The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-26

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and II they !" got married; San" he bought III;
Wonder, and him and HuidNh Ann they sot
down In It. Sam he bHeklsd in like q good
time snow went on in the spring he Ind q
clcarin' that nobody could sneeze at. He sowed
it to re, and he plGmghed II fer tsteTs, and left
Now, Jest MS Sam got things in TINT kind O.
shipshape, no was inconsideratc enough TO
clCarin' and diminished things on her hands.
II want Jest the thing. for Sam TO do, and when
r TS,SG pttGbGl hrs w w,s0 All ani in SG y hepn aGnS and I s9me SPm9
hod TO he. done. Somebody had to look after
'em, and the, widdcr thought sho couldn't gilt
out o. the dilemmy better than to marry Jason,
and so she did. Jason he pitched In early and
late, and got in the '%taters, and corn and, made
the garden and sOwGd the buCkwheat and got n
pig to fatten, and things was movin' along the
incest Kind. Jason cut tho rye and the hay
ana an ~, got t6 GIN both sM IN nnd ana ID, + then j en- T yRfd, d. did i,n ne
dab Ann clcatin' without no workin head ag,in.
"'Now, this was a hard blow to the wilder.
and the Eaters and corn and buckwheat was
planted, but what o thatl The '%tNtcrs had to
Wheat WI MTShi had 10 y harvested and thrashe d. some.
body had to do that. So the wilder didn't raise
no objections when Eliphslet saia he'd be
and ho kept things a goin', | tell you. He dug
wheat and thrashed It. Ito gathered the corn
and husked It,, He got In the garden truck, and
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Eliphalet he didn't seem to have no better judg.
ment than Sam and Jason had, and what did he
do but 60 and leave Huldah Ann a widdor agin.
jest as she was calculatin' on how nice 1t was
Roin' to be to have. some one to cheer her up
when the winter winds begun to howl around
the %clearin'. 1t was tough on the w~idder-awfu
tough.
| pig good and fat, and II he had waited n week or
didn't, and the widder had to git Il killed and
But winter was comm. and here she was. lone.
some nnd way down in the dumps. Big Lie,
t ,h{h d.: !, team ,n f9r 1t the gs,t t%5n nrny he e tic te
widder, and so long about ThanksRivin' he
went and told her so. He told her she needn't
"""'Fi sh Ss" Was 81 so o Thankful hat 81 she sH said ny SYe SE
and hitched up right away. and her and ldje
most too ooT sudden / q me- I guess guess, for n two "e Weeks 'IS % Sse
she give up her chances o. bein' u wilder agir
and lGft this vale o, tears. told you g while
Uncle Jonas, that If you didn't backslide, bein
a Hardshell Baptist in good s%tandin', that yor
these days, ddiddn't'Iii' We'll. THAT'S where he she she is 5
And say, says the Teller, what did the
wilder r dc but leave to Big Lie all that clearin
Eaters and corn and ~buckwheat and garden
truck that Jason planted and that ElIphalot
snug, and the pig that he fNttened and that The
Widder Huldah Ann packed away in the cellar
all for Lie to jest lay to this winter and enio.
and feel good over, while the wind bowls ant
do. you s'pose Lie is goin' to do next week
Why. nothin' but git married to old Jake
plump and snappy daughter Polly, and jest 8"
her down on this Wilder Huldah Ann clearin
to help him enjoy them blessin's. Now, what DE-
you think o. Big Lijei says the coon-skinnin
Teller, GRIMM worse than ever.
81 think he ought to he tarred and feath
cred and rid out o. the country on n rail, say
Uncle Jonas. And I'd like to tie the one to d,
it, and I'd do 1t durn quick, too says he.
NO says the Teller, gittin' off the stuml
and comm out lords where Unclc Jonas was
You don't tell met says he. Well says he
I'm Big Lijs.'
And Uncle Jonas had to grit his teeth ant
drive on, cause he didn't have a bit O. tar no
as much as u pinfeather with him. That wa
all that saved the coon-skinnin' hyena, and
was q consumed narrow escape for him, 'cordir
to Uncle Jonas, and he'll tell you SO to thi
dav."