Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-08-22

''I'M GOING TO BUST THIS DURNED OLD
GOVERNMENT"
ute, 'Im almost mind to tell you
something, but I'm afraid you'd laugh
at me-
Don't you believe it. widow. Is it
an official or private communication?
Don't forget as the driver of this mail
wagon I'm representing the postal
service. the administration, the great
American nation and the flag which
waves over So000,000 freemen."
This hain't got nothing to do with
the great American nation" she said
as she turned away to sigh. It's be-
tween men you, Abe, that 1 say I've
been shook"
"Do you mean somebody has given
you the marble hearth
1T looks like it. Do you remember
the Teller who come along here last Jan
uary selling barbed wire fences? He
had llue eyes and red whiskers and
spoke with a smile, and he fell in love
with me at first sight. He was around
here for a week, and before be went
away he asked me to be his'n."
And you promisedE" said ].
Il think / did. He was to come in
a month, and he was to write me three
times a week. l got two letters from
him, but that was all. It's what they
call the old shake, amt it,
Looks like it, widow-iool1s very
much like it. I'm afraid lie was only
toying with your affections. He was
barbed wiring the pastures and your
heart at the same time. Have you
written him."
almost every day, Abe. I've writ
ten him love, and I've written him
threats. but he won't answer neither.
I'm so upset that l don't know what to
do. / can't work days, and / can't
sleep nights. It's an awful thing. Abe,
for a man to tell a woman that she's
the dearest. sweetest, cutest, lovingest
thing on earth and then walk off as
cool as a COW in cornfield. l believe
l shall commit suicide
widow" said | as l watched the
tears streaming down her cheeks,
don't you 60 and cut up no clothes
lire to hang yourself on account Of
any such scoundrel He might have
had blue eyes and red whiskers, but
Z y
red him, he would have broken your
heart in a month. Lord bless me, but
he might have taken you to Niagara
falls on a bridal tour and chucked YOU
over. Just weed him right out of your
heart and go to looking sweet and
| purity again. Why. | know a dozen
fcllers who are dying to marry you"
you don't say" she gasped.
"Of course l DO. and with the hints
| / Shall drop here and there you'll have
to stand Mt the gate with club to keep
/ the crowd or Lands alive. Widow
Taylor, but you don't tell me you are
breaking your heart over one single
man. and a barbed wire man Mt that,
when you can have your pick of 20"'
But I've been shook" she said. smil-
ing and weeping nj tie same time.
Then get even by shaking three or
four men. and don't shed another tear.
Bless me. bat if my wife was a widow
she wouldn't stand one show in 30 be-
side you Widow, haste thee away
and curl thy hair and powder thy chin
and get ready to wreck the lives Of hale
a dozen windmill agents before Satur-
day night
She called down blessings on my
head as drove off. ana looked to see
her tripping up the path with new joys
and greater hopes in her heart. ] had
just reached the Schimerhorns' and
was dropping letter into the box
when the old man came out Of the
cornfcld with a hoe on his shoulder
and said:
Look a-here. Abe. I'm going TO bust
this burned OLD government into a
cooked hat and thought / might as
well tell you right here and now
WHAT'S the matter, Uncle Henry"
said 1.
Haven't stuck by this governn.eut
through thick and thin for the las 20
years.:
I'm sure vou have"
Haven't I Lal the American eagle
painted On my boss barn and Kept the
stars and stripes flying every day in
the year,
Its true. Uncle Henry"
and I'm allus the first one TO pay
ny taxes and the first one to chip u