The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-03

ner Uciucu iuStlnut0T, III tHoe&He
les step over 10 Mis- Cabclrs an see
ef could come up with that Henry
Cabcll an his foolishness.
The way it all happened bout Sis an
him was moren year back, when
the Cabclls first moved TO our neigh
bOrhoOd.
Judge Tolliver's old estate was or
dered BY the court TO be sold. because |
IL was covered by so many NOR cages |
Can, land knows. II weren't covered
by much elsc). an II was bought by
Colonel Cabell. Hcnrys par.
The Colonel settled here BY the blue
Ridge mountains fur his health. an
mighty nice ole gentleman he was; pale
an eristocratic.
The family was very friendly with
Us from the first. ef We couldn't count
onrsef no further back than great
grandfather somebody, who paid fifty
| five VS. fur grcat-grandmothcr an
started his geology tree that away.
| By the time he'd helped 'em make a
kittle o. soft soap an two kittles APP
pie butter. me an Mis- Cabell was last
| friends.
Henry Cabell 'pearcd TO be a we'll
hammered young man; sarcastic. mep-
be. an little over perlitc; but !
never said nothin'. The only son en-
rich. he'd as much right to be proud as
the mex one
| Money kin work mighty fast IT
soon turned the old Tolliver house up
side down with verandy's an bay win
dows. II fenced in the big plantation
an altered things eroun' till, OF the
ole Judge could arose from under the
cherry tree in the garden, he thought
he took on more'n common at the
COURTHOUSE; an they do say that
wcrn't no little.
Sis was at school in Richmond all this
, time. an OF course knowcd nothln
bout the new neighbers but what We
) writ.
She was studyin' hard to graduate
an did. Kcrried of all the prizes
an the laws knows how much none,
/, erlong with 'em; an mighty proud W.
: all was.
Her par amt noted to hev as mucl
: sense as me; but child wouldn't
: gone on the way he did the day Sis go
home from school. with her diplome
framed in "A case wide as the piann.
y TOP. an flower garden o commence
! mcnt DO quets tied with white ribbin
!, Henry Cabcll was to the depot tina
! day. A CLINT come in his eye an
his mouth drawcd up for whist
when Sis got often the train; but
give him a side glance, an up he step
an says:
present me 10 your fair daughter.
Sis brown eyes was a-sparklin. ar
! she did look powerful fine in her ne
:, cloth travelin' dress an wide-brimme
4 hat rolled crbove them yaller curls al
rosy checks.
| introduced Henry. an Sis give hi
a short bow. as ef handsome your
men he'd a-lined the railroad fro
- Richmond to the Blue Ridge tunne
an she was jcs' a little tired lookil
= EN- over.
!. We'll, il commenced from that da
Miss Cabell said Sis was beauty
!, airy. fairy suthin' mother; an u
Colonel let on like she was quee
vita his chivalous manners Sis b
~ cot mighty takin' way with her, a
~ she was sweet as pie TO all put Henri
I. Him she were perlitc to, an 3
D, wern't no more.
%. She hedn't been home no time 10
-, folks seemed TO take the heft o I
whole business bout he- an Hen
on themselves. What with sayl
"a "'twould be fine thing to make ~
~ a grand match" an $50 conveniel
M iinin' land" an all such talk. ] IN
trusted (knowin' how highty-tigl
Sis was) fur nciglbor 70 come nj
~ the house.
a, Henry got his spankin' new dou'
team an asked Sis to 20 with p
49, 10 the big mcctin' at Tinklin Spri
~ church a-Sunday.
Sis new laylac silk come from
i, town makers a-Saturday. ;
M the reeds an all set better ar !
~ more room in phayton then in
carryall. SO shc excepted OF Henri
~ invite.
,an llenrys horses was slow for bloc
III As par said. fur men him got
". church first
~ When they arriv'. however, da
|, ~ In lookin couple they was Moth
" on that church green helt tai
lin candle to the sun BY en-.