The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-29
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BETSY HAMILTON'S LETTER.
Betsy Tells of tho Marriage Of Buck simp-
sen and Zilphy Ann Dewberry.
Atlanta Constitution.
H1LLABEE, TALLADEGA. Co.,lALA.-'
Dear Cousin: Buck Simpson and ZilPhy
! Anpi Demberrysis married at last, but
: Buck had a turrible time a gittin' of her.
He lowed it was like gwine fsihn' and
gittin' bite, jist when ne thought be had
her she'd drap back
.:sftswasn'ta her fault. They had ther
!. pegs sot that night at Aunt Mahaly's at
the candy pullin' to go to the jestis of the
piece and cit married, but you know how
old Miss Dewberry rid old Mol over thar
bareback, and busted it all up, and headed
'em fore they got of. Buck be bad done
bought bis License and paid, fore in
corn and seed taters; and you see that
was what outed him SO. The ole 'oman's
tongue lashin, :skeered. him off long
time, and zilphy Ann, she included he
wasn't a comm back no more. She
loved Buck powerful, and the longer ne
STAYED off the oneasier she got, and 30 to
pit il off'n 6er mind, she turned in and.
talked to Mol Freshours aboutit it. Shed
"a better ksp-hpr mind to herself but
that's the way with some gals, and boys,
too. They haint satisfied lesson they tell
somebody. Mol was the very gal she
hadn't orter talked to, kase she turned
around and told her agwhole pack she
hearn that Buck had said about ole Miss
s;Dewberry. Zilphy!.Ann she had the
/, sDabF II III up and say: '"Well, eff he's got
Lie eennshorance to use language agin my
Nav I wouldn't marry him to save him
from torment" You see after Buck
paid apt all, that.ar corn and taters amld, - |,
then never got his gal, know in reason,
/, it gouged him, and he must er said sum
pan agin the ole 'oman, but incourse he
never suspishined it would eyer reich !cah
Zilphy AIMS years. If you turn, your
tongue loose agin anybody you may make
shore ther's alters somebody with they,
.yearsand mouth open ready to listen and
ran back and tell all you say and more
besidsso and gin you credit tor, it all !;
: anf some iist ups and tells part Of what
YOU. say, and its inginnerly the wuss part.
!. =, .l,.A a dog that fetches bone will tote one
back and clad ola chance, and that's the
way it was with Mol. Zilphy Ann never
knowed she.was a. givin' her 8. bone to
tote back; she drapt it as unbeknownst
as the fly goes into the spiders web.
Mol she wanted Buck Simpson herself,
and wheeled id To set Zi1pby Ann agin5
him, then grabbed the bone and split it
I IN inn, Two, and jis tpld Buck. part Of lit;
lowed Zilphy Ann said she wouldn't
marry MIN to save biA life from torment
!: Buck he disremepberedl that he had gin
.,ZilphwA mn any oatse5td Say its and 30
he drapt bone too, he lowed: She
isneedn't skeer herself; sthar's as good
minners. in the spring branch as ever was
; ketched QUIZ. Then Mol she tuck part
of tito herself and. let in to baitin' her
hook to ketch Buck, but he didn't want
mo Hiich a,bait; and never lbit,n Fishes lis
monsterous shy and skittish when they
see hook sot on purpose to ketch 'em.
1T don't alters pay to,set your cap. Miss
Patience Potter has had her n sot to, ketch
somebody for the last forty years aud
haint never kotch nobody yis! . D.
Mol Freshours never made sspothin' by
her smartness nuther, but she was plum
satisfied with what she had done.
They had IS Big picnic at the bend of
the ;hfeek, and; folks swarmed in from.
Owl Hollow clean down to Possum Val
ley, and you never seed the likes of din
ner as they all fetched, 'cept some of the
PosspmY Yalley gang. They never had 50
mIeh as a billed aig amongst 'em.
The Dswberrys was thar, and yon may
resk;it old Miss Dewberry spread out as
mice "a chance of fsvittles as arm thar.
The stranger from town that flew around
Zilphy Ann at the candy pullin', takin'
dinner with 'em and sot up to Zilphy
Amin yearnest. ...s- s.--..,,.---..-.,-;..,.
Buck Simpson was traipsin' around
with Mol Fresbours, but he sot his eye
opZ ZilphYf Ann, and looked like he could
@r kiItsthM artown chap easy as snake.
Buck he was spruced up powerful that
day, had on his coperas jeens pantaloons,
and blue check bob::tail coat, speckled
caliker shirt, paper. collar and blood, red
crayat; and Mol she peared to be mighty
prandt tof hilne Eilphy Ann had on -lher
bran new Sundayego-to to meetin' hat
turned up to one side with a big red rose
stuck on whar it was turned up, and her
nose 'pearedI to be sot up in the, air too
as she looked at Buck and Mol with ,ther
arms locked perusin' around the spring
giglin' and a fingin' water million seed
at one another. She was .waitin' her
chance to AelR Bhdki that she'd hearn that
-he had talked agin her Nav, and be was
playin2 of. to tell her what he had7.hearn
she said, so you see Mols smartness in
tryin' to put 'em out and keep 'em apart
was the very occasion of gitten' 'em to,
getEef; and $50 it lis many time, as
brother. Cole says, good comes out,n evil
Mol got ketched in her own trap that
time. He.Yplyest pbjection Miss Dew-s
berry had agi6n Buck ~as that sife was
poor and not able to keep Zilphy Ann
from the wash tub, and she hadn't made
sJlu sieIcI ElCSuOuiS uoo0 oo ouoiO
that Buc'- waateaa MOL, that shseoIdn't
keep from crowi4 oyer Miss DsWberry,
and braggin' of how much truck Buck
had, and then lowed: "Hs's got plenty
for him aud Mol to. hire -'ema nigger the,
balance Of ther days" Pap lowed she
was q little previous beforehand" and a
mile or two ahead of the /, hounds, but
that's old Miss Freshours up and down.
~ It was the talk around thar that day
that Buck had made speck off'n his
crossities, and layed out the money in
town lot on the Georgy Pacific railroad,
and, it had ,riz on his hands; and it.sot
old Miss Dewberry to thinkin' mebbe
she had cut off her nose by not lcttin' her
gaktake him. Mol she clung to Buck all
the mornin', and KEEP him away from
Zilphy Ann, and Zilphy Ann she tried
to make herself believe she didn't keer,a
but she did keer and Buck keered too.