Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-22

and goes a-visiting, and tries on hel
dresses, and sees that the winders are
all stopped up tight. That's the most
l ever see her do. l had to larf one
day, though don't suppose l orter, but
we are all weak in the sperret some
times. specially when we've had our
noses on the grin stun a spell. Wa'al,
L was a-coming along through the en-
tryway on the second story, and heard
Cousin Gusty say to the black boy who
opens the door for folks an perades
round from morning till night with sill
yer sarcer in his hand, that she d jest
seen fly in the droring-rOom-that'
the room that's got everything in it,
and nothing that's good for anything.
I'd ruthcr have this scttingroom, with
that sofy and them rocking-cheers with
the quilted backs, and few flies sprin.
klcd round, than all the truck that
Gusty's got. She can talk about heI
tarjays' and her 'uppernays,' and her
mckay and her turkay carpets; but
give me a good ingram that | can turn
and beat myself, and l won't ask nc
odds of nobody. Oh, yes, what did J.
larf about9 Wa'al, as 1 was saying,
Cousin Gusty got wind of fly, and sot
the darky onto him. l didn't tell you.
but Gusty was fixing for Saratogv all
the time 1 was there, and there hadnt
been time vet to swa,he up the statutes.
You don't know what l mean? Wa al,
you wouln't want to know; but statutes
are mostly men and women that are cut
off at the waist, and sot round top o
things. Who cuts them Off That's
more n know; but there they are. as
nat raj as life. You'd as lief set around
in cemetery? Wa'al, sod /. l dc
hate the pesky things. If they only had
their legs and arms on, 'twouldn't be
quite so wearing. If you don't beat all!
how should l know where their legs
and arms be? l have an idee that there
are some drorin g-roOmS that have the
heads and shoulders, and some have the
legs, and some have the arms, jest rs
they happen to take notion. You
don't see how anybody could larf in
such place as that? Wa'al, l don't
know myself.
II used to 60 by them statutes at fus,
as if l was shot out of Il rcd-hOt shovel,
but arter while never thought on 'em.
Wa'al Cousin Gusty she sez to the
black bov orally now you'd n thought
way she spoke): Thomas, I've jest dis
kivered a fly on my Sanko in droring
room (Sanko or Syko, | don't know
which she said), and you must find it
and kill it at once. Don't let me behold
that fly no more, Thomas No.
ma am, sez the black boy; and the
mint Cousin Gusty's back was turned,
sez he to himself: Il hope there won't
be nothing but flies in Saratogy. J
hope they'll have singers. and hope
they bite her, and l hope she'l make
a mistake and eat some on EN-; l
didn't wish nothing so bad as that on
Cousin Gusty, but l felt good deal
nearer to that black boy arter that.
There was ust the same feelln in his
colored heart as there was in my white
one, only he went further than me. and
that was nat raj, not having my cddlca-
ton. Yes, Gusty' husband is rich, and
no mistake. He has a leather shop in
the Swamp; but. | yum. you'd never
know he worked in hides. His hands
are as white as baby's; and I've
shifted and shifted to see if could nose
out the smell o. leather on his clothes
when he come in, but | never could.
You wouldn't know he worked i'll
swamp neither, for there was no mud
on his boots, and they shined just like
glass bottle. Yes, he's just as down on
flies as GuSty is. Anybody d think he'd
get used to all kinds of critters, work
ing in the marsh as he does day arter
day; but, Tor sakes, you'd never s pose
he'd seen a bug in his life. AS told
Cousin Gusty, l should just as soon
think of kicking agin death and the
rates as to be everlastingly murderin'
and shootin' flies. And the bruises that
I've got all over my frame, fallin' agin
this and that thing as well as t'other, is
just disfiggerin'. to say nothing about
the pain I've underwent with EN-. l
uSr3 more rauphire and anruint UNI
that four weeks than l ever used in my
life. Supper-time, do you say? Wa'al,
now. if the time don't just travel in this
house. 1t used to seem to me three
weeks 'twixt dinner and supper at
Gustv's. Next time come over l be-
lieve I'll bring my quilt, and see, a
Cousin Gtlsty sez, If we can't bring
some order out of cahouse. "-Har-
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