The National tribune., 1879-12-01


Traveler-Hallo stranger!
Sqnatter-Hallo yourself
T.-Can get To stay all night with you?
S.-You can get to go to hill.
Have you any spirits hereP
S.-Lots of em. Sal saw one last night by that thar
old gun and it nearly skeered her to death.
T.-You mistake the meaning, have you any lquorp
SHad some yesterday but old Bose he got in and lap
ped all NV il out the pot. .
T-You don't understand don't mean pot liquor, I'm
wet and cold, and want some whisky Have you got
any
Tim hungry, haven't had thing since morning,
can't you give something to eat9
S.--Haint id thing in the house. Not a mouth
iu Of meat, or dust of meal here.
Well, can't you give my horse somehings
S-Gotnuthn' to feed him
T-As I'm so bold, then what might your name be?
Sit might be Dick, and itmight be Tom, but lacks
id sight oft.
T.-Sir, will you tell where this road goes to?
SITS never been anywhar since I've lived here it's
always " Hl thar ar s when get up in the mornin
Sit don't fork ALL but it splits up like the d-
T-As I'm not likely to get any other house tonight,
can't you let me sleep in yours and III tie my horse to
tree, and do without anything to eat or drink.
s.-My house leaks. Thar's only dry spot in it,
and and Sal sleeps it. And that thar is the old
um shuk off. She lows to make beer out um.
T-Why dout you finish covering your house and stop
Sits been raining all day
T-Well why don't you do it in dry weather.
Sit don't leak then.
TAs there be nothing alive about place
but children, how do you do anyhow?
sr;-Putty s we'll i thank YOU how do yourself :
S-Keep tavern and sell whisky
T--Well told you wanted some whisky.
s.-Stranger, bought bar NOR a week ago. You
had bit between and Sal she didn't want to hern
fust nor me mine. You see had spiggot in eend
and she in tother So she takes drink outn of my eend
and pays the bit for it and then I'd take out'n
hern and give her the Bit Well wes Citing along fust
rate. till Dick, id skulkng skunk, he bores hole
the bottom to suck at and the time buy
drink, they wurnt none thar. 8&4&#h H#N@e
TIM sorry your whsky's all gone, but my friend,
why don't you play the balance of that tune?
Sits got no balance to it.
Tt mean You doft play the whole of it.
S-Stranger, can you play the fuddu?
T.-Yes a little, sometimes
SYou don't look like fuddler but if you think you
can play any onto that thar tune you Just Git
down and try.
LThe traveller gets down and plays the whole ofitl
S.-Stranger take half dozen cheers and sot down
Sal stir yourself around like six horse mud
hole Go round in the holer, whar killed that buck
this mornn cut off some of the best pieces and otch
in and cook for me and this gentleman, directly Rise up
the board under the head of the bed and git the jug
hid from Dick, and give whisky; 1 know thars
some left yt. Til, drive old Bose outn the bread-tray
then climb in the loft and git the rag that's got the
sngar tied in it, Dick Carry the gentlemans boss round
under the she'd give him some fodder and corn much
Tl.-Dad, they amt knives enough to sot the table.
S.-Whars big butch, little butch old case, cobhan-
die, grannys knife, and the handled yesterday?
That's enough to sot any gentemans table, without
you've lost am Dl me- stranger ef you can't stay
Will You have coffee for supper?
T.-Yes, sir.
Sill be hanged if you do tho we don't have nothn'
that way but Grub Hyson and reckon its mighty GOOD
with sweetnin Play away, stranger, you kin sleep on
the dry spot tonight
T.lAfter about two hours fddling) My friend can't
yo9 tell me about the road I'm to tramp tomorrow:
S.-Tomorrow. Stranger, you won't get out of these
diggns for six weeks But when it gifts SO YOU kin start
you see that big slew thar? Well you have TO git
crost that then You take the road up the bank and in
about mile yon come to twoacre half corn
patch the is mely in the weeds but Won needn't
mind that just ride on About mile and half or two
miles, from thar you will the ddest swamp Won
struck In all your travels it's boggy enough to mre
saddle blanket Thars fust rate road about six feet
under thar.
T.-How am to get at it?
SYou can't get at it marry time till the weather stiff
ems down sum. Well about mile beyont you come to
place where thars two roads You can take the RIGHT
hand if you want to, you II foer it mile or So and yeo
find it out; you'll then have back and ry the
left when git about two miles that you may know
You wrong for thar amt any road thar You'll then
think you mighty lucky ef you kin find the way back