Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-08-15
With q View
to MatrinlOny.

er her old father and OF "mothering'
her three younger brothers. Her ef-
forts to keep them going in food and
clothes were wont to meet with more
unmerited abuse and foul language
than any return in the shape Of atten-
ton, gratitude or help. This she felt
the more as she vas a woman with
ideas of refinement that were unusual
In the neighborhood Of Frogsthorpe
and took to heart the complaints of her
great loutish brothers that they
hadn't got moo mother" Bob's desire
to assist her in any way surprised her.
"Narthen to siSerfy.7 said Bob sheep
ishly. Cant / dew narthen moarW
Sally hustled about and deftly tidied
up the kitchen. Out Of the corner of
her eyes she watched Bob hanging
around uneomfortably with an evident
wish to ask something and q reluctance
to make start
"Shall sluch the bricks down for
yeT inquired Bob.
Come an do" said Sally. Tell us
what ~ Surely to goodness ye amt
afeard"
"Will ye prarmus not to put the grin
on tew meT' Bob asked.
"Why, what should want to do that
for?" said Sally, who was getting In
quisitive and knew the only way to ex-
tract information from her brother was
to evince no curiosity. "But just as ye
like. I can't keep muddlin about here
all the mornin."
81 want ye to tell me what to say"
Bob gasped out.
"Say? Say what? Whatever are ye
talkin aboutt don't know the meanin
ont"
"Well! There's a galp' Bob began
nervously.
"Ah! There's plenty O them," said
Sally, unconcernedly.
81 want We to tell me what to saay in
a letter." burst out Bob. "Lor', Sally,
she's gre't wench; She's bigger'n yew.
Har hairs that black! 'Tain't like
yarn" (Sally was fairy "Sbe's big as
me- An har eyes! Lor', har eyes fare to
goo right trew ye they be Sc shiny an
sc black"
"a love letterT said Sally. "No, Bob,
1 don't know nothin about love. !
amt goin 10 mix up along O. no love-"
"Noo, noow expostulated Bob.
"Tain't come to that yit. But 1 see har
brother t'o:her daay, an he axed me to
goo oover 4 see har, an I axed him II
1 should write an tell har 1 wuz a-com-
in, an he 81 id as he'd find out"
Dye want to walk out with her,
thenp said Sally.
II doan't knoo azaekly as yit," Bob
answered. Dye think she'd make
good wife?"
How can 1 telfY' asked Sally. with
some show Of reason. "Do I know
herP
MOO" said Bob. "But she bain't Ike
yew. She's a strappin wench, an my
missus 'ull hev to wark to help to arm
the grub"
do she wear a fall an glovesT ask-
ed Sally slyly, reminiscent of fraternal
remonstrances at her own occasional
lapses into gentility.
"That she doan'" said Bob. "She
shan't wear moo fall nor moo gloves"
"Ye'll have to treat her different to
what you do me-" said Sally, cor she
won't put up wit"
"I'll trate her prarper," Bob prem
ised. "she shall hev all the grub she
can get down har, but she shan't hev
moo bare nor stout. They doan't dew
ye n might O. good"
Bob was an adolescent valetudina-
rian in his way and was just then
utrono oD total abstinence
81 wouldn't write no letter." said
Sally. That's dangerous. She might
hev We up for breach O. promise"
"D'ye think soor said Bob. who in
all ceremonial matters was guided by
his sister.
'That 'ould be best-to see her." said
Sally. "How often hev ye seed herT
81 doan't knoo much on har, an tha'ss
q fack," admitted Bob. "She's in sarv-
ice out at Chetbridge, an har brother
Rxed me II I'd like to goo oover."
"Well, that appears funny to me-"
unused Sally. keeping her countenance,
but chucklng inwardly. what dye
want to write forF"
"I'm a-gooin to dew the thing prarp-
err" Bob explained. "Not saam's as
yew an var chap what never came to
narthen. l want to hev a prarper on
nerstandin afoor l gifts engaged. an
hain't got moo mother, wuss luck, an
thote as yew'd help me-"
"Ye get your onnerstandin talkin,"
advised Sally. ''That fare strange to
me she should set her brother on to
We like that"
"D'ye think soo?" said Bob nervously.
"Hev ye ever kissed heYT asked Sal
ly slyly.
"B.aame 1t, noow Bob roared. "But /
should wholly like tew," he added
softly,
"Take her out an kiss her, then, an
be done wit" said Sally, more expe-
rienced in wooing. But do ye mind
ye bain't sucked in."
'What dye mane?' asked Bob.
"They say as fish hawkers cry stink
In fish the loudest," answered Sally
ME. t.o4.,.- IAN har brother wholly
... tcft.'
- -. X soo?" muttered Bob,
alarmed :; Laconsidered possibilities.
''But har eyes maak ye jump, they be
fe bright. She's the prattiest gal ye
ever see. I'll maak ye bet ont" he
added by way of self consolation.
Il spooz," he said after a pause-1
spooz yew 'ouldn't write for me an ak
har if She, walk out WI me. | bain't
got moo mother to dew it, wuss luck"
1t may be incidentally remarked that
Bob was % years of age and, with his
brothers, was always lamenting the
want of mother. That lady during
her life left the charge Of her young
children altogether to Sally and neg
lected them and her home equally.
"Yew may take your oath O. that"
answered Sally firmly in reply to Bob's
hint. 'If ye got sucked In, ye'd lay 1t
all on me. Ye must hoe your own land.
Ne'd better tell her brother ye'll1meet