The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-11
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rAys the friIrr tn the other Eel.
lar. ann ,,u uluy the VIOLIN"
durr," .,,, t,,. nth,r Teller. "a
mayer trird" Which is the same with
mo ran ,yri,, a .trry? | dunno;
near tri,J E,, I'm, reasonably
surc can give a plain account OF a
recent huuucufn, r,hi here near
nur town ~ uau!c,mrsh. the facts
IF the same being known To- me in
general and particular. partly from
bcinr there and partly from setting
In l,irLrl,pu', ,,rnrrry and using a
pair Of narra gifts heaven ho
slowed On me I refer to my ears.
We'll. YOU see. th,rr is mighty
likely girl live. near here AS / could
name in fact /, went do any harm
II do name her. though her name is
mighty likely Co change but that's
another story, "a. q third frllrr said
Her name. then. T. Matilda Chullup
old Squire rhu.lup's daughter
Pretty tine Ggur. Of a girl. Good
many TELLER. hrru sweet ON her. Had
NV own inrlmaii.n- that way. Don't
20 round TALKING bout EN- though
Not word 10 aay what she thi.k.
Of me. Nav know. but shun't tell
VIII say this. however, that sh,
thinks less Of certain Teller named
Hanks than She did.
Yuu see This here certain fclIrr
named Hank, ,.,rfr. rp here from tho
rity for Li, health he said lie rot
some fine outdoor exercise fore he
90, thrnurh that ,uynt to have rive
his state Of health a considerable
hist
Ynu s.r old man popdylr ybo
lives ont ,,ur ar f,r mile, ciyn q
dance one mint last fail tn chri,tcu
new barn Fine mnp. old pnpdaIc
is. and EVERYDAY knew they'd have
good time. with two fiddler, and
barrel Of cider So rycryhndv
rny.d thcy'd ~, ar rnur-r mi.
here Hanks ne had To mn and pluu
to go too. Called if n mon" Tar.
nntionrst fool you ever see. Hanks
WINS little slim f,Ilrr with rcd cvcs
Used To 20 round with his head nm
like A baIkv cow with a hoard over
bcr face Coursc no thnuglt he had
Ia ,akc snmrbodv to his ur,l,y hon,
and he asked Matilda ChoIlnp And
somehow She said ycs-oUt 81 uitv
for the fcllcr. mcbby. went out
IN old Chollou's m,,clf ,hc ucvt dn,.
thinking I'd ask her 10 20 with me
hat she said she'd uroni.nd II,rLs
Some folks might a-thougbt from
her manner that she was sorry thot
she'd been so fast hut won't sov
ANYTHING about vbat I Thought Pm
NOT saving .yrrytbiuy tIirL Ar,.
how I'm snv that she wished ,o ,f,ro
,be yot tbrough
Well went an, to old pond,Ic,s
nm ,h. niob, 81 tho J,,,,.. .',.,, /,
Ma,ilda hat ,nn. and r,.d, ,n,n.
ra.h rrnmi.,t md l,t, -, tho
folks yrr. thcr. too MI urxi,us tn
start the new barn rirht and $50.
,t,,t ,ho cid.r didr', ,,,iI. All ;rs,
es !, wos growing ,nr, ~ ,,rl nm
droy. thn, there IInnk. och, vo. ~,
In rho cn,ptrv fnr Ia, hroI,h onL
uatiIda CbnIlnn who yyi.hrJ ,nol,I,,.
Tint sb.,d cam. ,yitb M. iii,
b.a borrowed tho Widlnr r.,I,n
too,.s nn.-brss nbo.tnr- ~,
,h,s. b.r. y,-bioL..Is ,Li,b -.
H. li,, h,,Lo, mud ,.;,l, ,,,,,',,.t,.I
h,o ,,LosIs hnhird npd migh,I, II,
,a uhoels in front uior.s, ,,,oni.
hottrJ md ,roiI.st Vii f,n,.nd
.,,, ,.r .o,, H., h,,i,,,, a., $500
,,,,,, ,,h..tn,s IN ,nn,rnIa"I IN. ,..''
sroc;aIv norticuIor W,u II,ni,s
,;.d h;t bns. ,,drr sh,L o,L hi,,,
and un,;Id, wont into tho L,r,, ,,.',t,
m. otbcrs and tb, tv, fIlIor.
,tr,cL nm and sonn we WINS MI Larn,
inc righ, uvcIv..-trip,iry ,h, Ii,,,,
bombastic toe. as Hanks said II
was enough to make YOU sick ,o heor
that TELLER talk.
WILL ,. ham, /, nm I;,.,;,, ,i
u,.li.r iii along about midnigh, ,h,
a5dl.rs sovino AWAY Tx. nh ga, an,
and the cider holding OUT Uncommon
II heino nm extra larp. barrel and
extra full. reckoncd mebbv Ma.
t;lda would have got enougb Of
Hanks riding out with him. but sb.
didn't seem TO Of. and so she must
keen dancing with him right along.
bout every other time. hut | didn't
find any fault-not a mite. As usual
| was a-hearing and a-seeing but |
wasn't saying word.
1t was Just about the darkest night
you ever seen. No moon for six
weeks, and the stars behind 40 miles
Of solid cloud. And 1t happened
along about midnight, or some after,
or tfrereabouts, that some blamed