The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02
THREE THINGS BE WASN'T
ARTEMESY'S MOTHER HAD To
HAYE A LOT or EXPLAINING.

ARTEMESY,S MOTHER HAD TO
HAVE A LOT or EXPLAINING.
Traveling Greceryman at Last o
Mnees Her That He Isn't Peddiins
EneycIepsdias or Insurance and That
He ISn't to Marry Peggy Niles
Il lost my bearings one day on n Of
my early trips through the henlock belt
said John Gilbert, the travelling grocery
man. "ant coming TO a clearing stopped
and asked a woman In a blue hickory
dress and a severe sunbonnet II she could
, tell mo tho best or quickest way to get TO
Neeley's Crossing. She pushed her sun
bonnet of OF her face. eyed me suspi-
oiously a while and then said:
BE you goin' to the Crossin'?
Il ssid such was my intention II I could
10 put on the right track 10 get there.
-svghere did you cono from now
she asked. and her manner plainly showed
lack OF confidence.
Il said I had started from Geeville that
morning.
4 Must 'as been trayellin' about a con-
sider'bls Bit here an, there, not to got no
higher 70 the Crossin' by this time than
you be now said the woman, and that
assumption seemed TO impress her still
moro unfavorably withtme.
Il explained that the country was new
TO mo apd that l had lost my way among
the many windings and crossings and
forks Of the way back woods.
AN you'm goin' to Neeley's. be your
--.Neelsy's Crossing. yes I replied.
We'll. young man. said she, pushing
her sunbonnet still further back on her
head. IL it's 'cyclopeedles by the month,
I wouldn't 60 II / was you
II couldn't have said anything il I'd
had the chance. I was 20 ratified by this
queer specimen, but I hadn't the chance.
for she went right on, scarcely pausing
to take a breath.
Not II it's 'cyelopeedies by the month
1 wouldn't go down that way II I was you,
young man. she said. There vas q Eel.
Ter come through here somethin' less than
a year ago sellip' 'oyoiopeedy books, on
to On every month. IN Sam Hoover.
down to Neeley's, 'scribed fer EN-. Sam
he's been sorty hankerin' fer TO git mar
ried an has sot his eye on my darter
Artemesy but hain't said the word yit,
but he took to postin' hisseH out O. them
'oyolopeedies he 'scribed fer. First he
hunts through an sees what he kin find
under the headin' O. Cupid, bein' told
that setch might post him some on that
idee o. gittin' married, an l was hopiu'
fer Sans sake that it would, cause Arte-
messy amt soin' to wait always.
Under the hsadin' O. Cupid what do
you think " told him? Jest enough to git
him started nice, an then it quit. an
says See 'Hymen'.- Then WHAT Why, Sam
hain't got his 'cyolopeedy as fur along as
that yit, an he has to wait a couple o
months till that un comes along fore he
kin find out what 'Hymen' is goin' to tell
him. 1t como along by an by. an Sam
hunts up 'Hymen' an 'Hymen' posts him
a little furder an then up an shess him
OF an tells him to See 'Matrimony'."
Think O. that, young man. said the
woman. Think O. that, an don't risk
goin' down to the Crossin' IL it's CYCLIC
by the month! See -Matrimony''
the 'cyclopeedy tells Sam, an there it's
mehba three months yit afore he kin 'spect
to git the book that he kin see -Matri-
mony' in! My darter Artemesy sorty hints
to Sam that he kin see matrinpny with
out waitin' Ter that 'cyclopeedy to come
but he IL SO BOT ON postin', hisself
he somehow don't sec the mint, an
Artemesy is ,gittin' so she bites her lip
an taps her shoes toler'ble loud on the
floor. bein' narvous an high strung an
q gal that amt goin' to wait always.
An I'm glad she's back on the hill dig
gini s1ssyfrax this minute. fer il it's 'cy-
clopeediee by the month, young man, I'm
il she was here she'd say things
that'd make your hair curl
Il made an effort to get a word innow.
but Artemesy's mother retained the floor
and kept right on.
at told him to See Matrimony," an
whom the '~oyolopeedy hat had 'Matri-
mony' It in comes along, an that was only
last week, an Sam hunts "Matrimony' up
Ter to SEQ it., 10 it in natur' fer Artamesy
to set down like lambs when all that
Il to say See 'Wedlock'-g That's
That that 'cyclopeedy tells him. See
'Wsdlook!'" An sam WON'T. have the one
hath have 'Wedlook' in L fer to see, not
Ter all but . year yit! II Artemesy was
nere you'd hear her young man! Fer
there sits Sam Hoover, down to Neeley's
Crossin', bound to have the gittin' posted
got to the last word, an waitin' fer
The ~'cyclopeedy that's goin' to have wed
Iock' in II! But he's uglier than q sick
bear, SO he is. IN II it's 'cy~ olopeedies by
he month, young man, / wouldn't 60
down to Neeley's Crossin' jest yit, II
was you, fer you mowt hear somethin'
drop. An seems TO me / wouldn't daily
lround hero no longer, neither, fer my
1arter Artemesy IL liable to come back
rom sassyfrax diggin' any minute, now,
IN il it's 'oyclopeedies by the
Hold onI said I at last, cutting in on
he voluble woman in the severe sun
bonnet. 1t isn't 'oyclopedias by the month
,r any other way: I'm not In that linei'
Well. you're lucky, young man.
'ullipg her sunbonnet 2 ltttle, forward.
Artemesy git on her high hoss. an Sam
Hoover certainly is q wildcat when he
Eits to goin'-though hos baokwarder
han q sheep about sayin' the word to
lrtemssy. But sayl Noble it's tnsur-
moe you're peddlin'!'
Il denied this also. but the ~loquacious
mother Of Artemesy eyed me closely and
hook her head.
you look most amazin' like a Teller
hat was through this district last fall.
)eddling insurance. said abe. Yes, sir.
10 wore the same kind Of q hat, an had
hoss an wagon a. nigh like this un O.
voufn a. kin bel disremember exac'ly