Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-04-22

-.Ane a AiAid, uu cI yer keeps ner IN
de shed dat ar driver won fin .her
when he comes back, wot he cahnt do
an leave de res of de cattl."
You done stole her" repeated Aunt
Belinda.
"Yes, done jes' dat replied Moses.
"an' wot's more, I'd stole forty keows
rather dan not git you fer wife, Aunt
B'linda."
Moses Lipscomb," said she after a
slight pause, You is wot calls one
sin man. Yous done gone an stole dat
keow, but dar you stops. You dom
come ter me an tell no lies bout it.
Now dar's dat long-legged Aaron, he
done stole keow an fotch her ter me
an tell me bucketful of lies bout
her. Use lived long 'nough ter know
dat l cahn't git no husban', specially
in dis part OBJ de county, widout no sin
at all. an SO Use boun' ter take de one
wot's got de leas' an l reckon dar amt
nobody round hyar wot's got less dan
one, an so, Moses, I'll take you. An
now I'll guv you de milk pail an YOU
milk dat keow, eos tain't fair ter de
pore dumb creetur ter let her go not
milked, an den you tuck her whar YOU
fin her an leave her dar. When YOU
done dat yer kin come back an have
yer brealifas'. Eff dars one ting hates"
she continued as she went into the
house, ''it's milkin'w
1t was about an hour afterward and
Moses was still eating his bacon and
dipping his corn bread into the melted
and bubbling fat when Aunt Belinda,
looking out of her window, saw the
long-legged Aaron striding over the
field. He was dressed us on the day
before except that he wore a pink rose
in his buttonhole.
AS Aunt Belinda liked to have her
conferences outside of the house, where
there was room to talk, she went out
to receive him.
"B'linda," said he, as he took off his
hat and held out his hand my deah
B'linda, whar's de woman on de top Of
de earf wot more gladden. de heart"
stop dat, you long-lcgged Aaron"
she cried. "Wot you mean ter speak
like dat ter me an call me sweetheart
names? Don't yer do dat no more"
"Wot you mean?" cried Aaron. "Ain't
that fair twiXt us all fix'd? Didn't
guv yer dat kcow ter marriage settlmen,'
paid in vance? Didn't you p'omise
me"
go long wild yer," shouted Aunt
Belinda. How yer dare come hyar wild
yer lies an yer thieveries? seen yer
yes'day mornin' >cmin' over de field! /
seen yer stop an look at dat brack an
wife leow, an knowed you knowed
dat l1eow didn' long in dis hyar neigh
borhood, an jes' thunl ter myself I'd
ask dat long-legged Aaron ter guv me
a keow an see wot he do. Den yer
done stole dat brack an w'ite lscow an
fotch her ter me an tell me lot o. lies
bout raisin' her from q littP cah'fl
Now let me tell yer, you Aaron, dat
bracl1 an wife keow is my keow. Day
for yes'day bought her outer druv
of cattP an paid fer her wild money wot
| done save from washin' an ironin',
an put her in dat field, an nobody
bout hyar done know Use got dat
leow. An you done stole my own
keow an come hyar wild a pack O. lies
an ask me ter marry yer on count Of
yer guvin' her ter me-my own keow!"
Mis- Tinsley, said Aaron, drawing
himself up, "de langwidge you's usin'
ter me is 'fensive ter my min. Ef
you's de kim o woman wot uses sich
langwidge l don't want no wcdlock
wild yer, an | don want ter hyar no
more fool talk 'beout yer buyin' dat
keow. Use too ole fer any sech tales us
dat. Jes' you guv me back my keow
an retircs from dis controversy. An
look hyar, Miss Tinsley, ef yer dom
guv her back I'll have yer rested for
'tainin' keows on false pertenses"
AT this moment a sudden noise was
heard inside the house, II stool was
tumbled over the floor, Il table was
pushed roughly to one side, there was
quick stamping of feet and in an in
stant Moses Lipscomb, his eyes glaring
and his head lowered like bull ready
to charge matador, appeared in the
doorway.
'''uiit, you, Aaron" cried Aunt Belin-
da. The injunction was not needed
The long-legged suitor gave one glance
at the doorway. This was not the first
time he had seen Moses Lipscomb with
his head down and his eyes glaring,
and without hesitating he turned and
fled, with Moses after him, roaring like |
an infuriated king of the herd.
Aaron's legs were very long; his silk
hat fell off, and he did not stop to pick
it up, and his fright and his strides
were so great that he soon left his pur-
suer far behind. Moses stopped and,
giving the hat a kick that would have
done credit to a college football man,
and, shaking his fist after his flying
foe, he shouted:
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