St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-03-27

IL. XXlI.-NO. 13.
ths Reehy Creek regioes to1ey = -
side partner and fellow etttsen. Aney
Lucas. Who rid mp 70 or 1teee eosaF
and hitched his erittsr - ~ hoe1es
rack. and dismounted and got 4pw1 40
come in after supper the ot19 nigney
Who but our own and onlyese Andy -
cas-? straishtway from that Andy
put in and give me long aoa9 -
dance. which his tale Of - wae - -.
lows:
.You recollect my ntt1e -,
horn half Jersey COW. Rntss vn1ea =
got for boot In . hoFse. troo9 Wan
old man Bunk WeatherlorA w. -
has now got . little 5awn-eotoeed 81
calf, gives three gallons Of nltk dnys
and the two are worth theiP We1g1e11
gold or free silver 1t sixtoen t. O..
And am pestered most y deaeA No.
the fact that stand . tre1nenoIue Goo4
chance to lose that COW and ead VIA
nothin to show in their plaee.
"You know old man Ian sWlGgint
Rufe-of course you do Nee4 -
Lum, accordin to the reeoe1 go ~
family Bible, got aboard tbo llan1oe
along about the same timo Viii 20 an4
me. We went to school togetA9 6voe
at the old Croes Roads seAoo1houoo-
We At and quarrsled and played -
gether many and manyb H. tine-
We turned summersets in@ H. 0aDe
sandbed and built AutteF xnalls Il ~
same old spring branch togsther-hot
you well know and recolleet thet tnD
Virgins has always been Oh 1oe4 L.
He was old man Lum fro0 ~ ers11l6 up
-old man Lum when . meFo kid-an9
he n old man Lum TIL ~. Ho uevoe
did fiddle and tumble and fruoie arooD4
with the female generation aay toopaak
Of. and up till right hers laeely heDevuF
got caught foolin OF any q HI presioae
time courtin and eaxryin oa WITH
bunch Of calico.
But along in the Christmas Z -
sorry for old Miss Mandy Nay
which you know. Rufe. abe hos been On
the bargain counter for 10 thsss 1,apy
years-and I told old manE Enns = -
would ret up to tlss frisky old eir1 and
bring ON . wediin match With hee
would give him that little erummos-
horn cow and her fawn-colored gal
calf. Right at that time dIdnt 1aso
no serious thoughts that he would talu
me up. but bless the heavens II h diduS
put In to courtin and caxTyin On with
Miss Mandy to beat nix bits.
The l1s and AnAa.
'sNow. II It was somebody Hike -
and you and Blew seroggins. Rufs-
such scapegraces - would cut the
pigeon wing around anything With eal-
leo and ribbons oD-I wouldn't be Rivm
myself any partielar worriment aboat
it. But when you re one Of these slow
and bashful men like old man LuA
Virgins payin his double -breasted ~
CARDS to female lady 70 regIar and
70 constant you mought % wen to
stand from under, for somethin = 0ose
than probable to drap.
what come TO zee you and. talk
with you about, Rufe, II this -1eapme-
thin amt done right away impediately
to block the game and bust up The
pleasant relations goin ON betveenp16
man Lum and Niss Mandy, durno9 81
my crumple-horn COW and AQ 1nWn-
colored gal calf amt forever Mt = tho
Lucas family. Remember. now. nnsa
that cow II givin three galloas of m
day and butter ~ rich and yellow -
gold, and il will be meat and haond ~
me and mine IL you can help - %
scotch the proceedins betWoon old mon
Lum and old Miss Mandy"
With that Andy he mounted snd HI ).
on towards home. Now, r. regaxdosto
men and horses and things IN eenexol
raley couldn't believe Andy Lucas q
. Bible oath, and yet still q ths sanne
time I do naturally love the voey
ground he treads on. But for the lifo
Of me don't see how I can aave ny
self and do anything to keep o16 uan
Lum and old Miss Mandy from hanGin
their clothes on the same per Il theys
have got the notion In their hsaag.
Maybe mought save . COW and ea1B
for Andy Lucas. but would he deao
shot to lose two good friends to u
Sanders family. So on the whole. 1hen.
takin the case - II stands, up oae sade
and down the other. ruther think
will let old man Lum and old lGise1fhn
dy and Mother Nature have their wuv.t
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