The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-03
A WINNING wOOING.
Icopyrisht, 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Col
BY CHARLES HENsLEY.

ssSSsssSe 5s little tree. not mon ten steps fom de gallus, en right in front; dcs wtiar we could see ev'yting dat come Oar we comin' ticker en ticker: lookin' at de prison, wid de iron bars over de winders; | en aller de time eatin' some CT dat good grub dat Mandy brought wid her. Alter de people in de crowd gun ter whisper: | Were dey come! yere dey come! En sho' enuf outer de do, CT de prison, yere come de possession. Fust dey come 10 | en den two pries'es. en den de man dey gwine hang. 'longside anudder pries' . Den come de High Sheriff en fo' mo | consterples. Dey all walks up de steps one CT de pries'es pray little, en den anudder CT de pries' es. he pray little, | en den dey sing a little, en den dey axes
 de man dey gwine hang ef he got enny-
 Vas. suh," sez he. 'T des suttinly is" En wid dat he step ter de front CT de platform des es sprv es de nex,; ,
 ''Gem'men en feller citizens, he low
 on. taikin' des es easy es ef he diden have nuthin' mo ter do aller dat day, but des talk. He say dat he was nat chully a wuckin' man en a good man. des sittin' on his b3nch peggin shoes wid his peggin' hammer all day long. ev'y day en ev'y day, des tinkin CT nuthin' at all but des CT de shoe befo
 him en CT hittin' de peg sauar on de de
 he'd. He live in a little house long wid his wife, en dey had no chiliuns; lie
 sez dat de oman wuzen so bad She
 des a putty good oman. but she got a
 soft spot in her he'd. en a mighty tnusty mouf fer beer. Hit come one hot summer
 day He sittin' dar in his bench des peg
 gin away wid his hammer. Den hit come inter his min how dat he got two
 bottle CT beer coolin' on a piece CT t,sII ,G
 1s,to he Ea nn finkin' his mouf got right dry. en he des pleeoI-
 ed ter go up en tase dat beer. He Tn seen a hurry dat he go up stars two steps d, a time, en he still holdin' dat pegen
 hammer in his han When he got up stars what you rackon he found? He foun' dat dat misubble oman. his wiIe, bin dar befo' him en drunk up alier oe beer. Els he come up she des dreenin oe bottom or de las bottle. When he see dat he des so outdone en scannerlise, fer wid aller his thust he bin tinkin en 'lowin' dat he gi' de oman part CT glass outer de two bottles. he des so
 srieved dat he up wid his peggin' ham
 mer en hit her over de he'd wid hit. "En wid dat sez he. were come some mo
 CT my bad luck. CT my sorry bad luck: CT my cruel bad luck Hit wuzen emu, dat I lose my beer, dat bad luck boun ter do me wusser yit. When 1 hit her wid my psggin' hammer I hit her right squar on dat soft spot in her neo. ! bin hittin' dat oman over de he'd wid dat peggin' hammer times en aginst befo dat. a hund; ed times, two hund' ed times. yas des hund' eds CT times, but anus l mighty keerful not ter hit her on @ oat soft spot. But dis time my bad luck. my dog mean bad luck, hit des tummine oat | hit ei' no chanst at all. en des pinted | dat hammer right straight fer dat soit | spot. En den what you rackon dat omar ,nr | tracks en den de peoples run in en says | dat I kilt her. But hit wuzen me, mt | des my mean bad luck. Gen men set he, "and feller citizens. you des all r1gnt l des es long es dat bad luck dont glt
 En wid dat dey tie his hans en wrop up his head in a piece. CT black clotn' eil | den dey tu'n him loose. En atter, ne ne | spun roun' a little dat wuz de cen CT
 Whiles we wuz walkin' home, sez Man dy ter me, "I is had fine day, sut- | tinkin CT hit over. I disremember ef l | is ever had es fine day es dis. l wudeh | take nuthin, naw, suh, des wuden take l nuthin'." sez she, "ter hear him tell how 1 come ter kill her Whiles he wuz talkin' | hit seem like hit mus ter been dat ne | des pettin' en coddlin' dat oman wid ms peggin' hammer. en hit des his bad iuck
 tank you fer de fines day dat had
 Mandy" sex I. .en I speak ter her
 mighty soft en tender, "ef you des ma a
 plenty CT days des es good es dis. Say
 q rackon | got ter,' sez she. wid g
 sigh. T des don see how kin hep my,
 se7f But look a yere." seZ she, how
 know dat you ain't gwine try so! some e e, ? | en hit me over de he'd wid hammer en kill me like he done wid his wIfe?'
 "Honey," sez I, dat cuden happen, da, des cuden happen. Kase why? kase dey ain't no soft spots in yo haid."