Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-06-20

wanted for at the lawyers Office, and
suggesting that he be careful about
mentioning il to too many people, he
repaired again, as always just before
leaving town, to the Big Indian" to
get what he called his 'fnual closin'
toddy for that day and have another
chat with Rachels. With many words
he confded to this dear friend the
service which, at solicitation from such
high source, he had undertaken to per-
form. Rachels kindly aeceded to his
request to station themselves at the
lower end of the counter, near the
door in the rear, leaving the clerk to
wait upon the customers.
81 want to git your opinion on 1t,
Gustus, a-bein' the man of Judgment
you've always been, and see what you
thought about it on the av'rage. 1t
delight me, which, as you know, I've
been for a compromise all the time,
a-believin' in my soul a compermise O.
some sort were the onliest thing to
settle it; but l weren't-no, I weren't /
anigh a-countin' on Vile bein' so lib1,
and hain't idee he'd done it, exceptin'
Harnah have so struck him in'ards.
What do you think of 'em, Gustus?-
Wile's terms, | mean?"
Think of 'em? Don't believe he is
in earnest in maxim EN-. Fly in the
thing, some'res, Uncle Lishy. Obleeged
to be-"
mo, Gustus, no, my son. He's dead
in yearnest; so Squire Watson say, and
ur.%
wouldn't let hisself be trihed with by
a client in no sech way. No, sir, the
good luck of it is, Vile have gone and
felled in love 18th Harnah, and he'll do
what he say and sign papers in the
present of witnesses the very day and
hour she say the word"
''Uncle Lishy Flint, between me and
you, there's the slyest human l or you
any one of us ever laid eyes on, and
he's the meanest. A man that'll SLAM
der a young female like Wiley Amer
son slandered Hannah, and cut her and
her husband and her child out of what
he knows they're entitled to, and then
go and offer to give to her what al
ready belongs to her by Godamighty's
good rights if she'll marry him and
not give it on no other terms as-well,
he's too mean, to my opinion, to say
how mean such man is"
''Oh, come, come, Gustusl Don't be
too hard on poor widder-er of a feller
that have jes' drapped head and ears
in love where he can't get the purchase
to even kick hisself out. They amt,
betwixt you and me, they amt mare
doubt on my mind no more'n you but
what Vile Amerson would keep every
dollar O that prop'ty exceptin' that he's
got stuck as he have with Harnah,
which is a piece O. good luck 1 wern't
a-expectin' nor l wern't a-lookin' out
for And it do look like a Judgement
on Vile that she have captuated him
as she have, and put him where he can
be made spill some of his meanness.
You're bachelor, Gustus, and, conse-
qpent, you amt in conditions TO under
stand how a fellsr oan git oggervated
in his mind by such female as Har-
nah, that to my opinion, old man If /
be, she turn all of 'em down; but you
may pend on Vile a-meanin' what he
say, er he wouldn't darsn't be projeclh
in with Squire Watson in that kind o
style-ah! hoo! This is a monst'ous
good toddy You may add thimble
or two more o sperrits, and empty in
e trife more of sugar and water. I
won't call it two drinks, it a-bein' my
rule, as you know, not to go over two
when / come to town, and one of 'em
taken when I come in first. But it's
dilicate business I've got on hand now,
a promisin' Squire Watson I'd drap in
at Nissis Enlow's as went on back
and see how the land lay, and on sech
a arrant a man got to keep hisself
hot, well as cool. named
the thing to you for you to think on
it and let me know what you think of
it in business way, Gustus-in busi-
ness way"
II never-that is, don't often-give
my advice, Uncle Lishy, without it's
asked, and by them that's concerned.
Hannah'll decide for herself, possible
with you to help her 1 suppose you'll
say take the offer"
81 shall say to Harnah, Gustus,
shall simple give it as my opinion to
her, that If it was me, and couldn't
git what think ought to have, and
couldn't git in no other way, and spe-
cial to the tune O. that pile O. prop'ty,
l ruther think I should take the in
and run the resk. For as
for the breakin' O. Pearce Amerson's
will, why, Squire Watson jes' laugh at
the idee, Gustus Rachels. And indeed
why, my dear friend, that ever sence
you was boy I've thought heap of,
people must consider, and if they
don't, the jedge on the bench'll tell
'em, that a mans will is his'n, and
arfter he's dead and gone it's the
onliest prop'ty he's got, and it won't
do to tromple on it,"
"Well, sir, If was in Hannah's place,
I'd see Vile Amerson dead and gone
to the place he's bound for, before I'd
take such Il offer. And, Uncle Lishy,
in my opinion they isn't twelve men in
this county that when they hear
what's-but that isn't here nor there,
yet awhile. He offering to buy his
brothers widow, and pay her off with
what he knows belongs to her! I've
got no more to say about it, Uncle
Lishy, and you see I'm wanted to help
my clerk"
That's SO. Well, good-by, Gustus."
"Good-by, Uncle Lishy."
After he had gone, a customer said:
"Gus, what have you and old man Flint
got on hand, that you talked so long
and serious?"
"Oh, little something he had on his
mind he wanted to tell me. 1 had to
break off from him."
"a body has that to do, when he's
got toddy inside and a body's got
something else to do besides listening
to him crate. But he's trst-rate old
man"