The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-09
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Obadiah Potts
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Git MS meelS mere en- tnere, en- ware
holes In hiz sox, from one weeks eonl
ter 'toher.
So when the doctur sed my narves wuz
all onstrung-cn I've had enuff ter on
string EN-, goodness knows--end must go
OF, en- have er rest, sot down on one
thing. en- so. on it plnteAly That wuz
wherever l went ter, there also, would
Obadiah Potts go.
| 'Twuzent intircly on akount OF helm
ateerd OF hiz fisaele kumferts bein on
attended 10.
I've observed there's most glnerally two
sides to every subjick,
The other side IL AZ follerS: man
| whut's bin jtned in the holy bonds of
matremonie. nigh onter thirty odd yorc,--
en- sumtimea less; yez fur less-sit's ter
feelin so powerful free, en- ely, en- 50
| onkomnlun pyeart, the mini! he's ded
certin the wife OF hiz buzzum haz paked
| her trunks, on got of ter a rsesoct. EN-
| when he gifts a tetier, whut sne's writ
! from the top of Pixies Peek, Why the bair
| Idly Of her bein five or six, thousand mile
efhoye the levul of the sec, en- him way
| of here In er nice low place, like lIous-
! takes longer Ter him ter SIT hiz crayvat
tied, en you'll sec hiu standin with ono
| foot on cheer, DRAWN C launul rag
! acrcst the tow of hiz shoe. ontill he's fit
ter drap, with ondew eggiishup. He
! rekomes freekiAt en- Tegler at endunt
/ en- the barber shop, en- IL allus fresh On
! smilin.
When theze simptums breake out en-
ldeveliup In er married man you may know
hiz wife amt at home.
! So, a konsidern all this, l made up
my mind en- reezolved. eff | akted on the
docturs advise en- went ter reezort
Obadiah'd akompany en- esquart me there.
told my sister-in- law, Lucy Jane Jink-
ms, about it.
have er good time en- inioy myself
wouldn't have no man taggin' after me.
Leave Obadiah ct home. It's plum safe"
seq she with Il kewris kinder smile.
Pm afraid he mite be levered' seq I.
EUR 90 that's konsurned." soz she,
"I've knowed winmen in this place ga
would lever man, right under your very
eye"
Let me ketcn emil" seq I, sharply en-
loudly. en- the last two words so en-
fatically that the dog jumped up outer a
nap en- looked wildly Ground
| allus knowed Lucy Jane Jnkins ter
be a srood en- furseein woman en- one ~
stood by the trooth kun whut would
Sides all this, she knows human nater like
err alfabet. (She's lived in Houston sum
, tlme.D
Konserkwcntly the staytement sne mace
kaused me sum oneaziness In mind. But
the doCkter sed en- stuck ter It, hat
must have a rest. so the upshOt OF II all
wuz me en- Obadiah sot out next day fur u
seesyde reezort bout two hours travelin
from Houston. When we arrv ! stool
onter the peazer OF the tavern, loollin
acrost that vast eXpan2e OF water ct the
white sales glydin in ever dreckshun over
the dancin waves. The breze wuz a blow
In ter that eggstent that you wouldn't
beeve n muSkeeter ever sot foot in the
place. ! felt more boosted up than @
ia jest swallered Ave bottles of nary'
tonik
J Drecky we wuz summuned Ter dinner
They wuz a good meuny folks in the dluin
room en- they all looked Ell me EN- Obadiah
ez eff they hadn't seen nobody walk inter
that dinin room fur yeres.
Z | allus like ter see folks have sru
raizin, but when they fix their eyes onteI
you en- stare ct you ez them done you may
know they hain't nun. The young man
whut waited on the tables looked orfdl
.. plezant en- smilin when he met u.s.
took a libn ter that young Teller ct once
But l didn't Gee no okashun fur siGt
kontinie smilln.
He kondukted en- sot us down ter
= table where there vuz fore ladies eatll
krab gumhow en- talkin.
preckly we sot down the one viz-a-vet
! en- Operate ter Obadiah sed sumthlr
whut sot EN- all ter latin, ontill / though
they'd all strangerlate. l see ct once e
/ had err expected en- hoped ter find man
: neTs ct this table I'd er bin disappointed
Why, the carryins on of them wimm
wuz plum scanlusl Ef that tavern keep
er'd bin I've right sort er man en- had biz
: hrung up az he'd orter hsself he'd 4,
made them wimmin leeve the table,
, Dreckly the one settln acrost iron
Obadiah kinder sobured up, en- with
!. eggstreemly perlite smile, passed him tn,
butter, en- fust knowed they wuz int
-, a k5nversashun tergether.
She told him she knowed he'd enjoy tn
bathin--twuZ fine.
I'd jest heerd a man ct the next tahl
: tellin a Teller that the bathln wuz Ii
; good this yere on akount of the hoy
{ raina.
Obadlah'd swaller a spunefull of gumboy
? en- look Ell that woman. then enuther, Ell
so on. She wuz good lookin | never coul
be brung ter like er woman whuts so for
rard ez ter git inter a konversashun Wit
4 a straynge man, but allus wuz one -
! give the devil hiz dews, en- I must say a
= own up ter 1t, she wuz good lookin--on
hohhun BoOd lOpklh.
After me en- Obadiah wuz alone en- te
9 ourselves in our own room, he spoke e
foller9; "sa'iy Ann" seq he, Il though
s I'd seen eyes In my time, but never di
o ontill ter day! Sich bee-you-taful. miss
: cheeyyous black eyes. vailed onderneet
4 SIGH long, sweepin lashes. | never did Sc
= afore!"
|, "Ef you're alloodin ter tnat woman
e eyes whut handed you the butter" SO
/, they're brown"
Q "Woman!" seq he fearceiy "how kl
o you call her a woman"
3 Well" SEE |, she haz ever look en- az
a lperunce onter her OF one. Whut IL she?
e "She's u saueeress." sez he "sauceree
J. OF the Nyle! Jest SIGH eyes ez hern kause
;. Mark Anterny ter let his bizness en- DC
tayyere go ter the devil en-"
y Look here Obadiah Potts." seq |. "I'r
: goln ter give you peace Of advise, while
q you don't take you'll rev the day 20
- didn't"
T | went en- stood afore him en- kompelle
d him ter look me in the eye
II Let that woman alone" SEE l.
]. Il don't dJut in the leest" sed he.
y THROWN hisself inter a cheer an lafI
il plum deleeriously, "but whut octayye1
h dlnged that inter- Mark Anterny's sere
, day In en- day out. Didn't do no goo
though. Never duz."
"Hiz kase en- yourn" SEE I, "iz sum dlt
:, funt. | don't bleeve hiz hair en- feet