Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-23
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aa1bla' % s.lid Bretasr Shila.5aes. enseriaz
Peter Aasa1's cabin eas evening isst
vssx. 'sI.aks las siak about 1s s1aalaah
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Eyes. Yes. e5ile.n said Brother Squeeze
o4r Feaboas 4a8 sas siz1iag vita AIS
fees 4poa ths stsss. '.@s a. g@Iae flr ter
ba8 q PATTY ~aADi salasnEh as Ysaa.'
'-HoE ge' tell tSl. Braider e.i leezs-
olltH aszea Peter
~ '1a lae ildoaleter gi-s iosu 81 los n8
hahah +" ss.4d ~ lse ksous, ''Yo' kin 3ebehsr
hls sae's ~ ils lur tsF elhnh iA July"
Hos SO An1ss siaals''
-.seea H. eails. seed if" responded
s4aeezsoat; Dis IA ar nig "a ain bsen
4-soin' reaA' ~ sud Aid Ais eyes shut
up. Iseasne gone seed some uli shty bos
sllauahs. aa' dsy aA come argrra pagty
cold Mahe4n
~l'i aze fgr Der hesh 'boar some - dem
dar sa44ulahs, #" SAID Slinbones.
-Ah n slE chfle. Jess yo' hole 0n ter
y0'seit an' 1 dqns gone an tois 80 ali
'aelt ism. d. hottas' one 90 de lot Nar a
se1d many saas ag0. a ZEN / ~ar a lbbin'
n ren'see- De wsiier in July war not
'uuds bet wen Ausus' come ia. it Aers
roo hpt Ger lti. ~ people down lar bad
. - roun' Rid pitches ST Ice watah ia
deir aaa's, an Keep a-puItln' some onlsr
i-.r heals all a. time llr 20 Keep from
sit1in' saastruck. Ebbery maa. woman
an chile n.ai to- carry a umbrella al de
tiue 'sn ds san ~ar sh,0ia' Ds iiboni-
eter kerl a-rl,ln' an a-risin' tiu de folks
wondered aedier sae war ebber gwine fur
Ter sop it soi up 60 a hundred aud seb-
snty lu der saaddsr"
Uum 70 pa 80 exclaimed Pete; dat
war a daisy ole pb1nelsr"
''De mes curis efcck," continued
Squeezeoul, not heediny the interruption.
war on de erUps. Ebbsryt'mg got ripe
+ 'bout lres wesks ahead o. time. Some
I thngs war .ut1er ahead dan lat. Wal.
Ne Nsr ready ter pick de mushmilli0us ia
Z Ausus'. | ~eut out aid De odder, gemmen
T on ds place fur Ger gadder mushmillions.
We went down ter lie field, an dar we
I fouud he millions looking mighty yaller.
I grabbed one up. an It war so hot had ter
( drap 10. Den put on paiah Of buckskin
I CLUBS an 1t male my hams hot fur ter
+ hole on Ter 10 eben wild dem on. BY lie
time | got her oH'n de wine I war jess
dripDis' wii sweat. an [ made up my
/ miai dat had ter Kind % brace nyse'f up
7 by eat4u' te million. SO tux out my ole
knife, an stahted 20 cut her open. By
7 g0llv de rind 90 dot million war Jess as
hahd - wood. / split her, an smoke COM
/ meu,ed FUR ter come out, an we'en l got
her open / see lat he inside war a-smold-
+ erin. I t0le dc odder boys, an den one ob
'sn seq Bar some o. lie odder millions war
smokiu'. We got skcert. an stahted fur
ter nan. An. by de bish golly, chillen,
'f1ah We got out'n de field, de whul blame
I lot o. mushmillions war in a blaze. All lie
frait-crops dat yeah burut up. an yo'
7 coulln't lit "A million IN Ten'see fur no
/ price"
Dat must "a ben long time ago" said
Shinbones, musingly.
"Yss, sab, dat war before de wah," re-
plied Squeezout.
. Dat war putty hot wedder," continued
Shinbones; " but dis hyar culled gemman
hab seed hottah.r
o. Les heah bout dat" exclaimed Peter.
- All right, chile, jess yO' hole yo' breir,
an tole yO'." said Shinbones. Dis
hyar hot summah wot 'membah war
F wen | war libbin' down in Wirginny. De
ole jibometer stahted fu- ter climb one
day. an she didu't stop. De mercury
went up an up Till IL struck de top % de
glass an den she bruk trough an riz up
an up tiu byme-by dar war stick o.
mercury 1-3ut six feet high standin' out'n
Re top o. de jibometer, wild de top end Oh
IL re'i-h0t. Wal, san, people used ter
COME long an Ink at il an 90 right home
an make deir wills, an Wen De oldes' in
Z habi5ant come long bee luke1 at il, an jess
seen how not 1t war, sez ter myself, sez
F I. dat I'd got ter ait somefin' cooln' some
whar', 80 I ran down ter lie balm an went
fur De pump. Gorrami shty, chillen,
couldn't at uutIin' out'u dat dar pump
but steam, Den / made break fur
de- ice-cream saloon. wen in an calle I
fur a plate o. lemon. De woman handed
it ter me, an grabbed it an tax a spoon
fui, but. chillen. it burnt nv mOuf I ran
down ter de ribbah. but [ soon seed dat
wa no good. cause do fish war all fioatin'
aruun' cookedJ Den Ton ght had fine
idea, an went home an got de bellus.
heid 'em up IN front o. my face an blowel
on ms se'f WI b.. Gosh. De wind scorch ed
dis hyar niggah's chesk"'
Dat war dreadful hot" muttered
squsezeout.
Mex minute I had annuder notion"
continued Shinbones. paying no attention
% the murmur. =" I lcaowed III cot ter K {
cool somehow. I fought o. lie ice-house.
ran DOWN lar jess es quick ebber
coull. frowed open de dooah, an jumped
rizh- in. Wot so tiuk."
Duano." was she laconic answer.
"De ice war melted an landed in
bout twenty feet - bIlin' hot water, an
~ one o. de hams hadn's .ome 1on- an
pulled me ont. ia ben scaldai ter dsr."
Dat must a ben bong time ago. "
saii Sq1sezsout. risias and moving slowly
toward the door.
Yes. sah. Sc var.' answered Shiubones.
Ves. said Sq teeut9ut. "pust "a ben
foah fs food 2"
And fhen be was gone.