The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-10-21

Ill :, ~ ".'' a.u slt down On the %, y
"Oh, that's It? Well, don't ,n .
me In o.. east" u&
The log was only thirty fss,
and she hadn't been sitting tbs,. ~
five minutes when him" apue,,,S !
had probably been in hIdip, :.
where near. All could see W., y
he was a young man, yey 49,.
and awkward. He sat down ,bOu.,.
feet away from her. and 1t Wa, ~.
FIVE minutes before either spos,
who's him?' queried Jim =, l. -,
ded his head in my direction.
stranger, gwine further upr ,h.,
swered. You hain't no call to b. b.,
ed Of him nor nobody"
who's skeered"
Reckon you is"
"ShoO. Never was skeered m an
life. Linda, does your Old d,a n,
me?"
Reckon he do"
And your mamT
Reckon she do"
And, Linda
He stopped there for a long m,
time, and Linda coughed and ueyI
over his embarrassment. By sMn
she said:
Dad says you come powerful lid
KILN bar last week"
No reply.
MAN says you took up then m
acres OF land above Parkers'
No reply.
HAS you lost your tongue, Jlnr IL
asked after a long silence.
"Co'se not; was thinkin,,' hn
piled as he heaved a deep sigh.
Reckon | know what twas Tsh
he"
Reckon you don't"
"Co'se | do. Dad likes you. man lie
you. and r.
That log suddenly contracted srh
and brought them close together, u
Jim's arm stole around Linda's vsk
as he finished the sentence for n
with:
And ives gwine to be lined h b
fall and live on them acres. lhh
If him wasn't back thar In that ID,
I'd shorely hug you, | would Z.
| l got out of that doah" and took I
long walk, and II Jim didn't take u
vantage Of the occasion Hndas bal
belied her when | returned.
The girl gave me good night d
passed to her room, and q little hx
the old folks arrived back.
stranger, was thar a feld "a
a-sparkin' Linda?" whispered ths D
Their as they sat down beside me
"Of co'se there was-of co'R.' u
the wife.
There was a young man IN
replied.
did Linda call him Jimr
"She did"
"Of co'se she did-of co'Ns
the wife.
Did they sot together
YES, on the log"
would you say, straned-
you say that thar was luv thafT :
ed the husband.
"Why, l sat there smoking -
ing into the laurels, ana !
heard nor saw much. By ana y y
I'D and walked away.
"Of co'se he did-of co'sN' :
wife.
Eyes, he I'm would git up ODD y
away" sighed the husband.
Would you Ike jim !"
lawY l asked after q BIT.
Stranger" replied the man :
laid aside his pipe 80 as % naM : :
hands free to gesture with, 1aI !. \
. young man has killed q osf w
knife" a.
t And a whoppin' big bar q "
added the wife. -
t He has shot three wildcats y.
"shot three and skeersa '
fourth" .-.,.su
t and be has swum the Cun0s'
I river. sub"
! and it was in food too
! "And he has killed mo co0s
!. foxes aud possums in the -
! vars, sub, than any two ms'
i state" -
5 "Or co'se he has-of cO'ss
? And he made the eiepn.s 4
D when the last CIRCUS S"A an
: "And It was a whopper "
D plant, too-for suat 1t was ,s<,
o And, subj" continued y. -
5 ~ he stood on his feet, that 20
can outholler, outrun, Outwrsssss
a fight and outfit any critter o.
], fur fifty miles around -. d
e "Of co'se he kin-of coz
n the wife as she also STOOD W ~
: And, sub, in a var OF IN ma ID
|: ar gwine to send him 70 ' III n
!. FUR. and he's gwine to ss. vt
these mountains with a pug "a
q a cane. All this, SUBJ ana ~ ssrr
IfTd take him for a SO
q "of co'se we would-ol W.
the wife.