The Cecil Whig., 1884-02-09

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coming here after my sal MilIy now
! she, of course, has got too much sense
to think of marrying an old loon like
BUah Green, bat Ike most all Young
gals, she likes to trihc and fix, with all
!! the fellers they kin they seem to take
a kinder natural pride in seeing how
many they can have arunning after
them at the same time.
"One morning last January. me and
NIilly was in the kitchen | think it was
on a Friday, which you know is the
day l most generally do my baking on
Milly was scrubbing the floor, and |
had jest finished making up pan OF
dough. 1t was very cold day, and it
seemed as eff the cold WAS agoing to
keep the dough from rising Jest right-it
was kinder chilled through. you know !;
SO l took two chairs and sot them afore
the fire, and put the pan of dough on
the chairs SO as to keep it warm. and
help it to rise.
"Jest then the door opened, and who
should walk in but Bijah Green, with
his high plug hat on and bandanner
handkerchief round his neck. AliIIy
turned as red as billed beet, and |
thought that she was agoing to faint :;
you see, like all young gals, nowadays,
they are always ashamed to let felIers
see 'em working. was as mad as a
hornet. The very idea of that old
galoot, to come fooling around the
house during the day, and bake day,
too, and | jest thought how true the
saying was, an old fool was the wust
kind of fool
"'Good morning, marm,' says he.
Of course it wouldn't do for me to be
unperlite, SO sez. Good morning. at
the same time wishing the spooSs would
fly away with him. Iiitty at once be
gan to make excuses for her appear
ance, and SO on, but he interrupted her
by saying, oh never mind me don't
let me disturb you at all | like to see
women folks at work. it reminds me OF
my poor dead wife
"Now, Bijah was alters talking about
his poor dead wife, and how good she
was, and SO on, and would generally
wind up by saying, that he loved the
very ground she walked on Perhaps
he did, cause Nancy Green hardly ever
went out from home, and most of the
ground that she walked on was ground
that her Aunt Sukey left her when she
died ; and for which deople do say, was
all Bijah Green married her for.
"Well, of course | axed him to sit
down, and he did so, placing his big
muddy boots right down on the hearth
where Milly he'd just scrubbed nice and
clean. He then commenced to squirt
tobacco juice at the spit-boN, which he
managed to hit about one time out Of
ten. Laws sakes but wasn't | mad.
As | said afore though. it wouldn't do
to appear unperlite
"'1 jest dropped in, Mrs. Dykes, to
get that almanick what's got the receipt
in it for to cure the whooping cough ;
Aunt Doratha told me to Ak YOU 20 lend
it to her, sez he.
"'You are liar " yells the parrot,
jest then. Bijah got red in the face.
cause he didn't know fust wI9 it was.
but when he found out it was the ,1rrot.
he got up and went over to the mantle
where the bird was sitting. and com
menced to tease him by punching him
with his cane. felt very mortefied al
that pesky bird, although | knew the
parrot didn't mean to call Bijah 4 liar
but was jest repeating what he had
learned to say while on board the ship
Arter all, though, couldn't help think
ing rs how the bird told the truth
cause | knew very we'll that Doraths
Green, (BUah's aunt, who keeps house
for him. got one of them same alma,
hicks the very same time that did an,
that Bijah only wanted an excuse ioj
coming here. But got up and wen
into the sitting-room and got the alma
nick, and brought it in. When l came
in again | found Bijah jest where | lef
him, standing over there teasing tha
parrot.
Better let her alone ser |. she get
very mad sometimes.
"'Oh she'll not hurt me- SCI he
will you, Polly2' Jest then the parro
gave a loud screech and made for B
jah's head, and in less than two shake:
of lambs tail she had that wig off 0
his bald head, and was up on top o
the clock with it in her bcak. oh
ma, she has scalped him" cried MiIIy
as out the room she ran.
"Bijah was SO frightened by the sud
den attack of the parrot, that he stag
gered back, lost his balance and sa
right down kertlat into that 'er pan o
dough that was astitting aforc the fire
and there he stuck. | was perfect,
dumbfounded. | didn't know what OF
earth to do.
"Bijah commenced to yell and squirn
until at last he Topped over on the foo
on all fours, with that 'er dough PAL
and all asticking to the seat OF hi
breeches, and then he began to rul
around the floor. with that big pan OF
him, and his long red neck and bale
pate asticking from under one end O
it, and his long, slim, bony legs stucl
out from behind, his mouth and eve
wide open. he reminded me more O