The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1914-08-15
Two Sides Of
Matrirnony
b. r. A. Mitchell

Wattin TO to git maffIe0. uOu n1U
no 'casion 70 to git married. l got
two strong arms TO to rub on a wash.
boa'd an 70 to do ironin'. What i
want to get married for
-Oh. pshat. Aunt Chloe! You'd
like to get married well enough If you
had somebody to marry you. How
,bout Nat Taylor, who was counting
iou. that Pinkey Jones took from your"
"Yo' nebber was mo- mistaken in 20
life bout dat. Nat be cum to me one
day. an he say. says he. Chloe. 20
don't know any gal dat would like to
take caro- OBJ my house. do yo'T
81 was fryin' bacon when be said
dat. an Jest stood with fox in one
hand an looked up at de ceilin'.
thoughtful-like.
why. Aunt Chloe. didn't you IN
derstand that was proposalT'
Proposal to me: Twan't no sech
thing. Nat knew well nun 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 lsok purity de rest OBJ de
time. He wanted lazy gal TO dat"
We'll, go on with your story"
.Bimeby think oh Pinkey Jones ~
de mos worthless gal knowed. conse-
kently de mos likely gal TO- to get
married. So tole Nat bout her. an
be arxked a lot OBJ questions. want
soin' to max myself 'sponsible TO her.
30 Just said she war = nne lookin'
gal when she war dressed up. !
knowed dat would please him bet
tern II said she war good cook
an washer an ironer. an 1t did. He
arsked me where she war. an l t0le
him. an he went right Oh 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. yahr' laughed Chloe knowing
y. Reckon didn't want dc Job my
self. Nat war berry good man too.
But what l want to git married TO.
anyway? My husban' 'ud pay TO de
marryin, but who Rwine to pay 70 de
divo'ce. ! like to know1 Do 20 s'pose
I can a6o'd to travel way out to some
O. dem west'n towns an lib dar yea
or mo- TO to git separated from some
wo'thless ni9xah dat couldn't white
wash stone wailf
.wsil. how did Nat come out Win
his suitr'
How Nat come out? Why. he come
out wild datiron foilowin' him. 1t
hit him squa' on de back OBJ de head
Mighty lucky dat. Ef it hit him in de
back It might "a broke It Ef 1t hit
him In de side 1t NIT a stopped do
heart a-beatin'. )e rs' place 70 Nat
to Git hit war In de skull. You
couldn't break 1t Wild no trinin' thing
like natiron. an dere hain't no brains
in 1t to joggle."
Il thought you said Nat was good
man."
$50 he 10: 20 he Is good man. but
didn't say he war sma't man. Ell
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
to me wild his head all bandaged mp.
an be say. Chloe. wha' 20 recon-
mend dat dibbil to me for
81 didn't recommend her. said.
4 tole 20 she war 4 6ne 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 polk chops. Nat asked Pinkey why
she didn't 60 get de po'k chops.
Pinkey said she didn't git married 70
to carry home provisions. Nat said
dat ef be worked all day cuttin' peo-
pies grass an beatin' rugs he didn't
know why bis 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 ef when ne
war Georgia Niger de delibery wag-
on stopped at de do OBJ her residence
wild ds provisions. Dat made Pinkey
mad. an she war reachin' 70 de nat
iron. Nat saw blood In her eye. an
he started out to fit bis supper some
whar else. but de datirou 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 gin
he'd hab her arrested.
dat war de end OBJ de misuhder-
ptandin'. Nat be boa din at low ots<tu
boa din house. an Pinkey she libin' IN
Mats rooms mighty comfalum.S
TWAS all your fault. Aunt Chloe.
Nat came ~ you TO ask you to be his
wife. and you turned him over " the
most worthless woman you knewt
"wo'thless: Yah. yah. Don't TO be-
liebe 1t. Pinkey's considerin' Neddey
she ewine to study TO to be q t4bachet
or to write To- de maGaxines. Rhe