Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-21
Gales mud Sketfhes.
From the Youths Companion
MulE'S OBsfINACY.
AND HOW IT LED TO A MARRIAGE.
(continuea from yesterday.

(Continuen from yesterday
Now can see, . said. smiling. !" why
Lolita did not tell this part of the story"
"Oh. no." said Lotta. Iii is not any
reasons at all. Chris he knows why he
did come so often to see my father, better
a. do"
WELL" said Chris. continuing. $50
those DAYS were very bashful, and
nefer dare to stay for talk with Lotta. l
always talk onerly with MIR. Jannsen.
Mr. Jannsen very good man." be added,
in explanation, "but rather talk to Lolita.
But always afraid, so / make believe
go efery day to visit Mr.. Jannseu and bor-
row something's. And Mr.. Jannsen he
think I was his very good friend. So he
say one day, Chris, nefer had any one
care so much tor me before, like you does.
and come SO efery day to talk with me"
So when sees Lolita, ! nefer knows what
TO say and so borrow knife, or nails, or
shovel and go right away.
$50 one day. after go away, say to
myself. Next time ] shall go and shall
say, baf not come to see Mr.. Jannsen.
haf come to borrows something's. hat
come to see Lolita. and I shall talk with
LOtia.' But when next time comes.
cannot dare t. say so. And | talks with
Mr.. Jannsen all times. So by-and- by
wants to ask Lolita to be married with me,
and come and lii here after new house is
built. But could not dare TO talk to her
about that. Well, then, so bad saved
up my money for long time, for build
house. But Oscar-those mule named
Tor King Of Sweden and Norwsy-he die;
those good old mule! Poor Oscar! And
so must 90 and take those money, and
buy new mule, 80 buy white Yack."
An expression Of actual misery settled
and it took him moment to recover
equanimity.
Those dreadful mule !" he exclaimed,
in continuation. HE eat and eat and eat
He eat his oats, he eat his hay, he eat his
straw bed all night But he would not
lof to work. He lof to put his ears
up straight, and stand up on his front
legs, or lie down and roll after those
harness is on. Sometimes he lie right
down in furrow and roll and break har-
ness. The fire pour out of his eyes. he
are dreadful mule. So | whip HIM
some-not too much, very kind" he ad-
ded. at a reproachful look from Lotta-
land starve him-onerly starve him little
bit to make HIM sorry for been cross. But
all no good. He yump and bite and kick
and sometimes he will not do some work
at all. So could not tell what shall do.
One day is working in field near house.
with both mules, and he stops and puts up
/, - a., l..
back heels clear up in the air. Then he
just going to lie down, but whip him
onerly little. very easy. So he did not
lie down. He onerly stand STILL He
stand still half an hour. First try to pull
him, but he stick his hoofs in dirt and pull
back. Then try to coax him, but those
fire come out of his eyes, and he snort and
stand still. When been got all discour-
aged, saw Lolita going down those road
on OK team with little brother. Those OK
es stop, and go TO road to see Lolita. So
Lolita laugh and say:
Good morning, Mr.. Tronsen. Why
do you and mule stand still at all times in
fieldp'
"rhen say, Il do not know; you must
ask Yack.'
Then Lotta say, Does those mule will
ling to work.
$50 say, Those white mule he will
not work. he onerly stand still. | hal
pull him. and hat push him, and he will
not GO
$50 then Lolita say. We'll, think if /
shall ask him to go. he will go. Mules
and dogs and cats love me all times
"And say, We'll, think he will, too. ,
$50 she gets off ox-team, and we 90 out
to where Yack stsud. Then she put her
face on Yack's old white face, and she rub
his nose, and talks to him little whites,
and make him believe he are very hand
some and very kind. So then she say:
"'Now, Yack, let me see you plow
some furrow so NICE
80 takes reins. and Yack start and
work better as he nefer had work before.
and she walk along and talk to HIM. So
by-and.by she half to go away. And at
ter she go away we feels very lonesome,
but Yack he keep on and work hard ali
day. And that night | gift him more oats,
and big. soft bed But he eat it all up.
efery scrap. Well. he work very we'll
for few days, and then he got bad some
more. So efery time be got bad / drive
him over TO see Lolita. He always willing
to go. And he be SO ugly. and bite and
groan, and stamp his feet. and wrinkle
his nose. But after Lolita talk with him
little whites, and tell him he very hand
some and how he must be good and work
hard, he get so gentle. and run home very
fast and be so good. But he likes to 90
and see Lolita too often. Sometimes he
will go efery day. If he cannot 60 to haf
Lotta pat him and talk to him, he will not
work. So when harvest time been come,
! am very busy, cannot 60 to see Lolita
efery day. 1t were impossible. tell
Yack so, but it didn't do some good at all
He should no: work. He onerly bite, and
wrinkle his nose and look ugly, and some
fire come out of his eyes. And while he
are ugly those wheat must be cut, or it
get spoiled. 1t are those whole years
work. 1t must not been lost 1t ruin me
tn sit still in harvest. and not cut nv wheat,
But Yack would not work. He hate me,
and almost Everybody. So one evening
we went over to see Lolita ahout II Che