The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

up an git fat When went over there
along in June for to take tie bgsIer
home. the ole man said he b lieved ht
was good for 10 moIe years yet
Jim an his wife heerd it. an twRsn
long after that before Jim wife bt gin
TO fix for settlin the old folks hash.
She got awful mad because the ole man
chawed terhaccer. an she ies' couldn't
stand it, nohow an she couldn't eat
at the tahie with either of EN- because
they ct with their knives, an she made
EN- move into one O the back shed
rooms because their snorin disturbed
her. AN when, ahcut month ago the
ole woman got sick. she jes ripped an
she snolted. Jim's wife did, an said
they d better hunt some other quarters
for she was plum tired o waitin ON
'em.
when the ole man heerd that he
materially chimed in. an 'twan't long
before she was a-screamin an goin into
highstrikes, an sayin that she was in
shifted in her own house. AN other
things like that
Jim. he heerd the row. an he come
at arin in an says, Dad can stand
this no longer. You n ma II hntter git
out. Awful backwoodsy Teller. Jim
was. Always seemed like he cuuldnt
take no polish.
'''Git outG Wen halter git ont. win
wc2' yclls the ole man, an before yuu
could morn n wink he jumps on 10 Jim
an throws i'm down, an recht up along
the wall for the waggin whip that was
hgngin mp under the gun. 'lowin To use
the handle on Jim.
THE whip was outen reach but he
grabbed the tongs that was hangin up
at the end o. the chimbley board an
he give that boy sech larrupin with
them tongs as ain { never been heerd
ON in this part o the moral heritage
He beat jim, the ole man did till
he promised to deed the place back an
then he set on 'in an held in down
while one o the hands went for Squire
Diggs an some witnesses, an one of en-
was me. The minute the deed was
made the ole man says to Jim Now
bring the waggin rom, an he quick
about it, too for you' re goin to light
ont tonight. The ole woman an mes
gittin middlin anxious tc have the
place To ourselves, Step lively, now
IAN Jim. he moved into that cabin
ON the Hi Walters place
''lt pears TO me like it was all the
fault o. Jim's wife said old mau
Bolivar refectively. IF man once
begins to allow his wife to boss, there
ain no help for him after that Jim
never had ne sperrit nohow
t.
joined Mr. Teskwood meditatively
These things has got to be done right
in the first place or you might as well
let EN- alone Womens queer critters
the best you can do with em. an ii you
oncet lot 'em git the upper hand they re
a-goin to keep it, you hear me If it
had a-beeu me that married that wife
o Jim 5, | would a-stood up before her
the very first day, an says l. Now.
Nangyleen that's the name she gees
BY IN willing to be accommydatin
ON all occasions but when / set my foot
down it's sot, an il amt no use to try
TO make me 20 any other way. l III the
head o thissher family. you kin depend
on that.
Into the silence that fell as the soft
drawl ceased came the cry of the hip
poorwil, sent back in softer echoes from
the distant hills, Then head was
thrust into sight at the doorway. its
sunbmned ccuntenance all one Wild
grin, and the boy accompanying the
head suggested as he came into frll
view:
PA, they was a-lookin for you up at
the house.
is that sof' cried the stern discipli-
marian, rising with such celerity that
he stepped ON the cat, Il reckon I'd
better be agoin. l d a-gone before nov
if I'd a-knowed that Ellen was a-lookin
for me
Il reckon I'd better be a-goin, too
said old man Bolivar, glancing appre-
hensively along the shadowy road ~
didn't let Mandy know when | was
a-comin, an she might be uneasy. -
Buffalo Times