West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-06-05
THE RURAL POSTMAN.
He Scatters Words of Cheer Along
His Route and Averts Suicides
Saves the American Eagle and Holds up
u RevSlution.

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newspaper FIR her bu, no letter ard seeing
tha, she was greatly cast down said:
| ANY one SEX, widow. aud are You ex.
| peciing To- hear bad news7"
''Say Abe" she replied after minute.
I'm almost mind to tell you something
but I'm afraid you'd laugh at me-"
Don't you believe il widow Is i, an
official OF private communication Don't
forget as the driver of tins mail wagon I'm
representing The postal service, the admins.
traiion, the great American nation aud the
flag which waves over SO. 900, 600 freemen. {"
"rhis hain't go, nothing To do with the
great American nation" she said as she
turned away TO sigh. '.Ii's between me
you Abe, that say I've been shook"
'Do you mean that somebady has given
you the marble hcar9"
''Ii looks like it. DO you remember the
felIer who come along here last January sell.
ing barbed wire fences1 lie had blue eyes
aud red whiskers aud spoke with smile
aud he fell in love with me a, first sight.
lie va around here for week and before
he went away lac asked me To be hisn.
''And YOU p'omised2" SAID /.
81 i think did. lie was io come in
month and he was to write me three times
week. got two letters from him hut tha,
was all. us nha, they call the cold shake
aiu'i i,2'
Looks like il widow--looks very much
like IL. I'm afraid he was only to ING with
your affections. lie was ba,bed wiring the
pastures aud your heart at the same time
Have ,ou written him?'
''Almost every day Abe. I've written him
love aud I've written him threats but he
won, answer neither. I'm Sc upse, that !
don't know wha, 10 do. can't work da, $
and can't sleep nights. It's an awful
thing Abe, for man to tell a woman that
she's The dearest, sweetest, culesi, lovinees,
thing on earth and then walk OFF as cool as
COW in a c"rniird. | believe shall com.
init suicide"
Widow " said as | watched the Tears
streaming down her cheeks, don't you go
and cut up no clothes line to hang yourself
on account of any such scoundrel. lie
might have had blue eyes and red wllsLers
but his heart was false. II YOU had married
| him he would have broken your hear, in n
month Lord bless me bu, he might have
| taken you 10 Niagara Fails on a bridal tour
and cancked yom ovei! Just weed him
right oul ot Your heart aud 20 To l.okil g
sweet and purity again. Why know n
dozen fcllers who are dying la matry you ;
You don't say" she gasped.
''Oi course do aud with The hins shall
drop h.re and there you'il have To s,and a,
the gale with club To keep tue crowd of.
Lands alive, Widow ray lof, but you don't
tell me you are breaking your heart over
one single man and liarbed wire man n,
that when you can have your pick of 20"
''But I've been shook she said smiling
and weeping at the same time.
"rheu get even by shaking three or four
men and don't shed another tear Bless me
but If my wife was widow she wouldn.
stand one show in so beside you! Widow
haste thee away and curl thy hair and pow.
der Thy chin and get ready 20 wreck the
lives Of half dozen windmill agents befor c
Saturday nighi.''
She called down blessings on my head as
drove of and looked TO see her tripping
up the path with new Joys and greater hopes
in her heart. had just reached the Schim
ethorns' and was dropping letter into the
box when the old man came out of The corn.
field with hoe on his shoulder aud said:
'Iook 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"
"whars the matter Uncle IIenry1''
said I.
Haven't stuck by this government
through thick and thin for the last twenty
years1"
| '1'm sure you have"
"IIagen'i had the American eagle paint.
ell ON my hoss barn ana kept the stars and
stripes flying every day IN the year1"
''Ii's true Uncle Henry"
"And Ini allus the first one 10 pay m,
taxes and the FIRST one to chip in for the
Fourth of July. Yes Abe, I've stood up for
America in thunder showers and hailslorm.
and when everybody else in the country va.
down ON her and what's the resul,2 My
son Bill has got Sc eyes and stiff knee
and thought Ia get him an easy job fui
the summer. wrote 10 The president to Sc,
II he bad . place lo Il, and he never ever
answered ny letter What sort of reward
d'you call rhai2'
Giles awful busy y'u know" said I.
"ihats no excuse. lie could have wro,,
me on Sunday II he was rushed during tn,
week
"Du ofices are mighty scarce Uncl,
Henry"
"And SO are ptGioi. like me It's nc
use Abe--no as Tie President has gon,
back on man whD Was willing to he'd hf
last drop Of blood for America aud ,ha
man amt going 10 overlook it. I'm goin,
risli' at It aud buH the Uohed States o
Ame lea ali 20 squashi"
"Plcasc don't"
"Bu will! Yes Abe I've got my wa
paint Oh and my dandcr up and by the erea
horn spoon ~ going iop pull the tail leathcr
out Of The American eagle and LICK a.,
Constitution higher'n K,ldcroy's kite!'
I begged and eutfeaied him to stay M
hand aud struggled with him for half y,
hour and finally ON M promise to drop b,
and sec the government sime evening ~,
see that BIZ was taken care Of. Uncl,
Henry agreed 10 lei things g along 10