Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-08-10

Was given ouA LOT hundred POUNDS OF
dry money. there was. as We may wen
suspect. tremendous traffic of boys
come afther her
But it's little encouragement they
got from Liza Jane. she considered
coortin 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
disnclouts of them. to wipe a pct.
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
Bah Anyway. this Bab's Andy
was no eyesore 10 Liza Jane, for
be had fine farm that fed five
mllch-cows. an give him ten head 81
stock 10 sell off every harvest; his
father. poor man, was five years dead
An Liza Jane Bohunnan saw that.
al things considered. she couldn'.
get, an wouldn't ask for, a better o.
q warmer sittin'down than Bab's
Andy's. An accordinly she made up
her mind that she'd marry Bab's Andy
in case the boy was anyways midi
dim willin
At the tail-end o. four years coort-
ship Liza Jane begun to be not too
plalsed with proceedins. An fair
good raison. too, the poor girl had
Mother" says she of a night when
both herself an her mother was sit
tin over the kitchen fire. Il have let
him fool round me for long enough.
/ mean" goes on she. to have him.
once an for all, make up his mind on
this matter whether he wants to
make a wife of me or mott mean
that he'll make it up, or IN make il
up for him purity quick"
Brave woman We are. Liza Jane,
says the mother, says she.
An on next Sunday night. too, he'll
make his dicision'
The jewel We are. Liza janet"
An when. on the next Sunday night.
poor Andy, poor sowl, come ploddin
to Liza James. it's little he suspected
the thraps that was laid down for him
to walk into.
Are ye all alone?" says he.
My mother an Them" says she.
went one road an another, to see the
neighbors. an left me to myself"
Which" says Bab's Andy. says he
was noways kindly of them torist
ye."
Which. says Liza Jane. says she.
calm. an lookin' steady into the fire,
was very. very good of them"
Good of them!" says Andy. says
he.
Was very, very good OF them" says
she. ''considerin' that they knew /
needed a quate hour to myself to dis
cuss in me mind q very serious mat
tern fact, / may say, an exthraor-
Sinary serious matter"
Bab's Andy he was all taken aback,
an the face on him got lengthy al
onct. an he says. oh! / beg yer par
don, Liza Jane"
An extraordinary serious matter.
as was sayin'." she went on, as cool
an calm, an one that wants a good
deal OF elaboration: an one, more
over, that Tn mortal glad to have ye
{ here to talk it over with re
obi" says Bab.s Andy, says he.
settlin himself to hear it. an lookin'
pleased that he was 10 be consulted.
For says she, Its such a matter
that there's only one man in the worl'
I could talk it over with-an' that's
y-u'
I'm proud" says Andy. I'm
proud 10 know il. Liza Jane"
For better, for worse" says she.
playin' thrump-card, for richer. for
poorer. for good or for i'll"
Poor Andy. it seemed like a dhraim
to him that he'd heard something like
them words somewhere or other afore,
but it puzzled him for a minute to
mind what it was about. So he gave
it up. an remarked. Just SO. Liza
Jane. Indeed, soe''
An then says she. For richer, |
sayed, for poorer. for good or for III.
from this time henceforrid." Then
she waited a wee bit. to give him an
other chance-though If she'd waited
durin' the nine lives of cat it would
never get into Andy's skull. Andy
McClarnin," she says, don't We see
what I'm dhrivin' at?''
Poor Andy looked confused an
ashamed of himself. an says he
Faith, an / don't. then, Liza. know
from Adam down what ye're dhriTin'
ut, At all
Il don't doubt it." says Liza Jane,
sevairly well. will We understand
me when I say that I'm thinkin' had
best marry an settle down."
Troth, that was plain enough for a
palm post to understand So it's very
little wondher that Bab's 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