Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-08-28

We Wuz, an didn't darse dispute her.
Shed got SIGH or highstrung temper. Ye
can't hey' no idee Ov what wuz suffer
in. an thet time KEEP goin' to see
Kizzy, Jest the same an she never sus-
piciOned anything wrong. Her cousin
Sally wuz writin' me four letters a week
right along, an matter wuz gettin
serious, I tell ye, strangers.
81 got ter shakin' an tremblin' In my
boots so much that I lost my appetite
an Mis- Pepper she Feckoned had the
aigger, an made up a lot o bark tea
already, gents that's what allied NEW
The sheriff rOared again. $50 on
Whimpsey," he said, leaning back com
fortably in his seat.
''Bime by, I reckoned tn only way I
could get outer my difficulties wuz t
sell out an make tracks fur Dakota.
Kizzy had set the time fur our weddin'
In November, an Sally she said she al
lus lowed ter be married Christmas.
This wuz nigh Onter ezmuch ez I could
ask fur; but when Mis- Pepper suggest
ed that New Years Wuz a good time ter
be jined, 1 knOwed twas bout time fur
me ter lite out.
''UnbeknOwnst T. anybody round I
sold the farm an all ter a spectator
from Chicago, an he wuz ter take pos
session mex day. Eff I'd aknOwn what
wuz good fur my gizzard I'd a. started
OF that minute, but like a big fool L
went back an sot down an writ letter
ter Kizzy an one ter Sally, tellin' 'em I
WIZ gOin' away fur good, but I'd aLlus
keep Their memory green IN my heart.
1 tried e act as though nOthin' wuz up,
fur Miss Pepper she wuz sharP-eyed e
q cat.
''While We WIZ settin' In the hvin'
room after supper, all at Onct Miss Pep
per jumped up an grabbed a folded
paper of the floor under the table. I
mowed in a minute it Wuz the bill O.
sale must a pulled outer my pocket
with my Handkerchief or sOmethin'.
Give me that paper; SEE /, ez com
mandin' ez 1 could.
"She Jest opened it QUICKEN Ightnin'
an read it fore could git hold o. her.
Then she burst out:
SO yer gOin' ter run away from me,
We mean, loW-ived tsller, are ye."
81 How dye know thatP SEE /, which
wuz all 1 could get out, 1 was that
skeered, an it Jest made her ravln'.
4 l-E-C CT D-5 k'lk S-J Blu % - ----C5 ---
it in my face, but ye kin understand
that you don't git rid o NE SO easy.
Ye've promised to marry me, an ye've
got ter stick to it, no matter where ye go
or what ye dor
Jest then thar came a powerful
poundin' on the door, an without stop
pin fur ceremony, in walked Tom Blan- /
ders, Kizzys, daddy. The minute he sets |
his eyes on me he pnts ont his long
finger and says:
$50 yer gOin' ter run away, an my /
gal expectin' to marry ye an the day
sot, an her weddin' gfxin's a-makin' /
"dis' Pepper she yelled like wild
Iniun but fore could say a word, In |
stalked Sally's big brother Philander, a /
regular 8 x-fOoter, an he'd come over
from JOnesville to see me, not known |
bout the row. He looked mighty fab I
bergasted at me ah Mis- Pepper, an,
Tom Blanders standin' there like idgeOts. I
Sc WHATS uPP SEE he.
" Here's this Teller gone an sold his
farm an goin' OF, an he engaged to /
marry my daughter Thanksgiving day
he began.
"'You're mistOOk bout the marrying
BA-A6G DL4l ADa-4F D4OL-4G4S --G . q E1l---
ter marry my sister Sal on Christmas
''Then Mis- Pepper hollered right out:
You're both a-lyin, he's engaged ter
marry me on New Year'sp
Then the row began, but 'tWan't none
o my fault. Kizzy's dad an Sally's
brother an Mis- Pepper an me got kin
der mixed up promiscus like an first
thing 1 knowed kerrectly, 1 wuz lynn
under the table, an the other fellers on
top o. me, an the wilder a POundin' us
all all with a rOllin' pin"
''Kizzy's dad, he got the worst knocks,
though, an so he 'cused me o. sault an
battery, and had me arrested Just AZ I
wuz gittin onter the train"
YES" laughed the Sheriff. San I'm
a-taAZin him up for trial. He'll have a
Jolly time among the county jailbirds,
won't he thought" and this portion OF
the strong arm Of the law winked wicked
ly at the passengers.
BLAMED Of 1 hadn't rather be in Jail
than to be hauled rOun' by parcel o
women" said Wimpsey, deiectedly. 81
amt no Mormon" he added, with a
groan; ''ef wuz, I reckon it 'ud be all
right"
The sheriff laughed again, and the
conductor passed on and out Of the car
In a hurry, leaving the door unattached.
The engine stopped for water, and a
sharp gust blew the door wide open.
The other passengers had all settled
themselves back for a nap, and even
Whimpsey drew his SLOUGH hat over his
eyes and looked as If he would like to
forget his misfOrtunes for a few mo
ments.
"Confound the fellow why couldn't h
shut that door Pr growled the sheriff.
I did not mind little fresh air my
self, and kept quiet. Then the sheriff
glanced at his blindfoldsd prisoner and
got up and walked the length Of the car
to shut the door himself. Some one on
the platform spoke to him, and he held
the doOr-knOb IN his hand while he
stepped outside and accepted a couple
Of tirst-class cigars. Then he turned
and closed the door carefully and started
down the aisle.
"Great shakes! Where's WhimPsey? ?"
Veal looked up from our dosing at
the words. it was q fact; the mild
hammered, mucn-abused Whimpsey had
slipped through the back door and dis
appeared. At that instant the train
started, and although the sheriff had it
stopped and search made, it was fruit
less. Whimpsey had effected his escape
from the sheriff and the trial, and also
from his three prospective wives. No
doubt he is now hourishing In Dakota,
where the women folks are not thick
enough to endauger his place in the fu-
ture, and where, let us hope, he has