Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-10-23
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fr1ned Samuel without winking. and
Abe FASTENED to draw Angy's atten-
ton back to himself
See, mother, l kin stand as good
as anybody; hain't got no fever; i kin
walk alone Yew seen me dancin' jest
naow, tew. An eff / had that pesky
leetle banty rooster of a doctor here,
Id kick him all the way deown stairs.
Cap'n SamIs with twenty-five O. him"
"Yew kept the prescription. didn't
yer. cap'n" demanded Angy. "Naow
eff he should be took ag'in an"
Samuel turned away and coughed.
Mother, mother" cried Abe. "shet
the door an come set deown er all the
sistersTl come a-pilin' in. I've had a
invite, I have"
Angy closed the door and came for
ward, her wary suspicious eye trailing
from the visitor to her husband.
"Hy-guy. amt 1t splendid" Abe
burst forth. ME an Cap'n Sam1 here
is a-goin' over ter Bleak Hill fer a
week"
BLEAK Hill in December" Angy
cried, aghast "Naow, see here. ia
ther," resolutely. medicine er no
medicine"
He's got ter git hardened up"
firmly interposed Doctor Darby; it'll
be the maxim O. him.
Angy turned on Samuel with rufied
feathers.
He'll freeze to death. Yew
shant-"
Here Abe's stubborn will, so rarely
set against Angy's gentle persistence.
rose up In defiance:
We're a-gwine on a regular A No. 1
spree with the boys. an no women
folks is a-goin' ter stop us neither"
"When?" asked Angy family, feel
ing Abe's brow, but to her surprise
finding 1t cool and healthy.
"Termorrer!" proclaimed Samuel;
whereupon Abe looked a little dubious
and lifted up his two feet, wrapped as
they were in the blanket, to deter.
mine the present strength of his legs.
Don't yer think yer'd better make
1t day after termorrer he ventured.
"Or long erbout May er June?"
Angy hastily amended.
Samuel gave an exasperated grunt.
See here, whose spree is this?"
Abe demanded of the little old wife.
She sighed. then resolved on STRAIT.
egg:
"Naow. Abe, eff yew be bound an
possessed ter go ter the beach. yew
go; but I'm a-goin' visitin' tew. an
l couldn't git the pair o. us ready in
side a week. I'm a-goin' deown ter see
Blossy. She asst me jist naow, pendin',
she says. Capn Saml here cures Abe
up enough ter git him OF. l thought
she was crazy then"
Samuel knocked the ashes out of
his pipe against the window sill and
arose to go.
WAL" he said grudgingly, make
1t a week from terday then, rain er
shine. snow er blow. er q blizzard.
Ell yer ever a-goin' ter git hardened.
Abe, naow's the time! I'll drive over
long erbout ten o'clock an git some
body ter sail US from here; er eff the
bay freezes over 'twixt naow an then,
ter take US In q scooter"
A scooter 1t may be explained, is
an iceboat peculiar to the Great South
bay-a sort Of modified dinghy on run
ners.
"Yes-yes. a scooter" repeated Sam
uel. turning suddenly on Abe with
the sharp inquiry: Air yew a-shiv.
erin? Hain't. Ell? WAL then, a week
from terday, so be IT," he ended. But
me an Blossy IL a-comin' ter see yew
on an on pooty frequent meanet-
while; an. Abe. eff ever l ketch yew
a-layin' abed. I'll leave yer ter yer
own destruction"