The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-13

Will you an ulQn't want no row
nuther''
The horses stopped to drink at q
clear stream of water which ran across
the road on bed Of brown pebbles.
| The brides were too tight to allow
them to lower their heads, so Alan
went out on the heavy tongue between
the pair and unfastened the reins.
When he had regained his seat, he told
| the old man in detail all that had hap
pened at the dance at the hotel, ending
with the advice he had received from
Rayburn Miller.
II don't know about that.'' Ahner
said. Maybe Miller could call a halt
like that an go on like nothin' had hap
pened. don't say he could nur
| couldn't; but it's fool advice. You
mought miss it, an regret it to wore
dyin' day"
Alan looked at him in some surprise.
He had hardly expected just that stand
on the part of confirmed old bachelor
like his uncle. The old mans glance
swept dreamily over the green fields
| on either side of the road across which
the red rays of the setting sun were
streaming. Then he took a deep breath
and lowered the reins till they rested
on the backs of the horses.
my boy" he began, "I'm a good
mind to tell you some'n' that l hain't
mentioned fer mighty nigh forty yeer.
l don't believe anything but my in
trust in that town gal an you would
make me bring it up. Huh! Ray Mil
Ter says you kin pass 'er over jest as
eff you'd never seed 'er, does he? An
go on an pick an choose agin. Huh,
I wasn't as old as you are by five yeer
when the one I'm talkin' about passed
away, jest week after me an herd
come to a understandin'. I've seed
'er corpse that day amongst all that
pile O. wild flowers that old an young
fetched from the woods whar me an
'er used to walk, but eff l live to be as
old as that thar hill I'll never forget
my feelin'. l kin see 'er right now as
plain as I did then, an sometimes nv
heart aches as bad. l reckon Won
know now why l never got married.
Folks has poked a lots O. fun at me.
an tuck it as it was intended. but a
lots O times what they said made me
suffer simply awful. They've picked
out this un an that IN, from spring
chlcklns to hays O. all ages, shapes a
sizes, but The very thought O. givin'
anybody her place made me sick. Thar
never was but one fer me. l may be a
fool. but l believe I was intended 'er
her. Shucks! Sech skip abouts IS
Miller may talk seck bosh as that. but
It's Oeca'se the Lord never give 'em the
glory O the other thing.
1T larnt re the truth about the aft
er life. now thar's a time to come.
an blessed one, ur the Lord never
would "a give me that taste of F.
She's som'er's out O. harms way, a.
when me m her meet III not have a
wrinkle an I'll be able to walk as spry
an hopeful as l did when she was
heer. Thar ort to be punishment re-
served fer hard headed fools that sep
arate lovin' young folks beca'se one
ur tother hain't jest so many dollars
tied in rag. Don't you listen to M
Ter. l don't say you ort to plunge right
in an make the old man mad, but dom
give up. Eff she's what l think she is,
an she sees you amt a-goin' to run
after no fresh face, she'll stick to you
like the bark on tree. The wait won't
hurt nuther one of you either. NV
wait amt a-hurtin' me an yore'n won't
you. never seed a young woman
liked better N do the one you select
ed, an I've sent up many a petition
that you'd both make it all right"
The old man raised his reins and
clucked to his horses.
Uncle Ab," said Alan, you've made
better man of me. I've had a lot Of
trouble over this, but you make me
hope. I've tried to give her up, but
simply cannot do it,
"She amt a-goin' to give you up
nuther,' replied Abner; chats the pur-
ty part about it. Thar amt no give up
| in Ter. She amt that sort. She's goin'
to give that daddy O her'n tussle."