Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-04-27

Emmeriine, now or never" / KEEP
still. fer Caleb was still a-snorin', but
bime-by he fetchet an on'arthly snort
that wake't himself up. an Wen he see
at it was gettin' daylight. he nudged
me and SEE he:
Wake up. Emmerline, Emmerline.
it's broad daylight; come, come. Git up,
we shan't hev any breakfast ter-day."
Twas Orful hard to wake. but after
awhile managed tew. an while was
a rubin my eyes, seq. "Got good
hot fire. amt We, Caleb?"
Fire" said he; "no. l never build
any fires. Nancy alers built the fires
Did she?' seq l. as cool as cucum-
Der $50 did DANIEL
Wall. he wiggled. and turned. and
twisted. an he didn' move. ter get up
fer about an hour, an when the sun
rose and shone inter the bedroom win
der he got up and built the fire. There
wans't no kindlin's, nor stick o wood.
an he had to squirmish round lively and
get some in.
AFTER the fire got tew cracking in
good shape, l got up. didn't hurry
none, let me tell you. Twas most dead
lying abed so long. but seq to myself:
''Ef l make the fires now, I'll prob'ly
hev to dew it in cold weather, and l
won't dew it for any man."
He was pretty sullen all day. but l
didn't take no notice of him. an he got
over it. The next day he was ter begin
haydn, an he'd six men ter help him. l
had ter do all the work, an take care of
the milk an churnin' an it wasn't no
fool of a job. Come time ter get din
ner, an there wasn't a silver o wood
cut. l sent Johnnie Che was then about
seven years Old) out in Their field ter tell
Caleb wanted him.
He came in looking savage enough.
and wanted to know what it was 1
wanted. SEE 1:
81 want some wood ter burn"
"Wal," SEE he. there's whole
wood-pile out there. Help yerself."
"An' not stick split" seq l. ''You
will have ter git bigger stove to burn
that"
oval. it amt such hard job ter
split it," seq he. Nancy used tew,
ofen, when l was bizzy."
/, Ibid she?" sez l. $50 did Daniel"
He got the wood, an said, as he was
going out, that he didn't want ter be
called in out o. the moving field again.
unless twas for victuals.
..All right" SEE l.
The mex day twas the same thing;
not stick split Thinks l: "Old fel-
low. you amt got no Nancy here. I'll
larn We little somethin' that p'r'aps
yer don't KNOW" So when it was din
ner time l blows the horn, an in comes
all seven of the men an sets down ter
the table. Sich streaked lookin' faces
as they he'd rs they viewed the grub.
There was the biscuits just dough, the
pertaters, an meat, an vegetables, an
everything was washed clean and put on
raw. Not thing was cooked.
Caleb looked blacker'n thunder
cloud
"What does this mean?" SEE he.
ut means what it MEANS" SEE l."
d" You said vest day that you didn't want
ter be called in from the mowin' field
again, unless it was for victuals, an here
they are"
mice shape. tew." seq he.
"Wal. l can't cook 'thout wood" SEE
l, dry like.
With that, all seven of 'em started for
the door, an they never left that wood
pile till it was ready for the stove.
never was bothered for wood again.
A few weeks after l wanted some
money purity bad. l wanted ter send
Johnnie and Nellie back ter school, an
l was bound that they should have some
clothes tit to wear. l asked Caleb
number OF times to let me hev some.
but he made all kinds of excuses.
didn't tell him what l wanted of it,
mind We. So one day along comes a
peddler that bought butter'n eggs. l