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and looked sorter sickly,bso nobody seemed yanx-
,oqs 70 git her. | hollered fifty dollars, and the
ltile ereatur frightened up when she see who was
2 biddin'; didn't look like a sugar or cotton
planter, and the creatur seemed glad that warn't
Some cotton fellar here bid sixty dollars, and she
wiited rite down. thot what a slick present
she'd be fur Sally, and how we'll she'd do to tend
the children, so sung out seventy dollars; she
knew my voice, and could see her eyelids trim
Bile. No sooner did the Major drop The hammer
on seventy dollars, than she looked wuth hun.
dred, she was so pleased at my buyin' her. She
was nice little creatur, but her hGr was oncom-
mon straight .y,..=g., ...t .a --,fa.t
a5.t / started up home next day, with my pur,
chases, and such time as had on the way:
got dreamin' so strong about bein' married to Sal
ly, that was eternaily walkin' up huggin' and
kissin' the pillows, as they were gals at husk-
in, AT last got home, ticklec all to death at
my future prospects. / met Jess al the landin'-
he gin me a starr, looked at The little yaler gal,
and then spread himself 5whh guffaw, as eff he
was gon into fits. i riled up little, but thought
that wur time enough 10 serve him out, so l pass
ed on. The felars in the settlement seemed to be
ALFRED pleased at my gettin' back. fur they kept
a grinnin' and bowin' and lookin' at my hte
yailer GAL r...za s. 'aa le9-f sli sim h,sit>


Wont you sake li,tle suthin', SAM said Jim
Belt, crockery keeper. T. &c., 'Ja rn
a Not now, thank you, Jim, ses l. .a ..st.g
. What, you aint agoin' in for temperance
pledges, too, are you?' asked Jim, and then the
boys all hollered as ef they'd bust thar heads.


Not ex-a.ctly + ses l, rather slow, tryin' all
the time to find out what the fun war, but couldn't
get it through my kiverin' of har, so gin it up
and went home. Next day thar wur TO be a
campmeetn' down in the bottom, and all the boys
and gals wur agoin' to it; so to make shine
with Sally, sent over word that would call that
mornin' and bling my first pledge of affection,
meaning the parasol, and hoped it would be to
her mind both in te1tuT and color. Back came
this note in anser: .... Ell ...t ......t
.. " ..E 90. .,.r 'KUNE HoLLER, JUL 8.


Miss Spillman's compliments


To Sam Crowder, Esq, the fust pledge of his
affections is little too CALLER, and the terLur of
its hGr is too tight curl, and morn that, she an
ambitious to hev any of his pledges eff they wur all
ackitc. r,.... II : u 'SALLY SPILLMAN'


s nigh onto bust with madnessl-I could feel
every bar on my head kindlin' at the eend, cause
knew sum cussed lies had been told her, and
blamed Jess for duin' it. I Jest swor bible oath
I'd spile his pictur' so he couldn't enjoy camp
meetin' much; so next mornin' bright and airly,
accidentally fell in with Jess, goin' arter Sally
with all his Sunday kiverin' on, lookin' as nice
as stall fed two year DID, rite up and asked
him what he meant by tellin lies to the gals about





- haint told no lie you, SIS Jess fur what's
told, you told yourself-ef you hev Niger babies
in the south, you needn't insult decent while
gals by offerin' to let 'em mss 'em-'


Il DIDN'T wait till he finished, afore hit him bif
alongside his smeler, and went into him ALL fours,
catamount fashion. The thing had now cum to
a windn' up pint--this war to eend the matter
about Sally, and as didn't want TO gin her up
easy, laid myself out for purity long spell.
could see by the way Jess went TO work that he'd
kaIkulaied upon purity big chunk of fight too,
so we both began to save ourselves. L had lee
tie the advantage Of Jess, for he didn't want TO
spile his Sunday 6x-ups, while didn't care a
cuss for my old boat suit. When I'd grab his
trowsers and gin 'em hitch, he'd ease oh, and
then I'd lend him slaggerer, which was gener-
ally folIercd by his maxim me fly round like
how tough he war ..


While we were havin' right smart time to-
gether, nary one Of US seed Sally ridin' along
down the wagin track, lookin' out fur Jess, but
she seed US. h!tched her horse, and climbed into
stump TO see the fight out. AS war carefully
reachin' for Jess's ear with my grinders, heard
her sing out . ... ...,.


'Teech i ef you dGr-you niger cannibal


Her hoIlerin' gin Jess an advantage and help
ed his strength powerfully, fur the next mint
wur on my back and him right astradIe on me-


6 Sock your teeth into him Jessp screamed Sal
ly, and about then, 5e-e-e'mlHny, fellars, eapeo
as ef Iightnin' had hit me- fur his grinders had
met through the flesh she called his attention to-
squirmed, and struggled, and chawed meat, but
he held on grabbed his new trousers, and tore
them like paper-he was agoing to let go to kiver
his coat tails the torn place. but sally holler
ed out agin-


Whip the varmint fust, and then I'll mend
'em upr


squealed enough! rite QUIT warn't no use
fightin' agin such odds. Arter Jess let me up,
Sally looked at me, and puckered up her mouth as
eff she had been eatin' un:ipe persimmons-


'Enough" ses she; well, may git ager fits,
if you're fit fur anythn but to be farther of CALLER
pledgesp ...o 81 Louis Rers'Hs. 40