Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-05-03
"When got over there, Squire Diggs
an some more men was jes' ridin away,
end the ole man met me in the gal'ry

"I'm a-6xin for change, Lie say
: re. 'Jim's a-going to get marie
? Sunday, an me an the ole woman is jes
} decided this place, and him an his W
is a-going to take keer O. us tue balanc
O. our days. You don't know hoy
tappy it makes me feel. I'm a-goine
to have noe big cheer an set out here
in the gal'ry where / Kin watch iht
COWS goin to pasler, an Jim plowin in
the fur field, and where the ole woman
kin listen TO Jim's wife potterin round
the house you know, an kin kinder
oversee and tell him how to do things,
FUR jim don't know 80 pesky much
about fsrmin.'
"'You better hop on to that deed till
you die says I in a warnin voice, and
tet the takin keer come first, an, gra-
cious, the old man was SO mad he come
mighty nigh not lettin me have the
harrer.
Well, shore enough, Jim he married
and brung his wife home an got his
deed safe an SCUM, an for good while
tVer'thing was as nice as pie. Ever
lime passed there the ole man an ole
woman 'u'd be settin up in the gel'ry
in two big cheers, lookin like the owned
the earth an a good sized chunk O the
moon
" Std O. fadin away an dying as
anybody'd a. thought they'd a done,
the ole manan ole woman begin to
pearten up an git fat. When 1 went
over there along in Junefor to take the
harrer home, the ole man said he
b'heyed he MAS good for Is more years
yet.
nJin an bis wife heered 1t, an 'twasat
long afre that before Jin's wife begin
to FIX Tor settlin the old folks hash.
She got awful mad because The ole man
chawed terbaccer, an she jes' couldn't I
stand il. nohow, an she couldn't eat at /
the table with either Of em because /
taey ct with their knives, On she made |
EN- move into one O. the back shed
70 oms because their snorin disturbed
her, an when. about a month ago the
Die vsman got sick. she jes' ripped an
he snorted, Jim's wife did, an said
hey'd better hunt some other quarters
oT che was plum tired o waiting on
EN-.
,GWhsn tie ole man heard that he 4
chmed IN, al 'twant long
'efore she was screamin an goin in
o hlgbstrikes, an sayin that she was in
ulted in her own house, an other
hings like thst. -,
"Jim, he hserd the row, an he come
-t'arin in an ssyp, Dad, | can't stand
bis no longer. You n mall halter git
ut, Awful backwoodsy Teller, Jim
as. Always seemed like bo ecu dn't
Ike no polish. II
Get out! Wen halter git Out, will G
ei' yells the ole m n, IN before you {
,uld morn wi / he Jumps on to Jim q
a throws i'm down. an reeht up aleng b
lie vol for the Vaughn whip that was q
.ngin up un Ter the gun, lowin to use b
Ie handle Oh Jim. lie
"The VII = MAS outen r, ach, but he S
-abbed the !ont that was hangin up b
the end O. The chimbley bad, an he | 9
re that boy bech larrnpin With them | p
N gs as Amt never been Leerd on in b
is pert O. the moral heritage. 10
HE beat Jim, the ole man did, till
promised to deed the place back, an
en- be set on i'm an held i'm down / =
nile one o. the hands went for Squire | i
iggs 40 son witnesses, an one of EN- I
AZ me. The minute the deed was Q
ade the ole man ssys to Jim: Now =
ing the Vaughn roun,' and be quick r.
out it. too, for you're goin to light e
!. tonight. The ole woman an mes f
tin middlin anxiousto have tie place
ourselves. Step lively, now
IAN Jim, be moved into that cabin
the Hi Waters place."
ut pears to me like it was was all ;"
. fault o Jim's wife," said old man =
'livar reaectively. Via man once
1ini to allow bis wife to boss, there :, :,
II no help for him after shat. jim
yer had no .perrit nohow" n
That's the way it strikes me-" re- "
ned Mr.. Teakwcod meditativeIy.
hese things has got to be done right
the 6rst place or you might as well !;
'em alone. Women's queer critters, or
} best you can do with 'em, an il you m
Get let 'em git the upder hand they're ia
,oin to keep it, you lear me. If ha
a-been me that married that wifi =.