Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-02

body va. maxim the mosi Of Il. and 90 ]
had TO rig up team Of little black fllies.
that We hadn't had In the stable very
long, and dsrsen'i trust TO Tom, Dick and
Harry TO drive; so I made up my mind
Id 10 and drive 'sm myself l tell you
they vas beauties. stranger; pretty nigh
full. blooded Morgsns.-jast a. clean
legged and snoo,h-built as they ever
grow. and full o life a get up and go
Coz all va. out. and ye, ju., . gentle as
kittens. II you kno~,d ho~ TO handle EN-.
I've drove god many horse. in my day.
stranger. but I never found sny,hing
quite up to q Morgan. and these va.
just sbou, as nice MOrssns /. ever !
see.
"wsll. I rugged up. and liz out. Up
10 the house. the folks va. al ready.
s.~ai,in' on, on the porch; ! never no.
,,eed much about EN- when I hr., drove
up. You see. whea fello~ ]. a-drisin
for folk. o ,hs, stripe. abou, all be wants
20 do !. TO tend to bis team. and mind
hi. o~n business generally. Ba, Lord.
stranger. jas, as ! vas s,andin' there.
wsi,in' for an old woman TO ge, IN. ]
heard some one laugh. comm down the
~sk. Heavens. stranger, II you could
a. heard that laugh turned round.
and there ,he w.l Ble. your life.
stranger. IL ain, no use for me TO try TO
tell you anything sbou, her. ! might
talk from now ill We se, to Jackson. and
then you wouldn'i be no better OF n you
are now. You see. Dicks one o them
kind O. women ,ha, you've 20, to sec to
kno~ about She vi. abou, fourteen
then. no, much bigger round n my thumb
no, very tall. bu, slim and graceful 80
greyhound. And her eyes, and her lips.
and teeth and hair. Oh, !, amt no use
stranger. can, tell you no,hin' abou,
her nov. no more'n | could then. There
aint bat one such face in this World.
"wsIl. she come l.ughin' dosn the
-slk. and Il, into the esui.se {. though
she didnt weigh an ounce, and ! shut
the door. climbed up and drove oa. L'rd'
stranger. never took another such ride
a. ,ha, in my lie. sfore OF since. Why
il jus, seemed TO me VAS a-si,iin' on a
cloud. and duvin' an angel night through
the ,ky ~iihou, ever touehin ground
You see. ,ha, little team Vas as, ~hs'
| wanted. jas, . much like dream horses
a. you could get. and ! JUS, gave the
liitle gal, the ribbons, and they took EN-
you bet
"wsll. ~e drove up the river.snd then
away back O. town. up 10 the bills. and
then down the river. and then back ,S
the house. Dick 70, out 6rt and rsr
round 10 the horses and bsgsn Pet,in
Kit. (Th., vas the ct one-,hs same
one Id been pe,,in' all the ~sy She
pati,d her neck and ',roked her head,
.nd. fa.lly. she ju., pat her cheek rsh,
do~n on the Il ly'. face. III stood there
as quiet |. lamb. And Dick stood
there q minute. and then she looked ~
to me and spoke 10 me,-,he frs, words
she ever said to me ia her life. She just
looked rish, al NELL be blowed,
stranger. II IL Don, 10 over me nov Just
10 think o. how ,he looked a, me ,hs, es'
enin'-and then 'hs says You mu,' b
good to her. mister driver. for she's lt'le
and nice. and no, very strong. Fix be-
up good tonight. won, you u'-for she
been an .~ful long ways fOr US. and look
tired. poor little thing
"well, stranger. mebbe that filly didnl
ge, well tended TO that nigh,.-mebb'
she didn't. But ss near as can reeol'
lee,, | dida't leave the stable I'LL about
three o'clock in the mornin', and Ill bel
YOU | went into that stall moen hfty
times, TO see II there want something
could do for ,h., little gal
"well, all this time Id been drinkin
pretty steady. took drink that nigh
sfore | went to drive them folks. | al
way. drank then. rish, along; didn'
think | could do without IL. Ba, ih'
next mornin'. when r., up. wen, rish'
down to the stable and never took droI
-someho- I couldn't. The frs, ihin'
done, I went into Kits stall and pe',e'
her q little. when the boys want lookin'
Jus, as Dick done. and Eel, myself bla't
clear up to my ears when done Il. too
kep, tha, flly for more'n FIVE years 81
ter that, and wouldn', a sOld her ,hel
only | had to.
"wsIl. I didn't drink nothin for more
a week. and kind o kept alone by my
elf q good deal. Two or three times
vent up by the house where Dick ha
been, but couldn't ge, sight OF her
She told me Afterwards that she wen
hone the nes, day. up into the country
Thea the boys. they 20, to maxim fun o
me. You see. Id qai, drinkin'. an
gambia, and s~ear,n' mOs,ly-thougl
that was the hardest to get rid Q
II h.is, quite 20, clear o that, yet
Ba, the boys. they asked me when 20
religion. and how soon | Was goin'
presehin'. and Ill thu, Lord. they hadn
no idea ~hst really was the reason q
my dom ss I did. OF reckon they'd Z
Just about run me out o town mski'
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