Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-27

come up through some brush an saw
Emeline ahead of me behind a hush
watchin' the cows. 1 edged up without
lettin' her know l was there till I
could see the pastur'. Right in the mid
die of 1t was a great big Bull Durham
tobacco sign, a big red bull. PAWN an
tossin' his horns just like he owned
the earth. 1t was a fine paintin' all
right an ye could see it a mile. An
standin' in front of that there sign
was Emeline's COWS, all eight of 'em
gain at that bull fer all they was
worth.
We'll, I'll be gosh swiggered,' SEE
l, them cows is in love- They couldn't
get away from in front of that durn
sign to save 'em, an every once in a
while one of 'em would start friskin'
an prancin. tryin' to attract his at
tention. One would lope past lookin'
over her shoulder to see II he was
follerin', then another would go up
to him, mooin' kinder low till she
would get right under him. Then Of
course he wouldn't look like a bull
any more an she would back out till
she could catch sight of him again.
an then would do it right over again.
They was the saddest lookin' bunch
of cattle ye ever see. Didn't have time
TO eat nothin', jest lived on love fer a
splash of red paint. l was pretty near
Dustin laughin', when all at once
Emeline jumped up from her bush
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out loud, an they can't sleep, an
why do believe they are in love- The
poor things An then somethin' seems
to strike her, fer she put her hand up
to her face quick. Cant eat she NUT
tered again, an then she looked kind
OF wild fer minute. 'Why-why-'
seq she, that amt sign board. It's
It's Sam1, an she covered her face
with her two hands. Gosh, / didn't
know whether to laugh or cry, fer it's
KIND OF solemn to be a-lookin' at a
young gals love when it's all naked
thataway.
Il went over TO see her that night.
'Emeline.' SEE l, why don't you go
away fer a spell? A change would do
you good
couldn't get away, Uncle JOEL
SEE she, I couldn't leave the farm
Course you could SEE |, Jest as
easy as not. l can take care OF your
stock an the rest can take care of
itself
But, don't need a change sez
she, likin' TO hear arguments fer her
side.
Yes We do SEE l, an ye're goin'
to get it She shook her head, but l
could see she was thinkin' 1t over an
likin' the idee better an better, so l
left her pretty soon an hunted up
Sam1. He was mendin' harness in the
barn. Hello, Sam1,' seq 1, was Just
passin' an see your light Got some
new straps, hain't ye? Too bad Eme-
lines goin' away SEE I, fddlin' with
the bride an watchin' Sam'l outer the
corner of my eye. Sam1 Strengthened
up like he'd been stung. Coin away
SEE he, where is she goin'?'
Don't know SEE l. Tired of farm
In I guess, an goin' to the city to
live. Got new check rein, hain't ye?
But Saml never answers a word and
sat starin' out of the door into the
night. slipt out an he never knew
I'd gone. Next time saw Emeline she
told me all about it.
"SamI came to call next night:
all slicked up with a collar on, an
his Sunday suit. Good evenin',' SEE
he, blushin' purple, I've come to set
with ye. Emelipe was happy an
scared. Come In, SEE she. It's a nice
day
Yes SEE SamT, settin' on the
edge of his chair an turnin' his hat
around in his hands. Yes he SEE
again, an put his hat down on the
floor beside the chair an then picks it
up again. He was just tongue-tied he
was so nervous an she want much
better.
Got a new harness to your buggy,
hain't ye.' SEE Emeline at last.
Yes. SEE he, I'd er-like to have
We go ridin' sometime
I'd like to- Emeline SEE, both on
EN- actin all the time as if they was
in the middle of swarm OF bees
afraid they was goin' to get stung.
Will ye go to-night?' SEE Sam1,
jumpin' at chance to get away fer
minute to get his nerve back I'll be
hitched in jiffy.' They started out as
solemn an silent as owls an l guess
they didn't say a word the whole
drive, leastwise Emeline didn't say
so, till they come around by the GEM
etery on the way home. The moon was
shinin' bright an the tombstuns
looked awful ghostly in the light, Eme-
line SEE, an especially in the corner
nearest town where the Hardy lot
was. All OF SAINTS family had been
buried in that lot under the shadder
of the big stun fer generations, an
there was a lot of room left. SamI
stopped the horse an sat there fightin'
fer breath like, an kinder chokin over
it. 'Emeline,' he SEE at last, an his
voice was all thickened up, 'Emeline-
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