New-York tribune., 1885-02-08

green corn. money, peacn ple-eu unSpe8kaol6 cOn>
coction which Aunt Fannyiespecally recom~ended
as having power Of sugar In it-fresh buttermilk
and vilanous coffee The preachers wife asked for
some water.
"La. woman!" exclaimed Amt Fnany, whatn
yearth you goin' to do with waterp
"Why, I'm going to drink it. Aunt Fanny"
"DrinK rater when thars bnttermilk an coffee
settin right afore YET Wal, / never see q gal do
that yitp
"But she's eatin' corn bread stead o them
biscuit" said Martha Jane, who though waiting
on the table stood munching corn vigorously.
" She's like me. l takes cornbread every time
none o. your flour dOns inside o. me"
"Marthy James fond O. corn in whatsomever
shape" said Aunt Fanny. but she can't moren half
eat it on the cob-her front teeths gone; but she's
that set in her ways she says she's goin ter hev
them snags pulled ont an new ones put in.'
"An' l will too," she answered " Pm plum sick
an tired o. havin' no front teeth. woman over
the mountain-she had hern pulled an everybody
told her hit 'ud kill her she's a sight oder'n
but when she felt the chill accomin on. she TUX
good drink O. corn whiskey an went to bed. an she
got well an she amt dead yt, neither"
swell, you uns git along now," said Aunt Fanny.
see yOu's ct all You want jes set down thar in
the porch. an Marthy Jane an nell clear away this
yere truck"
The men soon set off for the mountain, but the
women. having been assured by Aunt Fanny that
81 "sence the rain hit pow'rful drabbIy walk"
preferred to stay where they were, and dc up
Martha James hair They were willing to believe
without ocular proof the fact that great part of
the side of the mountain is sowly-not sliding, but
sinking dropping into the bowels of the earth.
@Hit's ies a-cavin in, we uns thinks" Martha
Jane said all the old folks say the Injuns had
all lyar,n nHarf opff in fhar
yit. Of anybody'd try to git hit out; but don't
s'posen anyt ody will hit ud cost sight o
money"
"You'll have to make your sweetheart find it for
you some day." said the blue-eyed young lady
wickedly.
,"My sweetheart! Ia" said Marth. Jane, with
silver. not gittn' 'em out. He's toothdentist, be
ls-leastways, my principal sweetheart San he
lives in Aanty msi up EsI GeIs dsr s
sparks Of eyes and wrinkling her thick dark skin
in smile that brought her lack Of front teeth into
painful prominence. I" He's dead in love with me.
he is. Last summer he put four gold plugs into my
mouth an never charged me a cent hit all for
love; an he's goin to take out these yere suags and
put In front teeth for nothin. when he comes.
He's made a real hansome offer but amt give
him no satisfaction yit. He an mes ben sorter
courtin', though, three or four year; he wrote me
| two letters III SIX weeks Oncet.'
And are you going to give him satisfaction y
asked the GIRL Martha Jane pausedf for breath and
turned her head to one side to take in the effect OF
| the twists.
snow, / amt goin to tell you that" she said
with another coquettish glance 81 may never git
married. I've got sisters married-s,sters an
half-sisters togetheI-my names Kirby an ma was
widder with TO chillun when she married Pa smith
ort hs Sf SS us pa n s s he a
an pearter; an he's done we'll he's mighty good
| man."
| "Oh, yes. Well, I've alters ben q poor little
sicy doucey thing an they all say ought not TO
git married; my husban might put too many hard;
ships on me an Ia ef he amt the right kind you q
| be ruined forever an eternal; a man takes all
you've got when he takes you, an you haint got no
| right to the quilts you pieced with your own hands
| or the sun bonnet you wove yourself No, sir! My
sisters all 'dvsed me never by no means TO marry
nothn but trouble an mindin' chilun, an can't say
when you'll work or when you'll rest -allers nan D.
| TO boss you-an' ef he's pernicketty MAXWELL!
" But dId you always think so badly OF marriage
| Didn't you encourage anybodyT qucried the
| preachers wife as Martha Jane evidently waited to
| Well. eff did twas no harm done never did
| promise anybody y!t In cold earnest. Ia tell EN-
gon' TO court nobody, can tell you! But We mad
| some po w'rful good chances-amazin good; three
% a Vas really SSSt SoSs e baG re can M
| feller told me not long ago he thought had the
most pow'rful out-hatterin'es' tongue he ever diC
| see in airy mortal woman's head. That's what h'
saddles the out-fatterines'."
| sand who was that r.
"Oh n schooteacher up 'tother side the branch
but me! la, he look at me. an that's jes about
all. tell Aleatsy she can hev him."
| "Who is Meatsyp
shes one o Pa Smiths an mas gals. She's my
| haf-sister. Ma, she give me an my sister Susan
| Maria good plain names, an then she sorter
| branched out on Pa Smiths chillun an made up
| names ont of her head. Thar's Dephy Paralee, an
| f;emlnthy Magnoly. an Jacony Agnes an Dinksey
| Caledony. an Meatsy Layany, an ever so many
| more :; ma jes' got 'em outen her head An my
heads fixed up itf ven, eff that ar toothdentist
| was herel But mind. I'll dc IL this way
| when him an me goes 20 Atanty next fall"
"Then you are gon' TO marry HIM "
"Marry who1 Mel That tooth dentist J. amt
seed tho man I'd marry yit. He's es goin' to give
me trip to Atlanty the sights All tue gals goes
| up here. Gemanthy Magnoy went " it'll Bill johnson
| that's her husban' now-an he took her TO Athens
an spent nigh fifteen dollars on her. She had
| q real good time, an SD did Susan Maria She had
three four felers a-courtD her TO oncet. an one
on 'em took her to Athens, an they was every one
on 'em les up fer takin her after that, an each
feer tried TO see which could spen the most money
an give her the best time"
| The How of Miss Kirbys eloqucnce was broken
lust here by the arrival of the of the party, and
| the mules so that there was n gathering up OF
shawls aud much hand-shaking took place. in the
midst of which Martha Jane struck an attitude and
gazing Enthusiastically at the blond young man,
quoted those lines indigenous tothe wllds OF North
Georgia:
It's hard for uns from you uns 10 pgrf
For you uns has stolen we unses heart