FROM UNCLE KIAH’S DIARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2376, 1 October 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

FROM UNCLE KIAH’S DIARY.

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" Will, \V aa n.i.: tiiiy f.nii.dn wnmim i, , 11 ,1, .i a 1 111 -1 111 >i an a n.i.'d limn- will ;n -iwl ..II 11., /,/.'Kiar IVikill* at his 1 .r ;11 in Gng-by IFrilci-, Windham ('minty, 1 mi..;. 1 nnld inini thn i illidgc." Ah' In - -mu lu cany tlm advertisement t tl; ■ t ili-diy llnllnr "Nir/,-," an I must an dnw lim (lll.nv :. An/, tin- stli. Wal. thd advertisement 1-1:11 , ut in tin- i Irig-by 11oli.tr " Nu/..;,'' an sniKM Ui-n I'vi■ had n nimble I,inn; .it it,. Tim way llimn wiminin swarmed lu my imn wa :a e . w.-lnm. ((Idan yinig, humbly an |nitty, »ld madcs an widders, an all kinds that was -v-r inamimfaetaul. Fur 2 days than; has him a dozen m' 20 licit; all Uni Lim-.-when I wud go away 1 -.r 2 wild turn an take her place ; an tho way they <|tin died an run imo amithcr down v. ud make yurc liar- stun mi -mid tu hear uni, I hadn't n i chance lu make a scleckslinn, an I didn L dare tu. either; fur ef I had, I li"i.a;u; the rest ul uni wud have killed her mi the s|nit. Early this morning bed eny of them wnniuln pot In re, we fastened all the doors an yindnws. sled the winder blinds, an Abo \t rit “ - dun tu Vuriip “ mi a door ; an now when eny ”1 inn emus they reed thel. inilis, I" ik at the sleT iq. house, an leuve at '' him until. (hi- in mv hed-rnme upsl.iii> an ,\ 1n- ha- oi-iii lu the villidge In Ji.■ v an..lh.-r adt .a tiseni.'iit pul in Urn I dishy 11011-r “Nnze." Tim .adi-.iliseiiieiit. read-.'; •‘Take X.'li-. 11. z/.-kiar I’erkins has rmndeded n--t In pit nnurid." An;;. I.sth. SV- didn't dare tu open i!i.;iu winder blinds nor take tlml notis oil' ol the front il.i.ir until arfter the next nuinher of the I irisby 1 fuller " Naze ” was out, tlm them wimmm stopt cumin in a day or 2 arfter wo shot up the house. “ ITiklo Kiar, ’ sed Abe, os wo sot at our mi/mrably cooked dinner day before yistiddy, “ senee thet ad vertisi n seomc didn’t work rile, yu‘ll hev to kort sumbody,” “ Who shall I kort?" sed I. Wal,” sed Abe, “ there’s Sally Mariar Briggs, She's es sniart us a cricket, an os neet cs n pin, ami she’s real pood lookin’ an only forty—jest o years yunger’n yon lie." "Ahe,” sed I, “yurc a brick, t alius did like S.dly Mariar.” “ An I p. ss she likes yu,” sed Abe. “She alias invite- me in when I m going by, an ;;iv. mne a gl;w ; .-f sider or lemonade; an ,- he alias a-1; ; d>.uit you, an says it’s tew bad Ili.it yn law tu d-w yme own houseV. i l l:. I lieu aminls f..r her 1/1 the villidge, Minilimr , an aim alius ..rives inn 20 scuts fm- mv (i id.Me." •'lkit Imw hall I begin to font her, Abe?" ; I I. “ I never louled cnybody, you kll"." I don't ku..,;'se.l Ah-, ..era,chin his lied, ‘'T!i an fell-Ts in ■!■ ■ ri;s an dime novils .-,tl ainnde llicir gal-:, all generally sing sumthing that they make lip llielrs-l'f.s.’ Si llmt pile I an Abe sot up until arfter inidnile, an writ a -nag with 7teen verses in it. \\ e write it in-hm I. meter, cause Abe :. d he emildn L play it on his juice harp if ‘I wa - writ eny oilier way. The next nil-, arfler dark, wo wont lu Iheimu-e where Sally Mariar lived with lut par and mar, and got under a winder “ Now,' 1 said Ahe, puttin’ his juice-harp tu ids mouth, ''bo-in.” An Abo begun lu play, an I begun tu sing ■ ’■ Sally .Mariar, yuro Uozzekiar Is nut here in the cold ; Oh-” lint wo didn't git no further, for thare wa. a fenn'd shreek, an smnbody rushed irum the mine : an about a ininnit later we beard Sally .Mariar down in the kitchen, a-ayin,--“Oil. par, there's sum wild critter a-f-iwlin under my winder.'’ “ It inn-l i-'V got away (rum thet circus diet was down tn the villidg- last week,’’ s-d oh; Mister I’.nggs. “ I'll let the dorg K- snne as w- heard th-t, I an Abe -I .rP d an run ; an we didn't stop ruimin till w- g.-t home. An- U'.ih. “ ITikle Ki,” sed Abe, the nimniin mf.-r the s nahnade, “thet surah-n-.din racket didn't wnrk wuth a sent. Vnd- b ’tt.'i- div-s up in yurc liest close, ncx Sun ly nit.-, an go km-t her like a Kristelmn.'’ “ All rite, A fie,” sed 1 ; “ |'|| dew it.'’ So, when Sandy nite, cum round I drest np an sturtid In see Sally .Mariar. lint w hen I. cum in site of the house I couldn’t muster up -un idge emit to go in ; so I thoi tIM keep almig an not stop, i hadn't g'.t nioren 3 yaid.s by the gate when Sally Mariar cum tu the door an sed,— Oh. Mister Perkins, won't yu cum an help me drive the pig mil of the garden, lb's r.iotia th' turnip died all tu pccccs. Par and mar lias g..rn tu praie-meetin tu the villidge. and 1 dassont undertake tu drive Inin mil, alone.'’ “ *1 es, ' sed I, mi by tickled to find a a-cu-e for g .in' in ; “ I -.hall be plowed lu I. • .<; .■ 11 v s.-n ice tu vu.” “Thank yu," sed she, so sweetly that I waidod lu take her rite up in my anus an "w- weal, tl, the I pile ail got sum chib-, an then w- went for thet hog. Hut In hadn't dun tl.ol t-nnup-b".! to his satis-la.-k-hmi. an warn't gain tu leevu the ■'..r.loi till he got r-.ldv: an the way we raced aboi.t Da; garden after tint hog, was acm vv.-liiin. Finely. ho tarn-d short about an emu at. mo, an the ncx thing I now i was layin on mv luck in the tnrnip-bcd vvliar- he had been r.. .tin, Sally Mariar Inlp/d mo np agin, an when ( looked to see wham tint Ing was, he was calmly an iu ii ll .-locally waikin out thru the gate. Sally Mariar brushed the durt off of me, an thou we shot the gate arfter that hog an went inter the house ; an—wal, he-l the ole f'.iks got home we had sot the day, an torn..now we start mi our bridle tower. P.S. Abe will lake his meals with Sally Mariar - par and mar while we're gorn. Silly Mariar arranged it, for she sed he’d strav-tu death rf he didn't r-l than;; an Die..id f*. I:, -; s.’d I Iny'd be pi id tn h-v him, lor linn tiny wndn't miss Sally Mariar so imvii. > I mi I.IV Wif- will visit \o V-.rk an '•lap- iy I 1 all-. and i.o tn h"ioe in lime tu e iiiniunieo ham-1 in.