St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-03
that one Of Aunt Furbay's m.schmak-

river and the dim Kentucky hills be
yond
Yea" said Uncle 81, presently. u i
continuing . conversation that had
been recently broken on, ',John'.
married and he's got nice little wife
too. il do say it myself"
"Where did he find herr" I asked,
thinking had been laboring under Z
mistaken idea and rather 1t sea
Right here in the neighborho0d.'
answered Uncle 81. "You see il was
one of mothers plans, an allow she
never had one on 'em work out to the
better satisfaction o. the parties inter
csted than this one did. Mothers .
master hand ut gettin' up matches an
she's sort o. proud o her record in that
direction. Long In June there was .
mighty fine gal came up from CiDcih-
natl TO stay . spell with Nellie Bradley.
| The Bradleys have connections In Gin
cinnati an thit gal, whose name was
Jeanette Herbert, was one Of EN-.
She was calculatin' to stay all summer,
an Nell brought her over ono day to
introduce her to us. I'D heard o her
afore she come over an I supposed she
would be sort o uplifted en- carry her
head pretty high while she was in this
neck o. woods, but she was just the
incest little gal ever laid eyes on, an
mother nearly fell on her neck the first
thing. We knew her father was rich
as mud, an we was considerably sur
cook an do any other kind o work Is
well rs il she had to work for Twin.
'''Twasn't a week afore mother be-
gun to hint around that Miss Bradley
would make q mighty good match for
our John, and l knowed he was good
enough for anybody. for he's had =
good deal o money spent on him a-giv-
in him an dedication mp to Lebanon.
an to Delaware, an it did seem rs IL
ne orter get wife from the pick O. all
the gals in creation. John amt my
hoy, you know, but sccin' never had
none o my own, I set a good store by
him an wanted him to do well: so
sort o fell in with mothers plans, an
when l see that the two on 'em was
a-gittin' along mighty well together.
kind o. patted myself on the back over
the way things was a-goin'. Nellie an
John had allus been good friends. an
it wasn't long afore the boy got to go
in over every whipstitch on some err
rand or other, an mother an me we
knowed the thing was rs good as set
tied an made our plans accordin'.
about this time John got letter |
from an old schoolmate tellin' him that |
he might look for company any
day. an sure enough in . few |
days along comes IS fne a-look- |
in teller rs you could wish to see.
When he first came he allowed he'd |
stay a week, but he KEEP lingerin' along \
till fiually mother she said she believed |
Phil-Phil Hunt was his name-was
more'n half in love with our hired gal. |
I'D noticed myself that he was sorter
hangin' round where she was, but bless
you. hadn't mothers keen scent for
hat sort o thing, an never gave il q
'econd thought. Nellie Bradley an
Miss Herbert seemed to have great
ikin' fcr the gal, too. an very fire.
luently they'd rum over an talk to her
a the cvcnin' an then John an the
.al would. ger home with them across
he fielas,. ana. L.never see . lot O.
'oung folks get along more friendly
OgetEer. an. when young Tom Hark-
less come homo an begun to pay a
'ood deal of attention to Nellie, mother
vas Jest wild, for there was chance
o make three matches to once, an you
night say, kill three birds with one
tone.
''Mothcr said our girl would make a
plendid wife for anybody. and she'd
cen real scared that John would fall in
Dve with her, cause no one on airth
puld say a word agin her, an she
'anted John to marry little higher in
he social specr than to take farmers
aughtcr. Mother. you know. is a
,etlc inclined to be aristocratic on
pine P'ints.
WALL. things went on in a perfectly
manner for morc'n
onth. an mother an me had It al
xed. how we was a-going to set John
? in business. He had a little prop
-ty from his father, an mother she's
d quite passed. o money one place &
i another. an I've got little down to '
&c bank at Ripley that Cashier Shoe a
aker takes care Of for me, so &
,ttin' this an that together we could K
lther mp right tidy sum on = pinch
AS ] was a-sayin', things was goin' >
1t merry pace John an Phil an
e hired gal they went over to Brad
VS. every night, or else Nellie an. Miss :,
erbert an Tom they come over here,
! mother KEEP me awake half the =
ght every mortal night tcllin' me how -
,kled she was that John was a-goin'
do SO we'll, an she even got up
an to have three weddin's all at one 9,
ne in the church down to Ripley, an !,
c lowed that she would do the best =
9 could with the hired girl. whose
other was . wilder an not very well :,
in this worlds goods. Phil wasn't :,
~ well fixed himself. only his ediC.ica-
IN an his position rs q book-keeper
Cincinnati to keep . wife on. but the :,
was good housekeeper. an savin', -
! Jest the gal for Phil to . T. She :,
lculated on givin' her = good settin'
{, for she thought = sight OF her an
r mother before her. and she was SO \,
killed. to think that John was not :,
in to marry her that she felt pretty -
Fable liberal toward her.
Il listened to mother SO much that
ow got interested in the business. ..
most of the time l was a-workin' =.
ne scheme or mother to help her
ing" :,
lust then Aunt Furbay came ont on "
. porch and Uncle 81 settled back on
chair and began to stroke his whlsls-
! in . meditative manner.
You'd better finish the story I've We