Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-11-17

seer, an den old Miss, she sont arter
me an she say:
"sRemus, i amt got nobody fer ter
look AFTER de place but you;' an say,
Mistis, you kin jes pen on de ole mig
ger-Q wus old den, boss, let alone what
is now an you better b'leve bossed
dem hans. had dem niggers up TO
day, an de way they did wuk wuz a
caution. Dey had plenty bread and
meat, an good cloze ter war, an dey
was de fattes' niggers in de whole set
Element.
"Bimeby, one day old Miss she call
me up an tell me dat de Yankees done
gone an took Atlanty, an den pres
emily hear dat dey wuz marchin' down
lords Putmon, an de fus' thing l
knows, Mars Jeems he rid up one day
wild whole company Nv men. He jest
stop longer huff fer ter change bosses
an snatch up a mout'ull NV sump'n
t'eat. Ole Miss tole i'm dat wuz kin
der bossin' roun', an he call me up an
say:
.Daddy'-all ole Miss's chillun call
me daddy-'Daddy, he say, ''pears like
dere's goin' ter be mighty rough times
roun' here. De Yankees is done down
ter Madison, an 'twont be many days
befo' dey'll be all thu here. Hit amt
likely dat dey'll bodder mother er sis;
but, daddy, eff de wus comes ter de wus,
l spec you ter take keer un EN-
"Den say, you bin knowin' me q
long time, amt You, Mars Jeems?'
essence wuz a baby, daddy seq
he.
as. Well, den, Mars Jeems,' sez l,
you know'd 'twant no use fer ter ak
me ter look arter ole Miss and Miss
Sally
"Den de tears came in Mars Jeems's
eyes an he squoze my ham an jump on
lie FLY l bin savin' fer i'm, an gallop
off. Iknow'd by de way he talk an by
de way he look dat der was gwinter be
ho'nuff trouble, an so begun fer ter
put de house in order as de scripter seq.
| got all de cattle an de bosses togedder
an driv 'em over to de To- mile place.
l made pen in de swamp an dar put
de hogs, an haul nine Vaughn loads
NV con an w'eat an fodder to de crib
on de To- mile place, an den | groun' my
AK.
"Bimcby, one day here come de Yam
KEGS. Dey jes' swarmed all over kera-
ton. De woods wuz full un UNI an de
road was full un um, an de yard wuz
full un UNI. done heered dey wuZ
comm fore dey got in sight, an 1 went
to de well an washed my face an hands,
an den went an put on my Sunday
close, an by de time de Yankees he'd ar
rove, wuz sittin in ole Miss's room wild
my AK tween my knees.
"Dem Yankees, dey jes' ransack de
whole place, but dey didn't come in de
mouse, an ole Miss, she sed she hoped
dey wouldn't, wen jes' den we hear
steps on de po'ch, an here come two
young fellers wild strops on dere Shout
ders an s'Ords dragging on de 40 an
dere spurs rattlin'. won't say wuz
skeered, boss, cause wuzent, but had
a mighty funny feelin' in de naberhood
NV de gizzard.
"'Hello, ole mani sez one, WAT
you doin' in here?' Ole Miss didn't
turn her head, an Miss Sally look
straight at de fer.
"'Well, boss SEE |, Il bin cuttin'
some wood for ole Miss, an jes stop
fer ter WON my hans little.'
"'Hit is cole, OATS a fac seq he |
Den got up an went and stood behine |
ole Miss and Miss Sally, leanin' on my
AK. De udder teller he was STAMINA
over by de side-bode lookin' at de dishes |
an de silver mugs an pitchers. De man
wat was talkin' ter me, he went up ter
de fer, an lean over an WON his hans |
FRS thing you know he raise up sudden
like an say
"W'at dat on yo' axp'
"'Dat's de fer shinin' on it, seq l.
"I thought it wuz blood sez he, an
den he laft. q - osn