The Red Cloud chief., 1880-01-22

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ibid you say that Major James struc
Mr.. Shanks with . pine-knot3' asked
quavering-voiced, treble-toned youn
lawyer, on his .. first feet - q disciPi
of Blackstone. He had volunteered q
counsel for the plaintiff "by way Q
practice" he said to himself
Miss "Magncsia" s~crutinized hin
carefully, as II taking his mental meas
ure. and, after keeping him in sispens
some time, said CURLY, ' Did say u,
The Young man bIushed. D q quIcnt.
recovered himself and asked the que
,;on aoain. this time with such s"t.
mink smile that Miss Pipes Wa quit'
~rspfivated. and looking tenderfy at hin
aver he top Of her feather fan, begar
You see, sir, / haven't come to tbs
6obtin' part yet, but I'm nose TO II A
Won won't stop me. Pap told me o.
look out an not be ketched, an not &.
answer any more questions than -
"Time presses, Miss Pipes. The all.
vice Of your paternal relative was good
but irrelevant to the subject now il
hand. At the present rate Of procedur,
this case will occupy a week Of our val.
liable time. Please be mere concise in
your ~re,ries," said Inc "Jedge," with
sf2.rched vrice and manner.
1 "Won't get through till kingdom
come il you don't all quit stopping me
every minute" replied Miss Magnesis
testify. "'Pears TO me like you al
want me to commence backwards in
tellin' bout the fight, and put the car,
before the boss. Water millions an
turkeys was the fust trouble. You SEE
when the caterpillars was JUS goin' i,
in Mr.. Shank's cotton patch he slips
'roun' every day and turns Maje's tur.
keys in to ketch 'em unbeknowinst."
"But that was last year, wasn't itp'
"You better bet II was, an one day
when the turkeys hoped over the cross
fence into the second cut, where the wa.
ter millions"
"The occurrences Of last year do no,
concern Us now. Please consider the
watermelons and caterpillars devOured,
and confinc your remarks to events of the
present year. At what hour did the dis.
turbance bcgin?"
"At egzackly 8 o'clock. You see me
an Jake "a on Our way"
When you reached the cen Of &C.
ton whom did You first seep"
The 'scene of action?' You mean
the tnrnip patch, where the fight wasp
"Yes."
swell, when | got neal there, thinks
| to myself, somebody's fussin' might
ly. It's them Bowman boys either get
tin up 'nuther row or wras'lin for fun.
You know how boys will do. An JUS
then Jake he ome runnin' back with
the possum in his arms, all out of
breath. Aunt Magnesia,' seq he (my
right names Artemesia, but he calls me
Aunt Magnesia' becus I'm so fair
like)." Here Miss Pipes paused, turned
her head to one side cOquettishly and
smiled sweetly at the pink-faced young
lawyer. As she had arrived near the
scene of the disturbance i'm her testi-
mony, she was allowed to proceed
without interruption, the "august
body before which she had assem-
bled thinkin' it best to let her have her
W way. But, to their chagrin, she
again began at the very beginning. The
embryo Blackstone was about to inter-
rupt her, but.an old fellow by his side
whispered: "You might as well let her
tell it her own way, Webster. You
don't know women folks like l do.
When they start Ia say any thing they'll
say it or die, specially old girls like
her." Therefore the "undevelOped p"
tried TO possess his sorl in patience while
Miss Pipes proceeded: "As l said onct
before, twas Saturday before the sec
and Sunday, an me an Jake, which is
my brother Solymon's yOungest-an' a
peart boy he is, cansiderin' he is a boy,
Jake Pipes is-was goin' owe to Miss
licenses to help her with her SEWN, her
bein' benin han with it from havin' a
run-roun' on her thimble- finger; L
mean ! was goin' to sew, not Jake, he
bein' only a boy, but a peart q he is,
considerin' he is a boy; an he was only
goin' long for company like becus |
had ter walk, becus old Peter had hooks
in his eyes an couldn't be rid. An
Jake, std O. keepin' in the path, KEEP
dOdgin' in an out the bushes, till the
fust thing l knowed Jake he called me:
'Oh, Aunt Magsesia!' seq he. My
right names Artemesia, but Jake al
ways calls me Aunt MagneSia,' becus
Il HI ~ lali lihC w udt! StL H. VIC
ketched a possum, an you orter come
here an see how he lays on this here
log an sulls,' seq he. Bring him
out, Jake, l don't keer to see him sull, ,
SEE l.. So Jake brung him
out from the bushes an axed
me if didn't want to buy him, but l
said no. You see, l can't eat possum.
| like possum, but possum don't like me.
So Jake said he'd take the pOssum an
sell him in Dingyburg, an thout waitin'
to hear my ruthers whether l wanted to
60 or no, off he scOots down the wire
road like creased lightnin' an leaves me
aggin' on behine. And when l got near
Maj. Jeemes' turnip patch, thinks 1 to
myself somebody's fussin' mighty; it's
them Bowman boys either gettin' up a
row or wraslin' for fun like. An JUS
then Jake he comes a-runnin' back with
the possum in his arms, all out of
breath. Aunt Magnesia,' seq he. MY
right names Artemesia, but Jake he al
ways calls me Aunt Magnesia, becus
I'm so fair like. 'What?' sez 1. you
orter run on and see 'em. They're just
agoin' it, So l hurries on, an such a
.whoopin' an hollerin' l never did
hear! Sounded like a 'nazherie turned
loose! An when l come to a turn in
the road, JUS th'other side of where
that big chinkypin tree had fell, l seen
'em agoin' it,"
"Saw who again what?"
At this double question of Mr.. Lytle's
every body in the room learned forward
and listened eagerly. The disturbance
had created much excitement in Dingy-
burg, and occasioned many miner dis
putes between the friends of the two
.contending parties. Even Mr.. Lyle be-
came so intensely interested that he laid
aside the green goggles and his judicial
sternness.
"Saw who agoin what?" was re-
peated nervously.
"Why, them Bowman boys a-wras-
said Miss Magnesia, artlessly and
as she caressingly twisted her
curl that had become unfurled. She was
blissfully unconscious that her last words
had been an electric shock I the "au-
gust body" But the undeveloped Black
stone soon "came to" sufficiently to ask