Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-19


her jes' in time an he pick her right up
an tote her along ober de stones an mud,
an he neber set her down till he put her
in de caryage right beside mh lady. An
notice when he cum on ter de seat wild
me. he hah queer bright look in his eye
dat | neber saw before.
Wall, | neber heard tell of Miss
Gresham till dat night an tinlS mighty
queer OBJ il, Tor NH lady ter invite her here,
case mn lady var mighty clannish NH
lady war a Pollard We know. an de fam
| bly, am right well connected, dar war
| Undertakes, an Garnets, an Handleys.
an Monographs, an Crenshaws, an lot
more in de family Bible, an NH lady
nelpr invite folks ont of our set.
Well. ! conjured an conjured, an finally |
asked dummy. An Lummy tole me t'war
dis way When NH lady war Miss Pollard
she war sent up Norf ter Baltimore ter get
her arnin am dar war college dar too
for young gentlemen. An when da young
ladies school hab a closin up party, de
young gentlemen gets deirselves asked.
Well, MarSe Gresham he fell in love wild
! Miss Pollard, an he cum TO da party an
dance wild Miss Pollard. an walk in deh
gyardin wild her, an kiss her han, am
cayah on Jest like lie got no sense, an
swar he neber 90 away till she say he may
wite to her Den school war out an Miss
Pollard goes home, an dey writes ter one
anOder right steady, an Cindy she war
Miss Pollard maid r. she promise not to
tell, an Miss Pollard gave Cindy her lubly
blue silk dress dat size wore to de party,
an Cindy say she neber tell word bout
MarSe Gresham but ole Miss Pollard find
it out.
And den dar war great tribulations for ole
Miss She hate northern folks like pizen.
an pore Marse Gresham war a Yankee an
pore at that. an den you see de Colonel
war courtin right hard all dis time, so ole
Miss make NH lady write good-by ter pore
Marse Gresham an marry da Colonel. But
Cindy tole Lummy dat NH lady allus hab
/ hankering for Marse Gresham, an she
keep bis picture hid away among her tingS,
an Cindy done seed her a-crying over 1t.
So you see de missus seed Miss Sally, an
right soon she notice how she look like her
ole sweetheart, an it gin her quite turn.
An den she inquire an find dat she war
his daughter ,ho huff, her father an mother
war dead an she war teaching in school
an mighty pore So de lady took her off
home wild her, an she pet her an do
eberyting for her, An She tole de Col
onel she done teach Miss Virginia her
grammar But law sakes alivel she neber
teach nobody muffin, not down hyah.
wall, Marse George hab lots OBJ friends
down dyah dat year Oar war de Court
ney ladies from Albemarle an Miss Peachy
! Pollard from King an Queen, an Cap
| Green an Mr., Jack Green from Norfolk.
an da Undertakes from up da creek.
| Miss Peachy war de prettiest, do dey all
are goOd-loOking ladies', shO huff. an
Marse George he jcs' natchelly picks de
best. Mr. Undertake try for Miss Peachy-
| but she turn away an glib her favor to
| Marse George cherry time, an Mr.. Timber
| lake stan where she left him, looking Jes
! like melted mushroom But after Miss
/ Sally come, Miss Peachy war mighty glad
! TO get Mr.. Timberlake; fur seems like all
| the gentlemen want TO wait on Miss Sally
| But Marse George he'd step right in, an
waive dem all off in dat gran way he had,
an dey all kinder back out but ! reckon
dey mos hate Marse George sometimes.
"De young folks used ter ride hossback
a sight dat yeah De Colonel had a lot o
nice colts jes broke in Il reckon II or II,
an dey hab cherry blessed one Of dem
| out mos cherry day 1t sut My did look
| gran to see dem all start off in de mawnin,
ladies an gentlemen an colts, all de finest
in Virginia. Miss Sally act fraid-like at
| fust but Marse George teach her some
| things, an soon she ride almost as smart
as Miss Peachy Miss Peachy war de hes
rider in the county, you know
wen Miss Sally had been hyar quite a
spell, or maybe longer, NH lady gave "A
gran party, an invite all de fine people
| for miles around. Dey hab hddles an
! blow tings. an dey hab de carpets took
away an man from Richmond to shine
up de floor. an de young ladies trim all de
rooms wild flowers. An it seems like
Miss Sally was boss oh eberyting do she
neber say a word till somebody ask her,
an den She speak right soft as do she d
ruthef not. But Marse George hab cherry
| ting done les as she said member de
/ dav Oh de party heerd dem two a talking;
! he war aXing her something or oder
coudn t make out whatan she war put
| tin it off like she didn't want ter prom
| ise. His voice sound hurt an sad-like,
an she spoke up right peart, but kinder
scarf too. An she kept movin roun
| fixing der vases an tings, an keep tellin
| him bout der pictures, An try ter make
| him forget wot he axed her. She suit My
war real aggravatin' But Marse George
hab lots ob patience, | reckon He KEEP
on, till finally she said yes, an scampered
off fore he could get breff enough to
thank her; an, after all twar only dat
she would wear a white dress dat night
case she allus wore black, you know, for
\ her father
NH lady make me dress mp an wait on
da door dat night, an it sert My war gran
ter see der folks come in. reckon dar
war 20 cayages full OLD lubly dressed ladies
an gentlemen. besides them that war stop.
pin heah An de gentlemen hab on big
/ shirt Dozens an no skirts to der coats, an
/ de ladies hab no waist to der dresses, bat
les little bit 0 lace or ribbon or sumfn
( and dey hab on gloves like stockiu s, way
Iup DIR bare arms, an bracelets, an
[ flowers in der heads o. hair an long
tailed silk dresses ELI sweepin ehIong be-
/ hind EN-. Nh lady looked luby an
young ez anybody; she he'd put on a vel
( low velvet gown dat she brought from
( New York. an her real, sho' nuif dia-
monds. An de Colonel war ies proud.
now. ] tell yoJ
We'll. day all danced tin they war tired