Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16

door smoking, the girl, who was called
Deb. sat down beside me and asked:
stranger, did you lope it?" (come on
foot.)
Yes
"A mile or n sot-down."
"More'n that. About q DOGGY flop
UPS"
"A 'sot down means half a day travel.
A 'flop-up' means a days tramp. At
bedtime the head of the house would
say to the children
Come now, you'uns. its nop-up time"
The girl looked at me in great sur
prise, and presently asked:
"9eu dipn't come to shoot papa Gauge
II We had you'd hev chucked (ambushed)
him."
No, came to see you.'
MAN. Oh. mani" she called, 'come
out yere! Jist here he'un talkie'."
What does he'un say" asked the
mother, as she came out with her pipe
and sat down.
Hes honey! l dun tole We when
that wish-bone fell down that he'un was
comm. Hip. Hain't he'un nice, map
ANXIOUS TO GET MARRIED.
Hes honey, fur Shore" said the
mother, after glancing at me. But
he un must AK pop fur yer. Can't go
onless pop says so. Say, stranger. did
We come to take Deb away? Did some
body tell ye we wanted her to get
mar'd?'
mo. fell in with your husband and
his friends on the road and he asked me
to stop over night
Hip. And you'un don't want to marry
me?' shouted Deb.
II can Z. my child.'
"Mebbe you'un is forwardly already
uned? queried the mother.
Yes"
Hip. And I set sich store by hc'un!"
walled Deb. as she sat down and began
to cry.
Now, Deb, you shet.' scolded the
mother. IF he'un is forwardiy jined
how can he be iined agin? 'Tain'tin
natur'. you know"
"He'un had no call (~busincss) to be
jined,' sobbed Deb.
Pore chile!' sighed the mother.
"Deb's increased very smart fur her
aigc, stranger. She lookin' higher'n
most gals fur II husband. She doan'
keer W wrinkles fur nobody round
yere.'
"Oh, well, she's smart and good look
ing. and she'll inc a nice husband"
Hip. Ar yer truthin'?" exclaimed
the girl as she sprang up.
And III get mar'd?'
YES
And have a real house?"
"Yes.n
And a real dress and b~onnet?n
And q gold ring?'
YES
"Oh, man! hear him! Hip. I can't sot
still. Jist think of it, mani"
I'm a-thinking, Deb, and I know
he's %truthing, Lor' bless him fur his
goodness to us pore shuckless folkses."
POINTED Al HIS HEART.
When | went way Dawson took me
to the main trail by a short cut, as we
sat down on Il rock to have a last smoke
together he said:
I've been %hetchin'" wondering).
"What about?"
"Nall. we saw you comin'up the trail
that day behind us, an took YOU for a
spy.
"You did,"
AN so we hid the still an the mules.
You found the still?'
Yes"
Did you hev any pecooliar ~feelin'
jist them
mo tremblin' or snakin'?"
NO
II Was hetchin' if YOU did"
"Why?'
"Cause two Of us lay in the bushes
thirty feet away with our rifles pinted
right at yer heart. If you'd sung out
when you made the find an thus showed
us you was a spy, you'd have got it
plump center"
TWO PICTURES OF FARM LIFE.
II l. HOME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
st. Paul Pioneer Press: | have Just
returned from Il brief visit to my old
home among the mountains and granite
hillsides Of New Hampshire. The av-
erage farm in that country is say 100
acres, of which, perhaps, fifteen to
twenty acres may be called, in a sense,
arabic. On the old homestead which |
visited [ found growing say one-half
acre of oats, three-Quarters of an acre
or corn, one'quarter to One-half acre of
wheat, II few potatoes, n a small gar
den. Not to exceed twenty acres had
been mown, and the hay nicely slowed
away in the barn. The buildings were
in excellent repair, and both inside and
outside were as neat as could
be desired. In the wood shed | noticed
nicely stored away a years supply of
did not inherit it, nor, if | remember
rightly. any other farm. The farm is IL
fair sample of the average in that town
ship, twelve miles from the nearest rail
way station, and no manufacturing vii
lage in the vicinity. 1t is purely an ag-
ricultural district and not considered
by any means first class in that state.
There are no mortgages on those farms
and almost every proprietor has some
little money at interest:
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