Show backward andys courtin Co ortin BY EUMAS SEUMAS S MAC MANUS lidd jane she lived in the very next to an as liza jane was given out for a hundred pounds of do money there was ye may well suspect a tremendous traffic ol 01 bivs aether her but it s little enco ira gement they got from liza jane she considered courtin a ridiculous waste of time that a pair of tom fools might engage in an as for marlyin the most of the lads that presented them elves she said she wouldn t make of them to wipe a pot this I 1 say she thought ol 01 most of the neighbor boys but not of all there was one andy mcclannin McC larnin or bab s andy as he was better known by raison as his father s name was bab anyway this bab a andy was no eyesore to liza jane tor he had a fine farm that fed ave cows an give him ten head 1 stock to sell off every harvest father poor man was five years de 11 an liza jane Bo hunnan saw that all th she coulden couldn get an wouldn t ask for a hotter a warmer down than babs andy s an ac cordin 1 she made up her mind that sh d marry bab nd in case he bov was ml I 1 allm wallin at the tall end tour years coort ship liza jane begun to be not too with proceeding edin s an tair good raison too the poor girl had mother says she of a night when both herself an her mother was sit tin er he kitchen fire I 1 have let him tool round me tor long enough I 1 mean goes on she to have him once an for all make up his mind on this matter whether he cants to make a wife of me or not I 1 mean that he 11 make it up or make it up tor him quick brave woman ye are liza jane gays the mother says she an on next sunday night too he 11 make his dicksion the jewel ye are liza jane an when on the next sunday night poor andy poor come plodding to liza janes its little he suspected the that was laid down for him to walk into are ye all alone says be my mother an them says she went one road an another to see the neighbors an left me to myself which says bab s andy says he was kindly of them tor st ye which says liza jane says she calm an lookin steady into the fire was very very good of them good of them says andy says he was very very good of them says she that they knew 1 needed a quate hour to myself to dis cuss in me mind a very serious mat ter in tact I 1 may say an illary serious matter bab 8 andy be was all taken aback an the face on him got lengthy at an he says oh I 1 beg yer par don liza jane an serious matter as I 1 was sayin she went on as cool an calm an one that wants a good deal of deliberation an one more over that I 1 m martial glad to have ye here to talk it over with ye oh says babs andy says he himself to hear it an lookin pleased that he was to be consulted for says she it s such a matter that there s only one man in the worl I 1 could talk it over with an u I 1 m proud says andy I 1 m aroud to know it liza jane for better tor worse says she a for richer tor poorer tor good or tor poor andy it seemed like a to him that he d heard something like them words somewhere or other alore but it puzzled him for a minute to mind what it was about so he gave it up an remarked just so liza jane indeed so an then says she for richer 1 sayed tor poorer tor good or tor from this time then she waited a wee bit to give him an other chance though if she d waited durin the nine lives of a cat it would never get into andy s skull andy she says don t ye see what I 1 m ata poor andy looked contused an ashamed of himself an says he faith an I 1 dont then liza know from adam down what ye re darivin fit at all I 1 don t doubt it says liza jane well will ye understand me when I 1 say that I 1 m chinkin I 1 had beet marry an settle down troth that was plain enough tor a palin post to understand so it s very little that bab s andy did marry says she an settle down perfectly cool an palm an never deemin to see andy s raptures at all j an says she I 1 was waltin very anxious to have your opinion on it an my opinion says he with his head hangin is that though ye ve done many wise things in your life ye never done anything wiser an an tor for myself andy says she snapping him up acore she d let him go any further an it was about time I 1 d think ot if I 1 m ever coln to settle yes says andy an scein that 1 have a pounds at me back yes davs anav A hundred pounds says she nol to mention the sprinkled led cow which comes to me likewise yes yes an a store of linen says liza jane says she magnificent says andy scein I 1 have all that says she exactly says andy an scein moreover says she slower scein moreover says sue that ie been axed an then she closed her mouth hard an batted sas bab s andy says he with a puzzling look caroln over his countenance axed by a boy says liza jane an closed her mouth again keyees says andy says he bryin to recollect when in the of he had axed her an coin in to the conclusion that he must a been walkin in his sleep some time or other scein says liza jane says she that ive been axed by one last sat arday night was a week andy was ten times more puzzled than afore axed says she on saturday night last was a week by a boy with a big farm from the parish an she begun more turl on the fire I 1 thought thought sas andy says he thought it ft aan t a boy from the parish ye intended to marry says liza jane says she I 1 see you thought it was a boy in our own parish I 1 was coln to taked says he encouraging ly andy wa himself again an he says ies liza jane es says liza jane sas she did ye think it was mose McClure 7 no says babs andy nor sam longa says she nor sam long says bab a andy then in s name says liza jane says she curnin to him an elid NO saya BAB S ANDY lookin him square in name says she who do ye that I 1 was goin to marrye an I 1 thought says he liza jane it was myself ye were coln to marry liza jane she got a face on her that would freeze a lough an she darew herself up an says she I 1 beg yer pardon listher mcclannin McC larnin she consent to know andy me charnin just then I 1 beg yer pardon listher mcclannin McC larnin says she an poor andy when he seen the sight or her an heerd the words of her went as weak as a dish clout but I 1 hope in my heart an sincerely thrust that ye dian didn t mean to insinuate even la the inside of yourself that 1 meant to offer to marry you you listher mcclannin McC larnin or any other that steps in shoe leather this day to ot ter myself to marry you without your first axin me listher och och I 1 ask an beg says andy says he an him in such a state of dis as might melt the heart of a millstone I 1 ask an beg says he an implore of ye a thou sand pardons tor my ignorance in put tin the thing as I 1 did but sure ye know an know that it I 1 dian didn t ax ye in words it gasn wasn t tor want ol 01 the wish but the will tor tour years gone ye know an know that it was only tear kep me from sayin the words to ye I 1 mean to say e should know I 1 wanted to ax ye an I 1 come to ax ye three times an the fright overtus me an I 1 run home like a hare I 1 m a dunce liza jane an there I 1 am now says he givin up for want of breath an do what ye like with me but as bab s andy had gone on liza jane s look was chang n an changie an when he finished her look was as mild an gentle as a lambs an then she hung her head a wee bit an her level best to blush an says she oh andy andy an ye never breathed orea thed a word of this to me afore an ia never suspected it no no its me is the dunce its me Is the dunce andy poor andy s heart when he saw the change in her come up again from the bottom of his boots an was thumping against the crown of his skull room to rise an says he alizai jane Bo hunnan then ye dont ake it ill me chinkin of yea andy mcclannin McC larnin says she yd know this Is an myself is flustered an an carvi ous a bit an but it ye insist on an answer on the spur of the moment says she I 1 don t believe I 1 do take it at all at all an liza jane Bo hunnan says andy says he gettin the narve a liza jane lost it liza jane bohun cafa says he will ye consent iron this time torrid to wet yer wee grain of tay in my tay pota andy mcclannin McC larnin says she ye re a industrious boy an come oi industrious people an an myself know but but maybe I 1 could do worse copyright by joseph bowles vaseline will make the eyelashes thicker I 1 do not know whether it will make them grow longer or not |