The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-07-13
Experiences Of
Wesley Slope
By KENNETH HARRIS

dies.
ITO see II the dye nd run" replied
the storekeeper, Some OF EN- always
does that They'll stand alongside o.
the counter an chew on turkey red an
Bingham an calico for the best part of
an afternoon as fast as | can snip OF
samples. II makes my jaws ache to
look at EN-. She only chewed on siI
pieces before she got piece To suit
her"
She's hard to please" observed
Marvin Parsons.
Most women ara" said Sol Baker.
with Il tinge OF bitterness.
II don't know 40 much about that"
objected Washington Hancock. who
was trying the effect OF rOad-brim-
med straw hat before the mirror In the
back OF the showcase 3 fairs my ~
perlence goes wimmen amt hard 70
please"
Jest give EN- their own way al DO
the way they want you To do an ion't
contradict EN- an you can git long
fust rate with most Of en-. said Han
cock, ignoring the thrust. once In q
while there's exceptions. but mint
never seen many Of EN-. The trSible
T. we don't try To please 'em eng IN. ]
never seen but one man that trld right
along an that was Wesley Sio1
Don't he Try now asked Der
lie does H. thout tyin'," val Han
cock That's the best way. ~ all.
when Yves started out hr didut know
enough to keep from pcsterin. pes
tered bis woman inter marryIui lin 10
the nfst place she'd have beet Willln'
enough to marry him anyway but he
didn't know enough to know bat an
the c'nsckcns was she alias otild ell
how sh, give him the mites thre
times aiorc she took him WI. We
,iidR; ,s5s - ;hs; he io'd 10 that
n she only take him he'd 30 pat 10
ne rest Of his days tryin 10 phase her
an he started In ten minutes liter he
preacher said NJ man was To " Ia put
'em rsunder
4 remember suon after tho settled
doEn she sald one time that fhe barn
ought ~ be painted an We gcnl -
town thout say.H' AByia.di N hsr
about II an bOofh' Iud Va per an
nye gallons o. yale paint ,rK viii
him. 40 while she uas owed Ia he
mothers they paln,ei thai ,rn roo
an an a. yaller ~ a plnkin ou' q he'
thought that would have p ,aed her
but n didn't She said he INIT meal
Il ought ca b. palnied rirhtN way. an
there vas thlEgs needed lslnun
sight more than the barn. n he
painted ~ anythin shy Ant
.salnt.d Il rcd an What va W. use
pawn 1ud Harper three s. "a. whei
he could have done The Job ~ a. Nei
himself an save the none,
Well. Wcs plugged alo9 an afie
that h" put his none, In hank an
when The woman b"guh ." Int arounl
shed Ike aomcthn ~ Ruoiher n
didn't fay no 'isnt..a 20 u. On ihet
shc loved he tidn are tHue ~ pin
What me rof alons viiig THAT 90
We h5ok where he 'hrtf In' tho nci
time no sent tu Hun cpuH, hacl
With sashln ar hine manFl
an blue plush album ssifin q
brown lcEhorn sru
NJ. there Wasn not w. coull
DO. seemed lie. that sui her thuufl
she vas right pleasant n o somsi
IN most everybody, q Hlt We
onuldnt please her N done figh
veil with the farm W pa a vorke
from aWay hack an q IA trader al
he made money wherS anybody els
would have starved In dlah lie sti
hep up ifyin' Ia please wife an b
had jet about the saur u luck
-w,il. one time Nil ops vent :
Iowa az she s--u a - folk
playin' this yer cr,qt IN the EraI
out IN frunt o Paul hodys RS
dencs. an she come home #
lowsd tha, II woulda right nice
they TAD cuquet That VI
enongh Tor Wcs. q - He hitch,
up The neat day an io town a
cone, back with a b M mauls a
balls an wir- hoops
MIS- stops lookeI EN- an The
abe hoked At wet 'es siope. ~
aayp. Z shd think - time you'd q
litilr sons NotI hat uss a y,
s'pose that there a vet ~, Il VII
an them stumps - IN the way
the arches
"Tha' made wes little mad. b
cause him moi h-ln' abe IN satisfy h
had been sofkin' on HIN a riehi sma
spell, though he wss Inc . these 9,
ler never lets 90 We shngeei b
shoulders an sighed an Seni out
the barn On sut to-, lnth anger a
begun tofin holes In iacm siumps II
woman didn' notice vha b. vas
doln helm ruud on The shady side
The hnusc hsnrin out a wash until .
81 snddeni hem ,lssts went on
mul'aneons
"waen W, cdus N. ru ,hlr
he notlred vas a hole 10 No ,.is o. Il
house al hig as n iodhls h,ra a.
where the birresi hsf 81 en- ellu
stump had busted 'brrur, an brus
M against the parlcr oman, Gavin
the front an q eautk W rotien b.
ternut an some mislbnyOus hickory 4
beech had follerei I,ner an nav