The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-04-18
DEBORA'S IDEA.

IA woman's idee air sometimes
wurth considerin," began Fisherman
Joe, fitting his chair back and giving
incessant puffs at the stem of his old
clay pipe. Il hey found tibet out for
sure. Now, for more years AN can re-
member, we lived down ON ther Pint,
Debora an me.
'We fished, raised chickens, ducks an
geese, an between 'em all, with Their
eggs, we made a purity tolerabul fair
Twin an he'd little mite over But
ther mite over went mostly for house
rent, so a mighty little was left to go
down in Their sock for rainy day, How
sumever, Their little in ther sock cumi-
lated fust straight, an we made Their
fust payment on this place. An by Their
time we'd saved up nigh on to er life
time we paid Their last cent on it, an
Their place was ours. We fixed it up
some, givin it tuch when we could,
an fust thing we lnowed we he'd
mighty fine place. All it lacked was
Their house, an we lowed to hev tibet if
we lived long enough. An thinlIin of
tibet we helt up our heads proudlike an
worked on, every now an then haulin
out Their sock an droppin somethin tibet
chinked into it.
1--WE wouldn't count what we he'd
not for months, cause we wanted it to
cumilate unbeknownst to us, but last
spring we got so Gurus about it we
looked to see how much was Their an
found most enough to start ON our
house. An just then hard times set in
an smashed tibet idee fiat. Times got
worse an worser. couldn't sell my fish
or nuthin. People said times was too
hard to buy such things as ducks, spring
chickens an eggs, so ther warn't no use
for me to fetch 'em round. But / kept
goin an kept not sellin too
From then on for about seven months
me an Debora didn't make as much as
3 bits. An all the time rent he'd to be
paid, an we he'd to have somethin to
eat So down in tibet sock we he'd to go
every month AT them times we
wouldn't look at one mother nor say
r-Se-l Wa ls,aeNr=sl- how hard we'd
worked for it an what it was for, SO
we'd just use it slow an hide our feel
ms best way we could. Now, not far
from where we lived ther was purity
fair lool1in house. 1t was built after we
moved to Their pint an was standin Their
Just like it was when Their carpenters
finished it. Nobody he'd ever lived i'll it,
cause it was ha'nted. Everybody said
so, an it was, too, an no mistake about
it. We, Debora an me, knowed it.
1--WE lived closer to it AN anybody
else an he'd seen an heard 'nough to
know tibet house was as full of han as
one generally gifts, but Their house we
lived in belonged to Their man who
owned ther ha'nted house, so it didn't
do for us to air all we knowed about it.
But this is Their way the ha 'nts got i'll it:
"Ther carpenters was two young
men, considered well behaved an gen
teel. Tom was ther best lookin-he was
most purity. Ed was ugly as sin. How
sumever, they was both well liked by
everybody. They boarded up at Miss
Biscom's, but it was so far from ther
house tibet to keep from losin time Miss
Biscom would send their dinner. She
didn't have no little children, but had
a grown daughter, Jessie, an every day
when ther IL o'clock whistles would
blow Jessie Biscom would come down
with Their young mems dinner They'd
spread it out on a pile of lumber, an
while they'd be eatin Jessie would be
laughin an tallxin to 'em. An then when
ther turnout whistles would blow she'd
gather up Their dishes an go on home,
an ther boys back to work. Jessie was
purity girl-plump as any partridge you
ever seen an as rosy as u apple.
"Ther boys he'd only been to Miss
Biscom's two days when they said no
money could make 'em leave Their, not
long as Jessie staid with her ma. Their
likin for her was plain as daylight. They
would watch for her at noon an watch
her clear out Of sight when she went
back home. An i'll ther evenin's the'd
hurry up Their as fast as they could go,
just to be with Jessie The boys was
good friends when they fust come to Their
Pint, but tibet purity face Of Jessie Bis
com come between 'em. Debora an me
could see tibet before they could see it
themselves. We lived so close we could
tell by their looks, first at her, then at
themselves, an more'n once Debora said
Their was trouble ahe'd for them very
same young people.
every Sunday Their three went out
walkin together, Jessie in ther middle,
Ed on one side, Tom on Their other.
Thet was all right, but when q dance
come erlong one was sure to get left, an
tibet was generally Ed Tom kept his
ears open for everything come along an
would ask Jessie to go with him, an of
course she'd say yes to the first one tibet
asked her. SO things went on, an by
the time ther house was done things
was gettin seri'us with ther boys, spe-
cially with Ed. They was up to their
ears in love with Jessie, an she liked
Tom ther best. Thet made Ed mad
'nough to eat up everybody livin on ther
Pint.
~ Zone night ther boys didn't hurry up
home to Miss Biscom's as they he'd been
doin right straight along. They he'd
been quarrelin most all day an 'peared
like they was goin to hev it out then an
Their. Ed was doin most Of Their fussin,
an Tom tryin to make him hush. Me an
Debora sat still an listened. Their boys
got madden an madden, an presently we
heard a big slap IN Their face an Ed say:
&C Take tibet, sirP
1--WE mowed he he'd hit Tom, an in a
minute more Tom hit him back. Then
such noise you never hearn. They fit,
fit, fit. All over Their room they scram-
bled an whacked one mother. / got
scared they was murderin an rushed over
to save 'em, but got there too late. As
teched Their door Ed stuck his knife III