Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-05-21

cum an he cumed, an ter anoder
pusson go an he coed. An Aunt
Dinah went ter sleep in de middle of de
readin', den he closed de book an axed
rue ter set by de fire an tell him about
you alls an he ma an de chillun."
(Which, of course, you did"
"Yessum, an de mex night he cum
again an den ev'ry night fur fo' weeks
an l lowed ez he war reel kline ter
Aunt Dinah, but she sez now dat she
'spicioned he he'd his eye on me frum de
fust."
did you think so, too, Charlotte"
ME, Miss Mary" she said, with
touching humility; 20, Lor', no; what
he gwine look at me fur? l amt no
fancy niger; l can't do nothin' but
clean house an cook an wash"
THAT is a good DEAL" said, admir-
ingly; "for after all, beauty is only skin
deep"
"Yessum," said she, with pathetic
wisdom, "but hit goes long way wild
man; howsomever, hits all de same
ter me now"
Did you talk much, Charlotte" l
asked, for L was curious to know the
process that had procured for her the
"catch" of the Howell quarters"
Nom; l amt sayin' nothin'; l jest
sot an listened whilst he talked"
you let him see how smart you
thought he WASP"
20, yessum."
Kate was right" l remarked; "she
said that a pot of incense was more eff
fective than anything else, and l be-
lieve she knew"
"Ma'am?" said Charlotte.
what did he say when he pro-
posed?"
Hit was kinder suddint, Miss Mary.
l wuz cookin' a 'possum what Mr.. Ralph
shot in the chicken house and sent ter
Aunt Dinah. l wuz ballin' hit wild sweet
potatoes and de smell sholy wuz nice,
an Lincoln sez ter me, sez he: Char
lotte, you amt much on looks, an
lows ez folks eXpec' me ter look high
ern you, but you sholy duz know how
ter cook 'possum; Charlotte sez he,
an he comes over ter de hyarth whar
1 wuz standing; Charlotte, lse bin on
settled in my mine about you fur some
time, but lse concluded on de intima-
tion now; so,' sez he, will you marry
me?"
And did you say yes at once?" l
asked, hoping to hear of some exhibi-
tior of proper spirit.
"Yessum," said Charlotte.
"When do you intend to be married ?"
week after mex. lowed ez it wuz a
good plan ter hev hit right away fore
he he'd time ter change he mind"
"Oh, Charlotte" l cried, you
oughtn't to be so suspicious"
Miss Mary" said Charlotte, "ef
wuz good lookin' like you il, 1 reckon
l wouldn't be, but bein' ez hit is, Use
gwine ter hurry things up"
Have you told Priscilla yet?"
"No'm;" and into her eyes came SCI
and determined look, "but Use laid
off in my mind ter tell her terday, an
dere amt no use of her rarin' neider
kase Ise gwine ter marry Lincoln, nc
matter what he ma sez."
l arose and invited Charlotte indoors
and when she departed short while
later she carried bundle of my cast
off finery with her.
On her way out of the. yard sht
stopped at the kitchen to break hel
cruel tidings to Priscilla; meanwhile
had fled to the flower garden, for
knew Priscilla would soon seek me ou
to rave against Charlotte, and l hopeC
thereby to escape her. Vain thought
| was stretched at full length ON
bench, staring up through the sweet
| olive branches at the blue, blue sky be
yond, when the garden gate banged vic
lently, and down the path, her head
handkerchief tilted to one side and he
eyes flaming, came Encoln's mother.
Priscilla" l said, as she reache,
me, collecting my moral strength t
grapple with her, II suppose you hav
rushed out here to abuse Charlotte t.
me, but as 1 have not the slightest in
tention of listening to you, you nigh
as well go away"
Miss Mary" said Priscilla with con
centrated bitterness, dat oudaciou
niger gal done hoodooed my boy; h
never would hev looked at her widou
hit; she done kunjer"d d him."
"All mothers say .nt," / replie
unsympathetically; 10 tell the truth
l think Charlotte is much more to b
pitied than your son, for from what
hear of him l think he must be a yer
vain and conceited fellow, and tina
kind does not usually make good hu!
bands"
miss Mary!" cried Priscilla.
"Yes, mean it. Now do leave N
alone; you give me headache"
Priscilla swept out of the garden,
break off the match and rescue her so
from the willy Charlotte. but she reel
oned without her host, for Charlott
having once tasted of the sweets of su
cess, fought nobly for her rights, an
f, in the end won the day. She was ma
ried in the big warehouse at Soutl
meade, and as Fred and l were persol
ally interested in the affair, we mac
her wedding great success.
Priscilla is not resigned to it ye