The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-25
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Tenie
..Darel l guess Dan ell Carter dare
anything when he's reused. rs for Ma
Indy. she was ragin. "
:" 1 guess it'll take more tilan your
word to make me crazy!' she sputtered.
Guess I've been knowed in this neigh
borhood longer an any Carter.
/" There ain t neighbor but what
will say you We treated Belindy like q
dog. says he It's knowed for miles
that you ain t spoke to her direct for 30
year. an beside. you've made your
threats promiscuous.
"Malindy was a-gettin mighty scared,
for. like all bullies. she's dreadful
coward at heart. but she wasn't goin
to give in yet.
6 You don't darel' says she, tryin
to be fierce IN lookin awful faint.
"a man darcs anything when he's
desperate as 1 be. says he. You We
SCOOtl III lily IOdQ lO1 ~ } C.-A'
:" 'Belindy won t let you do anything
to NE. says she.
:. .Belindy will let me do what I
think best. says he.
{" Bigger fool sheI You are after her
money. Dan ell Carter. an you want me
out of the road. says she. brazen as
penny. You think you re a regular
Dan el come to Judgment. don't you2'
81 amt a-go.n to stand no insults,
says he. I'm goin now. an when the
squire an me comes in the mornin /
ain doubt we'll find you right here.
You amt a-goin to let me stay
here all nightY' she yasped out. Malin-
dy was ;.-:;e' tin nervous an hystericky.
for the fall had shook her up dreadful.
an his sayin that jest upset her. Amt
you got no heartf says she.
IS You amt never showed me an Be-
Indy none. says he, movin on.
{" You wretch. an me that fraid OF
bea,sl There amt never soul on this
hill. but that fat old idiot of Mis-
TINKER. says she.
.The mean old thingl' cried Tenie,
in disgust "Shs didn't say that. did
she. maw?'
s.Honest Injun. Tenie heard her
with my own eaas. an to think of all
I've dcne fer that creeter.
"'Dan ell Carter, how much will you
take to let me our says she. lookin fit
to drop.
(" There's only ore way I'll let you
out, says he, stern as judge. IF
you II promise to act like sane woman
an let Belirdy &C her own road. Ill
give you another chance. says he
Z" Il amt never a-goin to speak to
Delindy. says she. as spiteful as ever.
Il amt spoke to her this 80 year. an
amt go;n to.
"'I'd plaguy sight rather you
woulan't, says he, contemptuouslike
4 might as well tell you. Belindy an
me is goin to get married next Sunday,
at Sister Marthy's. an I'm comm to
run the farm. But if you II promise to
keep civil tongue in your head I'll
give you another chance.
:. You amt comm there, says she,
gettin white as sheet. But | darsn't
stay here. I'm afraid of my life
"sYou won t see anything worse than
yourself. says he. all with that off he
went. An when she couldn't see him no
more down she went in a heap an COW
E. h,-1c
IAN then what do you think l done.
TenieY jest up an growled that low an
nludied an awful. it sent the chills
down my own backbone.
'sFor the land sakes, cried Tenie.
"You awful Nav Tinker. What did
poor Malindy do?'
"Malindy! Why, you'd "a thought
she had fit. She jumped an hollered.
Dan ell Daniel Carter! Dan ell an
that Daniel went a-echoin down the
hill till seems as if can hear it yet
Seemed half an hour fore Dan ell
come a -crashin back. so near ME l could
"a touched him.
What's happened? What's the
matter? says he.
'.'Get me out of this, says she.
You an Belindy can make jest as big
fools of yourselfs as you want to, for all
OF me. I'll promise anything SOS you'll
let me out!
''But that whiffet of q woman g feet
hadn't more than touched solid ground
fore she turned on him like cat.
"'I'll have it out with you. Dane
Carter. says she. You II wish you d a
died fore you ever come into the Ram
sey family, an with that she went tear
in down the hill.
can is that alls" asked Tenie.
"What more'd you have?" replied
her mother. testify.
why. they amt no end to it; 1
can't see as things is one bit better of. -
said Tenie. disappointedly.
"Law. Tenie Tinker. don t you know
no more of woman nature than that3
Malindy has found her master, an she
knows it. She may do lot of blusterin.
but she'll think the sun rises an sets In
Dam ell Carter fore q month
"Well, said Tenie. II do know"
Agnes Warner cClelland in Chicago
Record.
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some good points and especially in the