Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-03-06

ain mi ole shu, hi the shotgun
Pretty sumo the smok cum out ov
the ole pipe and the dope voise sang:
Me and mi old womin liv al alone
In this butiful house-al our oan;
She liz lasy; so am i;
Ha! hal ha! how is that fer hi
COTE liz gud for morning mele,
Tastes so Mise and strong;
Thro in an oniun and hunck OF Yele--
Git ava, now man, git alongl
wuz cole; so yelled, Hello = The
singing ceased then came brief
consultashun within; little pese ov
the dore flu apart, and bigg shot
gun luked me in the Ease.
"Holc on pr yelled, falling on mi
knes. "Plese don't shut; i'm onlya
lost pilgrim, seking sumthing to etc,
and proteckshun from the cole.o
"Ha ha'' lated the old man.
"Why, Haxby, don't you kno me 7"
It wuz Jim. He chased hiz wife
up and ushered me intoo the shanty,
wher for ID minutes i sobed on hiz
buzom The rune wuz very small,
and Jim had to put hiz fete in the
klosit, before could get to the fire.
A trosen catt lay in the corner, and
near the bed ov leves, several lean
rats had met the same fate. Jim
wuz awful glad to Sc me. Befor din
ner he had borrowed 25 sents, half
ov mi tobacker, and mi bras watch
chain. He wuz hosputible; tole me
had the liberty of the house, which
ment that could pase along the wal
Mrs. Swoodlepangler wuz butiful
ole lady. Way back in 1912 she
picked blakberies for Amusement
and walked 10 miles to sci them just
for the sake ov walk. Her hare
fel in taffy curls over brow that
was streaked with dirt. Her eres
were large and in the glume, cast
palm-leaf shadders on the wal Her
mouth was large, and a slender
Roming noze and klasical Grecian
chinn were evidently preparing for
an erly meeting. Jim luved her so
derely When she went out to see
if the dogg wuz ded, he showed me
a buntch ov hare on the fore and
sorofully pointed to hiz shared noze.
luked at him and tole him to be ov
gud cher, for it wuz evident that hiz
wife wuz short-winded, and would
probably di within 20 yers. This
chered him up considerably.
Well, after diner, which consisted
ov water, salty piese ov ham and
half ov an Irush potater, Jim lit mi
pipe. and drawing up to the fire, tole
me about hiz success as a farmer.
we're befor, he had settled in this gar
den spot ov the wurl Then there
wuz no house on the premices, and
everything wuz full ov wedes. Now
he had hansome manshun,the yard
wuz free ov wedes, he had frogg
pond and had reared 7 generashuns
ov cats and doggs. OF these, he
naturally felt proud. He had hidden
away in the wuds, an extra hat, be-
sides Is pints ov blackberry wine.
Hiz wife never bette him over times
a da, and for many other reazons he
wuz proud ov hiz success. He talk
ed until the fire went out. Then he
lit an ole taller kandle and sed
"Cum now, dere friend, i will show
you to your douny couch. If you
fele cole during the mite, jest walk
the fiore--it won't disterb u.s.
Up an ole flite ov stairs he led me
to little actick, so low that we crept
along on hans and knes. In the
end towards the dark wuds, found
2 ole dresses and a bag ov saw-dust.
Here wuz to slepe. extinguished
the light, crept into torn dresses, and
remembering al the COAST stories i
had ever red ov, sumo wuz scared to
slope. But remembered to rite mi
Letter befor retiring. 1t may be mi
last l fer both eys are shut and mi
hart betes emily onse every minits.
Your, in extream pane,
JEEMs HAXBY.
p. ST. am bound to sta here for
month. Jim promised to take me
RABBIT hunting, and we are also going
doun in the wuds to taste the buried
wine and Sc if it IL spilled. j. III.