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THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE.
Thursday, October 5. 1905.
Letter From Mrs. Bilkins.
Fuquay Springs, N. C, Oct. 2.
Deer Mister Editer: This leves
me az bright an' cheerful ez possi
bul, 'thout Zeke. He wood fill my
cup uv contentment tu the brim.
Fuquay iz still lively and ackcordin
tu my promus, I'll tell yu erbout the
pick-nick me an' Mrs. Sunshine
Johnson shapperoanedi We shorely
give all the courtin' cupples a good
chanst; our hearts is still yung, yu
no.
We hired a big two-mule-waggin
fur the jolly crowd and a steer cart
fur the eatables.
The yung feller whare got kicked
by his gal cum erlong in a buggy
erbout a mile behind a poutin' like
enny thing. He seen his gal a set
tin' by a nice looking feller in the
waggin.' a tossin' her hed like she
wuz az happy az a lark. But I
knowed better.
I seed thet Roily crowd settin'
eround the edge ov a mud-hole called
a lake. All they needed wuz sum
boddy tu butt their heads tugether
and I maid up my mind tu to sum
thin's on thet order before ahnuther
sun set.
So when she busted out cryin' I
took her in my arms and told her it
wood awl cum rite, f er yu n o, sez I,
"the coarse uv trew luve never runs
smoothe."
Wun uv the gals wuz a makin' a
mirashun erbout put tin' a wurm on
a hook and the way she screemed
wuz enuff tu skeer the mijiners we
laid out tu ketch 2 miles erway.
She wuz jest a givin' wun uv them
gostly men critters a chanst to
skwecze her hand, fer I seen him
when he done it.
Jest erbout thet time I hearn sum
thin' go off like Zeke's ole muskit.
A purty gal, drest in her Sunday go
tu meetin', and wun uv them gosts (I
call 'em thet fer they go erbout in
white garments and they haint
angels), turned two dubble backerd
summersets off the long plank that
wuz stretched acrost wun end uv the
lake.
They maid a hole ez big ez a
hawgsed and a spatter ez high ez
our barn and uv awl the yells and
screems yu ever hearn thet house
party done it.
I had to laff at the way that cup
pie cum" up out uv the water.
His hat wuz surreenly bobbin'
acrost the lake, but hern wuz pinned
on, and when they stood up in thet
shaller, muddy water, little yaller
streems run down on her pine blank
like wun uv them nu-f angled shower
baths. But the culler ov them white
garments beet me. I hope them
fokes wuz Baptists, fer a Metherdist
cr a Episcopailyan wood a lost awl
thare religyun, as well as thare cloze.
Jest then up road our poutin' fel
ler, and wuz gallunt enuff tu lend
'em hiz buggy tu go hoam. Ov
course he had tu git in our waggin,
and he pouted wussin ever.
I didn't count on gettin' no fish
after awl thet commoshun at the
mud hole, so after we got our crowd
awl fixed, waitin' with bated hooks
and breth (is thet a joke) ? I set back
in the shaid and begun tu dreeme.
I see a bend in a crick, woods full
uv wild flowers, on eether side, spots
ov sunshine a dancin' on the water
and me and Zeke (Mr. and Mrs. Bil
kins, ef yu pleeze), a settin' on the
bank jist a pullin' in the perch. I
could even see the dinner baskit and
smell whut wuz in it. Then ez
I dreemed It wuz gittin lait and
Mr. and Mrs, Bilkins wuz homewerd
a ploddin thare weery way. He with
a long string uv fish in wun hand and
holdin' 2 poles on his shoulder with
tuther o"ie.
Mrs. Bilkins wuz a luggin' the
empty dinner baskit and a big bunch
uv wild flowers tu maik the house
look woody.
She wuz a puffin' and a blowin' on
account uv her size and it bein' near
milkin' time and Sukey a-lowin fer
her calf; when Sich a yell brought
me back ter the presunt.
Jest as I looked up, a big, Inland
mockersun run rite square acrost the
feet ov the gal what kicked her fel
ler! The fine lookin' gent a settin'
by her took tu his heels, and up run
her feller tu the resku with a big
limb and laid the pesky varmint low.
He wuz a whopper, almost ez big ez
my arm. The gal sorter turned sick
and wobbled a little and her feller
didn't do a thing but take her in hiz
arms and she seamed tu fit rite thar.
I konsidritly turned my back and
called out tu the crowd, "Who's
agoin' to help fix dinnur?"
In the rush thet follered that gal
and her feller disuppyeared and we
didn't lay eyes on 'em till we blue the
dinner horn. When they cum san
terin' back her face wuz ez brite and
smilin' ez a May mornin', and he wuz
sweet ez peeches and creem.
Our day wuz without a cloud ex
cep' Mrs. Sunshine Johnson's black
shadder. He wanted mother tu du
this and not du that. Mother du you
see whut Bill is a doin'? Maik Tom
stop thet. You'll ruin thare digesh
tyun. Don't starve 'em. I'll tell
Mother, ef yu boys don't quit scrap
pin'... v.'
Poor little Mother, and she don't
way a hundred! Them kids is most
ez big ez she iz now and ought to be
lookin' out fer her.
I ast her on the way hoam why
she didn't run thet Thunder cloud
out o' the kuntry, and yher face
dimpled ez she sod, merrily, "Why
Sunshine iz the biggest baby in the
lot and the trubble iz I can't spank
him. I do beleeve that tender-harted
little thing loves thet cross graned
old bare ! Whare's the f ule killer ?
I wanted tu tell you erbout our
plesant and safe return but my letter
is awlreddy tu long.
BETSY BILKINS.
Wake County Commissioners.
Wake County Commisisoners met
Monday and Tuesday. The follow
ing is a part of the proceedings :
A petition from citizens in Pan
ther Branch township asking that
Mr. M. C. Batts be allowed to
straighten the public road running
through his farm in said township
without cost to the county was re
commended by Supervisor J. J. Jor
dan was granted.
On a report of Supervisor J. J.
Jordan the petition of JVM. Roberts
for a new road in Panther Branch
township was refused.
A change in the Smithfield road,
urged by Dr. Blalock and opposed
by Mr. J. T. Leach and referred to
Superintendent II. G. Holding and
Supervisor Jordan.
W. F. Smith, the new superintend
ent of the county home, resigned as
supervisor in Barton's Creek and J.
H. Carlton was elected to succeed
him. The vote stood: Ennis Brog
den 1, C. IT. Holloway and J. II.
Carlton 3.
N. B. Johnson, of Panther Branch,
was granted a free license to ped
dle vegetables and confections. S.
W. Smith, of Panther Branch, was
given a similar license.
Superintendent Holding made a
report. The Avent Ferry road had
been worked and improved. The
Averyboro road from Holly Springs
to Fuquay had been partly worked,
and he recommended that Supervis
or Burt hire labor. The Hutchinson
road had not been opened because
the people there would not bear the
damages.
In regard ,to the working of the
road from the Mills' Place to New
Hope Church, which was the origi
nal Louisburg road leading by Roles
ville, when the road was changed to
run by Mr. A. E. S. Lindsay's, there
is little travel on this road and it.
was allowed to go down. He had
agreed .with1 the parties living on
said, road that they were to snnd
two days out of the four which they
were liable on said road. The Tip
pers cross roads, leading to Lees
ville, had not been worked for some
time, he had agreed that the people
on that road should work two days
of the four on same.
The new bridge in New Light
township, near C. C. Lowry's had
been put in and the abutments fixe 1.
At the request of Secretary Jos. E.
Pogue,. the road superintendent was
directed to use the road force for
four days to put the race track in
good condition at the fair grounds.
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