Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-04-15
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trict folks over ON Knobb's Hill. Miss
Brown was very anxious that our school
should come out ahead and she made
great preparations. She kept the boys
and girls after hours TO train them, and
they all loved her well enough TO stay.
told her 10 always let me know when
she was kept late, because wantod to
come over with my mare, that sorrel,
you know, that | showed you standing
In the further stall. and my new sleigh.
Yos, you were right. 1t was II Port
land sleigh, and father said ! was II
fool for buying 1t, but didn't think SO.
didn't want Jim Southworth TO come
around with his colt after her, sec?
Speaking OF catamounts, | knew that
wasn't the worst. for had seen tracks
OF bears in the mountains whom we had
II light sugar snow. No doubt the var
mints camo over from Canada. Bears
are nothing in these parts. We don't
mind them in the summer, but in spring
all this sort OF critter gets hungry and
live on sheep or any thing they can
got. Now, you wouldn't believe 1t so
near TO Boston. would you? You would
not believe that right here in this sugar
camp that had my dog Snip tied one
night when | won't down home, because
there wasn't any sap that day, and |
had nothing to boil. When l came
back In the morning, there was
the chain, but no Snip. Well,
along the very day OF the spellin'
match was to come of l had a
sort OF gatherin' to put in over near
the school house. The sun was shinin
and we had lot OF new tin buckets,
and they cleaned from the trees so
that they made the hillside look like a
great silver mine. felt pretty good.
Ny heart was as light US a feather, be-
cause knew | had the girls heart.
She got on the OK sled with me, and
rode round u few turns. We talked
about the spellin' match. and | was
sorry could not come In. because
wanted to see her school whip that
other decstrict. and knew 1t would. |
tell ye, my sap yoke was nothln' on my
shoulders that afternoon. We fetched
up round here mt tho shnnty and
sugnrcd OF bit that had intended to
make into cakes for her; and she ato
IL. loolsin' her protty self swcctern n
the sugar.
"TlEt top spoon, up there, Is the
worry one she used, I will guarantee"
said, us | pointed to whitfield shin
gle, hung up high on the side Of the
shanty, with bit OF yellow worsted
ravelled out OF his tippet tied around
It's shank, and underneath 1t was
scrawled in charcoal; Fast day, 1885,"
The big follow would have blushed,
but that the bronze face painted by the
March winds, made his honest, hearty
features incapable OF deeper hues.
well, | could not get over to the
spellin match, as it was such good sap
weather, after she went back, and
sugar was twenty-five cents pound
that season, kept thinkin' would go
about breakin' up timei but II didn't
forget myself for business. Is'pose l
amt the first man that has let his wish
to save some peslsy property get be-
tween him and his lady love. kept
thinking | would get the syrup down
so as could leave it long enough to
run over just about tho time they got
through which was about midnight. v
al suppose that other fellow, South
worth. was there with his colt and
sleigh TO tilsc your Dulcinoa home," l
put in.
you hit 1t exactlyl And l was n
fool too. sposcd actually that she
would rather walk homo with me than
to drive home with him. That's tho
conceit OF alovor, but us | was u hard
worker and he was lazy fellow livin'
on his old father, and lottin' him work
his sugar orchard all that season.
thought she would sec through things
Hadn't girl ought to consider such
things as thatP"
"Yos, but girls like attention, you
know. You can not win u fair lady
without putting yourself out some," l
replied.
"You nre right But howsome-
ever, | got over just as they were
breaking up. and was all in my work.
ing clothes. too. and had on my long
woolen frocls. for 1t was rather frosty,
and my pant legs were tucked In my
boots. thought she would consider
that, and not be ashamed OF me-"