Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-02-11
JACOBS LONG WOOING.
The slough Time" The Coed Man
Had in Getting the Wife he Wanted.


1--WE he'd Il bully story down at the
Home Sunday last" said the news
boy, as he begged a cigarette frsm
the reporter. Twas bout Jacob
an the tough time he he'd in gettin'
er wife"
"All right. Ill tell it ter yer. Yer
see, Jacob an Esaur was brothers,
an Esaur was dead agin Jacob
cause he allus got the biggest slice
of pie and wore red top boots.
':An' Esaur SEE, SEE he:
"'Ill do him up
"An' his mother seq Ter Jacob, seq
she:
"'Go an see yer uncle
''She didn't give him nothin' ter
pawn, cause they wore nothin' ter
speak of in them days 'cept ear
rings.
"''Sides,' SEE she I'm not stuck
on the girls IN this ~naborhood, an
eff you went out onto the plains you
might ketch er CURL what had squat
ted onto half er section or sumthin.'
Jacobs uncle, Laban, lived out
West an he'd two daughters, and the
oil man an the OIL woman put up q
Job that he shud marry one of his
cousins. After putin a couple of
san'wiches in his pocket he sherried,
an he slep' in box-cars and dreamed
an ct blackberries. They was just
gittin' ripe. An he tramped till he
cum to er gang Of shepherds what
vas tendin' Sleeps. An he seq to
them, seq he:
"'D'ye know an OIL party roun'
here called Laban?'
"'An' they SEE, SEE they, all to
onct:
"'This be he's range, an them's
he's sheeps.'
"'How's he's health?' SEE Jacob.
He's purity tol'ble, thank ye,'
e they.
"tJest then Jacob threw his glims
ove the perary, an there was Rachel
comm with Laban's sheept to the we'll
for water. She Tucked for all the
worl' like Mary an her little lam,
only she'd more lam's than Mary.
She'd her hair banged an he'd 'er
dress made all Of one piece, with the
skirt throwed over her left shoulder.
She was ez purity ez a yaller ribbip.
Jacob was a goner right there.
'An' he SEE, seq he:
"'Ah there!'
can she SEE, SEE she:
"'Don't stay there
can Jacob made a gran rush an
kist 'er right there fore the gang,
and fore ne knowed bout it. Guess
she wouldn't q kicked nohow, cause
Jacob was no SLOUGH hisself, and he
wore red socks. An he toll her who
he was, an she SEE, SEE she:
"'I'll go an tell dad
"An' Laban was glad ter see he.
nevvy. An Jacob SEE, seq he:
"'Uncle, I wants ter work.
AN Laban seq, SEE he:
"'Pitch in
"Laban's other daughter, Leah
was en- oil maid an had week eyes
In other respecks she was doin'
quite we'll. Jacob made er goot
nan, and Laban was shamed to Civ,
him but he's board an washin. An
he SEE, SEE he:
whats yer sarrys"
"An' Jacob spoke up es one man
an he seq, SEE he:
"'I want yer daughter Rachel.
SEE he.
can Laban seq, SEE he:
''Not much!'
"An' Jacob purposed to worl
seven years OIL board an clos an
cigarette money eff he cud hev her Il
the end Of that time.
IAN Laban seq, SCI he:
sits go
San at the end OF seven year
Laban he'd a barbecue, an invite,
all the naburs. Speeches was mad''
an there was a CREST time. Til
presents was num'rus an costly I'LL
the table groaned. Mite KEN on. al,
they he'd no '~lectric light nor coal ii
in them days, an the weddin' tu1
. place in the dark.
''In the mornin' Mrs. Jacob slip
ped outer bed, an she SEE, SEE she
sorter TO herself:
"Whers's my eye water?' SEE she
San then Jacob raised up onto hi
elbow an he saw that he'd been tn
in. He hustled into his pants an
went out. Laban was innercintl
shellin' corn for her chickens in th
back yard.
"An' Jacob SEE, seq he:
"OP man, yer shifted the cut O
me las mite, an my CURL was lost il
the shuttle An Jacob was hot un
der the collar.
"An' Laban seq, seq he :
Don't let yer shirt bile over tn
waistin' OF yer pants. Keep We
temper
San he guy him q long line o
conversashin, an then he seq, seq he
"'You've got one Of my gurls now
an eff you're so dead stuck Oh
luther We KIN bev both eff we work
fur me seven years more