The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-21

home. the ole man said he blieved he
was good for Is more years yet.
''Jim an his wife heerd it. an 'twasn't
long after that before JIM 8 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 e't 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 sno1ted, Jim's wife did, an said
they'd batter hunt some other quarters,
for she was plum tired O. waitin on
'em.
"When 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
at arin in an says, Dad, can't stand
this no longer. You N ma II halter git
| out Awful backwoodsy feller, Jim
was Always seemed like he couldn't
take no polish.
"'Git out? Well halter git out, will
we?' 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 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 Waters place"
"It pears to me like it was all the
fault O. Jim's wife, said old man
Bolivar refectively. eff 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-
| -
"These things has got to be done righ,
in the first place or you might as well
let 'em alone. Women's queer critters,
the best you can do with 'em, an if yor
oncet let 'em git the upper hand they II
a-goin to keep it, you hear me. If il
had a-been me that married that wife
o. Jim's, would a-stood up before hel
the very first day, an says I, Now
Vangyleen' that the name she goe
by-Tm willing to be accommydatir
on all occasions, but when set my foo
down it's sot, an it amt no use to try
to make me go any other way. I'm tn
head O. thissher family, you kin depend
on that.
Into the silence that fell as the sof
drawl ceased came the cry of the whip
!. poorwill, sent back in softer echoes from
the distant hills. Then a head wa
thrust into sight at the doorway, it
, sunburned countenance all one wild
grin, and the boy accompanying tn
head suggested as he came into ful
view:
"Pa, they was a-lookin for you up a
, the house,
sis that so2" cried the stern discipli
marian. rising with such celerity tina
he stepped on the cat. 81 reckon T.
better be a-goin. I'd a-gone before nov
if I'd a-knowed that Ellen was a-looki
, for me-"
81 reckon I'd better be a-goin, too,
said old man Bolivar, glancing appre
hensively along the shadowy road. g
: didn't let Mandy know when I wa
a-comin, an she might be uneasy. -
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