Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-30

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It our house and told as how twas nc
use sendin' her, as she couldn't teach
her no more.
"Then we sent her to the 'cademy.
and at Christmas I bought her Al
organ, and it 'twant very long afort
she was playin' in the church at thu
village and was allus wanted wher
there was was to be concerts and do
in's O. eny kind.
Everybody thought her as good al
gold, and she never seemed out O sortl
with anything, but was allus q smiliD
and sayin' happy things.
"She bein' SO good-tempered AND
likewise purity, 'twant surprisin' that
we had lots O. company. She used al
the fellers first-rate, but Joe Martin
was allus her favorite, and l kind o
liked Joe and hoped 'twould make
match, but after she come home from
:he 'cademy I kind O. thought tibet
she'd got her mind fixed on something
higher than Joe and the rest o Ut
country folks, she still was as good as
ever.
81 knew she couldn't hev knowec
much of the 'cademy chaps, cause
they was too strict with the rules. but
she d seen 'em an heard 'em recite Il:
.he class room, ministers sons and
LAWYERS sons and sech like, and 'twant
,urprisin' if she saw difference 'tweer
EN- and the fellers round home as
only went to school winters.
81 didn't pay much attention teI
the change, which want really notice
,ble enough to be wuth mentionln :.
ter thought as how 'twould all wear
away and she'd be willin' ter marry
Joe or some one what's her ekal ant
settle down on the old farm.
"She was beginnin' ter be more like
her old self, happy-like all the time,
when one day young feller come tel
the village, 'ter spend his vacation,
SO he said.
"He was tall and handsome and had
a mustache thet looked like silk, only
1 didn't like it cause twas yaller, and
he boarded at the village hotel. Every
day he'd git team from the livery
and go cavoortin' round the country,
spendin' lots O. money and a-puttin
on all sorts O airs.
.'He told as how his father owned a
big lot O. property in Boston, and how
he was in business with him, but as
how his health was kind o broken
down, and the doctors had 'vised him
ter go rusticstin'. So he rusticateG
round our neighborhood all summer,
and people come ter think him jest
wonderful. -
81 didn't like him first-rate after !
saw how ready he was ter squander
money, fer when a man finds time ter
do nothin' three or four months at a
stretch and then shows no signs O.
stoppin', something's allus the mat.
ter.
"Well, he got acquainted with om
Sal and used ter be round our place
good share o the time, but l said
nothin', as 1 saw thet Sal liked him
better than the other fellers. and af-
ter ell 1 didn't hev any good reason
ter find fault. kind o hoped tibet
somethin' 'ud happen ter tire her OF
him, but they only got more intimate.
''Joe finally quit comm and Sal got
ter standin' at the gate with the city
chap long inter the evenin's, and he'd
take her ridin', and when she'd come
back her face 'ud be all aglow and
she'd sing round the house all day,
but sometimes her mind 'ud kind o
wander way from her work and she'd
go bout thinkin'.
81 'spected what the matter was,
but thought 'twan't no use savin' any.
thing. SO let it run along for time.
but one day 1 heerd something bout
the feller didn't like, SO told Sa
and 'vised her ter hev nothin' more
ter do with him, but she fared up as
[ never seen her do before and said as
how she was a-goin' ter marry him.
The next minute she begun cryin' and
come and kissed me and said soft and
low as how he was a gentleman and SO
well eddicated and how he was a-goin
ter take her ter fine place in the city.
where 1 cul come and live, too.
$50 We talked a long time and be-
gun ter think thet p'haps twas all fer
the best, still vowed I'd stay on the
farm, where I belonged, and not go
:antin' off ter the city.
"The young feller staid all winter
the doctors had 'vised him ter, SO he
said.
'Long the next spring, in May
when everything was bloomin' ag'in
and summer was beginnin' ter pee.
out o the ground and when evcrvth',
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10 notice that Sal didn't smile so much
AZ she used ter and she seemed to fer
git how ter sing, and when the city
chap come round she'd git kind o
nervous and seemed allus tryin' ter
ylease hiln, and sometimes Ia see e.n