Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-03-03

me manage the bote when go out with
you; sos't ken learn ter sail her fust-
, rate, fur when git little bigger I'm
a gon ter be a cap'n M earn anuh
sight more money than my father ever
did,
"'Twas about month from the time
o. Gaiassy's comm hCme, ez fur's kin
reckon, that had my fust good days
lishin' fur the season. Twas the spring
o. the year, but back 'ard m we been
hevin' dretful unfortunate weather al
along till thet mornin', when the win5'
she held in a spell, m twas real XII.
der warm m moist m cloudy. Me IN
Seth wens outside, down by Hunts
bridge, m come home at night with
pretty good haul of cod. When we got
ashore filled awheel barrow with fish
fur our own eatin', and wheeled it up
ter the house, IN sez 1 ter maim-she
wuZ standin' in the door lOokin' oRt.
fur me -'l'm ez hungry ez all nattufS'
m I'll jestspllt open m clean a cod in
no time, m we'll hev some fried fur
supper
"But, marm she's dretful savln' in
her ways, N ketchin' sight o. a haddick'
that had got throwE- in mongst tie
other fish unbeknownst, sez she, well
ca. that fust, fur that won't sell fur
nothin' and the cod will
"'Shaw, marm,' sez 1, 'heave the
tarnel haddick overheard. Do YOU
thenk I'm goin' ter swaller thet lean,
skinny critter, when ken git cod;
/ what's the sense on it?' But 'twarnt
no use talkin'. Marin she was de-
termined on the haddick, m there
warn't nothin' fur me ter do but ter
give in. So l ketched it up. m takin
ov it into the shed, out with my knife
m split it open, m there, all folded up
ez neat ez You please, in that peSky
haddick's stumick wuz little white
paper billet.
II onfolded it pity careful fur fear.
- tearin' it, fur, Of course, 'twuZ kin
der wet, N what dy yer 's'pose il prov
ell TO be? What but the merriage stiff
ket thet Gaiassy Haley he'd lost, m
wuZ takin' on so aboutl Think seZ l,
won t say nothin' ter nobody now, fur
marin hez got more gOSsups ct her
elbow then the moon heZ stars, m
| 'twould be full as well If the sarkym-
stances wasn't talked over yit awhile,
SO finished my job. IN flinging the
fish onter tie kitchen table, said I'd
got an arrant ter do over yonder whilst
the supper wuz cookin' m made fur
old Grams eZ fast ez could go. Cal
assy she wuz alone III the kitchen, the
ole man m the boys bein' out on the
water, m the Old woman at neigh
boris.
"'There, sez 1, Il handin' her the
paper, | reckon ez how Bob faint !;
goin' ter begin life eZ steerage pash-
enger, after all. But be keerful how
ye handle this dockelmunt, fur It's
valerble'
"She gin one glance at 1t, then fetch
ed scream m wet m fshy ez wuz,
fur couldn't stop fur ter fix up none,
put her two arms right straight round
my neck IN gin me 2 smsckl'i li~S(
M when l bergun fur ter tell her hcv'
found 1t, she bergun fur ter cry, N
then she'd laugh, m then she'd cry
agin' till L kinder tired o. waitin' fur
fair weather and started fur home. IN
there wuZ sheddin' tears myself, a.,
the time unbeknoTnst. Gurus how
sech things works on a man, haint it!
"Wall, GalasSy went ter the city
agin' m proved her claims this time,
for the stifkit, after it was dried and
the kinks ironed out er the paper, told
its story plain enough, m ther' warnt
a nigh ov it gone. M she's got her
fortin, too, nigh about $4,000 in all,
then come back ter the cove the richest
woman In the hull town.
"Afore she'd took off her things or
stopped ter rest mint, down she came
ter my house all highly tightly. JOEL
sez she, can't never pay We fur yer
sarvice; 'twarnt alone the money. but
twas my name, ye know m her eyes
was sparklin' like Goals o. fire through
the tears. Il never dreamt folks he'd
dared to say tibet about me-
"IN' then she tried fer ter make mt
take 500 on the spot, fur a token OF
her gratitoode, eZ she said. But me IN
marin couldn't see our way clear fur
ter do thet, though we wuZ dretful
kinder worked up thet she should want
ter give it. Me m Seth wuz both a
doin' well then, m he'd leetle money
laid by fur rainy dav, m then hadn't
done nothin' at all that deSaryed ter be
paid fur. Twas Providence thet seIs
thet there haddick ter bite at my hook,
m hauled him in a-usin' some pritty
grammatical words that he warnt cod,
m then agln, may the Lord forgive
me, was rebelliouS agln eatin' ov him
m wanted Ter ter throw him away.
How could l know thet he'd been a.
dining on a merriage stifklt?
''Galassy, she was terribly cut be-
cause we wouldn't except of 1t, but,
sez she, 'P'r'aps either me or Bob Will
git a chance ter do 5omethin' fur ye
some day. IN them wuz the very last
words l ever heard her speak.
Poor Galassyl She took Bob m
went off ter the city ter live few days
after thet. m IN the course ov a year
or two we heard she wuZ dead Tae,.
all the Grams up m left the place, TOD,
m we never heard or see anything
more o. Bob till about 3 week ago. Me
IN marm was settin' Ter the supper
table one chilly night, when an awfu.
harnsome m swell young feller about
twenty-four or five years old come in,
a-smiIin' m a-seemin' tickled ter death
ter see US.
"'Don't you know me, Uncle JoelI'
sez he, seein' ez looked kinder numb
founded.
mo- sez /, Il must confess tha;
you've got the advantage o. Inc, though
yer cOuntenance does seem kinder IA
niliar.' M then he said how he wuz
Bob Haley, m swaney couldn't help
ID j'inin' marin in the sheddin ov a tear
or so. Ye see I'm q gittin' old 'n' jest
like a woman, when Pm in sorrer am
Jest as starn as the meetin' '-h'us, but
when feel glad find myself cryin.'
M then, ez fine ez he wuz, we fell to
m hugged each other with good will,
m he kissed marin a good smack 'n'
then sot right down ter the table with
us like own folks; m such an evenin'
as we he'd a talkin' oyer old times l
never enjoyed in my life. There haint
nothin' but what thet chap remembers,
though he warnt but ten years old
when he left the place.
"Well,r with a long-drawn sigh
s'them last words o. Galassy's come
true. Bob hez had chance ter do
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