The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-09

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"Oh, ! done know; some OF these
times; l can't jet say ~hen."
"Well, seein rs you're little bashful,
spose jist seggest next Saterday night,
How wood that sute you?"
II can't jist say whether It wood be
suitable or not. lie think about it how.
sumever."
"Well, then, next Saterdsy Mite lie be
expeclin you Now dent tiseppint me.
Musy. / shall stay at home tha, evenin
q purpose, and shall refuse all other
cumpny expectin you to come eertain
Good mornin. Mosy."
Next Saterday night as l was comm in
from milkin thare, sure enuff. Set Nose
and pap on the porch talkin, hdr-
red and strained away the milk and; so,s
mother and Jane Eliza TO washin the
dishes. aud wsnt-snd asked Nose to step
into the house; but pap said, Hold On
while. Nose; you and Sally Ann can
talk after a while." Dad was tryin to
trade him a cupple of steers for two
year old colt. I waited awhile and seq
gested that it was geltp cool, and asked
him in agin. But pap told me ii / was
too cold to 60 in the house he reckened
Nose knode whether he was cold or not. i.
I waited little longer and suggested
that the night air was injurious to the
health, when pap told me TO sbet up or
he'd start nae. Pap gifts cross spells
sometimes end ! can hardly get along
with hlm / sot till l was clear out Of
patience studyin what TO do. An idea
come into my head purity soon, and
got up and walked down past the edge
Of the cornfield, end come q hurryin
back and says l.:
Pap, think l heerd hog in the
corn; it was breakin stocks down and
destroyin corn like everything. / low
you'd better turn it out right away or
it'll do mighty sight o harm"
"Well, Sally Ann. GO right straight
and git Watch and Jane Eiizar and Ring
and go down and drive it out. Let the
dogs tear 1t like forty!'
II you ever did see a mad person
VAS me. You see was 8 a fooln pap
about the hog to git him away ill Good
ask Nose to step into the house But
90 I had to, and we went down, and
Jane E ia and the dogs hunted the field
over and couldn't find hog nor nothin
e'se l jist got on the iens and cried
and nearly swore Id been 90 sot up
when seen he had come and now TO be
sot hack go was more'n could stand.
We went back to the house and told
pap it must been one of the dogs had
heerd for we couldn't find noihin. 3
"Dogs wouldn't be hreakin down
stocks, Sally Ann; ther must be hog
thar. Let's go and try it agin. lie be
bound l can fnd him."
So back we bad to 60, and pap clim.
on the fens and listened, and thought be
heerd it; so he mt Jane Eliza to ser.
Their. -thouaht he hesrd 1t In another
place and sent me to see And so be
KEEP sendin US here and lander, and
whentv.r we hollered and told him II
wasn't one place, he'd boiler and tell US
he beerd il some place else. And fpr
one solid our pap KEEP us clamberin and
scrsT bliu through the corn and spanish
needles and burs and fallln down over
punkin vines Finally, for feer he d keep
US thare the blessed night hollered that
I'd found it, and sooboyed as if was
drivin it out TheL ] punched rail oul
OF the fens, and pap come around and !
told tim it was out. and we fixed up the
hole and went to the house.
Nose had gone!
/ won't say bat what swore leelle
hen, though | don't sware for common
B1t l was too mad to cry. and what else
could do? reoollect of sayin d-n
cupple of times, which was about the
worst l said.
II l didn't give tbinga sissers about
that house for week OF 40! Mother
thought / was possest, and Jane Eliza
and the dogs had to stand clear / tell
you. / KEEP her bawlin or the dogs a
yeliin from mornin 10 night till pap took
me in hand. When he does git mad he's
awful. He was goin 10 trounce me, bat
I begged of go hard AID told him. says
l.,
"Pap you know Ime your only 1augh
ter except one, and if it's the rule of the
house that aint to slap Jane Eliza and
cuH the dogs. wy ! wont do it; and bs.
sides the doctor. said tother day that
wasn't llken 10 be long-lifed, and when !
go TO my deth he'd l know, pap, that
you'll wisht you'd bin good TO me and
hadn't whipt me and helped to bring
me ihare"
Jist then Jane Ezs who'd bin agip
me all the time begin to cry, and mother
and her got to coaxin pa, and amongst
US we got him not to do it But didn't
git over that Tor one while. l didn't GO
into cumpny agin for near six months. |
wasn't ALWAYS asked to every gatherin,
but il hair bin | wouldn't went. The
reason amt always asked is ,me OF the
gi ls is jelus OF me and I've given sevril
of them peace OF my mind and we are
not on. very good terms. and so they
mansge to keep me from bein invited
tried sevrIl times 10 get few words with
Nose Phillips, but couldn't git good
chaDs. I seen him a comm up the road
one day, and started out as if / was
goin some place, thinkin I'd meet him
but jist as he seen me be recollecied that
be forgot something, and turned back
and walked 80 fast couldn't overtake
him. Another time tried the same game
but he bein in hurry spose, clim the
fens and took q nigh cut around the field,
so missed. But one afternoon hap
pened to 60 TO the Phillpses to borrow a
snn-honnet pattern, and actually didn't
notice it till it was dark. Pnillipses asked
me to stay all night, but law, 1 told them
couldn't. they'd he spectin me home. ]
stood there taikin till after while Nose
come 10 the room. Jist then l opened
The door and looked out, and says l:
"Oh dear me, how dark its got. I'm
30 iraid to be out by myself after dark
Without some man person with me-"
"rhen RELY think you had better
stay all night. Sally Ann," says Mrs.
"Indeed, indeed ! can't, Mrs. Phillips
I RELY must 60 home. II Moses would
list step over to our house and ask pap
to come over and take me home, I'd be
obliged to him." says l lookin al