Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-14

coming out of my teeth when l read
the letter, and when / actually dc
kiss her, the pegs in my boots loosen
and find them by the quart crawl.
ing up my pants-legs. think she
can discount the magnetic girl OF
Georgia, because letter from her
will draw me from game of base
ball any time. l mention this to
show what sort of girl she is, and
what kind of a letter she writes.
Well, | was drawing pictures on my
slate, and didn't notice ma as she was
S wing buttons oil. She felt in the
pistol pocket and found the letters,
and when she opened one and read,
20 blessed darling, how sad l was
when you were four minutes late last
night. ina run needle in her finger
and breathed hard, and then she
stopped breathing for about a min
ute, and then she read to where my
girl said. "Every hour that you are
away from Inc seems an eternity of
lonely watching. Sad forebodings
Of what may have happened to you,
and when see YOU coming up the
street, it seems as though heaven
was again open to me, and the birds
sing so swcetly that / fain would
die" ma dropped the pants and raised
up and looked toward the bed where
pa was snoring. | knew there was
case of mistaken identified, and was
going to explain to ma, ,<but she said,
You hush. When ina says YOU hush
that settles it, and hush. When ma
takes OIL her spcctacles and lays them
down, and says not one word, then
don't say word, cause know bet
ter. Well, | felt sorry for pa,
and l would have helped
MIN out Of tiff lie had been awake,
but it takes about half an hour To
wake pa up, and | didn't have time.
Ii didn't take ma more than minute
to wake pa, and when pas eyes open
0 he said, ITS no such a darned thing.
l1eggo my hairp Ma said she had the
proofs, and she yanked pas ear, and
he said, for heavens sake don't It's
Il mistake started to tell ma that
they were my letters. but she told ne
TO go out Of the JIn, and pa, TO be
on mas side said, yes you git, and git
quick, and got. We'll went OUT
in the hall, and it was circus, with
all the performers healthy. Ma kept
hold of pas ear and read few lines
Of the letter, and then | guess she
yahked. cause pa yelled bloody inur-
der, and said it was darned lie, and
then ma would read some more, and
yank some more. l never felt so
sorry for pa since the goat kicked lin
when us boys was insulating him. |
guess ma would have wore pa out. on
ly she got down TO the bottom of the
letter and read, "Now Hennery, be a
good boy, and help your ina all you
can, and try not to initiate your pas
wicked example, yours lovingly,
Marian That settled it and the fight
stopped, and ma called Inc in, and pa
drove me out, and pa began to whine
and tell ma she had broken the tym-
panum of his ear, and ma said he had
broken her heart, and pa got up and
took the pants and began mauling
them over chair, and he said it wa !,
the last time he would wear any boys
clothes made over for him, and when
went to bed ma was crying for joy
cause it was me instead of pa that
got the love letters, and pa was put
ting some vaseline on his ear. | don't
see where | was to blame, do you ?"
"Wcll, l don't know" said the gro
ceryman "such letters as you describe
are mighty dangerous, unless they
are sealed up in cans. think your
pa would be justified in warming
your jacket"
And think that is what he is GO
ing TO do, said the boy, as he slid out
the back door just as his pa came in
the front door inquiring for his little