The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21
Squire YOknmm'Ss White Mare.
BY ION CLIFFORD.

| cipitous farm. Several hundred yards
above him he saw the old man
stretched at full length under an apple
tree, one Of the few that had resisted
the migratory propensities Of the place.
A goodbye" was in order and with it
Len determined TO make parting Of
fer for the mares.
Yees, they's all three en- tn corner
lot yander," answered the Squire to
Lens inquiries. "Virgy, Merdy an
jim, hitched up ter tn ole plough, an
HIS drivin' then.I
You don't mean, Squire, that those
delicate creatures are dragging a
plough over hill like this?" asked the
astonished horse dealer.
Why, they Is perty tollerble chico,
! reckon" replied the old man compla-
Gently. 'Leastways, tn neighbors de-
clar' SO after seem veal drivin'
Sunday ter meetin'. Gee! hits all vel
vet an town-fixln's, an a peert, clip
pin pace en- them 'cassions, you bet!"
That may be, Squire, but they
weren't meant for the plough. You'll
ruin them. In few years they won't
be worth their feed"
The old man listened in amazement,
cutting himself "chaw" from black
slab Of tobacco he drew from his jeans
before venturing an answer.
Hit do beat ALL he said, turning
the weed around in his mouth, "hit do
beat all, the diff'unce between you-all en-
tn teown an we-all en- tn mountings
Sech guar notions ez you-all hev bout
some things! Meow, jim hev been a
ploughin' mos ever sense / knowed
her, an hit amt spilled tn ole gyarl
VT, | heclon. Ez for Virgy an Mer-
oy, theys plum better off fer pull
Grass kentry. Pears lake they-all ud
git dauncy an triflin eff hit warnt fer
Jest sech squimmagin' once en- way"
You'll find out your mistake before
long, Squire. Such beauties need care
tul watching or they wear out and
lose their value"
Wore out! Gee bang! Hits power
full GURUS whar yo' git sech idees. Take
jim tina. Yo' cuddent wore her out
no more'n mule, / reckon. An thar's
Vlrgy, at you-all ez sot on. Why, tn
cr1tter nd be dawdlin' an sassy eff she
warn't druv en- tn plough some"
i know you are an authority in such
matters, Spurs, but I wouldn't plough
with them for gold mine"
Young feller," said the old man SOL
EMMY, tibet thar field i'll hev ter be
broke up by some one eff we-all ez ter
hev corn an 'taters, an thar amt
none EN- this hyar fahm, cep'n Virgy,
Merdy, an jim, ter do hit. Hit amt
work fer man ter do; an l KANT
spose yo'd hev me ter hitch tother
Virgy Merdy an jim ter no ornery
plough, shorely?"
Not for the world"
''Yo' bet them three ill never be
brung ter tn plough, not eff all tn
cohn an 'taters en- Kaintuck was a.
waitin' fer EN-. They is folkses,
though, en- this hyar mounting kentry
at 'ud hitch EN- ter yam plough fust
chanst they'd git, an think nawthin'
ev hit"
They would be brutes, then!" de-
clared the young man, to which the
Squire nodded approval
Nov, sir" continued Len, Il am,
on my way to Lexington, but before
leaving want to make you PROPOSE
ton"
The ole oman an tn gyarls ill be
plum disappointed ter find yo' gone,
sub. We-all is took powerful shine
ter you-all. But what ez yo' position"
"Virgy, Merdy, and jim are ploughing
in the field yonder with Hi When
they reach us here / want to take Vir-
gy, just as she stands, to Lexington"
Gee, bang! Virgy?"
Eyes, Sir; Virgy, the white one"
"The white one?"
Just as Hi brings her. would Of
fer to take the three, but know you
won't care to part with all of them.
Virgy has caught my fancy, and offer
you seven thousand dollars, cash down,
for her"
Seven thousand dollars fer ma VIr-
gy! Gee bang!" exclaimed the Squire.
in an awed whisper, rolling on the
ground in his establishment and star
ing at Strader as though the latter bad
gone mad Then, with prolonged fit
Of elephantine laughter, few prelim-
mary expletives, and another chaw, the
Squire proceeded to consider Strader's
offer with as much eQuanimity as he
could command.
Il KANT say ez | hev ahry thing
ag'in yo' position, sub. but hit air
powerful pertiEler. So fer ez we-all,
kin see, yon-all is a gen'lman; an eff