The Forrest City times., 1906-07-27

suspect. tremendous traffic Of boys come afther her.
 But it's little encouragement they got from Liza Jane: she considered coortin' a ridiculous waste of time that pair of tomfools, only. might engage in: an as for marvin the most of the lads that presented them selves, she said she wouldn't make disholouts of them. to wipe a pot.
 This, say, she thought of most of the neighbor boys, but not of all. There was one, Andy McClarnin, or Bab's Andy. as he was better known. by raison. as his fathers name was Bab. Anyway, this Bab's Andy was no eyesore to Liza Jane. for he had a fine farm that fed five milch-cows. an give him ten head Of stock to sell of every harvest; his father, poor man, was five years dead. An Liza Jane Bohunnan saw that. All things considered, she couldnt get. an wouldn't ask for, better or warmer sittin' down than Bab's Andy's. An accordin'ly she made up her mind that shed marry Bab's Andy
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 At the tail-end O four years coort. ship Liza Jane begun to be not too plaised with proceedin's. An fair good ralson. too, the poor girl had.
 Mother" says she of a night when both herself an her mother was sit tin over the kitchen fire, 'I have let
  l mean goes on she, ito have him. once an for all, make up his mind on this matter whether he wants to make wife of me or not mean that he'll make it up. or I'll make 1t up for him purity quick"
 Brave woman ye are. Liza Jane, says the mother says she.
 An on next Sunday night. too, hell make his dicsion"
 The jewel ye are, Liza Jane!"
 An when. on the next Sunday night. poor Andy poor sowl, come ploddin' 10 Liza Janes, it's little he suspected the thraps that was laid down for him to walk into.
 Are ye all alonee" says he.
 My mother an them, says she, went one road an another, to see the Eeighbors. an left me to myself
 Which" says Bab's Andy. says he, "was nowayS kindly of them torst ye"
 Which" says Liza Jane. says she, calm, an !ookin' steady into the fire. swas very, very good of them
 Good of them!' says Andy, says Was very, very good of them. says she. "considern' that they knew needed quate hour to myself to dis cuss in mo mind q very serious mat ter--in fact. l may say. an exthraor Sinary serious matter"
 Bah's Andy he was all taken aback an the face on him got lengthy at onet. an he says. Oh. beg yer par don, Liza Jane"
 An extraordinary serious matter, es was sayin'." she went on. as cool an calm, an one that wants a good deal of deliberation; an one, more over. that I'm mortial glad to have ye here, to talk it over with ye."
 "Oh!" says Bab's Andy. says he, settlin himself to hear it. an lookin pleased that he was to be consulted. For" says she its such a matter that there's only one man in the worf could talk it over with-an' that's you"
 I'm proud" says Andy. I'm proud to know it. Liza Jane.
 For better, for worse" says she, playin' a thrumpcard, for richer. for poorer, for good or for ill
 Poor Andy, it seemed like dhraim to him that he'd heard something like them words somewhere or other afore. but 1t puzzled him for minute to mind what it was about So he gave il up. an remarked, Just so. Liza Jane. Indeed. so?'
 An then says she. For richer. sayed. for poorer, for good or for i'll. from this time henceforrid. Then she waited wee bit, to give him an. other ehanee-though if she'd waited durin the nine lives of eat 1t would never get into Andy's skull. Andy McClarnin," she says. don't ye see what I'm dhrivin' at?'
 Poor Andy looked confused an ashamed of himself, an says he: Faith. an I don't. then. Liza. know from Adam down what yere dhrivin' at, at all"
 T don't doubt it." says Liza Jane. sevairly Well will ye understand me when I say that I'm thinkin had best marry an settle down"
 Troth. that was plain enough for a palin'-post to understand. So it's very little wondher that Babs Andy did
 Marry" says she, an settle down ," perfectly cool an calm. an never seemin to see Andy's raptures at all An" says she. Il was waitin'. very anxious, to have your opinion on it." An my opinion" says he, with his head hangin, "is that though we've done many wise things in your life. ye never done anything wiser; an n-for-for-my
 "Thanky, Andy" says she. snappiu' him up afore she'd let him go any