Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

"If Isrul Calkins booted Lafe Cook
he's got more spunk n give him credit
fer" said Parsons. "Isrul amt knee
high to a pint er cider an Lafe's right
smart Of man."
Il didn't say he booted him." said
Hancock al wouldn't undertake ter
boot LATE m'self-not unless 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 a 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 teruatter kethcup, LATE? Mis-
Calkins 'ud ask him.
Then Sadie'd come up With the ap-
pies an the OF folks nd gas about
'Lonzo Walkers corn an the Hereford
bull Cal Ripley had shipped In from
the Smithers stock farm an the new
schoolma'am at deestrick an the
county bridge over Little Ta-kio an all
the news there was a-Soin' an LATED
low mabbe 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 same's
LATE was au' hadn't got nothin' ter say
neither.
Long erbout Q O'Clock G" 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
climbln' fer bed. You won't be so pesky
ankshus ter git out of it N the morn
In. Hayuh him!
"Sadie'd climb. an after while
LATED git up and reckon he'd have to
be goin'.
cit went on that way for the best
part of n year. LATE wasn't well
enough acquainted with the gal SOS he
could say anythin' much more'n howdy
when he did git chance to see her by
accident. she bein' shy an him beln'
shy. When they started up the lycer-
yerm In the winter he did get up spuuk
enough ter say he'd like ter take Sadie
That's real clever OF you. Lafe.
says the OF woman, She'll be real
tickled TO go-won't you. SadieT
"'Yes'm,' says Sadie. hangin' her
head
81 would. too says the OF lady.
Isrul never did banker after such
doin's, but there hain't nothin' ter pre-.
vent him stayin' 10 home. Bring the
surrey, LATE. II you'd jest rs soon
so there wasn't no way out OF 1t
that LATE could see but ter take the OF
lady along. too. That sorter discour-
aged him an although ii came en- good
sleighlng later he didn't dare to ask
Sadie ter 20 out with him in his cutter
fer fear Mrs. Calkins I'D want TO come
too. an he'd halter set on her lap IN
drive. Fln'ly him an Sadie come TO an
understandin'. That wuS the mex sum-
mer, after he'd walked the OF woman
all about the grounds at the county fair
tryin' to tire her out. She hung on as
long as she could an then she seen
Sadie wus plum dead on her feet an
she lowed she'd set with the gal till
she got rested up. Just the same that
wus all the good Ii done him."
How'd they come TO an understand
In, them" aSl,ed Parsons.
Hancock stopped with his knife half
way through a shaving OF the shingle
and eyed his interrogation with supreme
contempt. WELL" he went on. "the
mex time he got chance 10 say word
to her he says; 'Haln't never goin' ter
git ter see you. Sadier
why, you see me all the time she
says.
but want 70 see you alone says