Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-10-22
JONAS AND |.
The story Told by n oood urudg.
or and Halter.

uIbr fa Wadc different some pHs.
arss CERTAIN ~ the cardinal virtues.
utasr people possess others nj yuu
Seldom sud an - them in uue human
rviuE S1me tax ~ q Fpll memory.
others rather pride thrmseivcs an hlv-
Boa mono. have Eu' q rBe,i faculty for
rrmsmher.n some ih,urs ~ know
thc cDntrl hatiuu box b. Ebiu' o. ~
passed, ] never can furrt ms purse
} yr tried e ~ nj un a number If times
nd rather yu,.ci the folks Who could
forget sp conveniently I've even gone
sI Tar - ta hide nav part money in the
p.akct ~ "a ola drrss. that hanvs In
tbr elnart ufstairs % thu north ruan
where uuous.v ever Sleep nd notuiy
ever gurs rrpi la h1use-cleaniu, -
that IA furut just over contribution
day iurgt Why ] couldn't any more
iurRit than nuthin'
ilowsomevrr, though fnrgittsr
aint enc II my common possessions.
ud Ia ~ way can D. counted In
amongst my other cardinal virtues. 4
have got Is god lrrutsrr 'nd huter a.
anybody In an the country round. nd
this partly cunsule, me f1r not havin' a
gusd t1rEitter IT. forgot real quisk
u4 ,aHt rlfAg, why tuaH 20 furEh thr
mean thiaFs folks do nd SAY Likely
as not a ~ over this VraiftI.tr bella
ua - nov f1r some ave al thirty
wear. wouldn't sic over that for
u4ia.u. ita such comfort o. hate
-slurluiy % afford, lot - amuse-
uout tuo " anything happrns % the
"ur y"u vr SGT a grudgr against BE-
.lirr o. % ibat. u sssrt %. seuds The hours
sHpru ulaug light M air,.lks "a hen
fuH can so down 'nd kuit 'nd thiuk ~
HI. thr mean thing, q Iu.d like g. have
lsia the one vuu bate kuittiu. b. p.rr
Urrh iHr sua.l mrditatinus fur Il isn't
',rt al=uTiin ,spf lea The hrsl "a tie
no lusi'p uulvss 500 hapnsu g. drip a
stitch ur ST o. thluklu. 49, hart that Nv
mistake yuu knit over a San. then
yuu have a. tend tn yuur kuitt.n fur
little I'D NJ mistake boot un the yhal.
think Zee Ep.d work, "a bcu sou want
fl" -.i down ca hry a roDi time
gru'r'u ud hatiu, Now I'm a lcstIr
I-ru.iar. 9 dnut srsud my time euyyiut
uY uan'rs ud rrudgiu 'sm their ,,,.,d
thing dHu spuil uy uaturv by Al.
N.nlu b. IHrmIsruuus- like amonv a good
many ! lazi liir li down lilr { Do M
FIIN. fl" BE- wen take Up nu,h rustn.
Ud set have It tart nd Iid lu its ugyu
place
duut bold up rruag, against no
'a-I1 lu' ius' luua. H,riuinkie Ilim
d" rrud-s ui bst. with en- he furr.
yr r1' liy tr-aisd u.s mighty mean
"h'u Vac q sltp ~ gifl 'tsaut eight
t'H or twenty huu ses twas IiLt
lh.r. nj haIut never got over u
uriia'rl nd don I intend Ia Him 'nd
nae, We Kept company Tor two ~ thr,s
Nrafsr N "a uu. Thourh ! vas A
Eighty Piyeg - property nd liked a.
change ~ occasionally. did 81 -r,n,
siorr 30 him. nd b. knew n. ton
vasu quite - ntssdy nj st1ut liks ns
Nnme e the girls though ! could grt
r"und pretty sPry nd 'complish Just ~
nuch a. they did' nd Il diint take me
OIL day "a dou
bnc Monday ! wa wAshin' nd steve
Pratt came along VITA . hran new too
DufEy ed span tie drove IN. md
tays ~ me. I'm drivin out ta show
,Hy new belonging, Esther, cant vou
coms alonEg"
always wus fond II guinF'. nd that
top bury ga glitter. nd shine Ia the
sun nl the cushions did look 40
trmptinl, ~ ] sAys, "Td like 10 ~
hrst-ratc. Steve. but haint got gate
through my washin'
IN Just come m nd wait. he SAYS
- he ID nd he heip,d. too NJ
s'irrcd the starch, nd helped hang the
Clothes up. nd while We waSehnnginf
rm up who shouid ~ along hut Ionas
fcriNinkle. steve bowed awful polite
hut Jonas walked straight past. a. n
didnt -.c ~, bat BE- did. nd found Il
oct afterwards
] Ncut for the ride. nd Il Wa q nice
"ne Ion The apple trees was al
a-eioomiu'. nd The air was a. sweet -
June morning conld make 10 stew
rraiiy was the nicesi fellow around, nd
De was pleasant nd agreeable w
Fui home Just ~ dinner was ready, nd
muther asked him In. nd SIRE enouVh
De stopred nd staid nd talked with
father after dinner a. though neither
II eta had anvthin' 20 dol
ne next time ! see Ionas nc va a
"ppish A. cgssla he. FINALLY We had a
rsai Downright quarrel Hl,out steve
spa~s ~ were eoth eKaspsrated. 4
TOD him = be wanted girl thas would
always stay y home, nd never 20 no
whers, be could look farther. nd he
told me n ] couldn't b. satisasa VITA
ooe MAS heart. stead al hrrakln'
every one 'round he would ls.oh fnvth~v
nd Ne dia ] didaa thiak ~ treated
rae quite fair. bit ! wasnt roln' 90 l.e
1sos@ed 'r0una FIRE ! IVES married. 10
10 tooA 10 goin' with oas ~ tbs other
gSla I'd sless rFusss buggy stood q