Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-27

she must take her constitutional. We finally made out she wanted to walk. We'll her aunt looked at her shoes and dress, and thought she better walk down the lane, twas clean there. She started off with red parasol; in less than a minute heard shriek; Twas jest putting the hOsses on the machine. l runned and when I got in sight of the gal I jest roared. One of the oxen old Bright, was over the bars in next lot, that there red parasol was too much for him, SO he stuck his head over the bars, M. Luciley was backed up agin the wall luther side of the lane. She'd shake her parasol and sob:
 GO way you ugly thing!" Then old Bright 'ud shake his horns as much to say, Co way, yourself" Well, I took her to her aunt. She sobbed and cried a spell and Maria got her in the hammock and went back to work. In a few minutes she let out another of them yells, and Maria dropped the tea kettle and burned her hand. Jimmy! what you think? A measley little yaller cater piller had crawled onto her sleeve and | she was in the middle of high-strikes. They gin her tablet and moved a big chair onto the piazzy, and with pillows got her settled agin.
 Now Old Dan gifts a notion once in q while hell show off if you don't harness him jest according to his idea. He'll kick like sixty, walk right along | and kick till he gifts rid of that har- ness. Now likes as not that there Sam (he's a limb) jest as soon stir him f up as not Any how, Maria jest got to washing dishes, when clitter to | chatter went that there old hoss right ! 1,a hof 1afa nd | M. Luciley's rocking chair, more | shrieking, crying, nerVes!-bosh! Well ! they put her in the parlor this rap and |. shet all the doors. Maria was get 1 ing a leetle, well a leetle tired, we might say.
 The gal got over her brain-s storm, and long in arternoon toward night, ] the kids cOaXed her out in the lot where wes getting hay. She got to acting really quite folks. Finally some the boys thought she'd better ride so on the load she got laughing happy as a kitten. Thinks l your com ing. I don't rightly know what did it. ] but jest as Sam (the imp) got that load on, them oxen hawed off on a 1 little side hill, and half that load slid i off with NJ. Luciley and the kids, jest like sliding down hill Such a laugh ] ing as there was, but I'll be jiggered if that gal didn't lose part of her top knot. seems twas pinned on.
 She was clever as a dog, and Sam , he helped brush off the hay, but he dished the whole thing jest as he got all Tighted he picked up that there head-gear on his fork, and says he. ! solemn as a judge:
 1 Cousin, guess you lost sOmethin' !"
 Of course the kids and the hired ! man jest rOared q laughing.
 M. Luciley looked around, tore her hair and shrieked.
 You dreadful boy"
 Well, her aunt rubbed her and gin
 her powders, said twas brain storm, saw twas cleanest fit of temper I've seen for some time, my opinion a good wholesome trounsing, done in the old fashioned way done more good than
 her box of pills and things. She had
 her aunt up a good part of the night
 and seen by the set of Maria's mouth
 next morning that M. Lucileys
 nerves was telling on her.
 .."I was jest driving out to ther lot
 when the gal come out with her hat on
 and axed: What time the next train
 left?
 Says l BIO.
 "9 a. m. I get there" says she
 Yes ma'am," says I like Tightening {
 says Maria, rather weak
 Your nerves, what will your moth
 CT say!"
 Don't carei" says she. "Tu be kill
 ed. or eaten up or carried off in this
 dreadful place. that they said was SC restful," says she. with sob, Il want
 to go home where its nice and quiet. Now ain't that the beatest," sayt Uncle Sol" when it's all your life is
 worth to cross a street. Why there's so much noise, bells ringing car toot. ing you can't think,
 Maria was game. She followed mt ] into the kitchen, and says she So } I've got ready for company, Do yol
 step into the store and telephont } Cousin Sallie to come out for a cOupl, of days and we'll have the ministe } in to suppen-ain't going to waste al that good cooking; and says he
 She's come, and they are ther, } luther side the house under the ap pie tree piercing quilts; drop in SC,
 all Hm; but says he, coming littl nearer the wall, You know Maria hal 5 some nigh notions about the kid I being educated, better steer clear o higher education, yes, and nerves , too! She's a lettle sore on thos pints bout now.