Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-21

Now that's han writtin' fer We! Putty
ez she is, an jes as simple like"
The latch clicked and the door
opened. Rijah looked over his shout
der and grinned. was shut out from
sight Of more than the visitors legs
by a slack line Of dangling towels,
aprons and socks; but they We're
steady, misunderstanding legs, straight
and strong, clothed in heavy boots
and blue overalls.
'Bijah neither turned nor laid down
his letters. He stood there grinning,
and whether the person in the door
way was grinning also, on plotting my
assassination in pantonime, l was
none the wiser.
The heavy boots shufIled and turned
about, stepped outside and the door
shut. 'Bijah chuckled to himself and
looked back to his letters again.
Then papers is for young Thomp-
son. He's tn editor Of our paper.
He's alive an kickin'. He's been out
west fur a spell, an he thinks We're
all dead an buried. An he has made
n great change in The Buglcr, | can
tell You. Folks say he'll be made ter
smart fur the way he muses. raOund
inter peoples affairs; but It's Lively
it's lively"
The papers went into a separate
box and 'Bijah resumed the letters.
''MehaIy Hopkins; she's got heap
of money. Main hoaw fond yer
folks is Of We when yer got pile and
aint no heirs of yer buddy. she's
good fer 'em, though; she's a cute
'un."
II suppose it is unusual for anyone
to make much more than their living
way up here, isn't it, 'BiiahT'
"IIumph! yes, fer any one. Not yer
some on 'em though. Some on 'em is
smarter N greaSed-iightn'.
He put his head on one side and
squintcd at the letter he was holding.
"lIim, now, Jeremiah Wilson, he's a
keen 'un. Nobody ever got the best
o tn ole man but Jim. You saw Jim
came in here jest naow; Amt no
later bugs on jim; when he gets up
he's up fer all day.
'Bijah grinned and Wagged his head.
"Jerc-miah Wilson, he remarked
and slapped the latter into its pigeon
hole.
The latch clicked again, the door
opened and the same pair Of legs APP
pcarcd in the very same spot where
had seen them before.
'Bijah grinned.
Presumably the unseen grinned
also, for there was too much of 'Bi-
iah'S grin not to be offensive, if it
were not otherwise.
"What chu want?"
"Nothin'."
1--WE don't keep that; or, if we do,
we're Just aout of it,"
The big boots turned about slowly.
"Surc 70 do want no lamps, are
ye?"
Gals 90 with emp
"Not in this shop"
"rhct settles It, lis fur rs I'm con
cerncd" and he went away and
closed the door again.
'Biiah looked after him and
chuckled.
"What's the joke, 'Biiah"
"Dmo' cz I'd ortcr say an'thin'
nout side, but YOU know how l. is, MI
Carson. YOU never seem no stranger
GLAND over your story, you old Cos
sip" | answered. "Why, it would
burn your tongue off if YOU tried to
keep ii in"
'Rijah laughed heartily at this polite
sally.
well, take fer my tex, as Elder
Slacum says. that beautiful aNum,
AN is fair in love an war.
He came around the end Of the
counter and sat ON an unopened sugar
barrel with his legs crossed and his
rough hands claSped around his Knee.
THE ole man Jeremiah Wilson.
that mentioned back spnll, he's a
Tartar. He do know uothin but his
own way; an Mis- Wilson, she never
know'd nothin' hut ter gin 1t to HIM
He's got a trick rr turnin' red-fared
an lookin' like he was so neat, she
couldn't bear to have her house
musScd So she jest gin in to him
"rher' was one gal-Mame, her
name WIZ an they both thought a
sight Of her, She want no more like
neither NV them than nothn' at all,
aud they both tried projecks with
her.
"lIcr father wanted her to I've boy,
an Inc alnlH felt aS cf she done him
when she want. He wanted ter
make a lawyer out NV her; he's dead
in love with lawn, ole man Wilson
is; but yer might better try ter make
a hossrnkc out Of whalebones an
griStle c2 to make lawyer outer
Name. What tn ole man said was
gospel though; she felt sorter like she
better not make him no more hard
feelin' after not being that boy he
wanted.
Her mother meant her ter be n
good houSckceper an put up p'ServeS
an II AXE pickles; an Name would
stan nj the winder an sing an fret
all ahaout her mess till twas clean