skolded
me IL said she was Miss Koopons u must al
ways kiss such Rich ole lady Then asked
pa If he was sick i aud he sed he wasunt and
told Him herd Misses Koopons say he was
a sick Offant.
" And father sed more Swear words s. made
the Coach man drive me home. ma & the
gurls wer In the parlor Il so was the two men
that talked A Bout loo And rosy at the club
The big feller with the mus fash said to Rosy
she was acrewil darling u rosy She turned her
back to him
''then ma pinsed Rosys arm & said she was
little fool q had no fealing for her family 81
rosy cryed softly rite down on the Makaroons
was citing cake all wanted & no boldly no
tised Ne
"charlie forgut all Bout loos temper /
Guess bekause he said to her my butiful kween
viii be good obediunt husband loo LATED IL
hit him with her fan then lots more came in
& they all looked silly like father 81 all the ole
men told ma she looked like rosy's sister. that
Amt so bekause ma is orful fat
By this time the whole company had
risen, and were trying to interrupt the
reading; when Uncle Joe, in voice of
thunder, commanded attention. They all
fell back in their seats and remained,
with many curious changes of counter
ance, silent to the end.
"then Mite come on & Loo & rosy went Up
stares Il put more wife powder on there faces
u looked at there Back hair In the Glass IL loo
said rosy ort to mary mister Sore Gum bekause
he was so rich IL loo said she was going TO
mary mister hedg bekause He was rich all tho
he was a fool and then they went Down Stares
"a big tall yung man come into the library
were had hid my kandys u rosy sed out loud
want to show you this nice room. they was
behind the door a. he sed havunt you got emmy
new years for me Rosy d she said yes fred q
gave him kiss behind the door Il he said
rosy II was only rich 81 then ma came into
the entree d they ran out IL looked Silly two.
''then went to sleep sittin on my bundil of
candys d wen ma woke me up every Boldly
had gone away Il ma said she hated new Years
q loo sed the men were all munkeys and rosy
had Hedake. then went to bed but Some
thing had made me orful sick tho don't be-
lieve 1t was cake u went into rosys Room
softly She was crying and setting on the flor
by the fire then went into mas room a. She
was crying too IL Pa was sayin We are Liyin
on Volcaner tell you
twas kinder shared because volkaners burn
you all up d are very dangerus Ma says
samuel Kant help 1t the gurls must dress Il
we must keep up appearances says ma why
kant We move off the volkaner a. buy q new
House up to Sentril Park
"pa says where did that young slsamp come
from q then the for jumpt up 4 hit me IL ma
sed 1t was kase | had ct two much terrash
~ was orful sick all mite The mex morn
ing Kamil the made helped me git up & sed 1
was to go rite off to skool Agen and the Coach
man was to take Care of me went to say good
By to loo she was in bed with griddions in her
hair eating lots of breakfast. rosy kissed me
y her eyes was al red & she sed teddy deer
they are breaking my hart II promised Her
wen igrow up 1 will lick them al
ii like Rosy pretty well. considerin she is my
Sister. pa Il ma was shet up in the literary &
pa had lots OF little papers on the label
''He said look at them
'dreses. bonnets. ineary. iewelry. kant pay
them i tell you We are Twin beyund our menes. |
So is EVERY boldly says ma but the gurls will
marry wei. says pa look at rosy she Is in love
with that good lookin RASCAL on IL hundrid
year.
ssShe shant have him saws ma now don't he |