Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-06-28
LOVE ON POSSUNRIDCF.
POETIC COuRISHIP OF TWO YOnya Dr.,..
SWANS.
Strange Things beard By a Hunter wbo m,.,
Hav' a Gun-Ths Young Peoples Lo,,
Was True, aat True Love
Always Wins.
Thomas P. Montfort in D.trou Fre. D..

Thomas r. NoHtfOrt In Defr0u Err, n
A gentleman was over on Pc
ridge the other day, hunting. and ~
tramping about for some time ba
down on log in the woods r. -. "a
Directly he heard voices, and. no."
through the bushes, he saw vo,, 's
couple but few feet away, sittiDg .,5ss
by side on the grass. sue
They were both barefootcd. and l.
was in his shirt-sleeves, his cotton ns, .'
being held up by single bed-tirti.SS
'gallus." The gentleman oyerbeard
portion of the couples conyer,atio,
which ran thus: 'D'
He-I wuz thinkin' o. you TO-DAY
She-Now, WIZ we?
eyes, | WIZ"
"What wuz We thinkin' bout mer
"Lots o. things"
"You jest talkin', now"
II haint nuther. | did think bon,
ye."
"Wuz they good things or baa?"
They wuz good, o. co'Se."
NOW you jest talkin', Hiram"
II haint nuther. | WIZ thlnkis.
| BOOu iiiUbS OOut w.
"Wat dyer think?"
"rm feerd you'll git mad II tell
Goose | won't if yer thought good
things"
I'LL thought yer wuz awful
purity"
"Oh, Hiram, amt yer shamed yer.
se'f?"
mo, amt. Yer air purity"
Eyer know I amt, and yer amt GOT
no business TO make fun Of me-"
"Hain't maxim fun Of We. Yer the
purtiest thing ever see"
"Thar's lots O gals heap purticr'a
me, yer know"
81 amt never seed EN-"
"Te, he. What else wuz yer
thinkin'?"
81 thought yer WIZ awful sweet"
"Oh, Hiram, amt yer 'shamed?'
"What fer?"
Ser telln' SIGH big stories"
Ttain't no story. Yer air sweet
"How yer know?"
eyer look like it. Yer look awful
purity ard sweet"
Now yer jest talkin'"
81 hain't nuther."
Eyer jest pokin' fun at me-"
81 hain't. / mean ever word say
sob, Hiram, hain't yer shamed.'
"No, hain't. / wuz thinkin' some
thin else, too"
"What wuz it?"
"Im feerej you won't like it,"
"Wuz it bad?"
"No, it wuz good.
II won't git mad, then. What WIZ
it?"
"I-I-wuz thinkin I'd love ter marry
yer"
sob, Hiram, I'm goin home"
eyer said yer wouldn't git mad"
81 hain't mad, but yer orient ter
make fun of me"
"Hain't maxim fun OF we. do want
ter marry yer"
eyer know better"
81 do want yer. I'd Git married to-
day If yer would. Hain't yer willin'?"
"Uh, uh."
"Why?"
Cease"
Cease what?"
"Jest case"
"Yer don't love me none"
eyer don't love me, nuther."
81 do, too. Wished you loved me s
good as love you"
Glow yer know ] dOn't|"
eyer amt never said So"
eyer amt never aXed me-
eyer do love then, don't yer?"
81 haint said so, hey II"
"No. but yer will; won't yer?"
81 like yer heap"
GLOW much yer like me?"
"Better'n anything"
"Better'n store candy?"
Eyes, b'leve do. Dyer like me
that good?"
.'Uh. huh. Yer lots sweener'n store
candy"
GLOW yer knowj Yer never tasted
me-"
"I'd like to, though. Mout | kiss ye
jest once?"
what yer want ter kiss me fer?'
cease It's good"
GLOW yer know?"
81 Jest know. Mout II"
81 hain't said yer could"
eyer hain't said can't, heT GER
mo, but mout."
T'am goin' ter, anyhow (smackG'
"What dyer do that fer?"
cease | wanted ter"
"Yer better not no more"
"Woud yer keer?"
Eyer jest try it an see"
otis awful sweet. Les git mar
ried"
"When?"
Fright now. 'Tain't but a mile TO
Squire Beeson's. Les go and git mar
red, will YEP"
eyer don't want ter?"
ayes, | do. Come on"
eyer don't love me?'
eyes, ! do, better'n store candy.
Come on and les gltmarried. VIII ye?
81 don't keer. II yer want me TO J
will"
Then they departed for the sQulres.