The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-04-25

lici III company WIN nuHlbGf o. us
rustic brethren, was seated on row OF
empty boxes under the porch OF country
store. II was rainy day in the summer
time, and the gransers, some hareiooted,
had congregated thither 10 gossip. After
the weather, the crops, the hog cholera
and the rccuH; church scandal bad been
discussed the conversation suddenly
s,rayed over to the subject OF wives and
courtsh,p.
"I'Il Nv" said Thoinp, rs he puck
cred mp his month and swamped with
delugc OF tobuccO juice q blue-bJitlo tiy
seated on al apple core rubbing its wings
with its hind legs; "I'll tell y how ] got
my wife, and faint 10 romance about 1t
much rs y call t, like that piece about
Romeo an Jtdycitc which Doc usedt speak
90 school exhibitions. / was always u
great teller arter tn gals, but tn balklcst
critter ez ever lived. One night IN tn fall
o tn year | went over q old Squire
Browns { corn shuckin'. Corn shuck-
ms an apple pcelin's WAS common doin's
IN them days, an good places for fun.
This shuckin was in tn barn, an I'd like
6 see them good oil times ugin, when
barn, liz up by tin lantern punched full
. holes, iis like later CRATER an with
homemade taller candle inside q il.
Over in one corner tn fodder was slowed
away, an pile o big, yallar punkins wus
in tother corner.
"Well, there was lots o good-lookin'
gals at Browns tn time I'm Il speakin OF,
an among 'em was Browns daughter,
Rachel, tn purtiest bein' ever sot eyes
on, an she could drive tn wu'st yok o.
oxen ez ever wore yok. / had seed her
alore, lots O times, but had never spoke
10 Ter, es ! WIS too tarnel bashful. When
l seed er that night fell dead in love
with 'er She was sittin' jist across from
me, an Z save my skin | couldn't keep
IRON a stealin' looks ut 'er. wus burnin'
up with love for 'er, an sometimes got so
mixed up ez 10 take all tn shucks off II
tn corn, before drapin' it in tn basket.
'Well, they all 'peared Z have lots o
fun a craclln jokes, an tn school teacher
tried Z be funny, an kept chippin' i'm
poetry Z Rachel, settin' next { him; but
she didn't pear to like i'm more'n mid
din fair lie was O newcomer, and sot
himself above us, cause he used hair oil an
wore store clothes.
well, the shuckin' went on, an ever
now an then some teller Wus lucky 'nutf
{ find red ear O. corn, ard got kiss from
tn purtiest gal as his reward. ! was on
lucky an never got that reward, but got
rite thare and kept on a suckin, and sayin'
harry word. tried t say somethin' two
r three times { Rachael, but | choked
ever time. / wished a hundred times
She ask me & help FER carry out 'er bas-
ket when it was full, but darn my skin
ever time that basket needed emptvin'
that upstaIt Ov school teacher hoped
up an helped Rachel carry it out. / felt
like cuttin' his throat. BY an by comes my
deal. ! allus needed a bracin' up. afore
/ could talk on SIGH doin's. Dreckly
Brown goes to a manager an pulls out o
the straw a Jug O. good OF hard cider,
an passes il around / took big snifter
o this conversation worter, an as
it tricRled down my throat ] could feel
my spirits risin'. The friendly jug was
congratulated agin, an purity soon ever
teller in the barn got so loyin' to that Jug
ez I kiss an kiss it till they dreamed it
dry. The new conner begin Z roth out
CABS o. lovin' poetry an t other fellers
wus a leetle bit mixed in their talk at
times, 50 that not much corn was shucked
arter that jug o cider were introduced.
wus myself feelin' quite peart, an 'peared
| L me ez that tin lantern wus bobbin' all
over tn barn; seed ever thing double,
/ an ever time | reached fur a ear O corn
I'd miss it. My bashfulness wus all gone,
an | sat rite up agin RachePs chair and
jined i. talkin' to 'er, an we had lots o.
/ fun arter that. I'd take 'er bonnet, an
tried ttease 'er, an then I'd laugh, an
she'd say | wus 'mean'-but she didn't
meant. Well, purity soon Brown
SAYS Guess it's time t go l TUX
Rachel t tn house, an she said 1 could
come up to see Ter Sunday. l went, an
agin next Sunday. The weeks soon got t.
| seem long, so l begin t. 90 over through
| the week. Our farms, Brown S and ours
| jined tother, an | used to pillow corn next
! t Rachel's house, an sometimes I'd drop
one o the traces t the pillow an leave the
horse standin' while [ went arter drink
| % worter No wOrter in the county was
eZ sweet an good as Squire Browns we'll
/ Moren onct I'd stand at tn well sippin'
| the wOrter Out'n q gourd, an that with
Rachel churnin' in tn summer house all
| covered with grape vines, an with little
stream O. worter rippliD' through at her feet
! twas the lovinest spot on earth fur me !!
All went brigham happy till one night my
| coon dog got over into Squire Browns
! sheep pens, am killed ever critter. This
| made tn OF squire madder'n yaller
9 ldChCl. I'LL Ut SMOit SuONlUu L NCt ltlt III
/ his house agin. I'd u paid fur tn sheep,
| but he wouldn't have it. Well, L didn't
know what t do. | couldn't give up get
| tin Rachel. ] loved 'er an she loved me-
| / knOwed it. l TUX t thinkiH, an made
up my mind t have that mater settled,
| one way r tother. went over { RGch-
! els house, an found 'er in tn yard ten
up rose bushes. / called her out, an said
] wanted TO speak with 'er. She came
] OUT t me on horseback in the middle o
! the road. She was barefooted an bare
headed. She looked pulitzer thin ever /
turned half around in my saddle and put
! tn question right plum at 'er. Says L.
Rachel, / want y t be my wife. Will
you do it.?
"Her checks got rcd, an she hung 'er
! head, thinkin. There she stood maxim
marks in tn dust with 'er big toe-pic-
tiers o log cabins an SIGH. 1 knowed she
was maxim up 'er mind. Dreckly she
! slapped or foot fiat. down in tn dust, an
| noticed her two front toes open an
shut, open an shut. Then i knowcd /
had 'cr. Up raised 'er head like th' morn
in sun, her eyes sparklin,' and she spoke
! what was swceter'n music t me--'Yes.'
! Lived Six Score Years.
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