, 1885-03-27
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Love aud Observation-Disclosures = I,ao'
Tor a wife-TCctched Her."

Love aud -Running = Itaoa
Tor a wife-eCctched Her"
msmnton Jayl
Al bod boon a-neaiin' Of an ole paper soma
one had sent pap An in hit was hull lot err
truck 'bouten' a feller named Alfonso an
how he ast his gel fer ter how him. Hit sail
he got down On his knoas an said fairest OF
yer scot, | lore you; will You be min n an
SIGH like. was jest big enunf calf fool to
b'lieve tibet an lowed il would DO sortsr lns
like ef 1 asst my gel the same way. Hsr
name was Bet Slatherz She weiyhel lbs
pound. an was ez strong ez a hors. C'ui
hoe cotton ekal TO any man Ia them paris
an fry middlin'l Why. Lord bless ser,
when she died l felt OF il I'd ruthar a los
nnyfhoss | he'd.
One night IN matchmaking time l went
over ter her pap's determined ter put my
arm around hsr and * hor ter be my wife
an ekally determined ter ak her like that
Their story paper said. When l got thar
saw Bet a-standin' by the winder OF tho
lenn-to and ahint her in the winder was ons
OF the biggest mellings l ever seed. Whom
Bet seel ms a-coming she yelt out lou mud
10 be heerl way ter the cowpen, Yer jest In
time. 81; come yer and get some water
mo lling.' When l got clus' to whar she was
lsez; No, Bet l don't car for no melting
now, an then. Ike er blame-taked fool. l
dropt onter my knees an seq l.; Fairest Of
your ssct. 1 love you WIN you be my wifel
WANTS you for my own an some more SIGH
foolishness
She bust outsn a laff an seq, sez she: You
wants a piece OF tins yers melting, misser, l
reckon, an brung the hull doggoned thing
right down on ter my he'd. had a purity
hard he'd in them days The melting was
dead ripe an hit bruk an squashsd all over
me. My eyes was full of the juice, my ears
full Of seed an nigh about strangled at
fust Bet was latin tit ter kill. but when
she seed me riK up she knowed my dandor
was up, too, an she lit out for the woods.
Her pap he'd jest kem up from the mule lot
an when he seed mo all kivered with slush
like, he bust out lafin', too, but he he'd sence
an he seq, SEE he: Chase her, 81. an eff you
cotch her an kiss her she's yourn-' Mebbe |
didn't run, an then again mebbe / did
aBet seed me a-comin' an she hid ahind
some bushes, an whilst l was a lookin' fer
she doubled on me an put back fer the house
jest as fast as she c,u'd go. cotched her
Jest ez she got ter the fence, an dog my hide
ef she want a blowin' like a deer. 1 hilt her
by both on her hands, an seq, Bet Slathers,
you're got to give me a kiss fer that" She
said nuthin' an I sorter loosened OF my grip,
SOS ter put my arm round her neck, when
she fetched me a left-hander erlong the jaw
that faily made my teeth rattle, That made
me madder yet, am l grabbed her agin, an
hilt am squoze ontil she SEE, seq she, oh. 81,
I'm 50 beat out l kin hardy stand up
"Sez ], kiss me. then, an say you'n luv
me- Boy, she did, too. Kissed me right
flop on my mouth, an hit was a DRAWN ez
II plaster, but hit made me feel as IL l was
full Of honey way down to my toe-heels.
When we got back to tho house her ole pap
SEE ter me; Isl, you cotched her like a man,
AM | wants ter tell you right now. Thars
a quarter section of high pine land goes with
that gal, an l low the ole woman kin hunt
up n COW or two fer you"