Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-11-15

Il
striped jacketsp"
Regular tennis suit" sea Urlah
"whatever 1t is Iwant to show then
York folks that am good as thoy be
OF not little better"
When hoerd them words l couldn'
express my sentiments In no way but Il
groans. / laid upon my piller in n kin
O. CONNER fur quite q spell; then Trial
nudged me.
NANNY SEE he. would you &c
yeller clothes or blue and whitep"
Neither" SEE /. "Get red, so tn
folks will know what monkey you be
playin' ball and shootln' bow-arrers a
your age!n
But my words was OF no avail. III
got the clothes, and after that a kinde
strangeness fell betwixt us. i WI
alters tn work; he wus alters tn play
ridin' round or sailin' round with then
Jessamys and the other boarders
shakin' down the plums and peache
fur 'em, takin' 'em fishin'. Silas Prog
the man that had had the laborer'
cottage fur four or five wears, told m,
he'd given over all farm directions h
him, and paid no attention to the place
and as hands don't work much Q
they're not watched. he said II wa
OWN to him ef we had any crops tina
year.
As fur me, the help was the sassies
thing ever knowed, and I didn't durs
dismiss her, and kept on raisin' hel
wages every time she threatened tc
leave.
But at last the climax came. I WI:
wore out and half.sick. and seemed tu
me fresh air would save me; and one
afternoon told the help she'd hev "a
get tea herself. and | took my sun.
bonnet and off / went tn the archery
MS they,d took TO callin' the end of the
orchard. The girls looked as cool as
could be there, all dressed up In white,
and the young men talkin' and smilin'
and my husband-yez, my husband
sittin' on q bench alongside the Wild
der, givin' her them insinuating looks
he kin ef he chooses! / had slippers
on. and | came close up TO EN- without
maxim any noise. and heerd her say:
"Mr. Jones certainly admires Ro-
setta."
Nobody couldn't help It." seq
Uriah.
"But Cecilia Is the prettiest,n seq
the wilder.
Neither OF 'em Is as handsome as
their ma" SEE Uriah.
"Oh, 90 awayl You didn't think so;
you're just flattering." seq tho wilder.
'Ef l wus single bachelor. you'd
seei' SEE my husband.
Now I'm cooled Gifts a couple OF
years ago-now I'm cooled of. I
would't swear into a court of Justice
that Uriah was goin' to kiss the Wild
der. and as Christian must allow
carnt say for certain she'd hev let
him; but things appeared to me like
sho would at that minute,
and of with my sun
bonnet and gave her n whack over the
head and him another, maxim remarks
which l prefer not repeatin' If / re.
membered 'em all-which don't. She
screeched. the gals ran up. Uriah
took hold of me and the rest OF the
boarders stared like cows.
Il reckon you'll know me next time
you see mo-" SCI !; "but you wont see
me for quite q spell. To-day ends
conduct such as this; you can git-all
OF you! There's early train to-mor-
rer, and I'll see that you take 1t; so
pack your trunks tonight! The help
will give you your teas. As for me, !
shan't set down with q character like
the Wilder Jessamy; I'm Disguised by
hevin' ever done itg'
MADAME, what do you dare TO In
sinuate?" seq she.
That you was a-goin' 10 kiss my
husband" SEE !.
Then she shruck, and the other la
dies shruck, and finished of by grab
bin her false front OF curls off her
head and throwin' 1t into Uriah's
face. Then l went homo and went to
bed.
The boarders all went before break