The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08
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NcIudS OOkkSUIJ.
"Well. settle-l'm willin'! told you
that afore you painted the ell. Amt
two rooms. II by IA. enough for you
to settle down in! II they amt, l
guess your mother'd give you one o
the chambers In the main part"
"She would II l married Phoebe Day.
but I don't want to marry Phoebe"
argued Cephas. And mothers gone
and made a summer kitchen for her
self out in the ell already. bet yer
she'll never move out II ! should want
to move in on n sudden"
II told you you vas takin' that risk
when you cut a door through from the
main part" said his father genially.
III you hadn't done tnat your mother
would "a had to gone round outside to
git int the ell. and mebbe she'd a
stayed to home when it stormed. any
how. Now your wiferl have her
troopin' in an Out, in an out. the
whole 'durin' time"
II only cut the door through to please
mother, so't she'd favor my gittin'
married, but l guess't won't do no
good. You see. father. what l wal
thinkin' Of is. a girl would mebbe
jump at q two story, four roomed ell
when she wouldn't look at a smaller
place."
"'Pends upon whether the girls the
jumpin' kind or not. Hadn't you bet
ter git everything fixed up with the
one you've picked out afore you take
your good savin's and 20 to buildin' u
bigger place for herY'
i've asked her nee Already" c.
phas allowed with a burning face. Il
don't s'pose you know the one l
mean?"
mo kind of an idee." responded bis
father with a quizzical wink that was
lost on the young man, as bis eyes
were fixed upon his whiting. docs
she belong to the village?"
II amt goin' to let folks know who
I've picked out till I git a little mite
f%orrarder." responded Cephas craftily.
Say, father. it's all right to ask a girl
twice. amt it?"
Certain 1t is, my son l never heerd
there was any special limit to the mum.
Der O. times you could ask 'em. and
their power o sayin' NO Is like the
mercy of the Lord-it endureth for
ever. You wouldn't consider a wilder.
Cephas? A widder'd be a good COM
p'ny keeper for your mother"
81 hain't put my good savin's into
an ell Jest to marry a comp'ny keeper
for mother" responded Cephas hufily.
II want to be No. l with my girl and
start right in on trainin' her up to
suit me-"
"Well. if trainin' s your object you'd
better take my advice an keep it dark
before marriage. Cephas. It's astonish-
in how the female sect despises bein'
trained. 1t don't hardly seem to be in
their nature to make any changes in
'emselves after they once gifts started"
How are you goin' to live with 'em.
thenY' Cephas inquired. looking up
with interest coupled with some in.
credulity.
Let them do the trainin'," respond.
ed his father. peacefully putting out
the words with his pipe between his
lips. Some of ems mild and gentle
in discipline. like ParsOn BOOne's wife
or Mis- Timothy Grant. and others is
strict and firm like your mother and
Mis- Abel Day. If you happen to git
the first kind. why, do as they tell you.
and thank the Lord faint any worse.
If you git the second kind jest let EN-
put the binders on you and trot as
straight as you know how. without
shyin' o kickin' over the traces. nor
boltin'. cause they've got control o
the bit and faint no use 6ghtin' ag'in'
their superior strength. SO fur as you
a judge. in the early stages o the
game, my o u which amt very fur
which kind have you picked out?"
Cephas whitfield on for some mo-
ments without a word. but finally. with
a sigh drawn from the very toes of
his boots. be responded gloOmily:
"She's awful spunky. the girl is: any.
body a see that: but she's a young
thing. and | thought bein' married
would kind q tame her down.
"You can see how much marriage
has tanned your mother down." observ-
ed Uncle Bart dispassionately. "How-
somever. though your mother can't be
called tame. she's got her good p'ints.
for she's always to he counted on. The
great thing In life. as | take it, Cephas.
is to know exactly what to expect
Your mothers gen'ally credited with
an onsartin temper, but folks does her
great injustice in SO thinkin'. for in q
long experience I've seldom come
across a temper less Onsartin than
your mothers. You know exactly
where to find her every mornin' at
sunup and every night at shutdown.
There amt nothin' you can do to put
her o O. temper. cause she's all out
%aforehand. You can jest 90 about
your regular business 'thout any fear
Of disturbin' her any further than she's
disturbed already. which is consid'ra-
BILE. l don't mind it a mite nowadays,
though. after forty years OF it. 1t