Beadle's Dime Novels No. 38: The Wrong Man — page 21: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

SYMPTOMS OF A WEDDING. 38 “ And how does Miss Lucy take it ?” “Oh de Lord golly hebbins! git out now! She lubs him to def. Dream ’bout him all night, talk "bout him all day.” “ She thinks a great deal of him then, I suppose ? Of course she does if she dreams and talks about him constantly. Any prospect of their gewing married very soon ?” “Cato doesn’t know. He tried hard to make Miss Lucy tell him all her secrets and ax advice ob him, but she ’pearg coy, modest-like, as dough she has compunkens ob conscience about it.” “ What do you think about it? You certainly have some chance to know.” “I tinks den dey be married mighty soon. "Cause why: Miss Lucy is sewin’ up good many white clothes, and when she sees a little baby, she ’pears to take a mighty sight ob interest it. Dat what J calls circumstantial evidence dat am con- ive, 1 allus noticed dat when folks are gituu ready to git ined in mattermoney, each one takes a great interest in all de es Gat comes around.” “ When do you imagine they intend getting married ?” “Tinks berry soon—yas, sir, berry soon.” “In a week ?” “In a week? yah! yah! In two days—maybe to-morrer; most likely to-morrer—purty sure dey will.” “The devil !” exclaimed the hunter, forgetting himself in his fury, and starting up as if he had been stung by a snake. “ You're a lying, Cato.” “Dat what I finks,” replied the negro, tipping over on his head and kicking up his heels in the air. “Isn't sure; you ax Cato what he f inks, and dat’s what it is.” Overton paced backward and forward, greatly excited over what he had heard. Calming himself as well as he could in ® few moments, he turned to the negro and said : a purty sure they intend getting married to-morrow, “ T’tuks so, dat’s all.” Pepat I want you to remember one thing. Do you > Dhpenn: ksi iis ty ta “ Don’t you iwesthe s word of what T've said or siked yoq Comiclooks.COn