Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16

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an Sis is bout one size) an tied on
her beaded fascinator. an thought I'D
jes' step over to Mis- Cabeh's an see
eff could come up with that Henry
Cabell an his fooIishness
The way it all happened bout Sis an
him was more'n a year back, when
the Cabells first moved to our neigh.
borhood.
Judge Tolliver's old estate was or
dered by the court to be sold. because
it was covered by SO many NOR cages
(an', land knows. it weren't covered
ry much else), an it was bought by
Colonel Cabell, Henry's par.
The Colonel settled here by the Blue
Ridge mountains fur his health. an a
mighty nice ole gentleman he was; pale
an eristocratic
The family was very friendly with
us from the first, eff we couldn't count
oursef no further back than great
grandfather somebody, who paid fifty
five VS. fur great-grandmother an
started his geology tree that away.
BY the time he'd helped 'em make a
kittle O. soft soap an two kittles O. ap-
pie butter, me an Mis- Cabell was fast
friends.
Henry Cabell 'peared to be we'll
hammered young man; sarcastic, meb-
be, an little over perlite; but l
never said nothin'. The only son an
rich, he'd as much right to be proud as
the mex one.
Money kin work mighty fast. 1t
soon turned the old Tolliver house up
side down with verandy's an bay win
dows. 1t fenced in the big plantation
an altered things eroun' till, eff the
ole Judge could arose from under the
cherry tree in the garden, he'd thought
he took on more'n common at the
an they do say that
wern't no little.
Sis was at school in Richmond all this
time, an of course knowed nothin'
bout the new neighbers but what we
writ.
She was studyin' hard to graduate,
an did. Kerried off all the prizes,
an the laws knows how much money
erlong with 'em; an mighty proud we
all was.
Her par amt noted to hev as much
sense as me; but a child wouldn't a
gone on the way he did the day Sis got
home from school, with her diplomer
framed in a case wide as the pianny
top. an a flower garden O. commence
ment bouquets tied with white ribbin.
Henry Cabell was to the depot that
day. A CLINT come in his eye an
his mouth drawed up for a whistle
when Sis got often the train; but l
give him side glance, an up he steps
an says:
Present me to your fair daughter.
Sis brown eyes was a-sparklin'. an
she did look powerful fine in her new
cloth travelin' dress an wid.e-brimmed
hat rolled erbove them yaller curls an
rosy cheeks
l introduced Henry. an Sis give him
a short bow, as eff handsome young
men he'd a-lined the railroad from
Richmond to the Blue Ridge tunnel,
an she was jes' little tired lookin'
'em over.
Well, it commenced from that day.
Miss Cabell said Sis was a beauty-a
airy, fairy suthin' mother; an the
Colonel let on like she was a queen,
WITH his chivalous manners. Sis has
got mighty takin' way with her, an
she was sweet as pie to all but Henry.
Him she were perlite to, an she
wern't no more.
She hedn't been home no time fore
folks seemed to take the heft O. the
whole business bout her an Henry
on themselves. What with sayin'
"'twould be fine thing to make such
a grand match" an 80 convenient,
jinin' land" an all such talk, mis-
trusted (Knowin' how highty-tighty
Sis was) fur a neighbor to come nigh
the house.
Henry got his spankin' new double
team an asked Sis to go with him
to the big meetin' at Tinklin Spring
church a-Sunday.
Sis new laylac silk come from the
town dress-maker's a-Saturday. an
the reeds an all set better an he'd
more room in a phayton then in our
carryall. SO she excepted of Henry's
invite.
Henry's horses was slow for bloods,
IS par said, fur men him got to
church first
When they arriv', however, a DASH
in lookin' couple they was Nothin'
on that church green helt a taller
candle to the sun by 'em.
Isetty Green was nigh the kerridge
block when Henry driv roun' with a
flourish. an says she to Myra Brown:
isis sets up there like she he'd deed
o trust on them horses an the
driver"
''She do" says Myra, "but reckon
Colonel Cabell II 60 higher'n a