Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-28
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1891.

lter Ter I'm. 4 arrlSJ hau ever thing
...c ,,Cv dn CumI tauIr; ih' can II !
~ c,ran an allus in school, an hoo,
., all WIZ DIN well with 'em.
"'Iiout this time til wuz cr fellcr
y.r 'ttl' sto'e-right purity faced felIrr
' were. or smooth pinlcd chin an sof
hccks lax er gal, cr mu~tachc, purity
ul ck ewes, an haI cumlcd down in sur-
."g sc"llops onto his forrud-Purty face
had, but cr sneakiu' mean I'm it aiius
,ukrd tn m.
lie lowed, ! reckon, t Cla riS-v had
Ight smart NV money, an he'll st 81
~ to 'cr an have it, an her too, hi~-
t.
Clnri,~y warn't never scornful nur
rard 81 oxen to nobody. hut reckon s!,,.
icst showed him right pintedly his ten
ions warn't wanted. SO he goes. lak
her low do III ,rp stealcn' dog he
Nuz. an ell pa ,srl . bad tales ON 'er
lie lowed she warn't no bette II she
,rler be; he'd rally laid out to marry 'tr,
but e caIc'Iatcd not ter have nuthin'
,"sS' ner a rale good, decent ga; an he
ouldn't have CIarriSsy, not f She
had twict ~ uch!
Some o thcr boys an gal, ct y w
sorter Jealous NV Clari Sy, an lowed
>he wuz pr I'D case she never Went ter
none o th'rr Gr 'lics, am war aliuI StIIdl
an sober. let on t. b'iieve these hyer
,ales, an they je,' went lax cr woods
far in cr dry fAll, all about thcr :ette
,,,,t Il ~ i..,-
"Clarris,y KEN t. pa: py-!Ii' eve
cody Ills i'll trouble do-an' ax'd in
had e h'erd EN-; an h were pini
thanked 'beegcd ter tell 'cr e TAI.
i'appy Savrd she ioolel pow 'r.ri b,d,
m she 'ln"e t,ley warn't II .her father
uur br, ther, nur 10 one ter SAN tWiA
!ier an the worl'-tcr defend her kur
ncter-an Their III disposed want fearc
ter do ,he'r wusl; an eff 'twarn't fer
ther chil'en what had scca need on 'er
she'd be mighty glad 10 be shct o all 'er
troubles an grlevement under the
groum'.
"Sam Buchanan had been ct wai.i
on Carissy fer hi ont" "r yea, -
they's rol isrd, rally th'u IA ',,url'
hioNH IL lIIc!l, an ltIh' u l'''l i'' "
'er feel so lone an p'iful war the way
sam done 'er whah she went ter hin
bout this liver thi :.
He VIZ er po rrful pore critr
teller awuZ though hr had some boo
larnin; an g. hen C.a.i ~ low ed ter i'm
t sumpin' mus ie done, an she Ii
nary one in ther w"rI' t look t but Inn
Il i,I
uobody'I . ! ter III ,;u 1T Il sit''c +,
an at Jln 81 lo,n were or p,. erf'
bad fell,r an 1t j 81 " soon shoot
an cz not
"Th,r mex day artcr sI'l b,el tc
i,appy | were srtin' in tilcr It r. ovrI
Wonder wailn' fer ..y oI' woman whrr
Carissy rid ~ 'ih % { cr th' little bo.
behind 'er ON to- mS.
"She got of an tWck th"r child of
an gin him thrr bride, al / hccrl e
say, mighty quiet an sor: Hpr sister
horse. honey, tiIl She comes bdct.'
"She KEN in-l d II see er fac
plain, 'twere twix me an thcr liIh-
an sez j., low an easy-lak, WhaI's
Jim B.ayiocl,?'
III call I'M, SeZ l-lleNer lIllllkl' .
IN | went inter ther bac room wh#
ne were, and fotched i'm out. Bu
.hen | seed 'er face hit were III.
white an dreadful lookin | seed some
him turribIe were goin' ter happc
she never looked at me tai. III Il eye,
went right 'plt me ter jim, lax eg
hongry critters,
"'Jim, she seq, 'air We willin' ter taNr
hack them wicked lies ye done tot Oh
me, an set me right arore ever'bod; /?
"Ue put his hans i'm his DOclets. an