The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-10-17
By ALBERT KENYON

"Why don't you git woman to do
it for your"
81 don't know anybody that would
like to hire out for that purpose"
"You might marry some one. She
could do all the woman's work-the
sweepin'. the cookin', the milkin' and
ALL"
81 don't know any one that would
marry me-"
"You don't mean 1t! Why, there's
lots O. nice girls would be glad Of the
position. | know a girl that would
marry you and make you good WIFE"
who's that?"
why. Mr. Crabb, you wouldn't have
me tell you She wouldn't thank me
for dom so. If she did it would be
immodest of her."
"Is it Susan Park?''
mo"
1T amt Melis Billings, is it,"
"No: don't refer to Melis. But I
won't give you any more guesses."
Seems to me that's kind O. mean"
''I'Il tell you what I'll do. Come in
to our house Sunday night and I'll
give you the first letter of her first
name"
| made the call on Sunday evening
and found all the family except Gym
thia gone to church. There was fire
burnin' on the hearth, and the brass
andirons shone beautiful. Cynthia had
some apples and cider on the table
waitin. and altogether everything
looked mighty fine Somehow | could
never make my livin' room look like
that, and l told her so. She said men
couldn't do such things: only women
could
Cynthia made me feel so good that
| forgot all about askin' her the letter
she was goin' to tell me, and I went
away without it. l met her on the
road the next day, and ] said:
What was the letter you was goin'
to tell me? clean forgot it,
you'll have to come for it next Sun
day." she said as she hurried on.
l went the next Sunday night, and
the first thing | did was to ask for
that letter before l forgot it. Cynthia
said she'd tell me just before went
home, only | was to remind her Of it.
The family was mostly at home this
time, and Cynthia took me into little
6 by 8 room off the dinin' room. There
was only one easy chair in it. Gym
thia set herself down in that and left
me chair with a wooden seat. To-
ward 10 O'Clock got so tired couldn't
stand it any longer. got up and walk
ed about to rest myself. and Cynthia
moved aside, and, SEEM she didn't In
tend to be mean about It, ! set down
beside her.
Would you believe it? l went away
without thinkin' to remind her Of the
first letter of the girls name who
would like to marry mel met her in
few days in the store and asked her
for it. but she said I'd have to try it
again and If l didn't remember this
time she wouldn't tell me at all.
l went round the third time to get
that letter and found not only the fam
lily at home. but lot O. friends there
So Cynthia had to take me to closet
where they kept old books and maya
zines. and we set on the pile with our
legs stickin out into the hail. The
closet was narrower than the easy
chair we'd set in the second night
was there. and there want no room
for my arm. so had to put it around
her. We set there that away from
till 10 O'clock
by cracky," l said jest as l was
a-goin' away. IF l didn't pretty nigh
forgit ag'in to ask for that letterp'
Cynthia larfed and said that the first
letter had missed by not askin' for it
at my first call and the second I'd
missed on my second call. So l was
only entitled to the third letter. which
was "a" | didn't like that way O.
putin me of and went back and set
down ag'in to persuade her to tell me
the whole thing. She wouldn't. but
we had our heads perty nigh together.
and a lock Of her hair brushed my
cheek. kissed her. Then ! said !
didn't care a rap for all the letters OF
the other girls name. | wanted her to
come in and do the woman's work on
my farm for me.
And. laws. how we did kick up oul
! heels at the weddin'i