Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-15

He went by tho name uv Hunter Smith. Pnrty good hs,ster whurrer he wair a SmitA UT nut.'' And again the Major laughed in way to indicate that this was one of his best extemporaneous jokes. And as it was fully within the comprehension of his audience, it suc- ceeded, fatteringly. But Squire Goings could not so easily give up the pursuit of the former and rightful name of Bogus Leatherwood.
 ''Major, I'll tell you whut under stand as Lutherwood's right name: An eff I'm right you kin nod yer head" The Major nodded his head signifi- cantly in the acknowledgment of the fairness of this proposition and his complete acquiescence in it. '.
 Then in the loud wheeze of the corpulent whisperer, the squire blew, rather than breathed, into the expectant ear of the Major name that caught very clearly. A name that had heard something of before. But what was it that I had heard. and when and where was it. However, the Major nodded again and again.
 "Come upstairs, Jim. They's one the winders in my room whur we kin see the town. plain. We kin watch um thrum up thcre," said Fan, who had kept her hold upon my arm and stood at my side all this time. As we went into the house, she continued, without looking at me-in fact visibly keeping her face away:
 'Iknowed they was a go-un to com mence talkun about Judge Barks un Polly. And lowed you wouldn't want to h-yur ,sk1. So | thought I'd thess breng you up stairs. They haint mo- body up h-yur but passel a gyrrls, un they won't say nuthun out the way nehow."
 The delicate solicitude for me, and the prompt execution of plan to save me pain and annoyance and humilia- tion impressed me very much at the time. In the desolation of my loss I turned to this devoted friendship of the despised girl with feeling of gratefulness that had never made it. self felt in response to the numberless acts of avowed devotion on the part of Fan. seemed to arouse, in refer- ence to her, as if she had appeared be- tofore had known her by vague and derisive report; and seow she was be- fore me for the first time!
 The room into which we went had a window unusually large for those prim- tive structures and stinted days. There was a crowd of girls and wom- en about that. and the other two win dows-looking at tho town from those that afforded view of it, and looking at the crowds of people below, from those that could not afford view of the larger attraction.
 We sat down upon a couple of low foot-stools that Fan had elaborately wrought with her own hands. Then she talked and talked almost inces- sanity, whilst l listened and thought, and occasionally interposed question while the hours went on without leav- ing sign by which l might even guess at them. In all that Fan said there was no rancor, and but little jealousy. And she betrayed practical knowledge of the situation that surprised me.
 ''She was q little 'youngun' when the Leatherwoods first como to San town, Jim! Thess about yur before your folks come h-yur. They come in a good big schooner, with sich tall masts un sails! The house had ben built fer um by 9 lot of fellcrs at stayed there un boarded with Bogus luther wood uyver senst-the Dikeses un the SparEses un the Shipleys un the Ellets un Darys un all them!
 s.People talked Q goodeel bout the fine thengs they brought with um; un some lowed they was almost too fine fur this neighborhood. Un the yuthors lowed as hit was no difference eff Bogus hept the town out with q lot ships to 1 pack goods backurds un ford's, un to, | un thrum.
 ''They was lots said about um, though! You know how it air about a town! Uvverbodys avn the watch, un allus sayun bout the wust thengs they could about yuh! Mother haint thataway. But father is-a goodeel. :.:He didn't want me to play with Polly! (and here she glanced up side wise to see what effect that name pra. duced upon mel. But mQtAep said the little g=yurl couldn't do no harm, thess A playun with CT: So ! went down there lots, becaise she wouldn't go no. whurs at first. So thataway h-yurn lots thengs, un see lots a thengs at nobody thought h-yurn UT seed. UT of did, at l reckle-lected um. gut to fine out at they was somehun aginst Bogus whur he'd come thrum-whur- uvver Mat was. I tole mother. un she tole father. But reckon hit didn't go
 much furaen shatayay!
 '''When see that feller Martin a, you tuck on so about, sez right away