West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-10-28

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the porch Of the store old. Bsumsart-
eer always Declared that the property
s CST,d s0''. day DO his, Al length Baum
,hiou. the mar age q I his SON ~ ssps. 2.
.,ssffy" as sepherijsh p. Bsumsartner.
IT. is popularly tnown, IL rafied on by
MS father to Sarah for 81.
CHAPTER u.-'seny" Is q meek. slow
Tor II. n Z: fair ssir. n a tse
cas. Siweys led by his father. or a rather
Ind Youth p %so ssem. s "a, gent. and
ssnythins about strife and competition
Lhu; he appears utterly incapae,tated TO
Prss:si q quite the oppo.it. Of ssfry s Her
sair - nearly red. She IL All life and ami
s @su ana On. sS. can Z, Jump fence. lk. wild
me teuit - q very high temper. Baum
ySIthsr gives Seffy some lessons I'm court
I regret to say that seffy did not
understand.
"Seffy." he said impressively, 'you
haf toll me what you goin' to wear.
II amt much. The weather's yit pooty
col nights. But i ken stand It II you
ken-God knows about Sally! Now,
what you goin' to do-that's the conun.
trum asst you'll"
Still Il was not clear to Seffy.
"Why-what I'm a-going to do, hah?
Why-whatever occurs"
"Gosh-a'mighty! And nefer say a
word or do a sing to help the occur.
Fences along? Goshens! What a set.
ting-upl Why-say-Seffy. what you
set up fort"
Seffy did not exactly know. He had
never hoped to practise the thing-in
that sublimely militant phase.
What do you think?"
We'll. Sef-plow straight to her
heart. wisht had your chance. I'd
show you a other-guess kind a setting.
up-yassir! Make your mouth warter
and your head swim, begoshensi Why.
that Sally's just like a young stubble-
ffeld; goth to be worked constant, and
plowed deep. and MANFRED heafy, and
mebby drained wiss blind bitches, and
crops changed constant, and KEEP ago.
Ing thataway constant - constant
SOS the weeds can't git in her. Then
you ken put her in wheat after
while and git your money back"
This drastic metaphor had It's of.
feet. seffy began to understand. He
said 80.
Now look here. Setfy." his father
went on more softly, when you git
to this-and this-and this,"-he went
through his pantomime again, and II
included q progressive caressing to
the kissing point-"well, chust when
you bose comfortable--hah?- mebby
on one cheer, what know-it's so
long sence done It myself-when you
bose comfortable, asst her-chust asst
her--ahsmi-what she'll take for the
pasture-neld! She owns you bose and
she can't use bose you and the pas
ture. A bird In the hand is worth
sefsral In another feller's-not so?"
But seny only stopped and stared &C
his father. This, again, he did not
understand.
You know well enough I got no
money TO buy no pasture-field," said
he.
"Gosh-a'mighty!" said the old man
ioyfully, making as IL he would strike
Seny with his huge fst--a thing he
often did And amt got Messing to
trader"
Nothing except the mare!" said the
boy.
"say-ain't you got no feelings, you
ldHot?"
oh" said Seny. And then:
But what's feelings got to do with
cow-pasture?"
"Oach! No wonder he wants to be
an anchel, and wiss the anchels stand
holding sings in his hands and on
his head! He's too good for this VILE
world. He'd finger suffering on the
brink and fear to launch away all his
durn hfe--if some one didn't push him
In. So here goes!"
This was spoken 20 the skies. ap-
parently, but now he turned 10 his
son again.
LOOK a-yere, you young dummer.
NJ, feelings is the same to gals like
sally, as money is TO you and me.
You ken buy potatoes wiss EN-. DO
You understand"
Seny said that he did, now.
Well, then, I'fe tried to buy that
pasture-held sousand times"
S~y started.
Yes, that's little bit lle-mebby
a dozen times. And at last Sallys
daddy said he'd lick me II ] efer said
pasture-held agin. and I said Il ag'in