New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
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OO icy SOUdu SOU I'LL icy mos Ike
Ito bus, an de plantation mouse he
wonner what he would a. had if he fcen'
had done got he letter.
"tJus' as dey was litin' dere cigars,
and putin dey heels up on two cheers,
de dinm room open, an in walk de
sheriff OBJ de county.
"ELook arheah, kur11el,' says he,
have yuh got de money ready fur all
de ducks, an de oysters, an de wine
you've had fur yuhsef; an de slab
meat an de COIN from de West fur
yuh hans? Yuh know I said I
wouldn't give yuh no longer nur to-
day. De city mouse he, turn pale, an
he TUX de plantation mouse into one
corner, an ses he:
"'Look a-heah, kin yer len me two
or free tousand dollars till to-morrer
mawnin', when de bank opens?'
ssDen de udder mouse be pull a dref-
full poor mouf, an he SEES: Use pow
full sorry. but it rained SO much in de
low: groun' S las year dat my cohn wus
all lit; an dere wasn't no rain on
de high groun's, an de conn dere all
wilted; an de fros' done cotch my
baccer craps, an I didn't have money
enuf fur to buy quinine fur de hans
t'Den de town mouse lie ses to de
sheriff, ses he:
"'You call aroun' Monday mawnin' ,
an I'll pay yuh dat money. l was az
spectin' my fren' ter-day, land done for
got to k'lect it.
"'Dat won't do ses desheriff. Use
heard dat story often huff" An he.
rung de auction bell, an he lebied on
eberyting in dc house; an as dey didn't
fotch EMU, he sold dat city mouse an
dat plantation mouse fur slaves"
Dick uttered IN exclamation. OF hor-
ror at this direful conclusion. OF the
story.
"Now look a-heah, boy continued
Uncle Enoch, 'tef yuh. thinks yuh is
gwine down to Washin't ton to glt tar
pins an oysters an CHAMPAIGN out
oh dem congressman, yuh;won't be TUX
an sold, cause dey can't do dat now,
but yuh'll find yuhse'f gobbled upsome
way wuss dan dat plantation mouse
! WIS" Z
Dick grumbled that he, wasn't g
mouse, and he wasn't "gwine after
tar'pins, nur oysters. nudder."
Jus yuh go long an pick up some.
chips an trash fur to make de fire."
said his father, can don t talk to me-
no mo- n OBJ; dat foolishness."
Dick walked slowly Off: to do as he
was bid, and for a. long time Uncle
Enoch remained standing by the twist
ed black gum log, without striking O.
blow.
! Uncle Enoch was; skillful x-driNer,
working in that capacity for the farm
er. on whose land he.lived All. the
next day he walked meditatively. by
the side OF the slowly moving Bob and
Blinker, hauling wood from the noun
tain. He did not shout as,much assusu-
al to his oxen but he guided them with
all his customary precision around
stUmps, rocks, and the varied inpedi-
nlents of the rough, woodland road
| "Yuh Dick,:' said he to his son, in
the evening, "is yuhdone glib up all dat
foolishness' bout goin to Washin' ton2"
! "'Taint no foolishness," muttered
Dick.
"Why, boy" said hisfather "'pears
/ to mo yuh is. too, ole. for dat sort O.
ting 800,
"It don't make no kind O. difference
how ole a page. is" said Dick. "Dat
man said so hisse't. He says day got
'am all. ages -
ssDat 50, shuF','' asked his father.
I "Sartin shuh, said Dick
! 'And dey gifts; sebenteen hu1yderd
dollars a year?'
I EYES," said Dick. can besides dat,
dey can make lots:ob money blackin'
boots, an holdim' bosses, an runnin'
arrants fur dc congressman, when
courts OUT
I Uncle Enoch looked steadfastly
at his son torsome moments without
speaking Them he said: aLook
a-heah, boy: Use made up my mind
bout dis yere business. Ell all dat
ar moneys to be got by pagein', l
agrees to de otIon.
"Hi-ri!''' shouted Dick, beginning to
dance.
"Yuh needn't cut up sich capers, u
said hisfather. "Yuh aim t gwine. Use
gwine mese'f.'
II Dick could have turned pale he
would hAvedoneso. Hestood speech
| less.
eyes, sah," continued Uncle Enoch
"N it don't make no difference how ole
de pages is, kin step rom asliyely as
any Nv 'em, an kin wait on de Con
gressmen better'n any boy. knoA
what the gemmen wants, an l know
how to do it. Tse waited on 'em fore
yuh was bawn,' boy. IAN yuh nebes
libed 'mong white folks, nohow. JUS
yuh take dat ox-whip ter-morrel
mawnln', an'tell Mahsr Greg'ry datE S,
done gone to Washsn ton, and dat
yuh've come to drive de oxen. Yah's
ole enuf fur dat now, an it's time yul
was beginnin'."
Downcast as Dick was when heheart
that he was not going to be a page il
the halls OF Congress, his spirits imme
diately rose when hewas told that h
was to take Uncle Enoch's place az OK
driver. To crak the long whip, ant
guide the slow progress OF Bob ano
Blinker, was to- him high delight ane
honor, which Impressed him the NOR
forcibly because it was SO totally I'm
expected. The government position