The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-07-24

place, Ezra Dale, After supper l light
ed Il pipe and. sat ON the porch smok
ing, Dale came and sat beside me-
You have finished your evening
chores early" said. when my wife
is without u servant she never gets
the dishes washed before 8 O'clock"
''WaaL We see, l don't do it that
away. l wash dishes oncet a week
Then l put 'em all on ter the wagon.
drive EN- inter the creek, take a mop
an when l get through they shine like
pewter
Don't you think a wife would be
handy? She could do your mendlng
Don't need no wife. ! got needles
an thread an buttons. There's my
kit" And he handed me a case CON
timing the articles mentioned and no
more.
where's your thimble?' l asked
Don't need no thilnble | tried ono
oncet an couldn't use it. It's handler
to git the head of the needle agin tho
wall an drive it through that AWAY"
did you never have a love aliairy"
Eyes, oncct 1t was when l was a
young feller-yer young an very
green. used to look on gal as a
heather would look on a sacred i'm.
age. There was little one Twin
across the creek, Farmer Owens
daughter Daisy, Purity? We bet, an
gentle as a kitten. She TUX a shine to
me. was a fair lookin' young Teller
then, straight an slim an light on my
feet, One evenin was apassin
Farmer Owens, and Daisy come rum
MIN out with her finger a-blecdin' an
asked me ter tie it up fur her. had
ter git her arm under mine somehow
an hold on ter her hand an wrap the
linen strip an wind the string an a
lot Of things all at the same time
While | was a-doin' of it her hair got
ag'in my cheek, an'-Waal, I lost my
head am, turnin', put an arm around
her an kissed her.
30 ye know, stranger, I've since
made up my mind she done 1t all apur-
pose. | b'lieve she cut her finger on
tentionally. / tell We, women folks is
tricky"
81 think that was a very nice fem
mime way Of catching your attention"
1 remarked. GO ON"
That's jist what ! did do. | went on
ero,n da,- tor d.,, ,,.aol ion. wool, fin
g. goon,,.,l a.. me- ~ a,,,.tbiro hornapod
between me an that gal I'd collapse.
EN-. rar,n ham I'm, tbn ba,in, nm,
Mot did 1ais,. do ,,nt t,la him ouf I'm
ia,. h,.,g,,. mn hor f,tb., ho,,.I,t fin,
ro. ~ e;,,,i,,tn,a., o,,, d,.i,.a ,ial,t Inv
tha+ honeo o.,,n,noeo fer shaw him or
to, mo toll 70 STRANGE, .l,n had tho
,,,icI.odo.t o,n r. Nm. W ,,.n,. SEQ
"Anofbor fe,nipino tr,it observed
..,tieg t,,i..,, ,,.oy ,.,.idantl, o woman %
ue,i., ,,..,., a ,,.,.,n,., .t,.o,,,,o,. an, tba
,,,oret l.i,d or "a onc ~ naln wont on
l,,,,nI,,io,nsIv "cbo h,.oi.o mo an mn /
lie rented this farm nm, went away
7 did,,,t oo,oo l,acl. frr tou vcars vhon
7 Inado I'm INV mind tbat women folks
,vo,sn,t with yorrvin' about an, fink
INV farm ao,tn an booan fer work it.
rrGc fret tine wont bv Farmer,
owens, Daisy come ONT she had grown
ter he n fine lool,in' Young woman Of
twcnty-gix- an what do We suppose
she did2o
81 can't imagine"
asked me if / wouldn't tie np a cut
finger She had the same wicked look
In her eve she had when she drove that
Iopsided farm ham by nv house ten
wears afore. Women is the persistent
est critters [ ever see. list squared
off an said: :Ye don't cit me that
Il way ag'ip. Ye done it oncct. am
that's enough But DO We know. stran-
per she was so slick about it that in
five Minutes I had INV arm about her
an She was a-rcstin' her head on MY
shoulder She was a-cryin'. too-cryin
crockerdile tears. no doubt
"Waai we was engaged. but it didn't
las long. The question come up as
ter whether we'd be married by jus
lco or parson. don't like parsons
myself. am | wanted Justice. Daisy
wanted parson. an She was so blame
set about it that / rcckoned if she was
MS obstinate about small matter like