Sharp County record., 1903-08-07
Sally AIMS
LETTER
BY FoRaAN II. pITMRn.

'
,,ked 'oyer the thin paclJsge brought
the mail carrier to the mountain
'mhouse which answered as post
ice,
She'll be the peertest gal in the
} 70 aginst she gifts it," said old
."nt Polly, laughing.
i'Atter waitin' nigh onto three year
: it, | reckia she will Let's see;
4 3 marked Cincinnati. l wished
y I'D see what's on the inside of it,"
Bud Hunts been mouty fergitful
+ her, hit peers like to me-" said
\, mt Polly. "Bcin' scholar enough
bread an write, hit seems like he
uld hev wrote her fore now, jist
. let her know what he wlIz about" "
, lWaal, | think" said the postInis-
PISS, "she's been ez wishful ez q
y ing cat, comm round every mail
,i.f an nskin' ef thar warn't no let
- fer her folks. She hain't been
y now fer more'n two weeks" !"
.W Waal, says she must be TUX sick
n somethin'."
! tShes been a-fookin' powerful Puny
. r since corn wuz laid by. She
"a st q worked too hard; ye know
''bPs about to run into kinsump-
,ml."
IA. She used to look big and chuffy
,a,ugh fore Bud went out'n the set
.Iment."
IA Yaas, an after he went, too, fer
,ie. fust year. They say ez bow he
I, q her his promise he'd write jist ez
Cin ez he coGd git a good job;
On they'd git married"
40 She lowed hit wouldn't TAKE sich
ie!, uncommon likely feller ez him
nj rem a week to git well-payin'
an"
!, Her pappy died with that kin
lption jist soon after she wuz
,einded," said the postmistress, re-
atively; IAN whenever he died they
sp / ea how sone'n his people'd hev
%, ;oo-"
r. Do We mind" broke In Aunt Polly,
ii w Sally Ann TUX on at the time
siaS her papPy's bupyin'2 They wuz
iIqlin' the cofaR before our house,
2. she come in an" axed me ef they
Re goin' to put her pappy in that
'h box. That's jist what she called
a 1old box, An pimted over whar
Wv wuz workin". / tofe her that
7 alluz put dead corpses into
+, ''eA ez they called cotfins, an then
,sy led on 'em fore they put 'eln
Eifhe ground en- Rivered 'em Wp.
;}%a or up my papPyT says she;
Ie,y's afeared 20 kiver him up; he'll
Le up AN" shoot a hole through 'em
Ms hey tech him."
,n 9he hnowed what buryin' meant
10 Ihe time her Ave sisters wuz TUX
toS he buryin' ground"
|" recldn she did Waal, \ must be
jim home"
Bl ant ye stay all night?"
"a 70; I'll hev TO be a-goin'. Yon-uns
Mae up and see us; don't fergit."
das group of men were gathered at
HI small store in the lower end OF
aiycove just rs the evening shadows
i, beginning to thicken In the
ntains. Some were seated ON the
E%o platform in front, while others
Mo nted on horseback had reined up
MMssiear the news of the day; for the
Eehtry store and the post Office take
nv place of newspaper ia the
Sntaiu districts
chey tell me-" said old Squire Bar
Br as he threw huge quid of to-
iEM iE,M o on the floor, they tell rae that
tlUs Ann Larkin got that etter from
nc Hunt to-day, an that she gyowsd
: onto an inch since it come"
syhar is Bud now?' said an angu-
/, e'oung farmer.
EEolud, he's some'rs about Singcin-
lIa, / reclsin; that's what Polly srid..
,lIrn' he wuz at the Office when the let
Mi, come. He's run onto a plumb
N.Y. job thar with some kind OF
ST. Dad consarn. an he's a-gittin' 40
|" NTH"
leafs stalk breedin' all hofler,
Y 1t, gittin' into one of them big
Ans"
Es, es, or maxim corn an wheat,
Gab
&C.
Hi,rain't everyone kin git such JOB
ii%ie city," said the squire; ''when
I.a,z thar about war time they
Md ez thar warnt nary place like
MNmountains fer Pete Barlow"
ss,g,aal, hit pears to me-" said the
Tsakeeper, that of ye an Bud
Ms could both git jobs thar, that
I. all the rest of es could"
is raised the laugh on the squire.
. !, responded by expectorating in
SE Of horseshoes that stood at one
~ ,of the porch. just then Il pale
Diig fellow, whose white skin was
p,nrp contrast TO his curly black
nj hailed the group, and was just
ia to ride past when the squire,
Hider to regain his standing as
Httr, called out; "Can't We pull up
j jdbe frien'ly fer minute, Jim2
\ eedn't think Sally Ann wants to
,Nla noun JLs;,,S wa hnorad about