The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-19

N'"ANAo'ot warming 70 ulh htufgs hh'
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
fessers mostly. was all thar. Thar wal
pow'ful sight or folks that claimed
KIN with the gall. an some Of 'em wai
Ter me and some Of 'em was fer Crit
chett- Betwlx' the singin' an the pray
In We seed heap Of Miss ROse-thal
is toe say. we run neck an neck When
! war thar. Critchett he was thar, an
when Critchett war thar. Why, ] fol-
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 meetln' Jus ter keep tn omen
straight. he sed. But l knowed he'd
come Jess ter see tn runnin' betwix'
me an that ar sassy shoai, Critchett
The old man he done took me out be-
hind the fodder stack 10 we started.
an he lowed ter me thet he'd see tn
way things was a-settin 'twixt Cri,cA-
az n me, an he lowed. he did, tibet
he'd put bug In Miss Roses year.
But lowed. No, street don't want
no paw meddlln' 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
IL just the same. Feed EN- fodder
outen hand an they'll tramp hit down.
but head EN- on from a pile OF dead
wire grass. an they'll climb a ten-rail
fence ter git toe hit Same way with
gals, an knowed n Miss Roses paw'd
tole her toe act pretty toe the man he
was ter sort out. the fat nd be In the
FIRE. shO.
We'll. things was a-gettln' serious In
a religious way with Miss Roses hard.
shell nav tOed the las Of IN meetin'
an one evenin' we was a-settin In a
bunch. llstenin' toe IN preachln'. The
oil lady had done made up her mind
toe git religion an she was gwine toe
cit hit mighty strong, an she got the
idee that hit would be a mighty good
thing n she didn't git sanctihed by
herself. but brung somebody srlong
with her was a-settln next Miss
Rose on one side an Miss Roses nav
come an pumped right down by thet
misable sinner Of a Critchett an COM
mencod a-oxhortln' an a-persuadln'
hottern a yaller hound on a trial
Critchett he was Altered toe make the
Oh lady mad. so he set an listened an
lowed 'Yes'm' toe everythln. she sed
while got over ground with Miss Rose
"That-ar made Critchett madder'n q
wet hen an after meet'n' he sent leetls
Bunchy Galley toe tell me tibet Of could
leave pesterin' a gall long enough toe
come out In the pine thieket he'd lick
me Quieker'n a houn' pup can lick q
skillet, an you know that's pow'ful
quick. We went out In the thieket an
a LOT OF the boys was a-waitin' toe sec
the fun, an without any foolishness VI
elinehed an went At hlt. We At fur Z
leetio an both OF US was a-gittIn
blowed. Ny nose was skinned ant
Critchetts eye was most souged out
when here come two preachers an hall
dozen deacone amblln' out inter IN
thicket ter break up IN dewel
"of course. after we'd NJ Critohett an
me didn't speak, but we both KEEP a.
courtin' IN gall. II he went a-walkin
on ono side was right thar on t'other
an IN purity oreetur was as sweet toe
me as she war toe him.
Things would a come out sooner
but Miss Rose went toe see her mar.
rled sister In Pinevllle an stayed an
nigh about Christmas. an when sh,
come home some Of the young folks goI
up a barn dance In the sehoOlhouse fol
her. As soon as heard she was HON,
cut over 10 see her. thinking would
be thar befo' Crltohett had done heard
she had come, but. bless my soul. wher
the OIL lady opened the do who wa,
a-slttln' thar GRIMM like a pOssum IN
hollor tree but that sorFel-top ijlt
Crltchett, an he had done asst her to,
let him 'scort her toe IN barn dance
too
Il let Critchett set me out that time
but done had scheme | was gwyn,
toe work on him an had toe be lively
n wanted hit toe work smooth.
u hunted up OIL Abs'lom. tn niggel
fiddler, an. drappln a quarter into hii
OIL black pam. 'xplalned my idee an
tell yer hit worked like new soap.
The gall was a-dancin oppersite m,
when the fiddler give out the ilgger tel
change pardners an Jest danced NJ
toe her as keerlcss an gay as a younl
shoat. an when helt out my hand sh,
give me hern an then IN fiddler. move,
by the devil. most likely forgot to-
change US back an we danced half IN,
day together.
We'll. sub. Satan he put hit into IN
CALLS hald not toe 30 home with an!
one OF "a. but toe snuggle mp toe her oil
daddy when the dance was over. w
we're a-goin' home ON IN train an th
kyar was crowded. me an Critchett a
settln' ON IN same seat A heap O
folks was standin up an an Of a suddil
! looked around an thar stood our gall
Now. here was fx. by gittln up
would be perlite, but hit would civ
him a mighty tine chance toe do som
plcadln', plastered thar so clost ter hoi
I studied a mint or two, then Critohet
seed her. but wouldn't move a pes.