The record-union., 1891-10-24

Un1on'' Arr1Veo-''In Inc Je0Se, w AIn
Amanda Higgins in His Arms
ssIidy'' was the Cause of the
Delicate Dilemma Comments on
s'P. P.''
Special Correspondence of REcoRD-UNIoN.l
The Jedge had thest cum oya to state
thet it wus his wishes, an likewise his
desires, shud be his quimpanyun to
chuch las' evenin', an he'd thes .signer-
1ide my exceptions of his desires, an
we wus a conwersin', an the Jedge he
was a informin' me es how he'd rowtid
&C. c." and had drove her outen the
fiel. An he said, wus bein' prased an
gloriide, an made a herow-wine; IAN
you observe it too Mistuis Higgins, fur
you hev gained victIy fur the bullarks
NV s'ciety. 1t are proverb, ole an true,
Mistuis Higgins, as the pen is miteer'n
the soard,' an you hev squlsh'd &C. c.
an her pen," an he shuk my han
waumly, an congratulated me on my
success.
1 he'd thes replide, that when 1 went
on d arrint, 'twernt no manner o. use to
start nobuddy else out to LUX arter its
bein' dun, wen in cum Lidy an brung
the RECoRD-UNIoN. She sot down an
begind to read. In bout mint she
>. yelled, 'heres sum more 'Bacl6woods
Belles,'"
A faintniss come over me, an [ felt |
wus goin', an ef the Jedge hadn't
sprung up an a grobbed that paper an
thurby a stotlin Nv me, an a causin me
TO opin my ise quick like, es / swade, A.
II. woad have fell uten oV her cheer an
i phpQr apfIIII
hoar, an a like es not, an mos probual
wood a fracktoOrd her spinel mengitIs
pas all recuvry. The shock sorter
resusserated my swewnin taintniss.
ketched onter my cheer an
straten'd up an sot up defernt.
Thsre, right afore my Use, an in my
immejit presents, was them too a raslin,
an tuggin an a scutflin fur that papah;
him with wun aum roun her wais an
luther Toun her neck; an she aImose
grone with wun Nv her aums roun him,
an a giglIn' an a screemin an a raslin
an a shuVin.
My blud thes byled. / nachelly cawt
my breth and stomp'd my fut, an in
speshual lowd tone NV vols, l hollerd:
''1idy, leggo that Onmanurd man, imme-
git, at wunse, an immejitly; an peruse
yoSelf rOun' heah, an aSsls' yo' talntln
ma, what's totilly ershamed Nv yu, to
her sick bed, whur she may breeve her
las breth unonerd an unsWung, all on
account NV yo' owdashus b'haivyur." l
KEEP my ise opin twel l seen 'em brake
ava. Then my ondurince was actuil
exhoisted, an my ileds drOp'd doun an
my aums 'pearantly thes fell limp like,
an l wus OnconShuS.
Lidy thes slid off after the camfire, an
the ledge KEN oya an tuck my pults in
his ham an felt it, am bent down ova me
twel l felt his breth on my brow. | wus
truly qualzin' an shakin' an a skearn
nigh onto screemin' out freekuent, wen
his face I'D git aiinden mine, a-thinkin'
he wus agOin' to salOot me rite there an
then, an in my iliconweient fix, an
helpless cundish'n. It's my 'spicions, thet
thOts and ices went a-cayOrtIn' thru my
brain, then, there, and at that nenshund
peerid NV time Eastern telegrafs on a wire
a-tryne to reesin whut shud l do, am
whut shud be done twel Lidy come wifi
the camfire.
/ knode then, an at that time, an re-
'liZed it full well, that eff he kissed me in
my helpless and soporific cundishn,
havin' tainted, thet only merridge cud
wipe out the stane. But eff | he'd a-dide
then an there, an at that very mint, /
cudnt opin a-eye mot wide Opin), nuther
cud / a-remained onraged at him, an [
felt so indignent as l wus. Resignin'
myself two tait, / quimposed my feeters,
speshual my lips, to resis' his onslawts,
when / thot cIoWd buSs had Struk me
squar in the fails. 1t knocked the breth
outen me and seem'd to stop my hart
a-beetin'. Opinin' my ise, | seen Lidy
a-stanin' frunt NV me with a-empty dip
per in her ham an moren quart NV
water wus runnin' doun my fails am inter
my bussum.
/ made grab fur her, but reesin of the
waiter blinin me, she lodged me en- lit
owt nifty fas', an me powerful week es
wuz arter her. The Jedge cot me roun
the wais with boath arms and hans an
hilt me, en- wot cud ] do. Fer eff I do
wa 2l2 in his arms / Wernt biggern a
nubbin o. dry wether con. ! thes buss
inter teers an leent onter his sholder an
weept. He gently swaged my rufeld
feelins and tawked so kind and affecuanit
and begged me to take cheer so sweetly,
thet l wus actuil ovacum. bowed my
he'd an lowed my scawlin teers TO run
Tyit all over his shut-buSsum. It-wus-a-
site-wen-I-seen-it.
Lidy muster put sum Nv her black
on my throws, an possuably SUM cav
mine on my lips er cheaks, fur the
Jedge's shut locked Ikea baby's bib at
he'd ben fed blackberry jam an cherry
pusservs in one meal. | got
his hanl1cher and put ovah the
shut bussum. He cawmed me
down an exposed thet I put on a dri
wais and go to chuch. But 1 sed no: my
feelins wus too deeply tost to be in a
erlijous frame.
/ went inter my buiawr an put on sum
dry close an cum out feelin more cum
trite in sperrit. Still my cundishn WIS
not nachel. IF / cud a hilt LIdy ova
my meas fur too minits an hey a spanked
her the whole endurin time l might q
then sot down in JOY, land not waiv
nv trubbel roll'd acraws my peecful
bress." But as | knOde she wus gone.
and l cudn't but wait twel she cum back.
j thes er promersd her a larrupin at she d
riccolec a siZaberl time in my opinions.
TO drar my thots ava frum the unplesin-
iris ov the evening, the Jedge thes drawd
up his cheer to the candil an red off wat
Mr.. "P. p" he'd wrote about this cam
unity. l lissend 18th all my years, but
cudn' t.ketch Oh, an when he had peruged
it intire, the Jedge sorter cleered his
chrote an sed: "Mistuis Higgins, that
feller's non comperamentus.n
That's my opinions, and my sintua-
ments, two" sez l; 'he don't compera-
ment nobody"
''Nou mistook me- he said 81 elapsed
inter Lattins. 1 ofting do: hit Gums SO
natchel, an is so iinpressif NV what you
say into hit. What l meens by 'non-com-
Ieramentus,' is lhet hese q little of es we
saa little OFF his base see?"
''Oh yes, yes; now l 'comprenny,' as
we say in our sett. Hese one Of them bais
ballers, am hes got ketched offin his bais
an put out. Oh, don't keer fur sich as
them is, an I want non Of ther compu.
Iuents, I'm shore. Moren that, If its thai
carroty-heded, snivlin' picher, ats trint
TO shine up TO my Lidy. wudn't desires
neither wud l wish, to see i'm in my
hous agin."
But i knode all elong whoever twas hC
wern't much, fer he never nenshunC
emmy NV the "ole famlvs, an ] spicions
an my opinions is that his resudince herr
is exceptions Use mistaken mitely like
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