The Lamar register., 1896-12-12

JOSIAH. SeE START THIS l4nuNSf JV-
siah Allen. for the door laid hold
os aim and got him 10 the door, and We
never spoke another word TIL we wus
on the sleigh and had turned round
then seq I--''Mebby will hear to me
another time Josiah Allen"
Il wish wouldn't be 50 aggravaten
seq he. Jest then We met the tirst load
where Tirzah and Thomas jefferson
wuz and We told EN- to turn round
and go back. for they had other com
pany and couldn't have US. We went
back most to JonesyiIle when we met
the other load who had topped over in
the snow-as We drove out most TO the
fence to go by EN-. JoS.Rh told EN- the
same as he had the other load,
-'.I don't care for company sez Betsy
Bohbet risin up out Of the snow with a
buffalo skin on her back which made
her look wild. Il don't care for com
pany. Did they say we mustn't GOMEZ"
NO" seq Josiah. they dIdnt say
co.
well then girls and boys" sez she
clamberin into the sleigh, "lets 60 on
They went and how they got along
l halnt never enquired and they dont
seem free TO talk about IT, But they
kept on hayin EN-. Betsy Bobbit as
hay sed wux the leader and she led
EN- once into a house where they vuE
maxim preparations for funeral and
once into a house where they had the
small pox They had all been yaxey-
mated so they got of better than they
ort TO. Some how TirEa and Thomas
jefferson got sick OF EN-. and left of
gpin. and AZ for Josiah. though he
didn't say much. knew his mind.
One mite about weeks after this.
one Monday mite. I had had an awfal
days-work washin and We had been up
all the mite before with Josiah. who
had the newraIegay in his back. We
hadn't one oy us slept a wink the mite
before. and Tirxah and Thomas had
gone to bed early II had been n
lowry day and couldn't hang out my
eloxe. and so many oy EN- wuE hung
up round the kitchen on lines, and
nails, that Josiah and me looked as II
we wuz settin In a calaco tent And
what COVE the room a more gloomy and
meiankoily cast. found when went
to lite the lamp at mite that the kero-
sene wuz all gone-and bein out ov
candles. l made for the arst time in
ny life what they call "eintf-which
Is button tied up in rag and put
in a saucer oy lard, set nre to the
| rag. and II makes lite which Is better
than no lite ar alias a slut Is better
than no woman al all--in that way
suppose II deryved its name. but Il
hahn: dazlin lite. nothin like so gas
and festive as gas. /, beet out with
work and watcher. thought l would
soak my feet before went 2 bed, and
so / put some water in the mop pail
an set by the side oy the stove with
my feet into 1.-THE thought had come
to me after had put my mite cap on.
Josiah set behind the stove rubbiu
some linament into his back-he wuz
barefooted. with his coat and vest on
Josiah wuz Jest speaker 2 me and seq
he
Il believe this linyment makes my
back feel easier Samantha. | do hope
! shall get little rest to nite." /"
Sez II hope SO too Josiah" Jest
az sed these words without minutes
warnin, there came a knock-and the
door opened at the same time-and In
/ poured what seemed to me at the time
| to be hundred and so, men women
| and children. headed by Betsy Bobbet
Josiah SO wild with horror and amaze
ment that he forgot his lameness for
! the time, leaped from his chair. and
backed up against the wall between the
back door and the wood box rose mp
| and stood in the mop pail stricken