Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-04-18
NEW SERIES, VOL. XxXIy, NO. 16

up an git fat. When / went over there
along N June for to take the harrer
/ home, the ole man said he b'lieyed he
was good for 15 more years yet.
Jim an his wife heerd it, an 'twasp t
long after that before Jim's wife begin
to fix for settlin the old folks hash.
| She got awful mad because the ole man
! chawed terbaccer, an she jes' couldn t
stand it, nohow, an she couldn't eat
| at the table with either of 'em because
they ct with their knives, an she made
'em move into one O. the back shed
rooms because their snorin disturbed
her, an when, about month ago the
ole woman got sick, she jes' ripped an
she snoIted, Jims wife did, an said
they d better hunt some other quarters,
for she was plum tired o. wa;tin on
'em.
'sWhen 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
suited in her own house, an other
things like that.
Jim, he heerd the row, an he come
a-t'arin in an says, Dad, can't stand
this no longer. You m ma II halter git
out. Awful backwoodsy feller, Jim
was. Always seemed like he couldn't
take no polish
/" Cit out? Well halter git out, will
we2' yells the ole man, an before you
could morn'n wink he jumps on to Jim
an throws i'm down, an recht up along
the wall for the waggin whip that was
hangin up 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 a larrupin with
them tongs as amt 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 i'm an held i'm down
while one O. the hands went for Squire
Diggs an some witnesses, an one of 'em
was me. The minute the deed was
made the ole man says to jim: Now
bring the waggin roun', an be quick
about it, too, for you're goin to light
out tonight. The ole woman an mes
gittin middlin anxious to have the
place to ourselves. Step lively, now
''An Jim, he moved into that cabin
on the Hi Walters place.
"It pears to me like it was all the
fault O. Jim's wife, said old man
Bolivar rehectively. eff man once
begins to allow his wife to boss, there
ain t no help for him after that. Jim
never had no sperrit nohow."
'"That's the way it strikes me, :" re-
Joined Mr.. Teakwood meditatively
"These things has got to be done right
in the first place or you might as well
let 'em alone. Women's queer critters
the best you can do with EN-, an if you
oncet let 'em git the upper hand they re
a-goin to keep it, you hear me- If it
had a-been me that married that wife
o Jim's, 1 would a-stood mp before her
the very first day, an says 1, Now,
Vangyleen that S the name she goes
by-I'm willing TO be accommydatin
on all occasions, but when set my foot
down it's sot, an it amt no use to try
to make me go any other way. I'm the
head o thissher fam ly, you kin depend
on that ("
Into the silence that fell as the soft
drawl ceased came the cry of the whip
poorwill, sent back in softer echoes from
the distant hills. Then head was
thrust into sight at the doorway, its
sunburned countenance all one wide
grin, and the boy accompanying the
head suggested as he came into full
view:
"Pa, they was a-lookin for you up at
the house,
"Is that so2" cried the stern discipl-
marian, rising with such celerity that
he stepped ON the cat 81 reckon I'd
better be a-goin. I'd a-gone before new
if I'd asknowed that Ellen was a-lookin
for me"
81 reckon I'd better be a-goin, too, +"
said old man Bolivar, glancing appre-
hensively along the shadowy road. al
didn't let Mandy know when 1 was
a-comin, an she might be uneasy. -
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