The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-10-18

me. But when he acted SO clever
and tuck my likeness fur nuthin--
nu briichcs and all-and sed be wood
make sum pictures fur my book, and
Civ me all the insistaiice he cud,
cudent help likin him, and axed.kim
fur q chu NV flat terbacker III once.
Then we sot down and had q long
talk bout my book that had cum tn
see bout havin made. So, Mr.. Edi-
tnre, the thing is settled at last and
MIR. Rae Is goin tu have ever so
many pictures made aud the book
printed with my picture intu the
Iust page, and don't ho whether we
win muve to Hopkinsville, Luisville
or NJ York, but we are goin tn leve
llumdurgin sune, shore. Mr.. Rue
SEE The book will be wuth at leste 25
thousand dolurs, Malndy has bin
on hur he'd ever since on account Wv
my sucksess bout the book, which
will tell yu all bout in my next.
met that long-iegd Dick Holland
and helped him tu yit outen one Nv
the most oudaciousist scrapes that
ever any feller was node to be in.
But wont tell yu bout itnow but
viii In my next IL yu wont lot him
lick inc, which he promased III du II
| over told ii on him. Bntyn no l..
promascd tu report fax tn yu without
fear ur favor and | feel in duty
bound tn Civ yu the fax In the case.
Mr.. Edi'ure, afore ! cloze this lst-
ter | must tell yu NV thc.way thcm
drumcrs du the people that cum. tu
that ar town, When yu cum out
frum breckfest yu will find tho olns
full nv EN-, and every way that yu
turn sum Teller that yu never hcrn
tell NV win gather yu by the hand
and ak all bout yur lelth aud hows
yer father aud yer muthcr aud yer
'mnihcr.ln-law, and how .du yu find
goods and have yer bot yet. II w
tell eIn no they will then ak yu ~
haye scgar with EN-; they will
thro down half doilcr and Civ The
segar man wink and say, Civ us yer
best, and when he gifts II chance he
will clip back and git As cts In
change. But l tell yu got away
with one chap nifty bad, shore. lilo
slept up IN rae and scz, Mr.. Rogus, /
bleve, frun numdurgin. That ar ia
my nnmo and that ar the city nv
which l came the oner Nv bein sit
izcn NV. What mout be yer name,
sez |. Fulzenlogcr, sez hc. Then he
handed me bis kard all printed OF IN
slile which red, "lIog, Hominy l.
Co., provisuu dclers, etc." Yes, soz
|. that's kinder In my line. Well, sez
he, had yer bot yet. No, scz l, Pm a
kind nv manfactrur NV fede, sez |,
don't by miltch, bit ! barrow sum.
Well he axed If wood walk round
tu his store but l told him nix (thot
wood Civ him hint that l WAS cd
icatci, yu no). Well can yu cum
round in the mornin, sez he. Yes,
sez |. Well wont yu take sum oys-
terra with me, scz he. So l secd
lher was chance To make them
clere, and we tuck ON, which like. tu
NV busted me fur | had jest cite din.
ner. Well that hite he took me hl
the theatre and treted tu oysters
agin. And | no he must NV spcnt
sum 3 or 4 dollers on me, Well next
moruin found him wateii fur me
when cum out irum breckfest, and
arter he eel up the segars we walked
round tu his store, and he nockt me
down tn Mr.. Hog hoo peercd Ia be
nifty glad tn see ME, Well, Mr.. Ro-
gus, what kind NV provisions can we
sbo yu, sez the chap. o, anything
yu like, sex |. Well, Mr.. Rogus,
what do yu expect tu by, sez he. No,
kind, sez |. fitein fresh segar he
had Civ me. Why, saint yer stock
gittin 10, soz he. What stock, sez |.
Why, don't yu keep grocery tu
Humdurgin, soz he. Marry grocery,
sell. Well, Mr.. Rogus, didnnt yu
say provishuns was kinder In yor
fine, sez he l did. sez L. How Is
this anyhow. sez bee Well I manu-
facture and borrow and furnish brain
fudo fur the newspaper reders, sez l..
O, l see, sez he, yu ar fish deler.
Marry iish, sez l(gitten kinder tired
Nv the dune, fur'he cudent no more
understand parallels than calf), Ime
a uuzepapcr Correspondent and make
brai, fude fur tho mind riten up fax
and history. So / left him lookin
like no had let burd go. will tell
yu more bout things and matters in
my next. No more, frum yure frond
Ill deth,l BILL Roaus.
p. S.-Cum to find out next NOR
min that drafted Injun was jist a
wooden Injun jist put out there tn
skecr little Toys away tu keep en-
frum stelin apples and things. But
It like tn Nv skeerd Tom most tn
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