The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-24

D then Aunt Maria began to get impatient,
' "Look a-heah, Dick" she said, "when
4 you come home ter-night, an has had
r yuhf supper. an has done split up dem
ole rails. what's too short fur de fence
, anyway, fur faint no use for yuh to try
t no mo'h on dat black-gum log what yuh
t daddy done went away and luf, an ef
/ he don come back soon he won't find no
> fence at all, reckin, when he do come.
, Yuh JUS sot down an write him letter,
} an tell him faint no use fur him to be
sabin up all dat sebenteen hundred dol
, lars to buy vineyards while his chill
lun's gwine about wild scace no close to
dere backs.
VI "Dere's yuhr sis'r Charlotte what has
, to 90 to church wild dem light blue slip
pers Miss Sallie glib her, an no stockuns.
!, an no wunner de people laf at her. An
dere's yuhr daddy maxim all dat money
down dere in Washin' ton wild de Con-
gressmen.
can she gal, too, what's done won
de prize tree times in de cake-walk. /
spec he's done forgot what tole him
bout de weddin' ring fur me. done
tole him to buy it wild de fus' money he
got an send it in letter. Use nebber
had none yit, though we wus both mar
ried long back befolf de war.
San it's no use waitin', nudder, fur
little Jim's funeral till he comes back.
He kin SEN de money fur de cake and
wine as well as not, an Brudder
Anderson is ready, he tole me las
Sun'y, wild de fax an de tex. Little
Jim's been dead now nigh on ter two
yeah, an it's time his funeral was
preached.
II amt got no 'jections to de wine
yard, spesh'ly eff we hab ter hab a wag-
on to haul de grapes, but l dom want
yuhr daddy to come back heah an find
hissef 'shamed NV his family arter
Twin down dar 'mong all dem quality
folks. I'll send Charlotte dis mawnin'
to borrer sheet NV paper, an pen an
ink from Miss Sally, an see eff she won't
let her pick up some apples in de or
chard while she's dar, an p'raps she'll
give her bucket NV butrermilk eff she's
done churned yistiddy. An yuh put all
dat in de letter. an SEN 1t off JUS as
soon as yuh kim"
Dick willingly undertook this bust
ness, having made up his mind while his
mother was talking to him to put in a
| few words on his own account; and be-
fore he began the important epistle each
| of his sisters had something to say to
him in private in regard to suggestions
| which they wished him to make to the
head of the family.
The letter moved more slowly than
Bob and Blinker over the toughest road.
After three nights work it was only
half-done. for Dick found pen much
more difficult to handle than whip,
and besides being a very stumbling spell
Ter, invariably went to sleep over his
paper after a quarter of an hours work.
Late in the afternoon of the fourth day
after the commencement of this literary
enterprise, Dick was standing by the
black-gum log, with the axe in his hand,
wondering if it would be better to take
another rail from the forlorn fence
around the little yard, for what differ
ence could it make when there were so
many open places already? or to split up
solitary post, which having nothing
attached to it was clearly useless, when
he saw upon the high-rOad figure ap-
preaching him.
1t wore tall white hat with broad
band of rusty Grape around it; it had on
high stiff shirt-collar, and long black
coat; in one hand it carried an umbrella
with rough horn handle, and in the |
other little hair trunk tied up with
rope; it had a bright and flashing eye,
and a determined step.
1t did not 90 on to the house, but,
turning from the public road, came
through gap in the fence, and walked |
straight up to the astonished Dick.
'.Look a-heah, yuh Dick" said Uncle
Enoch, putting down his little trunk;
''who done tole yuh all that foolishness
about gwine to Washin'ton to wait on
de Congressman, an gittin' sebenteen
hundred dollars yeah?'
ut wus a man at the crossroads"
said Dick, .'wid red beard. He done
brung some bosses ober from de Cou't |
House. dunno his name"
us he bigger nur yuh is?" asked his
father.
"oh yes said Dick, "more'n twice
as big
"Well. den, yuh huff him alone" said
Uncle Enoch, with great decision and
energy, ..yuh huff him alone. hopes,
boy" the old man continued, wiping
his face with his great blue and yellow
handkerchief. ''dat yuh's gwine ter
learn lesson from dis yere bis mess. 1t
makes me tink OBJ two no'count beasts
dat wus once loafin in a little clearin'
dat had been buhned fur a seed-patch.
Dey wus stannin' in de sun to warm
derse'fs. bein' too pow lazy to cut
some wood and make fire. One was
giraffe, an de udder was kangaroo.
De gy-raffe he look at de kangaroo, an
he begun to larf.
''It's mighty GURUS ses he, ''to see
a pore critter like yuh, wild some legs
short and some legs long. Eff l wus
yuh I'd go to de wOod-pile, an I'd chop
dem hine legs off de same lent as de foh
common folks. an not be larfed at
'.Dese remarks dey make de har riz
on de kangerroo's back, he SO mad
angry:
he to dc gyraffe, to stan up dere an
preach like dat. wild yer hine legs short
as plough-hannels an yuhr fob legs too
long fur butter-bean poles, so dat yuhr
hack slopes down like de roof of ice
house. Ell was yuh I'd 60 to de wood
pile, an I'd chop off dat ar long neck
close to de head, I'd be so 'shamed.'
.Now, boy" continued Uncle Enoch,
'.dere's lots OBJ stories about one eber-
lastin' fool. but OATS de only story
knows bout two NV 'em. An now jes'
yuh 90 inter de house an tell de folks
Use gwine ter put a new cracker on de
ox-whip, an eff any OBJ dem SEES Wash
ton to me, I'll make EN- dance Jerusa-
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