Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-09

chawed terbaccer, an she les 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 dfsturbed
ner' an when, about o month ago the
ole woman got sick, she jes' ripped an
she snorted Jim's wife did, an said
they q better hunt some other quartera.
ior she was plum tired o. waitin on
'em.
when the ole man heerd that bs
materially chimed In, an 'twan't long
before she was a-screamin an goin into
magistrates, an sayin that she was in
suited in her own house, an other
things like that
Jim, he heerd the row, an he come
at arin in an says, Dad, can't stand
this no longer. You n mall halter Git
out. Awful backwoodsy Teller, Jim
was. Always seemed like he couldn't
take no polish.
Git outH Well halter git ont. will
weF yells the ole man, an before Won
could norm wink he jumps on to Jim
an throws i'm down, an recht up along
the wall for the Vaughn whip that was
hangin up under the gun, 'lowin to use
the handle on Jim.
1.-The whip was outen reach, but he
grabbed the tongs that was hangin up
at the end o the chimbley board, an
ne give that boy sech 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
Dlggs an some witnesses, an one Of 'em
was me- The minute the deed was
made the ole man says to Jim: Now
bring the Vaughn 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.
IAN Jim, he moved into that cabin
on the Hi Waters place.
at pears to me like it was all the
fault o Jim's wife," said old man
Bolivar rehectively. eff a man once
begins to allow his wife to boss, there
amt no help for him after that. Jim
never had no sperrit nohow."
That's the way it strikes me, :" re-
Joined Mr.. lockwood meditatively.
"Ihese things has got to be done right
In the first place or you might as we'll
let EN- alone. Women's queer critters,
the best You can do with 'em, 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, I would a-stood up before her
the very first day, an says 1, Now,
Vangyleen that the name she goes
by-'Im 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 family, 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 a head was
thrust into sight at the doorway, its
sunburned cCuntenance all one wide
grin, and the boy accompanying the
head suggested as he came into full
view:
Spa, they was a-lookin for you up at
the house.
"Is that so2" cried the stern disciple
marian. rising with such celebrity that
he stepped on the cat. 81 reckon I'd
better be a-goin. I'd a-gone before now
if I'd a-knowed that Ellen was a-lookin
for me.
81 reckon I'd better be a-goin, too, I"
said old man Bolivar, glancing appre-
hensively along the shadowy road. ~
didn't let Mandy know when 1 was
a-comin, an she might be uneasy. -
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