The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-01-05

man, bearln' yer trouble without fine
In nor no whinin,' ! respect We all t
more fer it, But il must be hard
9 We. what's thort the world an all o. V
wumman, TO see her head turned
} that city chap Yes. it must be a bl
tel pill, to see the mother ov yer chill
rim set We aside fer t'other. An it mu
be a agonizin' an grindin' worm that
gnawin' into yer vitals, when yer wur
man what's been yorpardner so mem
years an has got her family most
raised
"'By Jehosophat! old man. eff
warn't fer yer gray hairs, I'd knock J
clean into the middle o. next weel
Seem yer plenty old enough to be IN
father, | won't tech We, but see that j
prove yer words, or I'll give We law t
| yer hearts satisfaction
ii expect bellered them words lou
enough fer everybody to hear, cause
warn't in tho right sort O. mood to b
soft an sweet-spoken, inst then.
".Boy, SEES Filkins, Il wouldn't sa
nothin fer ter harm We or Melviny. no
not fer the world, We know that, an
whom sed what did Jest now, it wa
cause / b'lieyed it; though I'm thank
full enough fer yer sake that there ain
no truth in it But it's the communit,
talk. My wumman brung the new,
home from the sewin' society yistiddy
She hedn't BEEN out o the house fel
more'n week. seein' she d he'd the in
flaoenzy bad. an to the society the
wimmin talked it over rs Of it was a
old story, that We an Melviny air Twin
perfect cat-an' dog life on account o.
that ere city chap what's been visitin'
to yer house..
"'Unclc Filkins, ses I. EFF I've bin
too hasty, Pm sorry, but twas enough
to rilc up emmy man. But it beats me
who could ha' hatched out that piece o.
SANDER an how it could ha' started
without nothin' but that inherent visit
to build on.
THAT amt hard to account fer. :
says Filkins. 1T leaked ont in the fust
place that Mrs. Possumnose told her
man that she'd bin bothcrin' Melviny
some about her city visitor, just to hey
a little fun. that Melyiny got badly
an acted as eff she'd bin
ketched stealin' sheep, that she pinned
her right down to it, and sure enough,
before she come away, Mclviny rs good
IS owned up that she did like Reynolds
better nor ye, cause he is smart an
,ity bred in his ways. Possumnose
must ha' told his hired man on it,
cause Betsy Sykes. that works to Mrs.
'tarkweather's, told it round to the
ieighbors. Possumnose's hired man is
3etsy's Teller, ye know, and its nat
erel he should tell her every thing he
Iears
"1n that way it's found its way into
he SEWN society an that's where my
got hold on it an brung it
um to us"
AN, now, Melviny," Sos Seth, with
hat determined kind ov a look that al |
'ays comes onto his face when he's
lade his mind up that he's got to go |
head with something that goes agin
i'm. an still he's got to be done, |
next time Mrs Possumnose comes in |
ere want We to tell her that she's
erred her friendship just leetle too
lr, an that she's goin' to too much
'ouble ttyin' fer to be true friend
} you, an that We mean to take the
eavy an pressin' duties of her friend
Zip off'n her shoulders fer good an
ways. An Of ye won't tell her, l
ILL.,"
/ could tell by Seth's looks that ten
,kes o oxen couldn't ha' pulled him
1t o his Discrimination, and Gale late
ken read his natterel dispersishun
iddlin' straight Besides, | wus
orked up myself, which amt to be
at
Howsumever, twas goin' to come
ugh fer me to tell my neighbor to
'ep outside my door; yes, tough.
emed as ef ! should never find tho
yht words TO tell her in. not hevin'
grit materially.
But | wus helped out O. my diflikilty
oner'n he'd expected, fer. jest rs
tn he'd got through talkin', who
ould pop in, but Mrs. Possumnose.
"Be We most dead?' ses she, the fust
ing, cause that's what she most al
lys said, when she'd find me to work.
"N-o-o-o.n ses ]. in kinder hest
i'm sort O. way, fer dreaded what
d to be said, wuss'n boy breads n
kim.
What's happened old gal, to-
,ht?' ses she. Eye amt yerself,
1t ken see"
'Oh. nothin' MUCH ses ], though
yardly could ha' boxed my ears fer
n sech \ coward. / don't b'leive,
this day, sure as / set Twin afore
that / could ever ha' told her what
moved it my duty to be told. an
kon Seth thort the same. cause all
sudden he blnrted cut.
'Nothin' much has happened. did We
!, MelvinyP Ef that's nothin' much,
at on the Lords footstool isor
see then that the hard piece o. work
t I'd bin dreadin' wus n goin' TO be
k off'n me. an | wus ON hand quick
ugh to shirll it of onto Seth.
turned an cleared out, scampering
up stairs fast ms ever my feet could
ny me. Down stairs they wus havin'
lot an heavy, as | could hear with
tlyin' to listen, and afore long
rd the kitchen door slam. Hooked
ough the winder jest in time to see
). Possumnose maxim tracks hum.
'ly rs could be. Her striped shawl
blue gingham apron WIS Hyin' !
he wind, like the star-spangled ban
to the battle o. Bulls Run, when
Southerners wus arter our boys.
he needn' ha' run SO. fer there