The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

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they have been hasin nafpfize par
|ya round here all winter. and The ehil-
iFen have urged me to 80 10 en-. but I
held back.
4 don't believe IN en- SCI ! and I
won't 60" But finely they got their
father on their side-sez be ~ won't
hurt D. Samantha. 10 80 for once"
-Soz Josiah Allen the place for
old folks Is TO hum. and ! don't be-
lieve In surprlzo parties any way--I
think they are perfect nusencee. II
stands 10 reason II u want TO geo ure
friends y can invite em-and II any
body Is too poor 70 make a cake Or 2
Or a pan Of Goodies they are too poor
10 90 into company At all Sea I
haint bread ner never wuz called 90.
but ! don't want Tom. Dick and Harry
that never spoke 10 Ia my life. feel
~ II they are free 10 break Into ny
house any time they please'--sez Il
would make me perfectly wild TO think
there wuz q whole drov 5v people la
bic 10 rush IN on Us At any
minute. and I won't break In
70 other winners housos And
seq ! 'hov u forgot how some oy EN-
carried iiquer 10 old Poeaieks and two
OF three had 10 be CARED up and laid on
to Miss Peedickses spare bedf Sea !
'hev u forgot how they broke Miss Bob
bets porler lamp all 10 smash runnln
round kcichon each oiher-hev a for
get these lnsldences? sex In cold
tones.
1T Is fun" scz THOMAS Jefferson. Il
should love 70 SEQ yJa and old Deacon
Bobbet piayln wilma EN- glyly."
LET en- wink NJ me II they dare.
seq s,ernly. let me keteh en- At H.
don't believe on surprlEs parties" says
I In firm ackcentr-
No more do !. eez Josiah. but the
children are 80 Get on our goin.
sposen we 90 for once.-No Twin wo-
men could do better BY children than
a have by mine. but don't suppose u
feel exactly as ! DO about pleasing ca
lit haint MATERIAL you should"
There be knew he had got ne. II
ever q women tried 10 DO her duty BY
another womens children Il 70 saman-
lha Allen whose maidea name wa
smlth-Josiah knows 1.-THE knowl
fest how 10 start me. Wall there hainl
no use talkin-I went 10 the very next
party which wus TO be held 2 miles be-
yond Jonesyillo they had had EN- "a
fast they had used up all the nearci
places. They had heard ov this family
that had a big house and the women
had been 10 the same meetln houE,
with BeiGy Bobbet or 5 times. and sh'
had met her In store a year before
and had been introduced 10 her 90 shi
said she felt perfectly free 10 go-and a
she WIZ the leader Il wuz decided on
! They went In two loads. but Josiah ans
went In q cutter alone-we got start
ID ahead ov the loads and when We 90
70 the h0uce we see Il was lighted al
! real pleasant. and a little cutter stool
/ by the door, We went up to the doc
! and knocked and a motherly lookin wo
; man with q bunch ov catnip IN be
hand opened the door.
!. Good csenin." sex I. but she seem
! "a 10 be a little deaf and didn't answer
= Gee as We stepped IN thro a door parti
) open a room full ov wlmmcn.
4 Good many GOT here" scz I speak,
4 little louder.
Yes a real good doctor" ser shc.
q what IN the worldr I began 10 "a
d In wild amaze.
i mo" sez she. Its a boy"
}, turned right round and laid hold Q
!. Josiah. sea I start this minute. J,
8 Elah Allen. for the door," I laid hol
, ~ him and got him 10 the door. and y
n never spoke another word till We VI
/. On the sleigh and had turned round
; then seq l-"Mcbby q VIII hear 10 n
Z another time Josiah Allen"