Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-21
IT. ahlil9ton Standard
SVUlRE'S PROPOSAL.

y"u WON'T sir one step !" the ~InEln
>,huul | amt CON tea lave You
galdin' about the hull blessed time.
You'll -tAy hum one c,cun' JEST tcw
80 how 1t seems,
"Iou h'ain't been ont 4 single
cycnin' TIN, week? Wal, what OF it?
Il y"u should stay in another week,
'twouldn't hurt You none. guess.
No. h'ain't forgot when | was
young. nuthcr. 'faint 80 long ago.
that SHOULD forget ii. When | wa>
at Your age, stayed to hum, and
made myself useful; didn't spent the
hcit OF my time spinnin' >trcet-yarn~,
aS the girls do nowadays. use to
spin flax an wool, AN make butter an
cheese, an wash an iron an bake.
An all did wa. done H. it ortcr be.
But IL fur You, you jest furry round,
hall dcwin' what you purtcnd to dew,
sos to be a-kitin' off somc'cres, an I'm
goin' tcw put stop tot. knew how
'twould be when your garden sent you
to the 'cademy.
whats that You told Sam Skim
ner that you'd go to the singin'-school,
an he's commin' fur ye? Let him
come here on SIGH an arrant as that,
an I'll tell him suthin' he won't want
ter here agin! I've had as much as
want OF the SINNERS sence your father,
who never had no more judgment
than baby, 'pinted the deacon tew
be your gardeen. He's for ever med
dim with things that don't consarn
him, an Lijah, Sans father, is off the
same piece. 1t was 'nough tew put
me out of conceit of him tew see him
sidlin' up tew the Widder Peters
las Sabbath day evcnin' an his wife
not in her grave six months yit.
"Miss Peters is his wife's brothers
widow? What's that to dew with it?
l like tew see folks show some respect
to their deceased partners. Your
father has been dead eight years come
March, an there amt none of the
male sect dared tew hint at SIGH q
thing as my takin' anybody in his
place.
"You should think 'twould take
considerable courage? You'd had a
new father long afore this if I'd given
some folks any encouragement.
"There's Sam Skinner comm cross
lots? Yes, an maxim straight bee
line fur the door. That's what you've
slicked yourself up SO scrumtious fur,
with that red ribbon in your hair an
Sunday-gotew-meetin' dress on. I've
as good mind as ever I had tew eat
tew make you 60 an take it off,"
In walked Sam. a tall, strapping
fellow, with curly black hair and eyes
of the same color, with sly, roguish
CLEAN in them, which reminded one
of his uncle, the deacon.
"Good-arternoon, Mrs. Peabody.
How dye do?"
"I amt any tew well, nor any tew
glad to see you, Mister Sam, to speak
politely. I see you over tew the elders
t'other night, an you seemed tew be
very merry. Yer uncle thought he'd
got good joke on me, but he amt
quite so smart as he thinks himself"
"Oh, shaw! Mrs. Peabody; there
don't nobody mind what uncle says
He will have his joke, you know; it's
jest as nat'ral to him as to breathe
but he don't bear no malice. Good.
AFTERNOON, Miss Salamantha. ]
calc'late we'll have a nice, clear
evenin' fur the singin- school. ]
called to say that I'd come for We O
leetle arter SEVEN"
"You needn't trouble yourself
Mister Sam; Salamantha amt goin
tew the singin'-schOol. So ii that's
all the arrant you have, you'd better
be goin'."
"Twon't be no trouble, not the least
mite, as I'm goin' the same way my
self. That amt all my arrant, nuther
Dad sent a message to We, though ]
don't 'spose you care tew hear it."
off yer father sent me message
Sam Skinner, I'll thank you tew de-
liver it."
oval, he told me to tell We that he
was comm over tew see We this evenin',
but don't s'pose you'll care tew see
him, so I'll tell him not tew come"
"Why, how you dew run on, Sam
1 never see the beat ont - never
Strange you can't take a joke. Oi
course I'll be glad tcw see yer father
Him an me used to be great cronies
when we was at your age, an there
amt no KNOWN what might have
happened if Jonathan Peabody hadn't
come along"
al s'pose the old man thought the
coast would be clear this evenin', eh
Salamantha? On his account I'm
really sorry you are tew busy tew 60
P'r'aps you'd better consider ont q
SPELL"
oval, l don't know as there's any
thin tew hinder her goin'," said the
widow, as her daughter made no reply
"There'll be nothin' but the supper
dishes tew wash, an l can dew them
Tell yer father that I'll be glad tev
see him, Sam. ] remember when HI
was as straight as an arrer, an hi
hair as black an curly as your'n. No