Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-09-12
LEWIsBURG, WEST VIRGINIA. THURSDAY

VINO Wuz cOmln',' says she, kinder
reachin' over the gate.
Well, tell me- says /, sand see
eff I'll stay
/ reckon not, says she, still nag
GIN me, 'mebbe they wouldn't like
itp
who's they?' says 1.
She give little chuckle, and l
come up to the gate and rested my
hands on it to one side NV her'n.
Pap and mother says she.-
They've gone down to the school
house to preachin' and won't be back
till eight o'clock
Amt you kinder lonesome wait
i'm hyer by yerself, Sussn?' says
half way tryin' to pull the gate open,
but she held it shet.
Il reckon wuz,' says she. That's
why L come out here and hung on
the gate. It's mighty still like in
the house,
Amt you now?' and 1 chuckled
for ketchin her.
you reckon you wuz? says L.
P'r'aps l am and p'r'aps l amt
she sniggered, and tossed her head.
tried to open the gate, but she
held it shet.
'Ef you want me to stay, why
don't you say SOP says 1, gettin'
ugly.
/ reckon you kin If you want to, ,
says she, mighty pesky.
Susan says what's the use NV
foolin'?'
Foolin' about what p says she.
About me and you,' says /.
L amt foolin',' says she.
You air. says I, and you know
it,
'Ef you don't like me, Lem
Scaggs,' says she, bridlin' up all over,
you kin go 'long. didn't ak you
to stop, did I?'
But do like you, Susan says I,
gittin' skeert, am tryin' to pnll the
gate open SOS could git clos't
enough to her to coax her.
Il reckon you like Finnel a sight
better,' says she, holdin' the gate
ag'in me.
Il reckon I DON'T says l, and I
could feel the gate give little.
You wouldn't talk that way eff
she wuz in hearin' distance says
she.
Wouldn't p says 1, and 1 heaved
and sot on the gate, but it didn't
move a peg. You jist fetch her I'D
and see eff I wouldn't
mo you jist go down thar says
she. THAT'S whar you started fer
Il didn't do nothin NV the Sort
says I, gittin' despriter every min
ute.
You told me you did, says she,
and L could feel the gate a-givin'
some and shettin', and then givin'
way ag'in.
You oughter know, Susan,' says
l, seriously, that wuz jist a-fool-
in',' and could feel the gate a-givin
way and shettin', aud then givin'
way ag'in. ..'.
AM you amt lynn now, Lem?'
says she, an 1 could feel the gate
a-givin' way and she, heap sight
softer than any time in her life.
Course L amt, Susan,' says I,
and the gate come open about six
inches.
'Ef / only thought you wuzn't,
Lem,' says she, lettin' the gate slip
my way leetle more every minute.
You know 1 amt, Susan says I,
givin the gate the strongest pull yit.
You know 1t, and you know /
never give snap Nv my finger fer
any otner gal In these parts, and
that all the time I've been a-hanker-
III after you and wantin' you for
my wife, but you KEEP foolin' with
me all along and Dustin my heart
mighty nigh, and maxim me want
to go off and chop tree down on
myself. You know it, Susan, you
know it, and she h'isted her hands
and the gate swung wide open.
What about Mary?' says she,
standin' thar before me lookin sweet
erin peaches and cream.
'Durn Mary says 1, clean fer
gettin' my manners, and reich out
both hands fer Susan.
'Oh, Lem y says she, and-well
colonel" he laughed as his honest
face Redeemed beneath its saffron
hue, "I reckon you're old enough
to know the balance"
wouldn't be surprised, Lem"
replied, blushing just shade my
self as memory or two came slowly
back from the rosy past.
He looked up smiling.
And say, colonel" he said, 81
wuzn't any purifier that night than 1
wuZ before"
Come of, LemueI," said I, slap
ping him on the back. ait was 80
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