The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-10-31

4NO.
Did the man have yellar baird.
Yes; long yellow beard.
From wat little y see O. the woman,
dye think tha were room enough on
her nose for good size mole2
Wen, yes, think there was.
Did the mule wheeze consid able as
he spun byY'2
He acted 10 me as if ne might have
a touch OF the heaves yes.
Couldn't sw'ar the woman want
cross eyed could y?
No.
Blackboard kind O. rattly in the
spokes, az actin ez if a pint or tow a.
grease wouldn't hurt it?
1t seemed that way.
Woman hev on a blue dress II
green hat with a red feather in it?
| remember the green hat with the
red feather.
Were tha gap in the buckboard's
dash, sumpin'lke ez if 4 mules heels
mow't "a gone through it some time or
other?
Yes, there was hole in the dash.
But'y haln't dead sar!in lht tha were
a mole on the woman'S nose?
No.
Tha hain't no doubt, though, but
wat they was goin' to get thar2
Not particle.
Man in his shirt sleeves an one
sa!m!u-?
Yes. l rers1aer that he was IN
his shirt sleeves, and wore but one
suspender.
The anxious woodsman paused as if
trying to think of something else to
ask, but at last said:
VII hef to sucuse me, stranger fer
bein' so kinder cur Gus but mebbe y
mowtn' know who them folks be !
| haven't the least idea.
Well, the mule N the woman n
the blackboard is mine. The man is
Sim BIlger. He's slopin' with the
woman, N it's jist my durn luck to De
too late to ketch 'em, fer they've took
the, keers at Geetown afore this
What The woman your wife?
Course
Well, SAID l. 1t don't seem to me
that l would 60 to much trouble to
fetch such woman back.
Fetch her back Great hoop pole
| hain't arter her to fetch her back
What are you in such hot pursuit OF
her for, then?
WuII, tit this here way. Time she
sIoped with Bill Ball, year ago las
spring, she kim back two or three
weeks arterw'ds m said she'd fergot
some of her duds, n she kim back to
git 'em. | toP her war she KID find
EN-, but, she jist settled down to hum
agin', N were bossin' the clearin' same
ez afore, in less n half an hour. She
run things fer a spell, n then sloped
with Sam Fletcher, the mule boss.
Twant long fore she diskivered th't
she'd fergot to take sumpin' else O.
hern, n she kim back to get it, n first
thing know'd | were workin' fer her
agln. Las fall she cut sticks m dug
out with Joe Fasset.
Gosh l says, 4 hope SamanthY's
memrv haln'tbeen bad this time !
| says. If she's fergot anythin this
trip, mowt ez well move out
But sure ez sap she'd ben forgrful
az in n twan't three weeks fore she
kim prancln back hum after sumplns
she'd d left ahind her, n me N her
went to workin' in harness agin. Now
along comes Sim Bilger, n Samanthy
puts on her bes bib N tucker M
slopes with him, m I'm too darn late
too ketCh emeS.
Let m go! l SAID. What do youT
want to waste your lime chasing up
such cattle for?
Let m go exclaimed the anxious
husband. Course I'll let 'em go F!
But here's lot o. things in this bundle
th't Smanthas fevgot! Wat wanted
were TO overhaul her m give p
her, SO she wouldn't hef to com
arter EN- Now, she'll memb
in a p eek or two, n consarn it,
come home a hummlnl Its jS
darn luck
And the disappointed Lusban
his horse about and gallopef
solately away.
Seek not TO please the ->-
your own conscience. Tn
has feeling within him
done his duty upon every
1T happier than he who
the smiles OF the great or
tickle fayors of the mu :