The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-09-04
Mirandy on the Love Chase
<ew York America journal
Is, DOROTHY DIN

an cold bg.u j. things DAT mon +
cut loakIn for. but e you 1''N
around YOU IL SIC dat dem SORT = it'@
Is ole miads IL woman dai faat +
j. b sort dat picks out as H4s'a
de- wants. an goes after h-m an g'1~
him
An dais dc Nay veidius Is gin
orally fNcd ~. Mn sake~ altNf De-
/ got through bein' INTRODUCES = "a.
/ done make W my mind "a. ! va
six bridesmaids. an real punch MI
ItaHor Ia hit at dc Hedaln supper
co~cc Ike didn't know dat Eat FIX
months after dat. after ! been tom
him along Viii angels food aH iItfti
chicken. an. pork. an greens. an cd
dat a. 0rt cut - his heart Va
through his stomach. an | ain never
los d. was 10 hit. bless Dc Lord al
wont as long as n} Ceokia hold9 Out
den all If Il sudden Ike dISklNer dat
| is 4 little shrinkia' violet lat Is
blonmed III d. shade OF ms pas hearth
onc an ~ puck me TO wear on Ms
heart.
OATS DC thing 10 SAY. an to lis
day he gives hisseif credit for his
smartncss in liskiverin da violet. but
I lot you know dat # dis violet hadn't
a planted itself ii his Way on puipos
So dat he couldn't git by hit Wlio&t
feIliu' over hit an brcakin' his neck
h never would Il fpOlII IilN-
Ike thinks hc picked me out. an.
every oddcr smart voman's husban I
thinks dc same about his Wife. cas-"
we don't tell en- no better. but We
knows who did de- choosin. lassun1.
deere would be 4 mighty fallin' off III
matcrlnonN IF dc matter was LET tp 81
men Of Settlin' down on one
pey would like one Woman's hair. an
&noddCr ones fiGgcr. an anoddCr one
talk. an deY would jest roam aroun'
forever. cf some woman didn't come
along an marry en-.
An any woman can marry any
man she wants Of saa gets a good
chaser wild staNin' powers. An Dc
funny part Of hit is dat dc man don't
mind bcin' chased. Hit certainly does
disgust him to see a WOman maxim 4
fool Of herself bout any odder man.
but when he's de man hit makes n
difference. He can't keep from s0rtcr
Warmin. UP TO her. an sIoWLn' down
50 she can kctch him.
Oats de way Nose HosllinS did
about Cynthy Ann. Nose was one o.
desc Spry Young bucks Wlut's been
off to college an is mighty good look
in an dat makes a Twin by pushin'
de pen in 4 grocery store. an CynthN
Ann was little, an ugly. an runty, IN
&hiftlcss. an cross-eycd, but she dos
went moonin' aroun'. plumb crazy in
love Wild Nose.
"'fus' Nose was sorter scandalizod
an give her de cold shoulder. Den he
begun to laugh at her. Den he begin
to think dat CNnthy was q lot smarter
woman dan she got de credit for bein'.
bCcaEC she showed mighty fine judg-
Inent in what she thought Of people.
Den he begin to be sorry for her. Poor
thing. hit WAS hard on her to want
such q good thin" rs he was an not
be able to cit hit. Den he fell in d.
way Of ~drOppin' round to her house
to liSscn to her tell him how she Owed
laim, an dat was de end. Befo' you
could say Jack Robinson dey was mar
ried.'
"Yassum, dat's what makes me say
what ! dO-dat as a love chaser Wo-
men is got men lef' standin' at de
post. an When / sees q a~ble-bodied
woman git her eye on some man she
wants I begins to git my weddin' pres
ent ready. De man amt got no more
chanst dan a snowflake in de place
dat Brcr Jenkins say amt.
You hear me. Use q woman. an
[ knows. Use married."