The Russellville Democrat., 1885-06-25

plays on the pianner. and has company,
and goes a-visiting. and tries ON heI
dresses, and sees that the winders are
all stopped up tight. That's the most
j ever see her do. / had to larf one
day, though don't suppose orter, but
we are all weak in the spcrret some-
times, specially when we've had our
noses on the grin stun spell Wa'al,
i was a-ccming along through the en-.
tryway on the second story, and heard
Cousin Gusty say TO the black boy whs
opens the door for folks an perades
round from morning till night with sh-
yer sarcer in his hand, that she jest
neen fly in the droring-room-that
The room that's got everything in il,
and nothing that's good for anything.
I'd rather have this sctting-room. with
that sofy and them rocling-cheers WITH
the quilted backs, and few flies sprin.
killed. round, than all the truck that
Gusty's got. She can talk about her
'tariays and her uppernays, and her
mckay and her 'turkay' carpets; but
give me good ingram that can turn
and beat myself, and | won't ask nc
odds OF nobody. On, yes. what did !
larf about? Wa'al, as | WIS saving,
Cousin Gusty got wind of fly, and 50,
the darkv onto him. ] didn't tell you.
but Gusty was fixing for saratogy al
the time | was there. aud there hadn 4
been time yet to swa he up the statutes.
You don t know WAT | mean Wa'al,
you wouln't want TO know; but statutes
are mostly men and women that are cut
OFT at the waist. and sot round top o
things. Who cuts them oif9 That's
more n know; but there they are, as
nat'ral as life. You'd as lief set around
in cemcteryP Wa'al, sod !. | do
hate the pesky things. Ii they only had
Their legs and arms on. 'twouldn't be
quite so wearing. If you don't beat all!
how should | know where their legs
and arms beP have an idee that there
are some droring-rooms that have the
heads and shoulders, and some have the
legs, and some have the arms, Jest as
they happen to take "a notion. You
don't see how anybody could larf in
such place as that? Wa'al, don't
know myself
81 used to go by them statutes atfusi
as if | was shot out of a red-hot shovel,
Wa'al Cousin Gusty she seq to the
black boy orally now you'd a thought
somebody was dead by the tremblin'
way she spoke): Thomas, I've jest dis
kivered fly on my Sanko in droring-
room tSanko or Syko, / don't know
which she said, and you must find it
and kill it at once. Don't let me behold
that fly no more, Thomas. No,
ma am, SEE the black boy; and the
mint Cousin Gusty's back was turned,
seq he TO himself: Il hope there won't
be nothing but flies in Saratogy.
hope they'll have singers. and hope
they'll bite her, and hope she'll make
a mistake and eat some on EN-; /
didn't wish nothing so bad as that on
Cousin Gusiy, but l felt good deal
nearer to that black boy arter that.
There was just the same fcelin' In his
colored heart as there was in my white
one, only he went further than me, and
that was at'ral, not having my eddica-
ton. Yes, Gusty's husband is rich, and
no mistake. He has leather shop in
the swamp; but, yum, you'd never
know he worked in hides. His hands
are as white as a baby's and I've
shifted and shifted to see if | could nose
out the smell o. leather on his clothes
when he come in, but | never could.
You wouldn't know he worked in
swamp neither, for there was no mud
on his boots, and they shined just like
glass bottle. Yes, he's just as down on
flies as Gusty is. Anybody'd think he'd
get used to all kinds of critters, work
ing in the marsh is he does day arter
day but, lor sakes! you'd never s'pose
he'd seen bug in his life. As told
Cousin Gusty, should just as soon
think of kicking agin death and the
rates as to be everlastingly murderin'
and shootin' flies. And the bruises that
Eve got all over my frame, fallin' agin
this and that thing as well as t'other, is
just disfiggerin', to say nothing about
the pain I've underwent with EN-.
used. more campfire and anguintum
that four weeks than ever used in my
life. supper-time, do you sayP Wa'al,
now, if the time don't just travel in this
house! 1t used to seem to me three
weeks 'twixt dinner and supper AT
Gusty's. Next time come over / be-
lieve III bring my quilt, and see, as
Cousin Gusty. SEE, If we can't bring
some order out of cahouse. "-Har.
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