The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-03-20
Two Sides of
Matrimony
By r. A. Mitchell

HI CuSlOu ~ " SIl iuaTTleo. Sbt
two strong arms TO to rub on u wash
boa'd an 70 to do ironin'. What |
want to get married fo'T"
"Oh, pshaw. Aunt Chloe. You'd
like to get married we'll enough if YOU
had somebody to marry you. How
about Nat Taylor. who was courtin.
you, that Pinkey Jones took from YOU"
"YO' nebDer was mo mistaken in yu'
hfe bout dat. Nat he cum to me olu..
day. an he say. says he. Chloe. yn'
don't know any gal dat would like to
take ARE ob my house. d" go:
81 WAS fryin' bacon when he said
dat, an | jest stood with u fox in one
hand an looked up at d. ceilin.
thoughtful like"
why, Aunt Chloe. didn't you un-
derstand that was a p~roposai:'
"PrOpOsHl to me. 'Twan't no Srrn
thing. Nat knew well nun | kin MAX
my libin'. AN he wouldn't insult
me by aSkin me to roInc in an NAH
dc bed an cook de vittleS an set
roun' an look purity de rest oh dc
time. He wanted a lazy gal TO dat"
We'll. go on with your story"
"Bimcby | think oh pinkey Joues as
de mos WOthleSs gal ! knowed. cuns..
kently de mos likely gal To- to get
married. So | tole Nat bout her. an
he arsked Il lot Oh questions. | want
goin' to max myself 'sponsible TO her.
so | just said she wal = 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 ! toll,
him. an he wen right of 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,
Iy. Reckon didn't want de job my
self. Nat war berry good nan too.
But what | want to git married To-.
anyway? My husban' 'ud pay TO de
margin, but who gwine to pay To- de
divo'ce, ! like to know? Do yo' s'pos<
can affo'd to travel way out to some
O. dem west'n towns an lib dar a yea
or mo- 70 to git separated from some
worthless niggah dat couldn't white
wash q stone wall?"
well. how did Nat come out with
his suit?"
How Nat come out? Why, he come
out wild a fatiron fOllOwin' him. 1t
hit him squa' on de back Oh de head.
Mighty lucky dat. Eff it bit him in de
back it might "a broke it. Ef 1t 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 tri6in' thing
like a fiatirOn. an dere hain't n brains
in it to jOggle."
IL thought you said Nat was a good
man"
$50 he is; SO he is good man. but |
didn't say he war a sma't q Ef
he'd been a sma't man he wouldn't "A
married Pinkey Jones"
But didn't you recommend herr"
Oats jist what Nat said. He come
tt me wild his head all bandaged up.
an he say. Chloe. wha' yO' recon-
mend dat dibbil to me for
81 didn't recommend her. l said.
4 tole yo' she war a fine loOkin' gal
when she war dressed up"
What vas 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 20 get de po'k chops.
Pinkey said she didn't git married TO
to carry home provisions. Nat said
dat eft 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 a Georgia niger de delibery wag-
on stopped at de do Oh her residence
wild de provisions. Dat made Pinkey
mad. an she war reachin' TO- de dat
iron. Nat saw blood in her eye, an
he started out to git his supper some
whar else. but de flatirOn TUX him In
de back oh de head an putty nigh
knocked him down. He turned to
Pinkey an toie her ef she did dat agfn
he'd hab her arrested.
dat war de end OBJ de misunder-
standin'. Nat he Doc adm at q low down
boa'din' house, an Pinkey she libin' in
Mats rooms mighty c0mfalum."
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 TO- to be a teacher
or to write TO- de magazines. She
thain't got no eddication. an she CANT
do teachin'. 80 she's gwine into de 1T
erary business. reckon"