The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-02-14
Tzz rRAMp's STORY.
iBy wnIcarleton.l

agree). F
Vhen there's quite a little iortune stowe'
away somewhere In me-
10 roush-ione-rp prizo p'cNa5os VI oo"'''on
4 sense advice;
i thcpe"pie can t'@c IT, OF run ro"uu ~ no .''e'
4 plsnsc.
ous she oest "'ns 'hnS" n"" III" eo'''
words Ike unto these rs
4 Worm or beetle drought ,r tcmpcst, on IA far
III RS land may fall.
But for hrst-c,ass fi,inatio''' trust y nor.saec
s"'"'' '"''" 49,
o. my wcsl lin day my father touched me
kindly on the arm.
And handed me the papers Tor an eight. ,crc
fa'm.r -
win thc STOCK ant''o's ah p"'''"' 80 90
! independent start,
SAYING ii'rc "N"ninS p'e'e"' '''' ~
muscle ani my hear''
Anu. acc ipt '"c ''' '"''''"' ~" ""''
from MY tongue,
NnD your fooa an" c'o."rs a''' ''"''" V'''
''s', ,.a,,,,ar o,,,,,, froa n somc,a,
,,,.n, 80
~ ,,'nnsasst lac. yon captnred when you
II n
4 ars, so,c, me knee fs
mi, Il al haye 10 give you-so expect nc
mar. from me.n
T. III
People q faii conidn t'narrS '"' S"''' S'''
tried toconrt'
Till we smilingly snhn'it'c" m'ho'''E ''Po'''
Then they isi their theories over, WIN
qnickncssqneer to s''e' l.y.rlTt X
| And said they knewwc'd marry, ,.bnt We never
could agree;
! But we dil not frame anu hans UP an"
ncighbors nal 70 say, -.
Butran out ii,tle heaven In our own pceu'''''
way;
We started on quite Jolly, wonufouS iu"' q
health ami rheer'
AMI general understanding 'aa' 'nc roa'
was pretty cicrr'
,.i,cd anil nro ,nc,el: and tns
.,ti,,, ,.,,i,,n.,tv -, ~. M
1 rh., c,,,c s,fro,. IIeuyen 10 visit Us wer,
hrI,h, and hale ami hcarty;
A ,,a to.,lay Swe M Isl,t In, bcen there had 4
only lust nav, knowo
Irow IN I,,y m, roal ;loN N solil, and. let wei
enough alone.
l nm snon eo,nracnrcl n Kicking In the traces
~ Iconfess. ~. ~ SO Isl -
r,ore n.s too much land TINT loincl inc tina,
llIdn,t vet p,ssess.
When orre ne re,s land hungry, strange hoy
rayenous one can bel ~ .-.,
'rwasn,t long before wanted all the grounf
that 1 could see.
"a l,o,,ght ano,l,er eighty mot forebolin;
any harml.
And for that and some down money put
mortgage on my farm.
rncn bouvht another iorty, hircd some cas-
to As an new,
A"" W wy s..s, ,,ro,.
i
Now my wifc was square against this' us ou
risbtthat you shonid KNOW, ,k.s.,&
Crhongh I'm very far from saying that ithin
It's aiwaysso).
But she wen, IN hearty with me, working har
from duy To day,
forwe knew that life was business now W.
had that debt to pay
wo worked through spring and winter
through summer anil through fall, r
mar M, m ,r,rage w,rkc | the hardest and tll
steu,liest os usalI. M
I, wo,tea on n,rhts and sundays; Il worke
cocb halliday; y
!, .e,,,ed lawn among us. and Il never wen
swav
,y,,..a,o. ,vo ,cot sr,n, n seemed almost a
had A. theft.
II watched ns every minute, and 1t ruled =
rIubt and left.
The rust and blight were with us sometime
and sometimes
The dark browr,l. Sowing mortgage was f'
ever on the spot.
The wceyll aud thc cnt-worm they went
well as came:
: The mortgage stall forever, eating hearty
the same.
1t nailed up every window, stood guard
: every ,lcor,
= And happiness and sunshine made their non
withusn no more. ~,
Till with failing crops and sickness VIC 2
staIlei upon the grade,
|. And there came adark day on us when the II
3 tcrest wasn't paid.,,
And there came sharp iorec'osure' ao'
Kind o lost my hold,
And grew weary anil discouraged, anu
: farm was chcaply sold
The children LETT ana scattered WIEN '"
lariiy yct we're grown;