West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-04-10
a COLD DAY.
lie Had Reason 10 Feel Discouraged aud
nrokcn Up.

lie Had Reason to Feel Discouraged aud
Broken Up,
The young man took the seat beside
me, and as the train rolled on he un-
wound about twelve and n half wards oi
bright red and green and yellow and
blue knit comforter from around ms
nock. Then nc took of his fur cnp and
p'1led OF the knit cap which was
hauled down close over his ears Then
he took oil his big w"olcn mittens ana
Il pair of gloves, aud then he drew on
one par 80 arctics IL is not an fait
even in the land of the blizzard, to wear
more than one pair of urctiCs on the
train. He then Chuckcd on his ulster
and unbu;toned his buffalo overcoat.
4 hc rest of his wraps lac did not re-
move. rs he was going TO get off i'm
about forty-iivc miles. His countcnance,
when his face began to thaw out, wore
an express ON of profound detection.
stranger he said, "do | look all
broke up?"
told him that ne bore the appear
ance of "A man whose entire system was
one pcrmeation of laminatcd fractures.
from withers II hook. | always talk
that way out West. You see | want
these guilolcss children of the "rowdv
. West to understand that | ann now
residing ina land OF superior culture,
where we look proud and talk through
our noses
/ III looked at me for moment, and
/ then reached for his hip pocket As I
/ dropped under the seat and crept be-
/ hind my valise lac drew out his tobacco
. box and | came TO the front again. re-
marking that was looking for my col
/ lar but
"Oh, YOU kin talk English tooP" he
said, in a tone of admiration. II wiSht
/ ! Rnowed more'n one language But
/ lcmmc tel You. | don't look half n
/ broke up IA feel r else you'd b.
a,kccred TO set by me. You know how
| all KILN cold IL was Saturday nightP''
felt my frosted ear tenderly and
nodded.
We'll 1 got on meight train and
rode mp TO Hubbleson's siding. forty
three mild that night, To see my girl. ]
| allowed to visit with her folks all that
/ night and Sunday. an come home on
! the passenger Monday mornn' She
/ lives six mild from tho station, an |
tramped out 30 the house I'm all that
! blizzard. and got there long bout
'leven o'clock Saturday night An I'll
be teetally cow kicked by bulrush il
there was liven' soul TO homel Old
folks, { seems. had gone away To- Lin
coin TO STAY over Sunday, my girl had
went do yn to Gricr's Island to stay q
week. the hired man had taken the ONLY
! hOrs' left on the place and gone down
10 n dance on Bcasclcy's branch; eleven
mild away, an there ! was, left over
Sunday where wouldn't know n soul.
/ Went to Deacon Numbers and told him
who my father was, an he kept me.
. Deacon stone blind and has the asth-
ma SO bad he cant talk; his wife's "a
deef she can't hear il thunder. they
have no children an don't keep no
/ help, an don't cook anything SUNDAYS.
/ ] went to church three times that day
/ and went to two funerals; the deacon
/ goes 70 bed ut eight O'Clock and 80
/ shivcred ON straw bed under cot.
ton quilt i'm "a north room for thirteen
hours Now think of all that when q
| icller 'd ben oNpectin' turkey dinner
/ siugin Hold the Fort, by "a mclodeou
/ all afternoon and huggin' the purtics Il
grl in nll Ncbrasky from sundOwn till
/ one O'Clock in the moruin', and tell mC
! cf mint got more right to feel broke
up than any man this side o the king
DOM Say mo an I'll slam YOU ON tOp
/ o the head with this ovcrshoo"'
1 didn't say mo ~ - BUrdcttc, H
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