The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-12-03
SHE TOOK HIM.
Tho Reason why. Likewise her o?inio
of Him.


The woman at the gate of The mcun-
tain farmhouse was an unusual tyne of
mountain woman, in thai she WIS
enormously large of frame, and had the
flesh 10 match IL, Weighing 200 pounds
at the least. She was good looking,
too, albeit ker hair was inclined to red,
and there was snap in her eye ard in
her voice that BODIED i'll Tor the person
provoking her. She told me could get
my dinner in half an hour, and by that
time her husband, man not half her
size, and almost young enough to be
her son, joined us and sat at the foot Of
the table. After the meal she hustled
the man out on the farm again as IL she
had him hired, and sat down in the
shade to smoke pipe before riding on.
"nty husband wanted to smoke around
the house," she said, "but l wouldn't
let him."
81 beg pardon" 1 responded, taking
my pipe out of my mouth.
keep right on" she said, disappear
ing in the house and coming out again
in n minute with clay pipe. II
wouldn't keer 10 have film NV
yer store terbecker myself; l git
kinder tired NV long green"
AS she filed and III her pipe she went
on:
"Hit looks kinder funny. mebbc."
she said, "to see me smokin' and not let
Jim smoke, but he amt gotter bit Wv
control over hisself IN thaT's no tellin'
how lazy he'd git II l let him set round
smokin all the time. Smoliin' is row
erful lazyin' eff you ever noticed"
j confessed to the soothing qur ities
of the weed, and branched out on the
subject of her husband.
us he your first?' inquired, mildly,
"Well, no." she laughed. I'D be
plum ashamed NV myself eff | couldn't
do no better'n that the fust time. Hes
my third, an | needn't tuck him,
reckon, ef hadn't been sorteI oblceged
to him fer favors."
MAY l inquire what kind of favo.s Q
gentl,man could show lady that
would impose such an obligation upon
her?'' I said very politely, so she would
not think was poking fun at her.
"Well," she said, hesitatingly, 'ef
! fist ketch yore idee, he saved my life
and l thought hit wasn't no more'r
fair to sheer hit with him when he ost
me to-"
''How could puny little fellow like
he is save the life of such big
strong woman as you are?"
That's what I would although e.
hit hadn't achally happened. Hit was
about two year ago an he'c
been workin' fer me about two
| year. an kinder hintin' rounc
ez eff he might be akin me som,
day, an l jst laughed, fer l knowed
didn't want no small packages ike
him. Well, one day / was up in The
field whar he was workin', and all tC
onc't copperhead swung round on I
| log an bit me in the hand. ] ain
afeered NV nothin' like am NV snakes
an / jist kerfummixed an fell over an
| pore little Jim couldn't a-packed m,
home to a-saved his life. Well, com,
to after while, an thar wuz Jim will
his mouth to whar the snakes teetl
had gone in, an he had plum sucket
every drap NV p:zen out an i wuz abl'
| w SSt up "hiiS hN "Nht "h 81 " '" . VI
! to haul me home in, fer l wuz rha
shook up I couldn't a-walked n-tall
| But my life wuZ saved, an when jim
axed me to marry him, felt obleeget
to him fer favors, as | told you, an
| jist tuck him. Jim amt no grea'
shakes mebbe fer a husband but hel
be mighty handy to have round III,
house in case NV snake bites, an this il
powerful neighborhood fer snakes,
which | knew to be the truth, for haC
seen hundred rattlers and copper
! heads within a MONTHLY. j. hampton
| it, V Sun