The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-04-07


SO run up the price, and outbid old man
Ashley, ana tile Niger were knocked down
to me
Old man Ashley pot hls money out,n tbs
moreidve. but wanted Tint niger mighty
Ind Ue neoar aaid nntbin, ihont bis dis.
appintment int he never not over IL, Miss
poIly and me we had lid about made il
out. allowin, Of the anression. and went
tsr see tbe ola mnn fer 10 ast bis consents
and reckermens on nv maxim Miss Polly
Mrs peaslev
Old man Ashley never did have much a,
what VIM mich, call swashabilitv about
him. and wbe,, named to him the desires
Of nv heart. ont hind the boss lot wber,
ne were a.sticl:n' fodder he swear, "No, by
gumi bed be dod busted ef could have
her."
Them want his eyedeDterca words and
perzack langwidges, but II may so say, ht
used sech langwidges as folks what's jind-
ed to the church don't use common lack,
special n Sunday, and he want mealy-
mouth about sayiD' Of it, nuther.
asst him II he mought be so reasable as
to 'xplain to me what mought be his objec-
tions. Then he lowed He'd be dumfuz-
zled II It's any o. my business; ! want
gwihe ter git her, and that's enough"
telled Polly that it 'peared TO me from
the suckumstanches that 80 be il we want
cd to git jinded we have to run away.
Polly she hummed and hawed about 1t,
and said she were 'fraid Of her pa but
after awhile she give her consents, and we
sot night to run.
! went to Cousin zeke Bascom, what
were Twin up IN Marion, Jinln' the county
line, and telled him what Polly and me
were a-progikin terdo, and asst his advices,
and he say; Bully for you, Boney You
bring the gal to my house, and III have
the preacher there and all the young folks
in the neighborhood, and my wlfeil git up
plenty O. vittles' ana III give you pig III
lair.
We made it up a-tween us that were to
wait out by the cowpen next to the road,
where There were some scrubDy piackJacks'
with two hosses--one Tor me ana one Tor
Folly
After supper Polly were 70 make some
'scuse tosllp out the mousse oedout raisin
OF rumpus. They eat supper oy yearly
candlelight, ana soon after u begun 10 81,
good dark, ana tne moon were a-risln'
seed POLY h-slippln thoo the shruDry 10
the gyarden, a-comln todes the cowpen
where were hidin 'mongst the blackjack
bushes
Ign asoft whistle to let her know were
a-waitin Tor her. he'pt Polly en- the III
tie nag and le'pt on tothern, ana then W.
put OIL down the road todes cousin nekes
Hit were ever bit o ten mile we halter go
ana we were list a-gwlne down the roa'
clipify-clip, when all y once tine nag gin u
shy lack she seen sumpin'' ana Folly So
screen OUT ana say she skeeru' lheh tn
nag she stop, and wouldn't pudge a inch
excep' to begin a-shyin' and a-prancin' an'
a-shinnyin' around,
| Polly say, For the Lawd's sake lemm
git of'n this critter'" say Mo- J gwln
to make her take you to Cousin leke's,
and gin the nag a hunch IN the belly
Then what should the little devil do bu
hump herself ana send Polly a-shootln u
IN the AR, and come down kerhunk Asset
TIN IN the middle OF a sand bed.
le'pt OF my hoss and run to hep he
up, but Polly say she amt hurted none
and she druther be a-settin' there on tn
ground than ON that all fred nag o. mine
all DC them want her prezack esspressions
When see that POLY wa nj hurt none
she look so funny a-settin There IN kh
middle o enc road Just bust out a-iaugt
In nc to XIII myself, case ] thinks
pearten her up some not to be takin OF Tn
sitlwation solemn iack
Polly asst what ! isaghin' at, and sa
her, case she lacN 10 iunny when the ma
bncked and tht De her And she said sh
never seed notL . laugh at, and con
menced to CT, z her to let me hep he
up sos we co. . on. She sayshe wan
a-gwine no fpFA' Then ast her to 81
up, and 'sss g 90 up to Cousin Zeke''
case 6hey all be waltin Tor us, and If W
didn't git there putty soon they think tn
old man cotch US, sho'.
Folly lowed she didn't keer what the
thunk; she want gwine to nobody's Cousi
zeke, and she kept on a-boo-hooin'.
lwere a'glttln mighty put out bout tn