Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-05-13

OF time. Side by side for seven years
we had mined. ranched, sold patent
churns. herded sheep. took photographs
and other things, built wire fences and
picked prunes. Thinks neither homi.
eide nor hattery nor riches nor sophis-
try nor drink can make trouble be.
tween me and Paisley Fish
"One summer me and Paisley gal
lons down into these San Andres
mountains for the purpose of months
surcease and levity dressed In the nat
ural store hablliments Of man. We
hit this town of Los Pinos, which Ger.
tainly was roof garden spot of the
world and flowing with condensed milk
and honey.
I'VE strikes the town after supper
time, and we concludes to sample
whatever efficacy there Is In this eat
ing house down by the railroad tracks.
BY the time we had set down and
pried up our plates with a knife from
the red oicloth along intrudes Widow
Jessup with the hot biscuit and the
fried liver.
Now, there was woman that
would have tempted an anchovy to
forget his vows. She was not so small
as she was large, and kind Of vel
come air seemed to mitigate her vicin.
ity. The pink of her face was the
In hoe signo of culinary temper and
a warm disposition. and her smile
would have brought out the dogwood
blossoms In December.
widow Jessup talks to US lot Of
garrulousness about the climate and
history and Tennyson and prunes and
the scarcity of mutton and finally
wants to know where we came from.
"'Spring Valley says |.
"'Big Spring Valley chips In Pals
ley, out of lot of potatoes and knuc-
kle bone Of ham IN his mouth.
'"rhat was the first sign ] noticed
that the old fdus Diogenes business
between me and Paisley Fish was end
ed forever. He knew how | hated
talkative person and yet he stampedes
into the conversation with his amend
ments and addendums Of syntax. On
the map 1t was Big Spring Valley, but
had heard Paisley himself call 1t
Spring Valley thousand times.
without saying any more we went
out after supper and set on the rail-
road track. We had been pardners
too long not to know what was going
on In each others mind.
81 reckon you understand says
Paisley, that I've made up my mind
to accrue that widow woman as part
and parcel In and to my hereditaments
forever. both domestic sociable, legal
aud otherwise, until death us do part
why. yes,' says |. Il read 1t be-
tween the lines. though you only spoke
Dne. And | suppose you are aware
rays l. that have movement on
foot that leads up to the widow chang
lug her name to Hicks and leaves you
writing to the society column to in
qufre whether the best man wears a
japonica or seamless socks at the we'd
ding"
".'fhere'll be some hiatuses In your
program, says Paisley, chewing up
piece of railroad tie. I'D give in to
you says he. in most any respect If
1t was secular affairs. but this is not
10. The smiles Of woman goes on
Paisley, is the whirlpool Of Squills
and Chalybeates, into which vortex
the good ship Friendship is often
yrawn and dlsmembered. I'd assault
a bear that was annoying you says
Paisley. or I'd indorse your note or
rub the place between your shoulder
blades with orodedoc the same as
ever but there my sense of etiquette
ceases. In this fracas with Mrs. Jes-