The Red Cloud chief., 1881-11-17
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South Side Of Republican,
November l2th Issl

pEOach!n, when | seed y couple OF
gentry comm down the road in 4
buggy. They driy sp 10 our ,ater
patch and iumpin out shook my hand
coraly and complimeuied Miranda
until she blushinly retired TO the
kitchen, then seein tire twins aich he'd
bin eaten corn bread with sorghum
onto II and afterwards rolin in the
dirt. n of them said, Oh. you -vec,
little deers ON here I'll | kiss you
and he actooly took them youn. ones
into his arms an permitted them to
muss his immaculate shirt bosom
while he kissed their dirty faces. and
from thet molnen, | knowed he wal
4 candidate.
Tother teller seemed TO be the finan-
cial agent OF the institushen, he said,
says he:
Mr.. Bradley, YOU have been rec
commended 20 mc rs a intellige Mt and
diokrect member Of this commooniiv.
and rs such / approach you with a
bizness proportion, too-wit: In order
to perpetooate the present dynasty in
Webster county it i necessary that
We enlist IN our COZ a certain number
of intelligent and liberal minded tillers
Of the soil, SIGH as you, an we will pay
you for your iniioocnce."
An, he showd me greenbax.
l told 'em | wood see 'em i'm town
the follerin mornin an hurried into
the house To consult with Miranda
she's my right bower, Miranda is, my
ark of refooge, 50 to speak.
Well / KUN 10 town the follerin day
and the first man | drapped onto was
a man who had been tempted of the
devil, scriptoorly speakin. In other
words he had been offered greenbax,
ike myself. The only difference be-
twixt this man and myself was the
fack tibet he had SEX oored the green
and | hedn't.
This nan also pinted out to me six
other men made after Gods own image
who had received some of the luker
and who, each and every one declared
their intention to vote tuther way.
This peece of information put q
ice into my he'd and / i~mmejetly re-
tired behind a cow-shed and reasoned
thusly:
IF sell my vote and deliver the
goods on election day it is unhonera-
bic, but if | sekoor the ~greenbax and
fail to deliver the goods, then there is
no sale and l hev, like C:ezar's wife,
preserved my virchoo and am thet
much ahed."
This reasonin was satisfactory TO
my Conscience especially when | rec
objected the passage of Scriptoor witch
Miranda red to me luther night witch
says:
BE ye on the lookout for the good
things of this yearth, and let o thy
chances slip. but wen n good thing is
held out to the do thou put forth thy
hand and take it,"
And l immejetly went forth to look
for the finanshal agent, tibet / might
put forth my hand and take the
greenbax tibet the Lord and the dye
nasty intended | should hev.
And got 'em.
But how / voted will always remain
a sakred secret, sekoorly locked in
the Utmost recesses of my bosom-and
tibet of Miranda.
This was about a week before cleo
ton. bought Miranda a new caliker
dress an some buds for the twins an
after sequestering 4 demijon of good
old Kentucky rye in the wagon for
private personal sackrimental pur-
poses, went joyfully hum.
From tibet time until after election I
was constantly in town during the day
in attendance upon the private cor
cusses and ut hum in bed with nv
boots on during a part of most Of the
nights, Whiskee was free, in behalf
of the dye nasty, at one of the saloons
in Red Cloud, and between tibet and
my private demijon at hum l man
aged to maintain q state of exhuber-
ant hilarity seldom equaled and never
excelled.
And all that the dye nasty might be
pe~rpetooated, and tibet the fat might
grow fatter and the lean grow
leaner.
There wuz some very fine political
Jobs put up in witch / took a promi-
nent part, and in wich the nose with a
little man ahind it, Of wich l hev he'd
occashun to speak afore, also took a
c%onspicus parton the other side,
dad CAST him.
The day after election I came to
town (havin been conveyed hum
sometime durin the night previous by
q kind hearted neighbor) to find out
whose tale he'd been pounded, an 10
il wuz our'n.
But / he'd the greenbax.
As we WIZ walkin up the street.
Miranda an the twins an I, an little
Adolphus wuz ahed-Adolphus is one
Of the twins you see, he's q boy, the
other is a girl. You know-Adolphus is
the oldest, l never could tell any diff
erence in their ages, but Miranda and
the doctor says that Adolphus Is toll
erably the oldest-well rs l wer sayin,
Adolphus vas walkin ahed wen a
small boy KUN up to him an says,
saws he. "How much did your ma ref