The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-25

Tenie
..Darel l guess Dan ell Carter dare
anything when he's reused. rs for Ma
Indy. she was ragin.
Il guess it'll take more THAN your
word to make ME crazy! she sputtered.
Guess I've been knowed in this neigh
borhood longer an any Carter.
Is There amt neighbor but what
will say you'v treated Belindy like a
dog. saws he. It's knowed for miles
that you ain spoke to her direct for 30
year. an beside, you've made your
threats promiscuous.
s'Malindy was a-gettin mighty scared,
for. like all bullies. she's dreadful
coward at heart. but she wasn't goln
to give in yet.
You don't dare' says she. tryin
to be fierce an lookin awful faint.
"sA man darcs anything when he's
desperate as I be. says he. You We
stood in my road for yer.
{" 'Belindy won t let you do anything
to me. says she.
.Belindy will let me do what l
think best. says he.
"'Bigger fool She You are after her
money. Dan el Carter. an you want me
out of the road. says she. brazen as
penny. You think you're regular
Dan el come to Judgment. don't you?'
".l ain t a-go.n to stand no insults,
saws he I'm goin now. an when the
squire an me comes in the mornin l
amt q doubt we'll find you right here.
"'You amt a-goin to let me stay
here all night 2 she gasped cut. 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 hearta' says she.
:" You ain t never showed me an Be-
Indy none. says he movin on.
I" You wretch. an me that 'fraid OF
bears There ain't 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. olo
she. maw2'
..Honest Injun. Tenie. / heard her
with my own eass. an to think OF all
I've dcne fer that creeter.
"sDan ell Carter, how much will you
take to let me our says she. lookin fit
to drop.
f" There's only ore way Ill 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
:. 4 amt never a-goin to speak to
Dclindy. says she. as spiteful as ever.
Il amt spoke to her this 80 year. an l
amt goin to-
"'I'd plaguy sight rather you
wouldn't says he. contemptuouslike.
Il 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 am comm there. says she,
gettin white as sheet But darsn t
stay here. I'm afraid of my life.
"'You 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 heap an COW
cred her face with + hands.
IAN then what do you think done.
Tenio2 7 lest mn an growled that low an
mufled an awful, it sent the chills
down my own backbone. y
..For the land sakes," cried Tenie
"You awful Nav Tinker. What did
poor Malindy do?''
.Malindyl Why, you'd "a thought
she had fit. She jumped an hollered.
sDan'ell Daniel Carter! Dan n'ell' an
that Daniel went a-echoin down the
hill till seems as if I can hear it yet.
Seemed half an hour fore Dan ell
come a-crashin back. so near ME could
a touched him.
What's happened2 What's the
matterY' says he.
s' 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. llpromise anything SOS you II
let me out!'
''But that whiffet of woman g feet
hadn' more than touched solid ground
fore she turned on him like a cat.
"'I'll have it out with you. Daniel
Carter, says she. You II wish you q
died fore you ever come into the Ram
sey family, an with that she went tear
in down the hill.
''An is that all :" asked Tenie
"What more'd you have?" replied
her mother. testify.
"Why. they amt no end to it; l
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 that !
Malindy has found her master, an she
knows it. She may do a lot Of blusterin.
but she'll think the sun rises an sets in
Dan el Carter fore month.
"Well, said Tenie. II do know. .
Agnes Warner McClelland in Chicago
Record.
Think Over Your Plan.
The novelist can give the preacher
some good points and especially in tht