River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-05

Nuuuelt NNuQlO freak up IneF match
But he kept a goin' ter see her Jest the
same but mind We, he kept awake
an after a considerable of er spell they
wuz engaged. She sed she had ter
promise ter hav i'm ter git her property
back"
Il ulster know her." said Zebediah
Marcy, who happened to remember
that his wife wanted him to ask Aunt
Hannah for her rule for ''riz cake" and
SO had made his way from the bar-room
To the hospitable kitchen. ''She was
own cousin to Darius Glazier. A great
hand to visit, Darius was. an he had
the greatest knack at allus happening
in about meal time. He never would
hitch his horse, but would drive 20,
drop his lines n go in. Grimes he
would say, amy boss tibet belongs ter
me has got ter stan, n if they don't
know how To stan at fust they've got
ter larn.' One dark. foggy night in
March ne cum inter our house an sed
he'd been er-tradin' bosses with old
man Hammond. the grave-stOne maker,
an he reckOned how he'd got er boss
that would stan an wait till he'd he'd
time ter bargain and sell er grave
stone. He laughed about it all the
evenin.' an told stories about all the
bosses he'd ever owned. an hain't he
larnt them on EN- ter stan that
wouldn't ter begin with? Amazin' fond
of er a boss, 'Riuz wuz. N at last he
made up his mind ter 90. N / lit the
lantun. an we all went out, wife an
all, ter see the new boss. Darius went
ahead. an when he got where twas
'twan't there.
why the tarnal critters gone, said
he, Grimes! l wonder how long she
thought she'd otter wait ter hev
grave-stun sold?'
1--WE thot she might hev gone ter the
barn. or under shed, or inter the sheep
fold, n we all hunted. Twas darker
thin tar, n the fog wuz thicker then
black sleeps wool. We lit up lot er
pine torches thet we use, you know,
when we go a fishin' in Their night. n
twas comical huff ter see rs prowlin'
all over the primises with Their slush up
to our knees. Jest as we concluded
that she had started for MonsOn. ter her
old home. my boy Joe sung out thet
he'd found tracks he couldn't count foF,
leadin down toward the river. an
Darius sed he guessed she was SO dis
gusted with her new master she'd sot
out to drown herself. Wall, we all fol-
lowed along after the tracks. an half
way ter Their river they struck off fur
the left. an we followed half-mile or
more, an ez sure ez I'm a sinner we
found Their critter a-standin' stretchin'
her neck over the burying-ground fence.
Good hOss. said Darius. You know
your bizness-yOu sold stun. an then
You come ter set it up. Ha, Har"
why. here's the stage a-comin' a
reddy." said Aunt Hannah; IAN here's
Jabez. So glad ter see We, Jabez.
We've told all the young folkses about
Won an your stories. an we hope you
won't forget single one on EN-.
Jabez needed no encouragement Mt to be
entertaining. He kept a laughing
group around him from the moment he
entered the old stage tavern.
1.-THE bakin's got to go on ali night
ter be ready fur the ball supper Thanks
giving night" said Aunt Hannah.
There's pound cake to bake and
brown bread, an a load If pies. an its
true ez preachin' that there is more
than twice as many folkses in ther
house 81 there is beds-not tibet any
house could have too many friends at
Thanksgiving time, ouly it seems ter be
an amazin' lucky time ter entertain
Jabez."
Jabez for his part talked and talked
without his stock of stories beginning
To run dry. His listeners were attentive
and responsive. To be sure, they
changed off now and then; from time
10 time he found himself looking into
different faces, but the laugh never
failed at just The right point. and Jabez
felt that he was the life of the company
and was glad he had come. The time
slipped away fast, and il did not seem
long before the six o'clock breakfast
was ready. JabeZ always was blessed
with good appetite, and it never oe-
Cured To him To think whether he was
eating breakfast or supper. Before
they were up from the table the Nor
witch stage came in. and after that there
were corners and goers all day long.
That night was the ball Jabez and
Aunt Hannah led the first figure, and
Jabez danced all night, and the next
day he went home.
Never he'd so good a time in my
life" he told his mother. They was
all master glad ter see me, an | wuz
glad I went
.-Where'd YOU sleep?' asked his
mother. who had been brought up in
the old Connecticut stage-tavern and
was naturally anxious to know all the
particulars. There wuz such house
full Niece Hannah couldn't hev put
YOU inter her best bed?"
why. no. she didn't" said Jabez. Il
didn't stay all night, did /? Why.
must hev. fur / went of a Wednesday
and now It's a Friday l swanny.
hadn't thought ont. but | hain't been
a-bed since left Berkshire. I've done a
powerful lot er talkin'. hain't been be-
hind hand in che eatin' an I've danced a
good deal. but I'll be blamed if didn't
put in all the time there wuz, for l
hain't slept a darned wink. Mrs.
Annie a. Preston, in Springfield Re