Down Home with Jennie Allen (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...been up to now and if the Sherrif was after him. "Sherrif " says Poly; " who cares anything about Sherrifs Ain't I been brought up on eml It's Loretty Maria I'm ahiding from. O, folks don't let her know I've come back I'm agoing to leave to-morrer again. But I got to talk this matter over with you before I go. It's very importunate. It conserns, maybe hundreds of feller-creachers." "And does its influence extend into the Fish World also?" inquired Ed. "It would be interesting to know that." Then Ed made motions for me not to realeave Poly's fears quite yet because he kind of enjoyed the looks of gennuwine distress that was fraimed in the flower-trimmed bunnet. But I could n't help giving him the joyful news. "Poly," I says, "you aint got nothing more to fear from Loretty Maria. Cappen Joe Silliker married her a cupple o' weeks ago and has gone on a wedding-jerney into troppicle climbs." Poly's mouth fell open. "And did she go with him?" he asked, unable to take in at first that the dreaded lady was ackchelly somewheres else besides Chictooset. "Yes," says Ed, "seeing that was what she married him for she went with him." I wish I could draw pictures and show exackly what antics Poly went through when at last he was convincitated that our words was true. Off come the woman's skirt and was hove to one side. The bunnet and vail flew the other and you never saw any boy cut up sech didows all over our setting-room as that man weighing most 300 and tall in proportion. It was his way of giveing free vent to the joy that posessed his soul. "Free " he cried in a toan of rapcher, "free at last Three chears for Cappen Joe " and then he'd cut up another cape...