The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-03
Two Sides Of
Matrinony
By F. A. Mitchell

waitin' To- TO git married. don't nab
no 'casion 70 to git married. l got
two strong arms TO to rub on wash
boa'd an 70 to do irontn'. What |
want TO get married for
"oh, pshaw, Aunt Chloe! You'd
like to get married well enough II 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 70
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 OBJ my house, do yo'Y
II 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 I'M
derstand that was proposalW
Proposal to me- Twan't no sech
thing. Nat knew we'll huff | 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 10 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 | tole Nat bout her, an
he arsked a lot OBJ questions. | want
goin' to max myself sponsible 70 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 good cook
an washer an ironer. an it did. He
arsked me where she war, an | tole
him, an he went right of 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, yahp laughed Chloe knowing
Iy. Reckon didn't want de job my
self. Nat war berry good man too.
But what / want to git married 70,
anyway My husban nd pay TO de
margin, but who gwine to pay TO de
divo'ce, like to know? DO yo' s'pose
can affo'd to travel way out to some
o. dem west'n towns an lib dar yea
or mo- 70 to git separated from some
worthless niggah dat couldn't white
wash stone WALTZ
well. how did Nat come out with
his suit2"
How Nat come out? Why. he come
out wild a fiatiron followin' him. IL
hit him squa' on de back OBJ de head.
Mighty lucky dat Ef ii hit him in de
hack 1t might "a broke 1t. Ef It bit
him In de side 1t might "a stopped de
heart a-beatin'. De safes place TO Nat !
10 git bit war in de skull. You /
couldn't break 1t wild no trifiin' thing |
like fatiron. an dere hain't no brains
in It to jogge."
II thought you said Nat was a good
man."
80 he is; so he Is good man. but
didn't say be war a sma't man. Ef |
he'd been a sma't man be wouldn't a
married Pinkey Jones"
''But didn't you recommend herr
Oats fist 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 for
az didn't recommend her. said.
Il toIe yo' she war fine lookin' gal
when she war dressed up"
What was the trouble between Nat
and Pinkey"
NAT toIe me bout dat. He said he
went home TO supper an dere want
no supper-de butcher didn't send home
de po'k chops Nat asked Pinkey why
she didn't go get de po'k chops
Plnkey said she didn't git married 70
to carry home provisions. Nat said
dat eff be 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 reaehin' TO- de fat
iron. Nat saw blood in her eye. an
be 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 ef she did dat ag'in
he'd hab her arrested.
dat war de end OBJ de misunder-
standin'. Nat be boa din at low down
boa'dln' house. an Pinkey she libin' in
Mats rooms mighty comfalum."
Twas all your fault. Aunt Chloe. 4
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
iebe Il. Pinkey's considerin' wedder :
The gwine to study 70 TO be a teacher
" TO write 70 de magazines. She
laint got no dedication. an she CANT .
10 teachin'. so she's gwine into de lit
.rary business. reckon" Il
IF you had married him he would
rave been all right"
Reckon he would "A been all right.
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