St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-21

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"'You won't do any such thing
Jane. commanded Hod. firmly :
hired you to work here, and her
you'll stay till after harvesting an,
he looked his wife full in the face, lik
one who meant to be master.
They had it back and forth for
week. Jane told me. before Mrs
Lurvey would give him mite o
peace, but Hod was as firm as a rock
She might go or stay. as she chose, bu
ne was going to be master in his owl
house. But such life as she led him
I'VE was afraid Hod couldn't stant
the pressure, and il he yielded an incl
he was lost. If only he could be go
out from that everlasting nagging un
til he got more self-assertion.
why not send him to the legisla
ture" asked my wife.
why, he don't know the first thing
about politics., sez I. We want some
body to do credit to the town. Hod
hain't been out to town meetin' since
he took the freeman's oath, twenty ode
year ago.
But wife said things couldn't 60 sc
badly to rack and ruin at the state
house as they was going at Tick Ridge
even If he did vote the wrong way. and
the only thing that would really helr
Hod was to show Mrs Lurvey that
some folks respected his opinions, if she
didn't
1t would be more credit to Brod-
lex to save Hod Lurvey than to send
the smartest man in town ser she,
and we couldn't disagree with her
We'll, we talked it up one side and
down the other at the caucus. Rafe
Wiley, who had been representative
for five years, and of course expected
to be again, said he 'nuff sight ruther
Hod should have it, and would work
for him. There was no danger but we
could carry the town easy enough.
There warn't . man. far nor near, but
would give all his old hats to get even
with Mrs Lurvey.
''Hod did not know what was up. but
1 made him promise to go down and
vote. He said he would come over,
cross lots, and go down with me. When
| went out to the barn that morning
who should / see but Hod coming up
the hill with his old clothes on, and
looking as meaching rs whipped dog.
'.'She suspected was going to the
village to-day and got tearing mad
seq he. She locked my store clothes
up and put the key in her pocket and
told me to be lively about the chores.
for VIC was going to pick geese to-day.
| fed around, then made tracks for
here. Iguess might as well give up
fust as last. 1t will have to come. l
don't believe that man lives who could
stand up against her when she gets in
a rage.
YOU'RE tired and hungry sez 1;
come in to breakfast, then we'll talk
things over
Il don't suppose was as sympathet-
ic as might have been, for if there's
under the sun that riles me
it is to have a man under a woman's
1T took some argufying to screw his
up to the pint of buying a Sec
ond suit of clothes. but he done it: and
there warn't a sprucer looking man at
town meeting that day than Hosea
Lurvey. We had agreed to stop calling
him Hod and to call him Hosea or Mr.
Lurvey, to see If that wouldn't prop
up his self-respect little.
He voted the straight ticket
through till they come to town repre-
then his name was proposed
and was greeted with such cheer that
the moderator said it was waste Of
time to ballot and we'd elect him
Dy acclamation. Then we escorted
aim home in fine style.
Mrs. Lurvey come to the door all
,rimed and loaded to give him q
scotch blessing, and was some took
,ack to see SO many of US. Col. Hook
r stepped forward and sez, sez he:
"'Allow me, madam. to introduce to
'e our new representative. Hosea Lur-
'ey, of Brodick, Esq.
You see the colonel was flustered;
led ruther face a cannonadc than an
ngry woman: and Mrs. Lurvey's face
vas as black as a thunder cloud.
You've hit it right for once she |
nswered. If there's an Esq. any
rhere it ain't Hod Lurvey that deserves
he title, and l amt overly sure that
;rodick does. either. if it's made such
fool of itself. Waal, Mr.. Lurvey, of
'rodick. Esq making him mock
,g bow, we better bid your friends
God night and come in. I've got a
tile account to settle with ye.'
Thank :" We kindly, but promised to
0 down to the colonels to supper sez
e. we only come up to tell ye the
ew representative.
That night the hull town turned
ut to serenade him, and on one pre-
ext or another he warn't alone much
Or the next few days.
"He hired Nathan Simpson to run
Did him what to do and how to do it.
lrs- Lurvey might as we'll have tried
. drive a mule as ta make Nate 60
gin Hosea's orders. There was differ
Mt works at Tick Ridge from that
me.
You never see how Hosea improved
hen once ne had chance. He took
ight holt of politics as though he had
cen brought up to 'em all his life and
warn't long before he had the rep
rtation of being about as shrewd ~
hey make em.
I'VE knowed. hen we met him at
he post office, on his way home the
nst time. that onr experiment had
and he was going home to
ule the roost. Mrs. Lurvey seed it,
DO. and give up trying to hold her
wn agin him. He has been to the
egislature every other term since We
end Rafe Wiley other times This
ear he is first selectman and overseer
4 the poor.
He has got one of the finest stock
arms in the state. and has things in a
ifferent style from any Brodick has
yer had afore. He's maxim money
astern any other man at Tick Ridge
nd spends more. too. That is where
us independence shows itself most. for
lrs. Lurvey is tighter than the bark
n a tree and keepS Sa vSpr %ho, ,,,;l1 ~ 1