The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-26
A CLEVER HUSBAND.
Nancy Makes Him Such by Her
Own Peculiar Methods.

So you want ter know how I came
ter hev Caleb, when knew Jest heow
be used Nancy his first wife. Wall.
Ill toll W AL about it.
You know Dan'l left me pretty poor.
ly or he'd two little children. an
what ter dew I didn't know. The
mortgage was ter run eout in about q
year an half arter he died. I'd sent
the children down to brother johns
ter 20 TO school. Brother John want
ed me TO give them ter him an he'd
do well by 'em. an was mcdi.
tating on it, oriul 10th to dew it. But
what else could dew with 'em when
the old farm was took away from me?
One day. when tho time was near
cout. l was a hocin the beans side of
the fence jinin' Caleb's contield. ] tell
yer. Hannah. l never felt blucr in all
my bcrn days. I'd alters lived an
worked on farm. an couldn't do no
other kind of work; so what was TO
become Of me didn't know.
"Purty good hoeip' for q green
hand" sez somebody over the fence.
Yes" SCI /. "rve done enough
Of il since was left alone. Practice
makes perfect we used ter write in
our copy-book when we were chil'en."
On l couldn't help hcaving sigh.
"Wall. Emmerlino." sez he. 'you's
i seem to be in the same iix. You need
man to do yOur hoeing and sich, an
I need woman to see ter my house;
an IL yon'rc agreed wo'll hitch horses
and work in double harness. I can.
lind no hired help that'll do as Nancy
did" Thinks I to m, self. an you'll
never find another twill. either.) 80
what dye say. Emmcrline'"
"P'raps didn't think o nothing for
che mex few minutes II all flashed
over mo in secont what an unteelin'
man he'd alters been. Poor Nancy had
ter dew all the housc-work an good
deal belonging ter him ter dew, an ho
gas stingier than an old miser tem
kney no was smart man ter
work. was forehoudeh and was able to
live in good deal better shape than he
did, an YOU know. Hannah. that poor
Dan'l was jus, the oppersitc. He was
q noriul clever man. was Dan'l, but
kind o shiftless an easy, an it alters
worried me to hcv things goin' so
slack. Sez I TO myself, body can't
hcv everything; there's alters some
eouts, an a poor mans bct,cr'n none.
So l speaks right up. and | seq:
"Caleb. we've been Majors for many
. year know your failin's an s'pose
you know niue; an so, if you say so,
oil right; p'r'aps we might do wuss."
Wall. ter make q long story short, We
agreed to hev the business dun right oil.
Caleb sad that 1t was stylish to 60 on q
wcddin' tower. nowadays, and, as he
wanted to 60 down to Bangor to see
about selling his wool. an as Sarah
Jane Curtis (whdused to work for him)
lived about half. way, an we could stop
there both ways and not cost us any
thing. he thought we'd better go. His
niece. Rebecca Gilman. yer know. lives
there, and we could make her visit at
the same time. Brother John lives
there, tcw. yer know. an l made up
my mind that I'd jest bring home the
child on.
An so did; but Caleb he was orful
sot agin it. bat sed ''of course they can
come and make a VISIT an ! let him
think SO. cause wasn't quite ready to
have words with him yet.
We staid about week an got home
along in the afternoon all right Tho
next moruin' woke up purity early.
and I sez to myself: Courage, Emmer-
line. now or never" / KEEP still, for
Caleb was still snorin'. but bime'by
he fetched an onarthly snort that wak't
himself up, an wen he see as 1t was
gettin' daylight. he nudged me an sez
be:
"wake up, Emmcrlinc, Emmerline;
It's broad daylight; come. come. get
up. we shan't hev any breakfast ter
day"
was oriul hard to wake. but after a
while I managed ter. an while / was q
rubbin' my eyes, ! SCI; "Got good
frc. amt ye, Caleb7"
Fire. said he. mo. never build
any tires Nancy alters built the fires"
Ibid she7" sez ]. cool as cucum.
Der. $50 did Daniel"
turned over and went to sleep again
-or at least he thought i did.
Wall. he wiggled. and turned. and
twisted. and he didn't move ter get up
fer about an hour. an when the sun
rose end shone !nsor The bedroom win
der, he got up and built the fire. There
wasn't no kindllngs nor stick OF wood