Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-05-21

an | felt morally Sartain he couldn't d
no more work in a day than a ten'ycar
|. old boy. Then he smoked cigarettes M
| knew his days were numbered, for
hold the Lord hain't no use for a MAJ
who smokes cigarettes
As he said this 1 quietly dropped IN,
cigarette case back into the poke
from which | had withdrawn it, but to,
late. for my companion said;
"What brand o cigarettes do yol
smoke"
Straight cuts / replied, humbly.
"Waal | excerpts them he explained
IAN as | clean forgot my pipe | viii
take one if YOU have it to spare
This matter being amicably arranged
he continued his story.
WAL, the next day the young Teller
he come to me an said, SCI he: Mr..
Fuller-Fuller's my name, Adonijah
Fuller-sez he: Mr., Fuller, | like your
place exceedingly, an if your good
woman could keep me should like TO
stop with you a few weeks. What
d We say"
~ didn't know what 10 say but finally
| told him 20 ask mother about it, for
thought if she could stand it Id try to
Git along, tho them kind o cigarettes
he smoked was awful bad smellin',
Now | amt one o the kind q people
who is over nice an turns up their nose
at every Little smell that comes along,
but there is kinds of cigarettes what
makes me think O burnin' rope, an
them's the kind he smoked. But every
body to their taste, as the old wolnan
said when she kissed the COW One
time when ! was 4 young Teller scootin'
around an gittin' into all kinds Of
ScrapcS, a lot OF us went Down to Wood
rutf's toa hussin' bee. Woodrutf's folks
was some distant connection of my
mother whose grandmother married a
. Woodruff for her third husband an had
four gals by him au' every one Of them
I've hcern tell was mighty likely gals
| know one If EN- had a son who rot to
be q member of the lndianny legislator
an got rich. Another ono o them mar
rjed into our ncirhborhood, an was
hvin' right next to us whom the war
/ h,oic ont, an"
Here | got 4 word in, and as | was
not particularly interested in the
genealogy Of the inhabitants Of Indiana,
inquired;
Did your wife consent to keep the
young fellow YOU were telling me
about"
"Oh, yes" he answered, as placidly
rs il he had never got off his subject
The young villain offered her ten dol.
Lars week To keep him an Of course
She took him in. II Id a-had the lcas,
SUSPICION what was goin to happen I'll
a-took him an his Quill wheel an
throwcd him over into the road in a
jify,"
Girls got mashed on him, did they?"
yentured.
You've guessed it to a T." he an
Swcrcd slapping my knee with a vigor
that raised a blister, He want there
two days ontjl the girls an the old
woman an all .he n~eightors was ready
10 run their feet off at hi, beck an
nod Even the dog got SOS he'd fol-
low him around an not pay no atten-
ton 10 me at all. l was SO goShfred
mad that | could a-hit 4 tcn-penny nail
right IN two an | dasscnt say a word,
Tor no M ever see a nicer behaved boy
than he was, lie alluS said YES, sir
an no sir, to me rs if | was a major
gin'ral, an he took his hat off to the
old woman an the girls as polite as a
basket O chips. l didn't care so much
fer that, but the women folks felt aw-
ful tickled to be treated like ladies, an
it made me riley to see EN- so tarnal
foolish about it.
"He telegrarhed up to Chicago an
got a hull trunkful o the incest clothes,
an he put on a clean shirt every blessed
day o the world, an if he had one neck
tie he had a dozen, an I'm mortal sar-
tin they cost as much as a dollar
apiece. He was allus a-brushin' his
clothes an a-scrapin' at his finger nails.
an he washed his hands an face half a
dozen times a day, an every time he
jest shattered on the soap. 1t made me
tired to see his finicky ways, an more'n
once | was on the pint O. tellin' him he
was too fine for us, but when it come to
the pinch my heart failed me. He
knoWed more than you'd although to
look at him, too. One day a Teller come
along an offered me a solid gold brick
for a quarter O what it was worth. Id
got the bargain all made when the
young Teller come out an he gin the
man what had the brick a look an he
said; Hello. Tusker, when d'you git
ont" The stranger lowed he didn't
know what the boy was talking about.
wall SEE ne, 's'pose you travel on an
study over the matter an the Teller
cut whip to his boss an driv down the
road swearin' like a trooper.
After he was gone | asked our
boarder who the Teller was an he said
he'd be blessed if he knowed. only he
didn't like the looks o him an thought
he'd give him a bluff. Then up an
told him he had knocked me out of a
good thing, an told him what it was.
al You orto a-seen him laugh. was
purity mad that day but when | heerd
the next day that he had went over an
sold the brick to 81 Burt for a clean
thousand an 81 had found out that it
was nothing but lead plated with gold,
felt better resigned to what the Teller
done.
"Twan't long ontil | begun to notice
that the young teller had got in a no.
ton of hangin' around our Youngest
gal, kittic, a good deal. He'd 20 with
her after the cows, an help her put
away the milk, an all such things a
Teller does when he is head over heels
in love with a girl.
1T was all right to have the ten dol
lars a week for his board but when II
come to maxim up to one o the girls.
that was a black horse Of another color.
an jest set my foot down to the old
woman an told her to set him adrift.
h SAID she wasn't goin' TO drive him
away jest when he was gettin' a little
color an enjoyin' hisself. because | was
1901 enough TO git jealous of him be-
cause he was polite to her an the girls.
That took my cork under an after
what he'd done about the brick
didn't have the conscience to ;est tell
hlm to light ont. You see. afore he