Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-08-30

know the truth from er yaller dog ef yol
met 1t squar in the middle er the road Why
hits knowed frum Dan ter Beersheby thai
Maier Grady keeps his gun loaded, thinkin
you're erbout ter slope with his family, ole
Madam an all, fer Salt Lake City. Ef you
had the spuuk of er hoss-fy or err turkey
buzzard you'd go and let him know which
one hit is you're arter."
"Bulgerl can you keep or secretl' ses
jackson, sorter low.
''Fust rate" ses Bulger. Sire away ole
man"
SWELL" ses jackson, II love the Gradys
all well ernough ter marry any on 'em; the
trouble is I'm ateard they keer er blamed
sight more erbout whut goes erlong o. me
the farm and stock and ailSthan they do
erbout plain Jackson. If you can help me
find out erbout that you shall have the best
colt in the paster"
"Shore you don't love nary one bestln
II love 'em all best when I'm with 'emn
"You'l marry the one that loves you
bestr"
~ WILL If can find out"
"Thats easy as fallin' of er log.n
''Howl"
"Why let's go ta'arin' up thar now like
1njuns wuz arter us, and you fall off 70
horse and kick and howl and cavort, and
III run in, and tell 'em you've got er fit,
and believe hydrophoby, cause you're
always fooliu' with dogs. Then the one
that comes ter ye will keer erbout ye shore
'pough"
nm try it," ses jackson out loud, then
low ter hisself, 80, lordyl s'pose Maria
shouldn't come"
Bout five minutes afterwards the Grady
gals seen them two come ta'arin up ter thar
front fence, and long before thar bangs
wuz outen papers, Bulger wuz lammin' on
the front do, and yellin' like er Camanchy
Injun, 'Miss Grady! Miss Gradyl! OF
Miss Gradylll ole Jackson's got err fit;
blieve he's runnin' mad; come out yere all
on ye and help me tote him in the house"
That raised a rumpus shore's you're
foot high. Ole Elvy, the deaf niger cook,
thought Jackson had religion, and she set
in ter shoutin', "glory;" ole Madam went
ter yowlin', "Go way with 70 mad-dog, 20
way, go way" Major Grady ketched his
bad hound Romerlus by the tail and sot in
ter bellerin', "Hold lin fer yo life Bulger,
till git this dog in tile smoke.house;
wouldn't have him bit fer the best yearlin'
i'll the country
Romerlus wuz howlin' fer er dozen.
Anne wuz boo-hooin', and Ellen screechln',
why don't somebody vaccinate himln
~'NoouJ hNaiu 4hdTldf UT even saw ler
move, but in less'n mint jackson felt her
little hands on his, and seen her pink
cheeks white as she melt down by him,
sayin'; "Don't give up jackson, darling,
while there's life there's hope"
"Now you're tallin'," ses Bulger, comm,
out with er glass in his hand. 6Drink this
ole man and maybe you'n live till the
doctor gets here"
With that he made Jackson swaller the
awfullest dose-caster lie, yipercac, mum.
Der six and sperets turpentine-that bod
gone ana liked up out er ole Madam's meti-
cine closet. jackson had ter face the
music; 'twould a-gin the whole thing er-
way ter say he wouldn't take it, and by the
time the doctor got thar he wuz sick
enough ter need him, and ter swa'ar he'd
thrash Bulger fust thing when he got well.
He wanted ter do 1t the worst sort when
ole Madam put the weddin' of u whole
year, 80 as ter see whether er no he wuz
gwine ter run mad but when at last he did
Bit Maria, and found her "a treasure and re.
memoered that she faced what she thought
was certain death fer him, he got mighty
fergiyin', and had Bulger TO come over tho
same as ever Ter this day Maria thinks
thar ain't nobody like tho boy, but Of you
don't want ter see three mad women don't
ye say "Bnlger' ter the rest or the Gradys.
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