Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15

"If Isrul Calkins booted LATE Cook
he's got more spunk n l give him credit
fer" said Parsons. "Isrul amt knee
high to pint err cider an Lafe's right
smart of man"
Il didn't say he booted him." said
Hancock. az wouldn't undertake ter
boot LATE m'self-not unless l got mad
enough. When l git mad enough I'll do
most anythin'. No, Isrul didn't make
no breaks o that sort. Him an Mis-
Calkins was both as pleasant as bas-
ket o. chips. 1t was, Come right In,
LATE. Set down an make y'self to
home Sadie, take a dish an go down
cellar an bring up some o. them eatin'
apples
FLOWS your nav a-gittin' along
with her termatter kethcup, LATE? Mis-
Calkins nd ask him.
"Then Sadie'd come up with the ap-
pies an the oil folks nd gas about
'Lonzo Walkers corn an the Hereford
bull Cal Ripley had shipped liz from
the Smithers stock farm an the new
schoolma'am at decStrick = an the
county bridge over Little Tarkio an all
the news there was a-goin' an LATED
set there an say 'Yes'm,' an Nom an
low mabhe it wus. so or mabbe it
wusn't an couldn't Skarsly GIT a look at
Sadie, let be word with her, an she
wus one o. the quiet, shy kind sames
Lafe was an hadn't got nothn' ter say
neither.
Long erbout O'Clock 9" Isrurd
stretch out his arms an say, 'Ho-yo-o,
hum. ha. Gosh, but the nights Is git.
tin short! You, Sadie, you'd better be
climbin fer bed. You won't be SO pesly
ankshus ter git out of 1t IN the morn
in. Hayuh him"
"Sadie'd climb. an after while
lated git up and reckon he'd have TO
be goin'.
1T went on that way for the best
part of a year. Late wasn't well
enough acquainted with the gal sos he
could say anythin' much more'n howdy
when he did git a chance to see her by
accident, she bein' shy an him bein
shy. When they started up the lycer.
yerm in the winter he did get up spunk
enough ter say he'd like ter take Sadie
"That's real clever of you. LATE,
says the OF woman. She'll be real
tickled to go-won't you, Sadie?
"Yes'm,' says Sadie. hangin' he1
head.
~ would, too says the OF lady
Isrul never did banker after sucf
doin's, but there hain't nothin' ter pre-
vent him stayin' to home. Bring the
surrey, Lafe, If you'd jest as Soon
so there wasn't no way out of Il
that LATE could see but ter take the oil
lady along, too. That sorter discour
aged him an although it came on good
sleighing later he didn't dare to ash
Sadie ter go out with him in his cutter
fer fear Mrs. Calkins nd want to come
TOO, an he'd halter set on her Ian an
drive. Fin'ly him an Sadie come to ar
understanding. That wus the mex sum
mer, after he'd walked the OF woman
all about the grounds at the county fail
tryin' to tire her out. She hung on ~
long as she could an then she seer
Sadie wus plum dead on her feet an
she lowed she'd set with the gal til
she got rested up. Just the same tina
wus all the good it done him.
How'd they come to an understand
in, then?" asl.ed Parsons.
Hancock stopped with his knife half
way through shaving of the shingl
and eyed his interrogation with suprem
contempt. WELL he went on, "the
mex time he got chance to say wore
to her he says: 'Hain't never goin' tel
git ter see you, Sadie?
why, you see me all the time she
says.
but want to see you alone, say
Lafa