The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
Pinkey' $
Romance
3, F. A.

Jealous OBJ anudder. Spec dey don
look at It de right way. Dcre amt nc
better way to git chen wild a man
what do yo' ham dan to turn him
ober to anudder woman, specially when
yo' hab de choosin' oh dat udder
woman.
When I war a gal an didn't hab nc
sense Pete Tucker come cou'tin' me
Nobody hadn' talked lub to me befo',
an I wal de mos pleased gal yo' ebel
see. I jis' felt I wanted to laf all de
time. Yah, yah. didn't l feel fine!
"Pinkey." said missis, says she. "yo'
got to de mos beautiful time OBJ 20
life, de time of romance"
Don't know wha' dat u.s." l says,
says l, "but it's might nice to hab q
young man tellin' yo' dat 20 one oh
de angels jis' dropped out O. heaben."
II hope 80 an yo' f1ancay be berry
happy togcdder," says missis, "when
20 married"
"Wha's a fancay?"
"Yo' f1ancay is Pete"
"Oh" says I. Reckon de happiness
las till de doc oh heaben open an
TAX us in."
"Yo' mustn't expect dat de romance
las all de time," says missis. "Dere
mus be Interruptions"
De fus' interruption happen befo' de
weddin'. Missis glib me a watch for
Christmas. 1t war de prettiest little
watch 20 eber see. De price war
naked on de box it come in, an l
knowed It cost SIS. One day when Pete
an l war a-settin' so close togedder
dat yo' couldn't git a piece OBJ tissue
paper between us I war wearin' nah
watch around nah neck. Pete TUX 1t
in he han an said dat It war de nos
beautiful watch he eber see. He OPEN
ed de case to see de wo'ks an fooled
wild 'em till de watch didn' go no mo-.
Pete war mighty troubled Mt stoppin'
me watch an said he TAX it to de jew
eler's to hab it fixed. He war gwine
to bring it back dc next day.
Dat war de las ! eber see oh ma
watch. An when Pete used up all de
excuses in de dictionary TO- keepin' 1t
I didn't see any mo- of Pete nedder.
Dis war dc fus' an de las Interrupt
ton to de happiness OBJ me an Pete.
l didn' say nothin'. an l didn' do
nothin'. Pete got wo'k in anudder
town. an l didn' see him no mo- TO- a
long time. While Pete war away dc
romance missus talked about war drib-
bin out Ob me. an de had sense lax
de shell OBJ de cocoanut war gettin' in
side. One day Pete come back. He
d1dn' come near me: he lodged me
when he sor me comm. takin' anudder
cou'sc trough de alleys.
Dere wal q woman named Liz dat I
knowed. She'd been in de calaboose
TO- Shawn de cheek. of her husban'
wild q z I went to Liz an I says:
"Dey say Pete Tucker come back
wild a lot OBJ money. He mus a-been
speckerlatin' o. somepin. Some gal
oughter hab de spendin' oh dat money"
How she do dat?" says Liz.
Marry him. Oh cose." I says.
Mex day l meets Pete. an ! says:
Pete. 20 needn' dodge me got ODER
de pat OBJ ma life. l don
want to- marry nobody. Seen LIZ
Brown lately?"
mo. I hahn sor Liz"
"Dey say Liz fader died an lef' her
fou' hundred dollars"
.Dere want 10 use sayfn' any mo-.
De fus' thing l knowed Pete an Liz
war libin' togedder as man and wife.
though l hadn' heard OBJ no divorce be.
tween Liz an her fus' husban'. jist
aarfed7 till I Thought FswouM shabsasit.
I'd tiAIf;de r~Omance:enow 1t war Pete's.
turn to hab 1t.
Ms~aunt, Sue Baker, a wash lady.
libcd opposite whar Pete an he new
angel just out OBJ heaben-yah. yah!-
war spendin' de honeymoon. I says to
ma aunt: "Aunt. yo' got a powerful big
wash dis week. Don yO' want me to
help yo'?" Ma aunt said she didn't
want me till I toll her l dom want no
wages. Den she TUX me in. De secon'
day after I come to ma aunt's I hearn
de happy couple opposite. yah. yah.
ycllin' at each udder. an fust thing
knowed I hearn a crash. I reckoned
Liz war a-breakin' a cheer ober Pete's
head. TO- de do opened. an Pete rush.
ed out as II a ha'nt war benin him.
followed by Liz Wild de back oh a broke
cheer in her han. She cotched Pete
by de coat. but he lef' 1t OF. Den she
.uk hold oh be shirt. and It war wool.
en-. an It held. She jumped on him
wild bofe feet, an he made a noise lax
a calf carried away from de mudder
COW.
l war peekin' frou de blin's. TO- II ]
let 'em e me dey would bofe lef' each
udder an Jumped on to me TO bringin'
'em togedder in de romance. But I
jes' lated an lated TIL ma close split
open in de back.
"wha' yo' laan' att" axed ma aunt.
."Dat nigga co'ted me an toll me dat
I was an angel just stepped out OBJ
heaben. Den he TUX ma watch what
missus glib me for Christmas box. !
toll Liz be. got q lot OBJ money. an ]
toll him she got q lot OBJ money. Reck-
on he won't TAX no mo- witches OBJ
me. Yah. yah! Lookw
Ma aunt peeked frou' de blin's an