The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-01

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you stay right yere."
ooh. that's it? Well. don't you mind
me in the least"
The log was only thirty feet away,
and she hadn't been sitting there over
five minutes when him" appeared. He
had probably been in hiding some
where near. All / could see was that
he was a young man. very bashfuI
and awkward. He sat down about ten
feet away from her, and it was about
five minutes before either spoke.
who's him?'' queried Jim as lie nod
ded his head in my direction.
stranger, gwine further up" she an
swered. You hain't no call to be skeer-
ed Of him nor nobody"
"Who's skeered?" '-'
Reckon you is" .
"Shoo! Never was skeered in all my
life. Linda, does your old dad like
meg"
Reckon he do"
And your mamY"
Reckon she do"
"And, Linda
He stopped. there for a long, long
time, and Linda coughed and giggled
over his embarrassment. By and by
she said:
Dad says you come powerful nigh
KILN a bar last week."
No reply.
MAN says you took up them ten
acres of land above Parker's."
No reply.
HAS you lost your tongue. Jim?" she
asked after a long silence.
"Co'se not; I was thinkin'," he re-
piled as he heaved a deep sigh.
Reckon I know what twas. Te-he-
heE
Reckon you don't" r
Goose / do. Dad likes you. man likes
you, and r.
That log suddenly contracted again
and brought them close together, and
Jim's arm stole around Linda's waist
as he finished the sentence for her
with:
"And we's gwine to be jined in the
fall and live on them acres! Linda.
If him wasn't back thar in that doah
I'd shorely hug you, l would"
I got out of that doah" and took u
long walk, and If Jim didn't take ad-
vantage of the occasion Linda's looks
belied her when I returned.
The girl gave me good night AMI
passed to her room, and a little later
the old folks arrived back.
stranger. was thar q Teller yere
a-sparkin' Linda?" whispered the IA
Their as they sat down beside me.
"Of co'se there was-of co'se." said
the wife.
There was a young man here" l
replied.
Did Linda call him Jim?"
"She did"
"Of co'se- she did-of co'se," added
the wife.
Did they sot together?"
"Yes. on the log"
would you say. stranger-would
you say that thar was luv thar" ask
ed the husband.
"Why. I sat there smoking and look
ing into the laurels. and l neither
heard nor saw much. By and by I got
up and walked away"
"Of c0'se he did-Of co'se.'' said the
wife.
Eyes. he un would git up and walk
away" sighed the husband.
would you like Jim for a son-in-
lawy" I asked after u bit. .
Stranger" replied the man as he
laid aside his pipe SO as to have both
hands free to gesture with. that yere
/ o,,~ hon l,{l10l n .H,So~ with n
knife"
"And a whoppin' big bar at that"
added the wife.
He has shot three wildcats, subj"
"Shot three and skeered of a
fourth"
"And he has swum the Cumberland
river. suh.' :
And 1t was in flood too"
And he has killed mo- Don and
foxes and possums in the last two
vars. sub. than any two men in the
state"
''Of co'se he has-of co'se."
".And he made the elephant u
when the last circus cum along. suh."'
"And It was q wh0pper Of an ele-
plant, too-for suah It was"
"And, subj" continued the husband
us he stood on his feet. ''thnt yere Jim
can. outholler, outrun. outwrassle. out
fight and outfit any. critter Of his age
fur flfty miles around"
"Of co'se he kin-of co'se." added
the wife as she also stood up. az
"And, sub. in a var or two mo- we
ar gwine to send him to the legisla-
tur. and he's gwine to swell around
these mountains with a plug hat and
Il cane. All this, sub. and you axes me
IL I'D take him for a son-in-law" &5
"Of co'se W would-of co'se." said.
the wife.