The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-02-11

& Grspevine Warp and
sTHF . Fence Rail Filling
or The Signs OF "Thrasher"
tby JUMBO %

" pEpN6b, bIuo lEtSu0S1APt
We have a lady friend who Is
young, cultured, beautiful, and a
widow. She is charming, gay and
demonstrates by her very living
that marriage is not a failure, and
we personally know that she has no
serious objections to mating again.
We have gentleman friend who
is educated, gallant, handsome and
a widower. He is generous, kind
hearted and true, and writer OF
the first water. He loves the wom-
don't. He has for long time want
ed To meet our lady friend, the widow.
IL we have a special talent for any
thing it is for match making"
That is why we are so popular with
the unmarried folks and the reason
why some married folks frown when
they see as.
So we gave big dinner and ask
| ed our writer friend Uncle Snort)
to be there. The widow happened
/ to be there, of course. We wish you
could have seen them at the table
and heard them in the parlor. We
suddenly stepped in to stir up the
| fire and heard him saying: IF you
love me like love you'-she wound
up there'll be a wedding i'm a week
or two"
The old scamp set that widow till
midnight and then stayed all night.
He and ourself had to sleep on a
pallet. Well you bet we were mad.
Just think, on account of his darned
; foolishness, we Ia man of our stand
| ingl had to sleep on a pallet in the
dead of winter ard hear him a-court-
ing all night in his sleep. After we
had been kicked and Rugged and roll
ed and called all manner of sweet
names we dropped of TO sleep TO be
suddenly aroused by his singing:
"A grape vine warp and fence rail
filling; You and Twill marry If your
nanny and daddy are willing. " Well
after going through what we had
gone through we couldn't stand any
more and We began to put the "fill-
| ing" into his short ribs. We beat
| him till he couldn't snort"
| The next morning he and the wild
ow went off like two crippled doves
crippled in the head.
he made a date with the widow TO
call Thursday night. He called. a
little boy met him at the door and
asked him to be seated. He sat and
I he sat. No widow came. Some
| time after eleven O'Clock the man of
the house came in with an over
astounding appearance and said,
Air ye waiting to see me stranger"
I Uncle Snort in his blandest manner,
replied, Il came over TO spend a
few pleasant moments with the lady
I of the house-ah, oh, ] mean Miss
/ an, no, | mean the widow. : she
in?" The man of the overastounc-
ing appearance and death dealing
look in his eye replied, "She Amt
/ in and she haint been since she
moved last Chuesday." There haint
! but one bed on this ranch and I'm
gwine ter git in 1t right now and will
yer do me the kindness to get out er
/ here and wake mp the neighbors on
tother side er town befo Sal can
/ turn Bulger loose" All this time
the man of the house was standing
six feet six, the very picture of Kit
Carson and emphasizing his re-
marks with the sling of six-shooter.
Uncle Snort went out of that
house like bat out of hades. In
his rush ne left his overcoat, over
shoes and hat. He never looked for
the gate but stepped over a five
foot wire fence with ninety pound
bull pup fastened to the lapel of his
pants.
II took a stroll around the pun
lie square, out Main street, up Ar
lington Heights, through the Uni
versity grounds and back to the
square in seven minutes and two
seconds, and had aroused half of the
town. The bull pup was still with
him with both eyes shut.
He stoppedand addressed himself
to the pup in the following Language
and in a tone that could be heard al
over town: What do you mean
= you NANCY, fea-bitten, bob-tail, egg
sucking son of the devil, by beint
} so familiar with me, and pushing
! yourself on me when l SO much de
sire to be alone to mediate. Her
{ you are sound asleep on and slob
bering all over the lap of my $50
! tailor made pants" But that purl
E kept his eyes shut and held on jus
= like those old breaches tasted good
The night Waterman, Andy Ellis
I with two negroes, erowbar and tn
| town pump showed that bull do