Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17
KINGS HIGHWAY
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now at once, fortnight, and accompany you
to town., he says.
Now, you will perceive that this was a
humorous situation for Dick Ryder, that was
used to roam the toby free of all petticoats.
To have the woman make eyes at him was
enough of itself, but when the importantly of
this little muckworm that | should carry off
his wife was atop of that, why, it fairly took
away my wind. l laughed, and then l scowled
at him like justice.
rip mel" said "You little muckworm,
you canter! Would you fub off your wife on
me, you little knob nosed wheedler?"
She is a handsome woman and a virtuous,"
he cried in his excitement.
Damned" said | in mock anger. Hand
some! Call YOU that handsome? And she
with cock eye that can't tell t'other from
which? I've seen them | wouldn't pick out
of the gutter that was beauties to her. Rip
me! what do | want with cock eyed wife,
you ninny?"
l laughed again, breaking out of my magis-
terial demeanor, which indeed it difficult
to maintain And what more would have fol-
lowed between us | know not, for the inter
ruption that ensued made an effective end to
his proposition. The door was ajar, and the
woman must have heard us; but how much l
cannot say. Twas evident, however, that she
had gathered what he designed and had
caught my rejoinder For in she hounced, clad
in brave scarlet stomacher and skirt, her face
atlame like peony.
Cock eyei" she cried. "You devil! You
foul toad I'll teach you cock eye! I'll learn
you to give an honest woman names! Oh, you
string of yarn, you mongreli' said she in her
fury. "I'll be even with you, and you, you
squeaking ratl" she says to the man who had
tried to sell her.
And there came at my head a stool the
which lodged, but it took the little fellow in
the pit of the belly and bowled him on the floor.
You serpent!' she screamed, and lot of
other abuse which l cannot remember. Lord |!
how her tongue pliedi | got behind the ia ble
in hurry.
:" was but humoring him, Mistress" said
|, pleading with her, for battle was in her eyes,
at least in the one l could see. :" l was fooling
him.
"Fooling!" she called. "Ill learn you to
fool me, with your courts and bows and scrap
ings and compliments! I'll" Bang comes
the tankard at me, shaving my ear and smash
ing into the window.
THE Lord love usl" says l. "This is no
place for a mild tobyman," and | made for
the door. got outside the room, as an orna-
exit from the house. 1t was dusk; but l could
perceive through the gloom the figures of some
villagers gathered in the road. Within the
house reigned hullabaloo.
| whistled for Calypso, and the mare trotted
up through the figures.
She is in there. | hear her. says one of
them.
Faith, SO do IT, l said bride in hand
And if We want her ye're welcome
1--WE be here to tin kettle her" says one
man out of the darkness. Her escaped this
AFTERNOON along of soldier"
saddle. Faith tbs not a woman in the house
but the devil" put my heels into the mares
flank, and she began to move. But if you are
thinking of trying to exercise the devil with
tin kettles. sure you have my blessing and best
wishes, l called back, as rode off.