Democratic messenger., 1888-04-14

noogy a-foot to fetch ther papers an letters
fer her pap. IL was right peart trip fer
her, but she made Il lar, and SEEMED 70
get fat at IL, for she got purifier an purifier.
80 I've already tot yc, she couldn't stan
the sight NV eny o thcr ncigibor young fel-
lers; but IL wus with her finally like II Is
with most all dcsarvin' wimen; thars gen
erlly some feller that takes their eye, an
whuthcr he's as rich as banker, as full o.
bug juice rs billed owl, or as pore as .
starvin' rnzor.back shote; they'll stick 70 'em
like sick cat to a hot rock.
Zone cvcnin', when wus a-sproutin' over
thar In thct oil wheat field, what Il looks like
thcr sassyfack1 take the Ian bodaciously,
seed some one thct surprised mo more'n
know how 70 tell yc.
II he'd j.st gougcd outn the ground q root
purity nigh as big as my thigh, an was
a-puflin' like smoke, a-restin' Ter breathin'
spell on my grubbin' hoe handle, when
hccrd somebody a-talkin'; an peepin
through the beach tree limbs, which wus
a-lnngin' bctwixt me an the trail a-goir To
town, cotch sight q Stella, as red In ther
face as rose, a-talkin' to town chap
DRESSED AZ fine as fiddle. Fr1im whar was
he lookcsl like powerful good kokin' fciler.
"iic was n-lcanin agin a oak saphn'
again at her, as ! lowed, with genuine love
streann' out o. his eyes. an actin fer the
world, like he could eat her aiisc Ia seed
him before, an knowci him; he wus rich,
promisin' young lawyer IN Chnttanoosy. He
wiisi,t morcn thirty cr NJ, but oil ther people
In the country tho,ight power ov him, an
was a-talkin' nightly about putin him up
ter run fer congress, NJ hecrd at ther court
hOtisss flnv Wbaf ~ fine n allolDcb
on the slavery question as he'd ever bccn
hecr'l thar. @
"Hc he'd blnck hair an eyes, wus a-wenrin
goP rings an chain, a'| dimunts wts
a-sparklin' blue an yailer In the sun, ON his
white shirt.
wv hon l seed en- out thar. kinder fovc-
like a-slnrkin', it made me think powerful
strong o my young days, when mc an Mandy
f,lst lrgun 20 take on Mandy was good
'nough lookin' fer me in them times, but then
she w,isn't nigh as purity ms Stella.
"Whcn I fust cotch thcr two together
tharc. felt mighty curtis ahout'n ther heart
ter find her n-likin' u him: hut tried TO rec
oncilc myself. a-rcficctin' that he's jest tho
fellcr ter match her, an 80, 'cordin'ly,
shocked away without n bit o disturbance
'crptin few sticks n acrnckin' under my feet
tibet they never hccrd, ~ busy was they
a-talkin', an then went on home through the
pnstur', acruss ther spring branch by thcr ol'
oak fOot log ~ as not ter pass EN-.
II knowd thct she'd la on directly, No
couldn't hardly wait for her, fer never
dreamed hut thct she'd tell me the fist thing,
for she'd al'ays tol me everything about
hirsf.
Purity soon I hccr,l her a-singin' an
N II, s,.t al eta nyoi
a.grow in dark. hut she olsarvc,l me a.. wns
a-piln' IaSslc' - green corn stalks over thcr
lot frncr Ia ilcr COWS. | made out l was
mighty intent an conSarnci about thcr cows
catin' an never 81 much rs looked up rs she
come nigh me; ! wanted her to tell it all
herself.
'Slic cominenc'ai n-inpuirin abont Mandy,
an how wus a-makin NV IT, but marry
whisper rcgar'iin NV ihrr strange feller; an
ther ftSt thing knowe't she WIS oil, a'pnt-
tim gut fer home as fast ms her feet would
take her. an wus left a-standin' a-lookin'
at my "r brindlcy a'chawin' the fodder oifn
thcr stalks, an a-feclin f,r the world as ef
Ill swallcrd packet u shot. Then wus
about th" fust time that l begun ter think
wiiiinin wus curisrr than men.
II didn't say thing ter Mandy NV what
." SSN"' ""s sS''S's ss'' s.'''''s'' s"Ne
night long without wink % sleep have
nihys beiIcvct since thet u wus good spc-
rcit a-urgin' me to 10 a'lookin' artcr thet
pore gal.
1T went on afterwards, an seed EN-
a-walkin' an a-taikin' with one another
mighty nigh every evenin' ~ shed bc a'com-
in back from town.
"Oncday made pint ter pass EN- kinder
naFtUa
thcr fence, whar he gincrly left her, an
turned back She looked up kinder surprised
like and u little furried, but smiled rs usual
an said:
'liowdy, Uncle Jocf
Ter tell yc the truth, Is kinder lookin' for
ard ter mcetin NV i'm, fer Is sartin thct
bcin' as Stella thought sich power % mo
thct he'd b. pleased ter see me; but thnr's
whar draplci my candy, rs ther snyin Isl;
on>tcad a thct, he turned his face away an
lo-'k,s! down thcr river without NJ much as u
no.l - thcr head. Thar's whar lurned what
kind q stuff hc was made out'n, fer cotch q
look ov his face, an ef It hed o. been OIL
Nick's hisself, II couldn't a-been moro liS6 Q
sheep killin' houn's an his wus.
''lt all come over mc in minnit; seed it
all IN day in his face. seed then, like .
IRISH, why ucu utl NJ uiiuEcu ucCu ICJs
about not gwinc on all ther way ter ther
houSc with her.
81 was billing. madder'n drove Of hornets
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