The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-10-18
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Mr.. EdatUre:
DEER SUR-In that last letter that
/ rit you fust promest tn Civ you
an account NV tho CRATE si,cs we socd
and tell yu sum Nv tho mistakes Tom
and me like tn made.
When we got IN Mr.. Elicksander's
tavern we wus almost broke doYn,
shore. and wvodn't take anutfer
sich tramp as we did that ovenin a
hunten fur Mr.. Rue fur 30 cts. We
was almost starved and | axed the
ciurk ct VIC cudcnt jist 60 tu the.
kitchen and git us u snack. Jisi
wsie haf our, says he, aud supper
will be redy. While was talkin
with lin Tom was lookin round at
the tavern. In doiu so he had dis
kiverd "dinin rune" rit on dore, so
he had jist opend the dore, and, see
In the tabels all. set, he had went rite
in aud tuck his sect. 1orcctly lhap-
pened tu miss him, SO slept ~ the
irunt doro, but cudn't SEQ that boy
no whur. So jist cald him as loud
az cud ball, III or three times, but ]
,iident see nuthin Nv the drafted ras-
kel. Bout this time q perliceman
cum up and sxed lne what wus |
maxim so much fuss bout. Wy,
SEE |, that Tom Hulet what cum with
me Is slept out and | want tn find
him, for it's almost supper. Hev you
seed HIM up this way, sez |. What
kind NV lookin chap Is he, sez the
pcrlicomsn. Well, scz |, hesc a crate
big finc lookin fellor. with hevy
mushtsshes, ahd's got on nu britches
aud Walter Wsde's koie aud hat
what looks like ducks most. No, !
hant seed hiIn, sez he. but ,u musent
be hollerin here like yu was In the
country. Well, sur, don't yu think
when me aud the clurk found him he
had cite CRATE big plate Nv krackors
aud jar wv pickels and had all the
mustard pord oht in his plate and
was goln fur that. felt so shamed
luv tho drafted whclp | dident no
what tu du. But the clurk dident
say mutch but lat cornciderble.
When Tom got a chance, says no TO
me, sez he, Bill, l don't zactly like the
| grub tn this tavern; let's inuve. But
! told him. how green he had dun
and that supper wcrrt redy yit. But
hc lowd as how he node better fur
J he had herd what poor grub these
fine tayorns Civ ther borders. Don't
, yu think. / cudent make him believe
eny other way I'LL supper was redy
shore nuff. And | do blevo he etc
morn twice as much as any bosrder
in lhe rune, and finely had tn giy
him the wink or du beve hede ele
till midnite.
Well, arter supper we tux out IL
see the town by lamplite, and | told
Tom tu watch out fur pickpockcts
and all kind NV rsskes. fur, ycr see
, muther had told me bout sum nv
ther tricks when | went tu Iyensvill
, Torectly we seed drafted Injur
standin rite still with a Ratchet in
} his hand rased up like he ment bis
, uess. told Tom tn let's cross The
| strete. But he lowd as how the
, drafted raskel wood think we wui
/ atrade Nv him and apt as not woot
; | sfes.hsssr sfes.isss ;is. So TON went out III tht
strete and got up a rock bout as bis
as o turnip. / spocted tn see the In
: jun step In tho house, but he diden
J seem tn motifs us a tai, 40 | got sorteI
| skeerd then, shore nuf. Bout thil
: time we met a porllceman and / axet
him II the critter wood hurt an,
O body.
lie laft and sed II was best not II
!. git tu clost tu him, and we wslkt b,
:. on tho outside NV the pavement. nit.
j fast and yu bet kept my eye OH th
red raskel, but he dident seem Il
}. notls us. Well, arter spell we Gun
Q back to the tavern and went to bed
q But, Mr.. Editure, II was tu rit
down all the things seed and all W
d dun IN that ar town It wood take /
d cts wurth Nv paper tn du it on. S
d wont tell yu as how Tom had Il
pay the butte black 10 cts pece Il
b black his shuzo and be sed he los
d muncy at that, which / spect he di
MS 1t TUX to boxes. NY hlackin tu g
over them. Nor how iride tu trad
p the barber one Nv my books tu blac
D. my muslitash; or how | like tn u
sr licked q strete kar driver COZ h
woodent let me rido fur a 8 Gel
nt pece when everybody in our bel
u takes EN- fur 5 cts and's glad tu q
em at that and tole the fuIe so.
But | will rocede tn tell yu mo-
70 how we found that man Rue, VIII
le seemed nifty glad tu see us. Bl
when he axed me fust thing ho
was Malindy and why she didcl
send him sum kake, il kinder rils