Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21

lsered bout startin' ef fire. usto feel sorry
fer Their boys, but couldn't help EN- lesser we
gin um Min, an we'd er little sooner gin EN-
our necks. Them boys had Their mos outda-
cious patches on their clothes ever seen.
Some oy en- sot up till midnight soften them
hunks o. cloth in, an their hans was SO
needle stuck they couldn't hardly work.
Their SOUR felt sorry fer them bein' so lone
lv. so tole EN- ter come over an see him.
They was mighty glad OF Their invite an never
loss no time in gittin' thar nuther. They
looked at Min most Of ther time, am air one
O them would er sot up to her quick if she'd
pin UNI er half chance But she didn't
bear to take no stock in perticlar to air one
am / was glad ov it, too, for, Lord knows,
didn't want none o. them to take her from
me. l WANT jealous, but / KEEP my eye on
EN- all Their time. Them mimi men amt to
be trusted when it comes to stealth another
feller's girl, no they amt. But / can't blame
iem much, fer | was half outer my senses
all Their time Min was my girl. Thar want
no days like them, none, none.
We was gittin' er long peaceful like, an
savin' up er heap of gold when one day thar
popped all ov er suddin in ther mines Bill
Griflns He was portly built an hisskin was
es white es Minis, and his hams looked like
they'd never dun no hard work Bill was
some sort O. far fetched kinry ov Their squir's,
an he hung 'roun' till he gin him work. He
got tired, an said hewan't used to SIGH labor
in an want goin' to do it.
Everything went bad after Bill come
Some o Their boys got sick, gold got hard to
fine, an all I'm us had ther blues. Bill stayed
most of his time at the squir's. and he didn't
mine none o. my hints to git Their SPUR
kind o. liked to talk to him, cause he'd been
er bout so many places an had seen so much.
Bill was better 'pearin' and finer lookin' than
any man out thar, an when seen Min look
in at him sideways / didn't like it er bit.
NV heart would beat like somethin vile, an
/ was uneasy all ther time, though she was
lust Their same to me. He was always seekin'
her com'ny, an she thought er lot ov white
skins. | got SO never went whar he was
,thout breshin' my face with lime, jes' to
make me stan err better show long slider him.
Bill he'd lots O. books, an use to read in
em to Min every day. She liked ther stories
he'd tell her, an it made me mad cause
couldn't read good 'nough fer her to listen TO.
Bill was mean hearted an was always putin
high notions in Minis head. felt like takin
him by his neck an ringin' it off every day,
an believe would fer er little. Their SOUR
seen, too, how he was sourin' Min on mine
life, but our weddin' was so close we thought
il wouldn't make no difference. Bill had
been that er month tryin' to take Min ell
way from me. l knowed it, an begged
her not to go back on me, an she said SHE
wouldn't, so thought she was true.
Our weddiD' day fell on Sat'day, an al
ther boys stayed from work jes' to see vi
married, every las one ov 'em-'cept Bill
come over to help dress me, an all gin Mil
q hunk O. gold for 'er present. When come
out Min was standin' waitin', an Their pref
test picter l ever seen. Their boys waved
their hats an hollered loud-all but Bill
| He stood thar loolzin' at Min, with his eye
or blaze o. fire. He never heard nothin' mol
saw nothin' but Min. She smiled kind o.
sad like at me, an it made me feel like lC
never felt bfore. In er mint Bill come tar
in in, an slappin' me on Their jaw said he't
hev Min or die. In er mint we was OUTSIDE
fiten fer life an death. Their boys holleret
out tibet Their one what whips wins Their bride
ned mos kilt him when Their boys pulled mi
| err way, an went to shoutin' Minnie wa
mine AM twas true, I'd won her twice.
took her ham an all ov er suddin she looket
I'D in my eyes-then at Bill Such er look
'aint never seen in all my life. She tried Il
tell me somethin' an 1t seemed to choke her
But d'reckly she said SO sorrowful like: Dan
never meant to; no, Their Lord knows
didn't. Don't think hard O. me, Dan, but
love him."
An fore / could say er word she wa
standin' by Bill,
No, ] amt got no folks nor nothin', ar
all my life was kilt tibet day.-Philadelphi
Times.