The broad ax., 1896-07-04

nachelly didn't take no notice of Ike's
foolishness.
Hit happened thisser-way," Jere
continued, warming to his story. En-
Jurin that summer, the biggest camp
meetin' that ever was held in the Has
lett settlement was a gwyne on. an Of
cose Miss Rose an her folks, bein' per-
tessers mostly, was all thar Thar was
pow'ful sight er folks that claimed
KIN with the gall. an some OF 'em was
Ter me and some Of 'em was fer Crit
chett. Betwix' the singin' an the pray
IN we seed heap of Miss Rose-that
is toe say, we run neck an neck. When
l war thar. Critchett he was thar, an
when Critchett war thar, why. l tol-
Tered right erlong.
Miss Roses nav was a baptis'--a
hardshell-but her paw didn't profess
no religion, nohow. but he come erlong
ter tn meetin' JUS ter keep tn omen
straight, he sed. But / knowed he'd
come Jess ter see tn runnin' betTix'
me an that ar sassy shoat, Critclett.
The old man he done took me out te-
hind the fodder stack TO we started,
an he lowed ter me tibet he'd sec tn
way things was a-settin' 'twixt Critch-
EFT n me. an he lowed. he did. thet
he'd put a bug in Miss Roses year.
But l lowed, No, stree! l don't want
no paw meddlin' an pesterin' bout the
gall I'm settin' up toe. 'kuse I knowed
as true as prayin' that gals n omen
was Gurus critters. A gall an cow
is just the same. Feed 'em fodder
outen hand an they'll tramp hit down,
but head EN- OF from a pile Of dead
wire grass. an they'll climb a ten-rail
fence ter git toe hit Same way with
| Salls, an knowed IL Miss Roses paw'd
tole her toe act pretty toe the man he
was ter sort out, the fat 'ud be in the
! FIRE, sho.
We'll, things was a-gettin' serious in
{. religious way with Miss Roses hard
shell NAV toed the las of tn meetin'
an one evenin' we was a-settin' in a
bunch, listenin' toe tn preachin'. The
OIL lady had done made up her mind
toe git religion an she was gwine toe
git hit mighty strong, an she got the
idee that hit would be a mighty good
thing II she didn't git sanctified by
herself, but brung somebody erlong
with her. l was a-settin' next Miss
Rose on one side an Miss Roses nav
come an pumped right down by tbet
!: misable sinner of Critchett an COM
menced a-exhortin' an a-persuadin'
hotter'n a yaller hound on a trial.
| Critchett he was Altered toe make the
oil lady mad, so he set an listened an
lowed Yes'm' toe everythin, she sed,
while got over ground with Miss Rose.
"That-ar made Critchett madder'n
wet hen an after meet'n' he sent leetle
Bunchy Galley toe tell me tibet eff could
leave pesterin' a gall long enough toe
come out in the pine thicket he'd lick
me quicker'n a houn' pup can lick
skillet, an you know that's pow'ful
quick. We went out in the thicket an
a lot of the boys was a-waitin' toe see
the fun. an without any foolishness we
clinched an wen: at hit. We fit fur a
| leetla All both of us was a-gittin'
| blowed. Ny nose was skinned and
Critchett's eye was most gouged out,
when here come two preachers an half
a dozen deacons amblin' out inter TIL
thicket ter break up tn dewel.
"Of course, after we'd fit Critchett an
me didn't speak, but We both KEEP a
courtin' tn gall. II he went a-walkin'
on one side was right thar on t'other,
an tn purity creetur was as sweet toe
me as she war toe him.
Things would a come out sooner,
but Miss Rose went toe see her mar
ried sister in Pineville an stayed till
| nigh about Christmas, an when sha
come home some of the young folks got
ND a barn dance in the schoolhouse for
her. AS soon as heard she was home
I cut over to see her. thinking / would
be thar befo' Critchett had done heard
she had come, but, bless my soul. when
the oil lady opened the do who was
a-sittin' thar GRIMM like 'possum in
a boiler tree but that sorrel-top hit,
Critchett, an he had done asst her foe
let him 'scort her toe tn barn dance,
too.
81 let Critchett set me out that time,
hut I done had a scheme was gwyne
toe work on him an had toe be lively
i'll wanted hit toe work smooth.
81 hunted up oil Abs'lom, tn niger
fiddler. an, drappin' quarter into his
oil black pam, Explained my idee an
I tell yer hit worked like new soap.
The gall was a-dancin' oppersite me
when the fiddler give out the figger ter
change pardners an / jest danced up
toe her as keerless an gay as young
shoat. an when belt out my hand she
give me bern an then tn fiddler, moved
by the devil, most likely, forgot toe
change us back an we danced half the
day together.
well, sub, Satan he put hit into tn
CALLS haid not toe go home with any
one of us. but toe snuggle up toe her oil