The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-03

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who was always full of fun, and who
never looked at woman, came up and
grabbed me by the hand, sayin' was
the luckiest man on earth. This pleased
me more than l can say, comm as il
did from such jokin' Teller as jim
was glad to think that one of the best
fcllers l knew admired my Dolly as she
deserved.
II was able. to make money enough
for us both, so Dolly never had any
more dressmakin' to do except for her
self. and she did manage to make the
prettieSt rigs out of nothin' at all.
"Talk about economical wives! Our
rooms were as comfortable as any
you could find, with no expense to speak
OF, either. Besides, there was Dolly's
curly head and innocent face, maxim
sunshine fit to turn a mans home into
heaven.
IF you could have seen here, sir, curl
In my big arms on q chilly evenin' at
the fireside, like pretty kitten! L
| used to think that an overgrown, rough
| worRin' Teller had no business to have
| fairy for wife; but then she always
said that she was proud of her big,
strong husband.
"Why, sir, when my days work was
over, and 1 was at home with her., l.
never let her cross the room without
llissin' her. Sundays and holidays we
used to amuse ourselves by excursions;
or sometimes I'd get billboard tickets,
and then we'd have bite of supper
for a spree when the theater was over.
Them usher fellers would always find
a good seat for Dolly after the first act,
and of course tall man like me could
see first-rate standin' up. There's no
doubt but that I looked heap more
al the back of Dolly's head than atk
the stage When Dolly would be all
excited and ask me on the way home
il it wasn't just splendid III the part
where the father turned the son out
doors, or the girl got engaged in the
woods in the moonlight, l couldn't
think of what to say, but jest had to
own up that I hadn't much idea what
the whole thing was about. That
white neck of hers peeped above its
lace collar in such tantalizin' way!
How could l look at anythin' else?
Then Dolly would laugh at me like
everythin', sayin' was an old goose,
but she'd give me kiss at the same
time, so ! WAS glad to have her make
fun of me.
"All through the summer we had that
happy life. Then the autumn came,
and the days went along jest the same.
didn't believe any such happiness
could be kept up on this earth, and I
don't believe t now. When man has
lived like that, there's no end to it but
death; he can never go back to ordi-
nary times when his luck changes. l
was gettin' along first-class in my work,
too. I'd had tt chance for steady jobs
right through the winter, and Dolly
an me hadn't nothin' to worry us in
the future.
THAT time seems so long ago! 1t
was only this mornin', sir, that a whole
troop of lovely young ladies visited the
prison. I was sittin' with the pain in
my head pretty bad, when they stopped
i'll front of here. They looked in a mo-
ment, kinder scared like, but one of
them plucked up her courage "a bit, and
says sha: How could you kill your
poor wife?'
Poor young lady a-standin' there
and lookin' at me, to ask why 1 killed
my Dolly!
ODDLY had to die. She knew she
had to die, because loved her so much,
1 answered, very gentle, for knew no
one would understand; no one ever has.
All them sweet-faced young girls
turned away with terrible shocked
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