Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-04-03
SALLY AIMS
LETTER
by norman Il PITMHE.

sally AIMS letter hev come a
last said the postmistress as SIR
looked over the thin package brought
by the mail carrier 10 the mountain
farmhouse which answered as pos
office.
shell be the peertest gal in the
cove aginst she gifts it," said old
Aunt Polly, laughing.
AFTER waitin' nigh onto three year
fer it, l reclin she will. Let's see;
hits marked Cincinnati. | wished
could see what's on the inside of it
bud Hunts been monty fergitful
of her, hit pears ike to me-" said
Aunt Polly. "Bein' scholar enough
to read an write, hit seems like he
would hev wrote her fore now, iist
to let her know what he wuz about"
"Waal, / think" said the postmis-
tress, "she's been ez wishful ez a
young cat, eou.n' round every mail
day an askin' eff thar warn't no let
tiers fer her folks She hain't been
in now fer more'n two weeks"
WAL, say; she must be TUX sick
or somethin'."
"she's been a-loolsin' powerful puny
ever since corn wuz laid by She
must a worked too hard; We know
she's about to run into kinsump-
ton"
"She used to look big and chufTy
enough fore Bud went out'n the set.
Element"
"Yaas, an after he went, too, fer
the fust year. They say ez how he
Civ her his promise he'd write jist ez
soon ez he could git a good job;
then they'd git married"
"She lowed hit wouldn't take SIGH
an uncommon likely Teller ez him
more'n a week to git a well-payin'
job"
"Her pappy died with that kim
sumption iist soon after she wuz
bornded," said the postmistress, re-
fectively; IAN whenever he died they
said en- how some'n his people'd hev
It, too"
"Do We mind" broke in Aunt Polly, |
show Sally Ann TUX on at the time |
of her pappy's buryin'? They wuz
maxim the coffin before our house, |
an she come in an axed me eff they |
wuz goin' to put her pappy in that /
old box. That's jist what she called |
it, old box an p'inted over whar
they wuz worl,in'. l tole her that |
they alluz put dead corpses into
boxes, ez they called collins, an then
put a led on 'em fore they put 'em
in the ground an kivered 'em up.
'Kiver up my pappy@ says she;
'they's afeared to kiver him up; he'll
git up an shoot a hole through 'em
eff they tech him."
"She knowed what buryn' meant
by the time her five sisters wuz TUX
to the buryin' ground"
Il recllin she did. WAL, must be
gittin' home"
Cant We stay all night?"
NO; III hey to be a-goin'. You-uns
come up and see us; don't fergit."
A group Of men were gathered at
the small store in the lower end of
the cove just as the evening shadows
were beginning TO thicSen in the
Some were seated on the
rude platform in front, while others
mounted on horseback had refined up
to hear the news Of the day; for the
store and the post office take
the place of a newspaper in the
districts.
"They tell me-" said old Squire Bar
low, as he threw a huge quid of to-
bacco on the floor, "they tell me that
Sally Ann Larllin got that letter from
Bud Hunt to-day, an that she growed
nigh onto an inch since It come"
"Whar is Bud now?" said an angu-
lar young farmer.
Bud, he's some'rs about Singcin-
natl, | recltin; that's what Polly said.
m she wuz at the Office when the let
er come. He's run onto plumb !
rood job thar with some kind Of a
abroad consarn, an he's a-gittin' 40 ,
! MONTH"
Beats stalk breedin' all boiler.
lon't it, gittin' into one of them big !
owns2" )
"Yes, or maxim corn an wheat,
90"
"'Tain't everyone kin git such lob Z
n the city" said the squire; "when ,
wuz thar about war time they
lowed ez thar warn't nary place like a
he mountains fer Pete Barlow"
WAL, hit pears to me-" said the {
torekeeper, that eff We an Bud ]
iunt could both git jobs thar. that
nos all the rest Of us could" T
This raised the laugh on the squire. II
Who responded by eNpectorating in
key Of horseshoes that stood nj one L
nd of the porch. just then a pale
Dung fellow, whose white skin was v
sharp contrast TO his curly black +
air, hailed the group, and was lust a
bout TO ride past when the squire 5
q order to regain his standing as f
'ader, called out: Cant We nun nm
n be frienly fer a minute. Jimp b
e needn't think Sally Ann wants IA I,
ee We now, Hain't We heared about h
az / q