The Penn's Grove record., 1886-02-27

me manage the bOte when [ go out with
YOU, sos't | ken learn ter sail her fust-
rate, fur when l git a little bigger I'm
a goIn ter be a cap'n m earn annff
sight more money than my father ever
did,
"'Twas about a month from the time
o. Galassy's comm hCme, ez fur's | kin
reckon, that | had my fust good days
Gshlu' fur the season. Twas the spring
o. the year, but back'ard''n' we been
hevin' dretful unfortunate weather all
along till thet mornin', when the wind
she held in a spell, m twas real kin
der warm 'n' moist m cloudy. Me N
Seth wens outside, down by Hunts
bridge, m come home at night with a
pretty good haul of cod. When we got
ashore filled a wheel barrow with fish
fur our own eatin', and wheeled it up
ter the house, m sez I ter maim-she
wuZ "a standin' in the door lOokin' out
fur me -'I'm ez hungry ez all nature
m III jestsplit open m clean a cod in
70 time, m we'll hev some fried fur
supper
But, marin she's dretful savIn' in
her ways, m ketchin' sighto' a haddick
that had got thrown in mongst tie
other fish unbeknownst, SEE she, wen
eat that fust, fur that won't sell fur
nothin' and the cod will
"'Shaw, marm,' SEE l, 'heave the
tarnel haddick overheard, Do you
thenk I'm a goin' ter swaller tibet lean,
skinny critter. when l ken git cod;
what's the sense on it2' But 'twarnt
no use a 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 1t up m takin'
Oy it into the shed, l out with my knife
m split it open, m there, all folded up
ez neat eZ YOU please, in that peSky
haddick's stumick wu2 little white
paper billet.
Il onfolded it pity careful fur fear
o. tearin' it, far, of course, 'twuz kin
der wet, m what dy yer 's'pose it PROV
4 to be? What but the merriage stiff
ket tibet Galassy Haley he'd lost, m
1 wuz a takin' on SO aboutl Think SEE l.,
wont ssv nothiiS ter nobody now, fur
marin hez got n-Jfaa- gossups ct her
elbow then the moon H. stars, n
'twould be full as we'll if the saEkym.
stances wasn't talked I'VE yit awhIla,
so finished my job, IN hinging the
fish outer 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. Gal
assy she wuz alone III the kitchen, the
ole man m the boys bein' out on the
|. water, m the Old woman at a neigh
boris.
"'There,' seq /, "a handin' her the
paper, l reckon ez how Bob haint a
coiu' ter begin life ez a stearage pash-
enger, after all. But be keerful how
We handle this dockermunt, fur It's
valerble.'
"She gin one glance at 1t, then fetch
ed a scream m wet m 6shy ez | wuz.
fur | couldn't stop fur ter fix up none,
put her two arms right straight round
my neck m gin me a smackln' kiss,
M when | bergun fur ter tell her how
| found 1t, she bergun fur ter cry, N
then she'd laugh, m then she'd CRY
agin' till 1 kinder tired o. waitin' fun
fair weather and started fur home. IN
there | wuz a sheddin' tears myself, al
the time unbeknownst. Gurus how
sech things works on a man, haint It'll
"Wail, Galassy went ter the city
lgin' m proved her claims this time,
Ior the stifkit, after it was dried anC
the kinks ironed out er the paper, told
t3slory plain enough, m ther' warnt
amigh ov it gone. M she's got heI
fortlJ, too, nigh about $4,000 in all,
then come back ter the COW the richest
woman IN the hull town.
"Afora she'd took off her things OF
stopped ter rest a mint, down she can't
ter my house all highly tightly. Joel,
SEE she, l can't never pay ye fur yel
saryIce; 'twarrt alone the money, bu'
twas my name, ye know m her eye.
was sparklin' like Goals o. fire through
the tears. Il never dreamt folks heC
dared to say tibet about me-
"'N' then she tried fer ter make MT
take 500 on the spot, fur a token OF
her ~gratitoode, ez she said. Butme N
marin couldn't see our way clear ful
ter do tibet, though we wuz dretfu
kinder worked up tibet she should wan
ter give it. Me m Seth wuz both /
dom well then, M he'd a leetle none,
laid by fur arainy dav, n 'then | hadn'
done nothin' at all that deserved ter b(
paid fur. Twas Providence tibet sen
LAltN llitlC BdhNlLh ECA bllO az ny hOOh
m | hauled him in a-usin' some pritt,
grammatical words that he warnt a cod
III then agIn, may the Lord forgiy,
me, l was rebelliouS agln eatln' ov HIN
m wanted Ter ter throw him away,
How could l know tibet he'd been a
dining on a merriage stifkit?
"Galassy, she was terribly out be
cause we wouldn't except of it, but
SEE she, 'P'r'aps either me or Bob vii
git a chance ter do somethin' fur "
some day. IN them wuz the very las
words | even heard her speak
Poor Galassyl She took Bob N
went off ter the city ter live a few day
after tibet. m IN the course ov a yea
or two we heard she wuZ dead. Their
all the Grams up m left the place, too
m we never heard or see anything
more o. Bob till about a week ago, M,
m marin was a settin' ter the suppe
table one chilly night, when an awfu
harnsome m swell young Teller about
tw~enty-four or five years old come in
a.smiiin' m a-Seemin' tickled ter dealt
ter see US.
"'D9n't you know me, Uncle Joel?
sez he, SEEM ez | looked kinder numb
founded.
NO SEE T., q must confess tina
you've got the advantage o. Inc, though
yer cO~uutenance does seem kinder ia
miliar.' M then he said how he wui
, Bob Haley, m | swaney / couldn't hell
"a i'inin' marin in the shed1in ov a tea
or so. Ye see Pm d gittin' old m jes
like a woman, WHEN Pm in sorrer l an
lest as starn as the meetinlh'us', bui
when ] feel glad l find myself a eryin.
N then, ez fine ez he wuz, we fell t
IN Rugged each other with a good will
m he kissed marin a good smack N.
then s0t right down ter the table will
us like own folks; m such an eyenin
|, as we he'd a talkin' oyer old times
never enjoyed in my life. There hahn
nothin' but what tibet chap remembers
though he warnt but ten years old
when he left the place.
"Well," with a long-drawn sigl
"them last words o. Galassy's com.
true. Bob hez had a chance ter d.
something fur US, III enough; whel
|, he found out how many more rain.