Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-03-11
Two Sides Of
Matrinony
BY F. A. Mitchell


| no 'casion TO- to git married. / got
two strong arms fo' to rub on wash
boa'd an TO to do ironin' What /
want to get married for"
"Oh, pshaw, Aunt Chloe. You'd
like to get married well enough if you
had somebody to marry you. How
about Nat Taylor, who was counting
| you. that Pinkey Jones took from your"
"Yo' nebber was mo- mistaken in yo'
| life bout dat. Nat he cum to me one
day. an he say. says he, Chloe. yo'
don't know any gal dat would like to
take care OBJ my house, do yo'T
81 was fryin' bacon when he said
dat, an l jest stood with fox in one
hand an looked up at de ceilin'.
thoughtful-like."
why, Aunt Chloe. didn't you I'M
| derstand that. was proposal?"
Proposal to me. 'TwaE't no sech
thing Nat knew well huff l kin max
my own libin'. an he wouldn't insult
me by askin' me to come in an max
de bed an cook de vittles an set
roun an look purity de rest OBJ de
time. He wanted a lazy gal TO dat"
We'll, go on with your story"
"Bimeby l think OBJ Pinkey Jones as
de mos worthless gal / knowed. conse-
kently de mos likely gal fo' to get
married. So l tole Nat bout her, an
he arsked lot OBJ questions. / want
goin' to max myself 'sponsible fo' her,
so / just said she war fine lookin'
gal when she war dressed up.
knowed dat would please him bet
tern If l said she war a good cook
an washer an ironer, an it did. He
arsked me where she war, an tole
him, an he went right off an begun
de cou'tin'."
Aunt Chloe, you're very smart
You know you are. You know well
enough he wanted you. but you didn't
want the job yourself, and you turned
him aside on purpose"
yah. yah!' laughed Chloe knowing
ly. Reckon l didn't want de job my
self. Nat war berry good man too
But what want to git married TO-.
anyway? My husban' 'ud pay TO de
marryin', but who gwine to pay To- de
divo'ce, like to know? Do 20 s'pose
I can affo'd to travel way out to some
O. dem west'n towns an lib dar a yea
or mo- TO to git separated from some
worthless niggah dat couldn't white
wash stone WALTZ"
"Well. how did Nat come out with
his suit?"
How Nat come out? Why, he come
out wild a latiron followin' him. 1t
hit him squa' on de back OBJ de head.
Mighty lucky dat. Eff it hit him in de
back it might "a broke it. Eff it hit
him in de side it might "a stopped de
heart a-beatin'. De safes place fo' Nat
to git hit war in de skull. You
couldn't break it wild no trifin' thing
like fiatiron. an dere hain't no brains
In it to joggle."
81 thought you said Nat was good
man."
didn't say he war a sma't man. Ell
he'd been a sma't man he wouldn't "a
married Pinkey Jones'"
But didn't you recommend her?"
"Dat's jist what Nat said. He come
to me wild his head all bandaged up,
an he say. Chloe, wha' 20 recon-
mend dat dibbil to me fo'?'
az didn't recommend her. / said.
4 tole yo' she war fine lookin' gal
when she war dressed up"
"What was the trouble between Nat
and Pinkey?"
NAT tole me bout dat. He said he
went home to supper an dere want
no supper-de butcher didn't send home
de polk chops. Nat asked Pinkey why
she didn't go get de polk chops.
Pinkey said she didn't git married 70
to carry home provisions. Nat said
dat eff he worked all day cuttin' peo-
pies grass an beatin' rugs he didn't
know why his wife couldn't be sho to
hab de supper ready. Pinkey said she
couldn't cook de supper when de sup
per wasn't sent home in de delibery
wagon.
"Den Nat asked Pinkey eff when she
war Georgia niger de delibery wag-
on stopped at de do OBJ her residence
wild de provisions. Dat made Pinkey
mad. an she war reachin' fo' de fiat
iron. Nat saw blood in her eye, an
he started out to git his supper some
whar else. but de fatiron TUX him in
de back OBJ de head an putty nigh
Knocked him down. He turned to
Pinkey an tole her eff she did dat ag'in
he'd hab her arrested.
Dat war de end OBJ de misunder
standin'. Nat he boa'din' at low down
boa din house. an Pinkey she libin' in
Mats rooms mighty comfalum."
"'Twas all your fault. Aunt Chloe.
Nat came to you TO ask you to be his
wife. and you turned him over to the
most worthless woman you knew"
worthless, Yah, yah. Don't 20 be-
liebe it. Pinkey's considerin wedder
she gwine to study fo' to be teacher
or to write fo' de magazines. She
hain't got no eddication. an she CANT
do teachin'. so she's gwine into de lit