The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-01-09
THE WIDDER DOODLE
AS A COMFERTER.
By JOSIAH ALIENS WIFE.

Nancy Cypher is dead. Yes,
Solomon has lost his wife with the
typus. She was a likely woman,
had u swelled neck, but that wasn't
nothing against her, | never laid il
up against her for moment
told Thomas Jefferson, when he
brought me the news, that | wish.
ed be and | was as likely u woman
rs she was, for 1t come sudden
onto me, and | wanted to praise
her up. And says l still more
warmly, II the whole world was as
likely u woman as she WAS, there
wouldn't be SO much cutting up
and acting, MS there is now. And,
says l, Thomas Jefferson, it stands
us Oh hand to be prepared"
But, sometimes get almost dis.
couraged with that boy. | can't
solennize him down, and get him
to take u realizing sense Ut things.
HIS morals are as sonnd as brass.
But he has n GOOD deal of the time,
a light and tritling demeanor, aud
his mind don't seem 40 sound and
stabbed us | could wish it to be.
| / dou't s'pose anybody would be
lieve me, but the very day alter
that boy told me OF Nancy Cypher's
death, that boy began to poke hi,
aunt Doodle about the relict.
| told him | never saw. nothing
In my whole life so wicked, aud aw
fnl, aud | asked him where he
s'posed he'd 90 tor
lie WAS fixing on a paper COLA,
to the looking glass, au,l he says,
in u kiud of cherk, gentrcl way,
aud with n polite tone:
~ s'pose ! shall SO to the we'd
din"
You might just as well exhort
the winds to stop blowing, when il
Is out on u regular spree, as TO stoIl
him, when he gets to behavin'.
But l guess he got the worst OF
it in this affair. guess his aun,
Doodle skeert him, she took on 50,
when he suggesied oil the idea Of hel
marrying to another man.
She bust right out cryin', took
handkerchief out, and rubbed both
her eyes with both hands, her
elbows standing out almost
straight. She took on awful. w.
"Oh, Doodle Doodle" says she,
"What il you had lived to hear
your relict laughed ut about mar
rying to another man. Oil what
agony it would haye brought tc
your dear linements. OIL! can
not bear it, l can't. Oh! when
think of that dear man, how ht
worshipped the ground / walked
on, and the nelghbors SAID he
did, they said he thought more o'
tue ground than he did of the; but
he didn't, he worshlpped us both
| and what his feelings be, II he hat
hved to hear his widdlcr laughed a,
about another maniv
She sobbed like an infant babe
and I came to the buttery door,
WAS a making some cherry pies ant
fruit-cake, aud came TO the door
with my meg-graiter in my
hand, and winked at Thomas moi
to say another word to hurt hel
feelings. / winkei two or thret
times at him, real, severe winks
aud be took up one ot bis Law
books aud went to reading, aud
went back to my cake. But | kep
one eye out at her, not knowing
what trouble OF mind might lon,
her into. She kept her handkel
chief over her eyes, aud groane'
bad for nearly nine minutes,
should Judge. And then she spok
! out from uuder ii.
"Do you call Solomon Oyphe
good looking, Tommy ~
..Oh! from fair to middling,
says Thomas.
And then she burst out again.
"Ohl when think what linz
ment Mr.. Doodle ha,l on him, ho'
can think Of any other man !
can't! | can't.
And she groaned ont tho loudes
she had yet. And Thomas j., foe
ing sorry, guess, Tor what hc ha
done, got on and said, 'he guesse
he'd 60 out to the barn, and bel
his father a spell.' Josiah wa
putting some new stanchils on th
I stable.
{i u'hoo,ua I HADN'T luornfn not