Compiled by Carl Wayne Gray
1907 - 1983 (75 years)
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ÿþ" L I T T L E D I D T H E Y K N O W " b y J o h n B r e w e r G i b s o n ( 1 9 0 7 - 1 9 8 3 ) S h e w a s a p l u m p , d a r k - c o m p l e x i o n e d e i g h t - y e a r - o l d . T h e h e m l i n e o f h e r u n d e r s k i r t h u n g a b o u t a n i n c h b e l o w h e r d r e s s t a i l . S o s h e t o o k f r o m h e r m o t h e r ' s p i n c u s h i o n a h a l f - d o z e n s t i c k p i n s a n d p a i n s t a k i n g l y s p a c e d t h e m a t a p p r o x i m a t e f o u r - i n c h i n t e r v a l s i n t h e u p t u r n e d h e m . T h e n , p r o u d o f h e r g i r l i s h a c c o m p l i s h m e n t a n d p l e a s e d w i t h h e r a p p e a r a n c e , s h e s a l l i e d f o r t h t o s e e a n d b e s e e n b y t h e b i g , f r i e n d l y e n g i n e m a n w h o s e t h r e s h i n g o u t f i t w a s a t h e r f a t h e r ' s f a r m t h a t d a y ! B u t l i t t l e d i d s h e k n o w - T h e e n g i n e e r , h o m e o v e r S u n d a y , t o l d h i s f o l k s o f t h r e s h i n g f o r a h e a v y - s e t , s w a r t h y f a r m e r w h o s e h e l p c a l l e d h i m " N i g " r i g h t t o h i s f a c e ; y e t h e d i d n ' t s e e m t o m i n d i t ! H e a l s o s p o k e o f t h e p l u m p l i t t l e , p r i s s y l i t t l e g i r l , t h e f a r m e r ' s d a u g h t e r . Y e t l i t t l e d i d h e k n o w - A t a l l , s l i m y o u n g m a n m e t a " m a t u r e , d e m u r e " f i f t e e n - y e a r - o l d m a i d e n a t a V a l e n t i n e p a r t y . A s i t t u r n e d o u t , t h e y b e c a m e s m i t t e n s i m u l t a n e o u s l y . A n d y e t , a t t h e m o m e n t , l i t t l e d i d t h e y k n o w - T h e p l u m p l i t t l e g i r l b e c a m e t h e d a u g h t e r - i n - l a w o f t h e b i g f r i e n d l y e n g i n e e r . T h e t a l l s l i m y o u t h , s o n o f t h e e n g i n e e r , m a r r i e d t h e p r e t t y y o u n g m a i d e n , d a u g h t e r 0 f " N i g . " A n d t h e i r f i f t y - t h i r d V a l e n t i n e D a y i s c o m i n g u p . H e i s s e v e n t y - f o u r ; s h e i s s i x t y - e i g h t . T h e y h a v e r e a r e d s e v e n s o n s a n d o n e d a u g h t e r . T h r e e o f t h e s o n s i n t h e i r e a r l ; y t w e n t i e s , h a v e d e p a r t e d t h i s l i f e . ( f r o m R e m e m b e r M e , V o l u m e T w o , J o h n B r e w e r G i b s o n 1 9 0 7 - 1 9 8 3 , B o o k # 8 2 5 , R i c h l a n d C o u n t y G e n e a l o g y S o c i e t y , O l n e y , I l l i n o i s )
Little Did They Know
(from Remember Me, Volume Two, John Brewer Gibson 1907-1983, Book #825, Richland County Genealogy Society, Olney, Illinois)
| Owner of original | John Brewer Gibson 1907-1983 |
| File name | Little Did They Know.txt |
| File Size | 3.04k |
| Linked to | Gibson, John Brewer |
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