Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-24
DICK-AN-JACK.
ICnnvri.ht NM

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 'Yos, sho ain't no srch UT bad locker, Dick -an Jack ain't. Funny name, you sayi Well, yes Lemmo tall you how she come by hit, thcn rnaybc you'll havc e-nothCa laugh. Y,u scC, her mammy an daddy wu1 10th pore ulphnn chiidrvn-had no par ents by time they wuz knoo high ter eI duck. His pas sister that married ole Jackson, though, she hadn't no young ones, so shc wuz glad ter takc thc boy, John Council his namc wuZ, an fetch him up like her own, unless maybe she spilled him cr little wuSsCr. Anyway she th0ug,.i the world an all of him, never crossed him in nOthin, not cbcn when he Grnwcd up an sot his mind ter marry Marthy Brink Icy, fer she hadn't spoke with none er that stock In I9 year, fer all they wuz brccthcr, ing an SiStCring in the church.
 II tOlc you Marthy wuz CT olphan too, an her mas sister had fetched her up. Mighty good woman she wuz. too, Sister Dickcrson. She had one gal of her own, not Countin huys but they wuz grown an married by time Marthy wuz To- an she wuz s,'ch IT prutty little kitten of CT thing shc jest got ter be the apple of sister Dick, crSon's eye. In fact, sho like ter of took her bad when tho circuit rider como home with Marthy rum mcCtin thrcc times hand runnin, bcin 'fraid the gal would have him. an 20 a -taggin after him frum pillcI tcrpost Hadn't n been fer that 'taln't my belief shed ever of let John Council git the chnncc ter court Marthy, but she wuz SD skccred or the prrachrr fcller shc 'pcarcd ter think anybody that Staid settled wuz better.
 John. he want no scch bad chance neither He wuz good ter come in fer all Sister Jackson could law hv
 1t sortrr 'pcarcd like him an Marthy wuz made for one mother. Marthy didn't have no property of her own. Her pap lost everything in tcrhackrr the year before he died. But she wuz the best Ittle house. keeper, an tho luVinoSt. gratcfulcSt thing, an we all knOwcd she wuZ good ter come in fer n childs part in Brother DickcrSon's will, cf she wuZ kin on tho wife side. But 'twan't that mado her stand up so fer her Aunt Sally. No! I never will believe hit Marthyd CT duno the sanc cf she ncvcI got Cr cent
 Well they married, her an John though thar two auntS had Sot glarin at each other in the amen cor,lncr ever scnce they swappcd duck aigs-puddlcS for mus coVirS, two Sottin's fer one, the trade wuZ but when they matched out Sister Jack son found she had nuthin but some more puddlrS, an then she 'Cusrd Sister Dick. crSun of Chcatin an wouldn't listen at her | when shc said shc must n been so absent minded she put back in tho basket some el tho very nigs she had jest took out. Hit might nf been made up, reckon, ct | Sister Jackson had spoku out an brought the matter up in church mcrtin. hut that | want her way. ShC jest talked hit round an round, whar she knowcd hit would gC back ter sister Dickrrson, that If shed I f,,' ,,,t | her ter havc no fine ducks sho would shuly not of said nnthin crhout tradin. Any. | way, As things stood she wuz bound tcl | have some musCOviCS, If shr had ter send | way ntT an buy rm. Hc>, Sister DiCkCr l son did send over two ducks an rr drake but of Cn'>r they went back quickrr'n Il they come. She want the sort ter take thing, | grrdgrd ter her, an If thar wuz any sort UT person she did drspiSc hit wuz her III an down hypurritc-that she did.
 "Thry thAwcd out wonderful at tn, wrddin. 'Twuz rr caution ter watch rn l when supper wuz done an the plays goiI | lively.
 Hit turned out rr right good thing fcl the young folks. Whutrver ono got frun one side the other had Sump'n ter matCl hit hvtorr cr week. They had ter take hi day an day crhnut, ratin Sund'y dime with on" aunt an t'"thvr. They had wen h"un" ter huuS"kvrpin, you S,S'. jest soor aS ever the infnrr wuz done with.
 We didn't jest know them two nlC la dies, long as we Il been Twin nriEhhurs tc 'vm. Ain't never been nn Svch rr time ol Br,'~h creek ,tN they made ovrr that child | Each un 'rln WuI drtvrmint ter have h i | called lGtrr her, not jest plain sally, htl tho full nhm" John an Marthy, DOT | thing, cuullnt saN vr word. hm no a Wautin ter hurt her f,Nlin'S, ucr she tc hurt h!>n. BUt 'tWuL good ;IS Cr circu ter hear them two ole auutS playin wit the baby an churkin hit under the chin 'l5rrss de sally Jackie heart! It WI auutir'S baby, So hit wuZ,' Unr'd say, n little while after t'uthrr'd br. Little Sall Dickir, is the mamiuy 'husin hitl
 "Of Co'Sc both on 'rm wuz crazy tC have hit rhristrnrd, They wuz ter stand fC hit trr+y,thcr, an, If yuu'l believe me, cac ono of 'rm give the minister S5 bcfort hand. Then, when he come ter name thi child, Sally .Iacksnn,' says one; 'Sall DickrrSun, says t'uthrr. So the pou young nan-hr wuZ the one that tried tt court Marthy-hr jest raised his eyes n said sally Jackson an DickCrSun, I baI tiZr thee in the name uf'-an all the rrS
 Then We all had ter laugh, If hit wuz i the lnrEtiu house. Tho child lived n gruwcd up as you s,'c in spite of her nam, Hits most tou long fer every day, so W cut hit Ter Dick-an-Jack. John an Ma thy always said hit out full while tho o ladies wuZ Twin, but thcy-why, I.or' hlc, you. one UT them called her Shnat, an Il other ono Pinkir up ter thar very la day"
 MARTHA MCCULLOCH WILLIAMS. \ Cautious Man.
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