The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-09-20


me 1t wuz all right told you keep
N boarders would alter things.
louve got to entertain company when
you've got it."
you've got tu feed EN- good" scz
l; "but dunno as you've got tn kite
round sccordin to their directions"
"Wall, I've promised tn fix the ten
mis- ground" sez Uriah. "Its a splen-
did game. Pm goin' tn get suit and
bats to-morrer and buy me bow. i
wuz up head at bow-arrer when wuz
boy, and it | can't hit that bull's-eyc
every time I'll give up"
Il have give up already" sez !.
Are you goin' tu get short pants and
striped jackets?'
Regular tennis suit" sez Uriah,
whatever it is. | want to show them
York folks that l am good as they be,
ef not little better"
When heerd them words couldn't |
express my sentiments in no way but in
groans. laid upon my piler in a kind
O CONNER fur quite spell; then Uriah
nudged me.
NANNY" sez he, "would you get
yeller clothes or blue and whitep''
Neither" sez |. "Get red, SO the
folks will know what monkey you be,
playin' ball and shootin' bow-arrers at
your age!'
But my words was of no avail. He
got the clothes, and after that q kinder
strangeness fell betwixt u.s. | wus
alters tn work; he wus alters tn play
rldin' round or sailin' round with them
Jessamys and the other boardcrs,
shakin' down the plums and peaches
fur 'em, takin' EN- tishn'. Silas Prog.
the man that had had the laborer's
cottage fur four Or five years, told me
he'd given over all farm directions to
him, and paid no attention to the place,
and as hands don't work much ef
they're not watched he said it was
OWN to him ef we had any crops that
year.
AS fur me, the help was the sassiest
thing | ever knowed, and / didn't durst
dismiss her, and kept on raisin' her
wages every time she threatened to
leave.
But at last the climax came. | wus
wore out and half.sick, and seemed tu
me fresh air would save me; and one !
afternoon told the help she'd hev to ,
get tea herself, and | took my sun ,
bonnet, and off went tn the archery ,
as they'd took to calm the end of the ,
orchard The girls looked as cool as
could be there, all dressed up in white t
and the young men talkin' and smilin' 4
and my husband-yez, my husband :
sittin' on bench alongside the Wild a
der, givin' her them insinuating looks j
he kin ef he chooses | had slippers i
IN, and came close up to 'om without +
maxim any noise, and I heerd her say: i
'Mr. Jones certainly admires Ro- fl
'etta." +
Nobody couldn't help it." sez I
Jriah. O
''But Cecilia is the prettiest," sez {
he wilder. c
Neither of em is as ham some as V
heir ma" sez Uriah. b
''Oh, 60 away! You didn't think so; Ii
'ou're just hattering." sez the wilder. G
"Ef wus a single bachelor, you'd I
ees' sez my husband. o
Now I'm cooled off-it's a couple of n
ears ago--now I'm cooled off, r(
7ould't swear into a court of Justice b
hat Uriah was goin' to kiss the wild Il
er, and as Christian must allow | ly
arn't say for certain she'd hev let m
i'm; but things appeared to me like c'
he would at that minute, &C
nd l off with my sun b,
onnet and gave her whack over the er
cad and him another, maxim remarks tn
hich | prefer not repeatin' if | re- II
lembered 'em all--which don't. She V
,reeched, the gals ran up, Uriah it
'ok hold OF me and the rest of the 81
Darders stared like cows. d. TO
Il reckon you'll know me next time tn
Oh see me-" sez Il "but you won't see ''
10 for quite a spell. To-day ends Sc
'nduct such as this; you can git-all ca
you! There's early train to-mor- lf
n, and I'll see that you take it; so
lck your trunks tonight! The help
i'll give you your teas. As for me, |
lan't set down with a character like
10 Widder Jessamy; I'm disgusted by hi hi
,vin' ever done it!'' ~
Madame. what do you dare to in tmh m
nuatep" sez she. Va
THAT you was a-goin' tc kiss my ho
,sband" sez !. ~, az
Then she shruck, and the other la wa
es shruck, and | finished off by grab an
n her false front of curls off her Ia.
'ad and THROWN it into Uriah's III,
ce. Then l went home and went to WI
ID. a.,
The boarders all went before break ho,
1T next mornin', and all day long me DE-,
d Uriah quarreled. | said I'd get clio
vorce from him; he said he'd get one clio
I'm me for bein' shrew. wa
"And marry Widder Jessamym sell.
"lt would be a change for the bet clio
:" sez he. n 81
Hammer and tongs, hammer and but
,gs. we kept it up until all of a sud- see
n turned faint and didn't know any the
IRE for quite SPELL Then l was in emo
d with complications--that's what gre
, doctor called 1t. rla
Well, must say lTriah nursed me wei
Q woman, for all kept tellin' him abo
live as long as could to spite the and