Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-27
The Ways of
Women
By RICHARD PRIDE

Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Col
When 1 stepped from the train at
Tilton a wedding party was waiting
to embark. The whole town seemed to
be there. 1 went to the hotel to get a
room. Uncle Joel was in his accus-
toned place under the awning and |
sat down beside him after the usual
greeting.
Had a wedding, haven't your" 1
said.
TITS a long story" said he, but if
We want to hear it"
1 nodded and he fairly launched on
the tale.
MY place was right acrost from
Jessop's and when Hiram died he
kinder asst me to look out fer Eme-
line. See he, Joel, I'm liable to not
come back this journey, an 1 got some
COWS an bosses down in the fur
pastur that's a leetle tender to han
die. II yen keep your eye onto 'em
a mite I'd be obliged l knew he
meant Emeline all the time, an told
him I'd look out fer her.
She was only 20 years old when
SA~ cSNNA WI " lliS ldlll, uuj hu0N
a heap sight more right then than her
pa ever did. 1 asst her why she didn't
sell the place an go live in town, she
had money enough. Uncle JOEL SEE
she, I've been tryin' to get pa to
let me help him run the farm fer two
year, but he always laughed at me-
but I've got my chance now, an you
just see what | can do
But seq 1, Yen be gettin' mar
ried soon, then what'n ye do with
it?'
oh, no 1 won't, Uncle JOEL SEE
she, looking out to the hills with her
eyes shinin', I'm never goin' to get
married. I'm goin' to live alone an
have things Just as want them. An
oh, 1t seems so good, Uncle Joel
That's all she ever said to show how
hard her life had been with her pa
Il didn't much believe a woman
could run a farm all alone, let alone
q young gal like her. But she certain
had the gift. You could just set an
watch her corn grow, an potatoes
would swell out like to bust If she
hoed EN-. An she got good prices too.
This KEEP up fer about two year, an
still she want married, an the
purtiest girl in the county, too. oh,
she had beaux enough, but one after
the other she give 'em all the mitten,
an 1 was beginnin' to think she want
goin' to catch 1t after all, till one day
l seen her with Sam1 Hardy. Sam1's
folks lived next door to Emeline's an
she an CauoI had D1avad fO0atba, o1a,.
since they could crawl. He was so
used to havin' her around he kinder
took it fer granted that she would
always be there. an never thought of
marryin'; an she didn't either. One
day she was sittin on my gate talkin'
an laughin' like she always done, an
all OF sudden she set her hat straight
and fixed her hair at the sides. You
know the way they do. looked to
see who was comm, fer Emeline was
almighty independent that away. 1t
was only SamI, but Emeline got red
as geranium when he spoke to her.
Hello, EN- he SEE. There's fell
Ter up to your house awaitin' fer you
to get back. He's a advertisin man
an wants to put a signboard up in
your pastur. He's goin' to put one in
ours
How much did the man give you
fer the sign, Sam1?' Emeline asst.
"A dollar, an he does all the
work. SEE he, an went on up the
road.
"Emeline watched him a spell an
then she sighed, chopin 1t off short
an lookin' kinder puzzled. Then she
went home to tell the stranger to put
up his sign. Course 1 want sure of
Emeline yet but was almighty sus-
picious an watched her close fer a
couple of weeks. got certainer and
certainer an did everythin' 1 could to
get 'em together. But, bless ye, they
was both as shy as colts with each
other
"One day Emeline come to me.
Uncle JOEL SEE she, I can't think
what's the matter with my cows, not
one OF EN- is mtlkin' like they ought
to, an they don't eat neither
Neither do you eat, Emeline,' SEE
!. You don't take enough in day to
keep a canary. What's the matter of
yer
"I don't know SEE she, I'm not
hungry an can't sleep good, an | feel
kinder tired. Guess l need a tonic
Guess ye do SEE l. but thinkin'
all the time that Sam1 is all the tonic
she needs. But about the COWS now;
p'raps there's somethin' they've eat
that don't agree with en-
They are in the far pastur' where
they've always been,' SEE she, 4 don't
see what they could have eat
"sVVau I'll Gonna ovar ~, - -,