Evening journal., 1891-06-01

Them want his eyedenter al words and
perzack langwidges. but il | may so soy he
used sech langwidges as folks what's find
ed to the church don't use common lack,
special q Sunday, and he want mealy-
mouth about sayin' Of it, nuther.
asst him il he mought be 50 reasable as
to 'xplan TO me what mought be his obiec.
tons Then he lowed He'd be dumfuz-
zled If it's any o. my business; want
gwine Ter git her, and that's enough"
telled Polly that it 'peared to me from
the suckumstanches that so be if we want
ed to git jinded we have to run away
Polly she hummed and hawed about IL,
and said she were 'fraid of her pa. but
after awhile she give her consents. aud we
sot night to run.
went TO Cousin Zeke Bascom, what
were livin' up in Marion. iiniu' the county
line, and telled him what Polly and me
were a~progiln terdo, and ast his advices,
and he say; Bully FOR you Boneyl You
bring the gal to my house, and I'll have
the preacher there and all the young folks
In the neighborhood, and my wife'll git up
plenty o vittles, and I'll give you big in
fair"
We made IL up a-tween us that were to
wait out by the cowpen next 70 the road
where there were some scrubby black Jacks
With two hosses-one for me and one for
Polly.
Amer supper Polly were to make some
'scuse TO slip out'n the house bedout raisin'
Of rumpus They eat supper by yearly
candlelight and soon after it begun to git
good dark, and the moon were a-risin'
seed Polly A-slippin' thoo the shrnb'ry ia
the gyarden. a-comln' todes the cowpen
where were hidin' 'mongst the blackjack
bushes.
gin asoft whistle to let her know wero
a-waitin' for her. he'pt Polly en- the lit
tie mug and le'pt on tother'n, and then we
put of down the road todes Cousin Zekes
Hit were ever bit o ten mile we halter 70
and we were jist a-gwine down the road
clipity-clip, when all t once the nag gin to
shy lack she seen sumpin', and Polly she
screech out and cay she skeerd Then the
nag she stop, and wouldn't budge a inch,
eXcep' TO begin a-shyin' and a-prancin' and
a-shinnyin' around.
Polly say For the Lawd's sake lemme
git ohln this critter." | say mo; gwine
70 make her take You 70 Cousin Zeke's
and ] gin the nag hunch in the belly
Then what should the little devil do bat
hump herself and send Polly ashootin' up
in the air, and come down keyilunk asset
tin in the middle Of a sand bed.
/ le'pt Off'n my hoss and pun TO hep her
up, but Polly soy she amt huited none.
and she druther be a-settin' there on The
ground than on that all fred nag o. mine,
all he them want her prezack Expressions.
When / see that Polly want hurt none,
she look so funny a~settin' there in the
middle o the road just bust out a-laugh
in TT TO kill myself, case ! thinks it
pearten her up some not to be takin' OF the
sitiwation solemn lack.
Polly sst what / laughin' at, and ! say
her ease she look so funny when the nag
bucked and thode her. And she said she
never seed nothin' to laugh al, and com
menced to cry asst her to let me hep her
up, SOS we could 20 on. She say she want
a-gwine no further. Then asst her to git
up, and less 20 on up to Cousin Zeke's,
ease they all be waitin' for us, and If we
didn't git there putty soon they'll think the
old man cotch US, sho'.
Polly lowed she didn't keer what they
thunk; she want gwine to nobody Cousin
Ieke, and she kept on a-boo- hooin'.
| were a-gittin mighty put out bout the
oudacious way she were a-gwiDe on. Asset
tin there in the middle o the road, and
a-In,kin' no Inducements toides gittin' up
and a-gwine on 20 Cousin Zekes and a. git
tin married
Then say, Miss Polly, ainAt you gwina
/ 70 Cousin Zeke's with nleg'
And she say, mo, ! amt"
say, "Ain't you gwine 20 git up from
settin' down there In that sand bedf"
She say, NO amt"
say you gwine TO set thereall nightY'
She say, "No, amt"
Wal, were plum stnmped. II she want
a-gwine to Cousin Zeke's, and if she want
a-gwiDe TO git up, and il she war a-gwine
to set there didn't know in my soul what
she were a-gwine 70 do, 80 / just waited 20
see. But she iist kept on a-boo-hooin' and
a-cryin' tell | got tired, not to soy dis
l gussed, at the way she were a gwine on for
a crowned oman.
When | say, Miss Polly. il be your
| pleasures and desires not 20 go no further
with me tonight, it is impossible Of me rs
| a genterman Of characters, If may 70 say,
and respects, 10 go away from here and
leave a unprotected female a-settin there
all by yourself in the middle o. the road
this time o'nighJ, and it dnt the most de
sirahlest sitiwation for a persons, males
and females, 70 Be aspendin' uf night oat
here in the middle Of the road, and nobody 5
a-knowin' what's become of 'en, and if 50
be il is your pleasures and desire 60 return
onto your pas residench I'll take you
home"
Then she got up That argymeni
fetched her. She wouldn't git on the nag
but walked all the way back 10 old mar
Archer's, nary one OF us a-sayin' a word
and me leadin' Of both hosses.
When we gifts TO the gate she turn rount
aud say; "Boney Beasley, you's the biggest
fool | ever did see in my life. II you
hadn't a-laughed I'D a-wcnt on to your
Cousin 1eke's and a-married YOU
And that's the upshot O. me a-runnin
away with Polly Ashley.--Charles Il
Hardy in Times Democrat.
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