The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-02-20
Two Sides Of
Matrimony
By F. A. Mitchell

Seems to me nowadays all de gals.
instead O wukin'. are sittin' roun
waitin' TO- to git married. l don't hab
no 'casion TO- to git married. l got
two strong arms TO- to rub on wash
boa'd an TO to do ironin. What l
want to get married fo'?"
"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 20
life bout dat. Nat he cum to me one
day. an he say, says he, Chloe. 20
don't know any gal dat would like to
take care Oh my house, do yo'Y
Il was fryin' bacon when he said
dat, an jest stood with fox in one
hand an looked up at de ceilin',
thoughtful-like."
why. Aunt Chloe, didn't you un-
derstand that was a proposalY'
Proposal to me! 'Twan't no sech
thing. Nat knew we'll 'nuff 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 lazy gal TO- dat"
well, go on with your story"
"Bimeby think OBJ Pinkey Jones as
de mos worthless gal knowed, conse-
kently de mos likely gal TO- to get
married. So l tole Nat bout her, an
he arsked lot OBJ questions. want
goin' to maxi myself 'sponsible TO- her.
so just said she war a fine lookin'
gal when she war dressed up.
knowed dat would please him bet
tern If said she war a good cook
an washer an ironer. an it did. He
arsked me where she war. an l tole
him, an he went right off an begun
de cou'tin'."
Aunt Chloe. you're very smart
You know you are You know we'll
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 didn't want de job my
Self. Nat war berry good man too.
But what l want to git married TO-,
anyway? My husban' 'ud pay fo' de
marryin', but who gwine to pay TO de
divo'ce, l like to know? Do yo' s'pose
l can affo'd to travel way out to some
o. dem west'n towns an lib dar yea
or mo- TO- to git separated from some
worthless niggah dat couldn't white
wash a stone wall?"
well. how did Nat come out with
his suit?"
How Nat come out? Why. he come
out wild a fatiron folowin' 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 TO Nat
to git hit war in de skull. You
couldn't break it wild no triflin' thing
like fiatiron. an dere hain't no brains
in it to joggle."
81 thought you said Nat was a good
man."
$50 he is; so he is good man. but
he'd been a sma't man he wouldn't "a
married Pinkey Jones'"
But didn't you recommend her?
Oats jist what Nat said He come
to me wild his head all bandaged up
: an he say. Chloe. wha' yo' recon-
mend dat dibbil to me fo'?
81 didn't recommend her. l said
| 81 %al oh 6nn lnnkin' GA
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 po'k chops
Pinkey said she didn't git married TO
to carry home provisions. Nat sale
dat eff he worked all day cuttin' PEG
pies grass an beatin' rugs he didn'
know why his wife couldn't be sho tt
hab de supper ready. Pinkey said sh'
couldn't cook de supper when de sup
per wasn't sent home in de deliber.
wagon.
"Den Nat asked Pinkey eff when sh
war a Georgia niger de delibery wag
on stopped at de do OBJ her residence
t wild de provisions. Dat made Pinke.
mad. an she war reachin' TO- de fat
iron. Nat saw blood in her eye. an
he started out to git his supper some
t whar else but de flatiron TUX him IL
de back OBJ de head an putty nigl
knocked him down. He turned t
= Pinkey an tole her eff she did dat ag'il
he'd hab her arrested.
Dat war de end OBJ de misunder
standin'. Nat he boa din at low dow
I boa house. an Pinkey she libin' i
! Mats rooms mighty comfalum."
:. Twas all your fault. Aunt Chloe
d Nat came to you to ask you to be hi
o wife. and you turned him over to tn
l most worthless woman you knew"
t Worthless. Yah. yah. Don't yo' b.
liebe it. Pinkey's considerin wedde
she gwine to study TO to be teache
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