St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15

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IN .gs they brung on the
ESSSSD said weddin match.
N%& ~ Mind you now, it
don't make a blame
/ blessed bit of diff
ference, with me. So far as am
concerned old man Lish is plum welcome
to the widder, and SO far as everybody is
concerned the widder is more than well
come to old man Lish so long as life
| shall last. You must recollect / never
said that | had spit on the bait and set
my hook for the Widder Barker. But
| lowed in truth and soberness that she
was the onlyest widder woman in my
| general acquaintance which | would
| marry if [ was necessary compelled to
go forth into this wide and wicked
world oncst more and tangle up with
another bunch of ribbons and calico.
Cause why? From the simple fact
that her first usband-NewberryB Bark
er was his name-went off somewheres
out west two or three years ago and
about the next news we got from him
he had been hung by the neck till he
quentially | don't reckon Misses Null
lgan, as she is now, will be forever and
eternally throwing it up to old man
Lish about what a marvelsome great
and good man her other husband was.
In a general way the widder was right
tolerahle good woman anyhow, and,
by gracious, she can't make no yolup-
Il;
"Ain't Worth n Dana Now"
Mother went out the other day, pc
rusin around and about through the
settlement lookin for settin of fresh
turkey eggs. And bless your sweet
soul, honey, when she returned back
homeelate that evenin she was foamin,
furious mad, with her fightin clotheson.
For my natural born life I couldn't tell
where the storm had riz, or what in the
thunder was the matter, anyhow.
''Rufus Sanders says she, 81 want
you to mount your horse-right now
inmediately-this minnit-and go over
to the mill and give old man Charlie Ell
lington the worst and most severest
beatin that any white man ever had to
tote outen these woods
Now, to tell the Bible truth about it,
I want to say I want out loolzin for any
little odd jobs like that this spring.
In the first place me and Charlie Elling-
ton went to school together, took many
and many a lickin together, run horse
races together, and went gallin together
back there in the golden days of boy.
hood. And henceforwards after that
we have been neighbors and fellow
citizens and friends together for to these
many years. And, what is more, old
man Charlie amt no slouch for man
himself, and if he ever takes Hckin
from one mortal man you can bet all
your free silver that the other fellow
will be kept monstrous busy in the
mainline.
"What in all this green and naughty
world is the matter with you and
Charlie Ellington, mother?" says I.
HE cussed-he cussed right at me-
that's what" says she, and bless the
heavens if her eyes didn't flash the ma
tive fire of her righteous wrath.
What was Charlie cussin about,
mother?" says I.
'sNothin in particular" says She
"only for pure meanness, reckon. /
met up with the wicked old wretch in
the road and asked him in kind neigh
borin way how he was gettin along over
at the mill. And what do you reckon
he said:
e" You can tell everybody over in that
end of the settlement that ain t worth
Il dam now-straight goods, Misses
Sanders jest simply amt worth
dam And with that he driv on, but
If | had only been clost enough would
of spit in his face, SO help mel
Mother, dear, sweet mother" says
I, soft and gentle as could, don't you
recollect the tremendous heavy floods
we had last week, and don't you reeol-
lect that the waters fell in such great
gobs and sluices till they washed down
Charlie Ellington's mill, and then even
washed away the DAMP
eyes, Rufus, I did hear the news
about that"
''Now, then, it seems to me like Char
lie has but only told you sad and sor-
rowful truth in his own blunt way.
Raley right now the poor man amt
worth DAM"
What did mother do2 Laughed
little and cried little, and then went
10 bed and soon dropped off to sleep.
So runs the world with women in it.
But she wouldn't run any at all scarce
fy with tho woman a71t
The Farson Was Thankful.
The trouble and the fun we had
about Charlie Ellington and his cuss
word brung back to my mind a good