West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-07
PoSSuM SKETCHES.
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zse White Tells about Little
Family Row.
HyxJIMIN is curious critters" said

slick ns grease fur two or three months,
and then all OF n sudden she'll break
out and be as techy ns wolf with a
sore paw. Mebbc it's that way with all
wimin. and mebbe that's what a nau
Kin expect to put up with when he falls
In love and gifts married"
whats the story tonight" asked,
an the old man smoked In silence and
looked into the fire.
"One time about SIX vars ugo," he
slowly began. II cum home from town
and found the ole woman slttln' out on
the doah-stcp aud lookin' rs ruffied IA
a vOt hen. She was all right and as
chipper ms yo' please when went
away In the mawnin', but sun thin had
changed her. She didn't pay no ton
shun TO me IA l sot down. and I
knowed We waa In fur row. didn't
say nnihin' fur n long time, but jcst
chawcd terbacker and looked across
the road nt n rabbit hoppin' about.
Dimeby. softly scz,
Its powerful pleasant eavenin',
Mrs White"
"She turns on me with glare In her
eyes and sea,
Yes. It's powerful pleasant eavcn-
In fur folks as is too lazy 10 tirnw their
breath and don't keer how much their
families suffer-
"Mebbe that's me?' scz I. foeiIn' sort
O. rilcd all 10 once.
Zeb White ser she, as che rlz up.
'yo' amt no man tall My shoes ar
oil worn out. and I alnt got dress At
fur n skunk 10 look at. shalt cook the
last con meal In the house fur break
fast, and the Lawd knows whar' we'll
git any mo-. Yo' hcv got to be the
onariest man la ali Tennessee. o'aIn't
httcn FUR buyzarls to peck at. Yo' used
To git around and be HunShcdy. hut fur
the last var It's bin whisky and ter
hacker and loafn' around 'tili I won't
put up with 1t no moi
"'Nobody's akin yo' 20 stay II yo'
don't waAt to- seq !. IeeiIn' hurt in my
feeitn'a
"She got her bonnet on and was
minded To 60. hut nrter wallxin' oat to
the rond and lookin' up an down she
cum back. She didn't say nuthin' mo-,
and was too mad to speak. and we cot
around fur awhile and then went to
bed. II might hcv bin along about
midnight when she wakes me up and
sez:
'Zeb. I've hin hevir' curious dream
! drempt that mighty big bar had
fell into one o. them iron plts up by the
big ranne.'
What II be has?' eezI
Then his pcit will buy me par o.
shoes and n dress, and we'll hev meat
and grease 'nuff to last us fur q
month
"I'li see about II ia the mawnin'.'
But want yo' to see about II rlght
on now. I'll go with yo' and pint out
the pitt and yo' kin shoot the bar bofo'
he climbs out
Il was mad yit," said the old man,
"and didn't think much OF dream.
and so wouldnt git ZIP. The ole
woman did. however. She got out o.
bed. Lit the lantern and went OF to see
II the bar was actually In the pit. /
soon FELL asleep. thinlsln' she wouldn't
SO fur. and IL was mawniu' when
woke up agin. The ole woman wasn't
Dowhere TO be sawn, bot l wasn't ia
no hurry 70 60 out and look fur her.
I got sum breakfast. smoked my pipe,
and along about eight o'clock shoui-
dered my gun and started of fur the
pits. We was up that why. iast Sun
day. II yo' rcmembers7"
Yes
Thar ar six or seven places whar'
they dug down fur iron ore. Sum OF
'em ain't more'n ten feet deep, and
sum ar full 30. didn't know which
one she had drempt about, and
went along slow ard looked fur
signs. had looked into 10 or 1--WE
pIts. and was thiul1in' the ole woman
bad got los& on the mounting IN the
night when I cum to the deepest Dit
OF oil. II was as big around as a well.
and down on the leaves and bresh at
the bottom was a isht 10 behold Ny
ole woman md q moustrous big bar
was down thar together and sli mixed
up. She heard me moyin' shout st tho
top, and she knowed my face aa i
looked down. but she didn't say
blessed word until arier I spoke. /
was sorter glad 90 6nd her slive, and
sort o mad about her calm ne
names. and bimeby. I scr;
'Mebbs I'm misto0k but ar that
Mrs. Zeb White down thar ~ the bot
tomT
'Mebbs 81 ar'.' ssz she. cool az 20
please.
And ar that bar sioagssda o
yo'T
"'Yes. tie b'ar--eame bar
drempt about last night. Mebbe yo'r
name might be Zeb WhHef'
I'm considerir' that folks cnli me
BY that name. Ilsa pleasant mawnin',
Mrs White
'Pears like IT,
Then we didn't say no mo- fur long
tme." aid old Zeb as he smiled and
chuckled and filed bic pipe anew. y
seen she was powerful sassy yit. aud ]
wasn't gwine to humble myself fust" "
And she hsd funbled into the plt
with the benr7'' I qneried.
she bad. sab. but the bar was down
thar f,,st and she had III on him and
dicin't receive 20 hurt. Them two had
been wedRed In thar together for
seven or eight hours. and the bar
hadD't even Erowled st her. Tie
tumbiin' down and her failin' on tor o.
him bad just skeert him most 20 death.
Bimeby ] sez 10 the ole woman.
Mrs. White, mebbe so ar takin'