Middletown transcript., 1896-12-12

contented like; an Jim puts couple Of
sticks on the fire, an then he fixes him.
self back in chair like he was goin' to
stay all night am closes his eyes like he
was. ..contented.
"Well, Em'line sits there sewin,' m
them Two fellers sits there waitin' an
the fire gifts warm, an the clock on the
fire-mantel keeps ups steady stickin',
an fust thing they knows. both them
fellers is sound aleep.
s.That way it goes on till ten o'c' 'ock,
an 'leven O'Clock, an twelve O'Clock,
an Jim an Hi both snorin' to beat all.
Bout half after twelve there is a little
noise on The shutter, like a scratchin'.
an Em'line gifts up an puts down her
sewin', an goes over to Jim an shakes
him gentle like. Jim he wakes up
right away, aud so does HIP. 'Scuse
me, says EN- m'line, but Pm afraid 1
heard the cat in the kitchen, an I'll
just go an seq AM 1. want to get a
warmer wrap TO puton, as it's gittin,
cool in here. You gentlemen just set
still an I'll be back by and by. Then
she kind o. smiles at both to oncet, an
goes out.
"Well, Jim an Hi' they sits there
an glares al each other, an glares an
glares like they thought they could kill
each other by ugly looks. An there
they sot, an after hile they hears the
kitchen door open into the yard, an
EN- Zine sayin', Scat, there! Git OUT,
you catl AM then they sot an sot an
sot, but Em'line didn't seem very anx-
ious to come back, an in while they
goes to sleep again, an snores like
dry axle goin' up hill.
"Well there they sets until old Tom
comes down to feed the stock, an finds
'em there sleepin' like infants. So he
wakes up Jim, an Hi he wakes up
too, an both of 'em look round dazed
like at the bright room an the lamp
burnin' yaller on the table, an they
don't hardly know where tfey are.
Then old Tom ups an says, Where's
Em'line? AM Jim looks kind of foolish
an says, I guess we hain't been very
entertainin' an she must have gone to
bed, an with that he gifts up and gifts
his hat. Good mornin', Mr.. Big'low,
he says; give Miss Em'lipe my regards,
an tell her I'll call again this evenin',
an with that he goes.
"Then Hi gifts up and says, If you
please, Mr.. Big'low, give Miss En- Zine
my compliments, an tell her 1'll call
this evenin' too, an he takes. his hat
an goes.
swell, about that time I comes
down, an old Tom be sends me up to
wake up EN- Zine. an I 60 up to her
room, when, law sakesl her bed hain't
been t0nchedl Course there was old
Ned to pay thenl AM what'd you
think? While them two fellers was
a-snorin' like cow tryin' to swaller |
. corn-cob, that story writer had come
with sleigh, an Em'line had eloped
with himI Yes, sir, right under them
two fellers' nosesl
"That Was the great settin' out at
Big'low's. Everybody in the county
knows all about it, an Jim an Hi' had
20 go over into Illinoy to git away from
;he chaff of the other fellers. They'd
"a been joked to death il they hadn't.
"Let me tell you one thing; when my
Did man was a-settin' out with me
sg'in' Dick Haines, you'd better be-
ieve he didn't do no snorin'; no, nor
Dick either. If my old man had, he
would MT "a been my old man now.
Why, if he had, 1 actually believe I'd
lave been willin' to have run away
With story-writer myself, though I
must say they is mostly poor-doin'
'ritters, an do misrepresent us country
,eople most awful in their fool stories.
Ellis PARKER BUTLER.-in the "Cen-
ury."
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