The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-05-28
A FAMILY JAR.

They waz married In our town
Nigh on fifteen years ago,
An two nouns ats heaped wi snow
Sarve ter show Their passers-by
That away beyond the SLY
Chil'ren, two, are waitin' thar,
Waitin' fer ther par and mar.
They lived in er little cot,
Sittin' way back in er lot
Whar ther honeysucklcs clum
Roun' Their door an bees 'ud hum
In er dronin', lazy way
Ev'ry pleasant summers day;
An Their crickets sung ct night
When Their sun he'd lost cts light.
They waz happy ez could be-
Leastwise so ct 'pearcd ter me.
Hollyhocks beside Their walk
lister bend ther heads an talk
When they seed 'em wander by,
Love ashinin' in each eye,
An Their house-dog on Their mat
Fell ter courtin' o. Their cat.
Nearly twenty years rolled by
Not er cloud I'm all Their sky,
An Their neighbors ulster say,
Watchin' 'em from day ter da.n
Not q better mated pair
Could be Twin anywhar,
Than waz Farmee Nathan Drew,
An his wife, Their buxom Sue.
Then one day Their kim er slash,
Regular matrimonial smash:
Nathan said some unkind things,
Wuds be wuss then hornet stings;
Susan answered mighty cross.
Twfxt 'em ct waz boss an boss;
Then she packed her kit an went
Cross Their road to neighbor Dent.
Nathan wouldn't foller her,
Wouldn't give no reason fer
Why she'd left his bed an board.
An she wouldn't say er word;
So ct went fer most or week.
Nuther'd be ther fust ter speak;
Driftin' all ther time apart,
Hidin' each breakin heart
When they happened fer ter meet,
Waikin' in Their village street,
Nathan 'uld appear ter be
Watchin' NV Their scenery,
While the buxom Susan's eyes
Seemed sarchin' NV Their skies,
Like she thought 'twere goin' ter rain
Fore she'd get back hum again.
Susan went one day ter town,
Called while thar on Lawyer Crown,
An she said ter him, said she:
Nc an Nathan can't agree,
Matters keeps q CROWN wuss,
What wants is a divuss;
Max thcr papers good an strong,
I won't live erlone fer long"
Nathan hurd Their news mex day
While a-mowin' Nv his hay,
Raised his hat an scratched his head,
thoughtful like, an then he sed:
Wall, perhaps cts fur Their best,
This ere brealxin' up Their nest;
Both nv us are young ez VT,
mates we're sure ter git.-
Nathan went mex day ter mill
An while drivin' down Their hill
Brcechin' broke and scarf ther team;
We found Nathan near Their stream
Lynn senseless like an dead
WI big cut in his head;
Wagon split in little bits,
Hoses both ex dead ez nits.
When we brought him home that night,
Lynn still an cold an white,
Die Doc Broughton couldn't say
Ell his soul 'uld leave er stay.
Susan crept inter the house
Quiet like ez any mouse,
TUX her seat beside thcr bed,
Fell ter bathin' Nathan's head.
When he opened NV his eyes
he looked up In glad surprise,
TUX her hand in his ter keep,
like er baby went ter sleep.
Doctor turned away his head,
goin' ter live," he said.
susan knelt and thanked Their Lord,
'rayin' nv her own accord.
What become NV Their divuss
Jnbeknownst ter most NV us.
.awyer Crown he quashed the case,
Did ct, too, WI smiling face.
hem ez God has fined, Z" he said,
'hakin' Nv his old bald head,
'nly death he'd orter part
When he stills their beatin' heart"
r. L. Cary, Jr., in Chicago Mail.