Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-16
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'sReub Saltdown's wife's got twins
ag'in, Major" said the Squire. Is the
Old Settler came into the tavern the
other evening.
$50 heerd, said he. ssWall, that
makes four pair In four year, which "a
be- q mite eu'prisin' In any other family.
but tn hain't nothin' p'ticklar s'prisin'
bout il beinss it's In the Shutdown
family. The Saltdowne kind o. runs 10
twins. Reub's pap, OF Fletch Shutdown,
were q twin, an Reub were twin his
sell, though his double were only gal,
en- went an ruined away with Pete
Raley, the fiddler, list bout the time
ahe we're gittin' big enough to be o.
lome help 'roun' the clearin', shown
how much gratitude she had fur bein' 3
twin. TIL hain't no pint, Squire, IN
havin' twins, b'gOsh, If one on EN- has
to be gal. Watts Reub'H last uns 2"
'sBoth gals r. said the Squire.
'Gosht' lmighty r. exclaimed the Old
Settler. That's q stiff whack Ia the
neck fur Reub, hafn't It? One gal twin
is poorly nigh onto ex bad ez bein' sold
ont by the Shurf, but two on 'em
Jewhizzl That's ekal to IRE Wall,
twins may be good thing to hand down
from generation to generation, but IL
seems to me, Squire, that it's kinder
crowdin' the land leetle in Reube case.
specially when tn hain't no more of It
TO the acre than th' 10 'roun' his patch.
Made yer garden yit, Squire 2"
ssWall, um-m-m, no, not 'dzao'ly,
Major, replied the Squire. ssI've got
quite q snack o. spadin' done. an few
peas an SIGH planted, but it's ben SO
blamed cold over round my patch that
til hRin't ben no use o. dom much. /"
Wall, it's ben cold 'roun' 30 my
plantation, too, said the Old Settler.
'sBut il looked q leetle this mornin',
though, ez II il were goin' TO be not
unly warm, but climbin on to the nigh
aide q hot Yes, b gosh, Il did. mo
tiCed this m0rnin' that M'riar didn't
eeefn tuned up 70 the proper notch, an
I see th't sumpin' were leetle ont O.
Jog. She didn't hev no p'tic'Iar banker
In arter sayin nothin' 10 me. an /
couldn't sdxac'1y think o. nothin' to SAY
60 her TIT thort a kinder Lift her back
on the right track. She were rollin ont
dough Eur o potpie, an wen she feels
good n is rollin' out douah she alluz
kinder huns that lively 81 Meth dist
persracted meetfn' hymn
plunged inter gulF q dark despair.
ssEhe want singin that this mOrnin'.
n thinks says /. Wat ia the name o.
Sam Hill Kin did uD an git her mind
Q xunnin onter ez1l make hum pear
more humlike Z Mriar had . teller
wunsk lore she hooked onter nae. en-
his name were Benson Hugnr-lip Ben
son, we uaety call him, cause he'd 81
twenty miled ruther'n miss gittin' bis
lip il sc : candy pull "a I've alluz no.
ticed TIT M'Eiar kinder likes 30 fetch
him up a talk about tie good ol' times
she ueeky hev wen he were 0alavantin'
her 10 al the BhindiRs kh' was Ia the
country. SO. thinks says /, III crack
th ol'-time galavanter at her, n make
her feed good.
sM'riar, Gays, kinder = Il ia give
SO 20 know, sMtsar, says, T wonder
wat ever become e. yer 81 friend.
Sugar-lip BenaonY
Squire. Il I'd ben eettin on 4 yal-
Ieriaokel's nsSt an' ore AZ EN- had found
Il ont c0uIdn't S II up no quicker.
b,Rosh. Tim did 10 zee nTriak turn
rom very suddenk, xaiaa Der rolIin' pin
d over her bead, an sing Gus 80 loud
taat Sc I'd ben fenoa post L wouldn't
had no trouble o. ketchfn' wat abe
we're glttin at
8upaH-Iip Wildcats she hollets
sHuRsrslin Benson be durned Z che EsY1
q oon'k cares continental wfaE he
But thux sk This much about ~. nay
she tHa1 don't heN nnN
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