The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-10-02
she HEARD THEM COUNTED.
SJsss Nine Dozen" and One More In
Case "rse Discounted Myself"
Texas Siftingal

SJsss Nine Dozen" and One More In
Case "rse Discounted Myself"
Texas Sftingsl
Old Nose, who sells eggs and chickens on
the streets Of Austin for a living. Is as hon
est an oil negro as ever lived, but he ha.
got the habit Of chatting familiarly with his
customers, hence no frequently makes mis-
takes in counting out the eggs they buy.
He carries his wares around in q small cart
drawn by diminutive donkey. He stopped
In front of the residence of Mrs Samuel
Burton. The old lady herself came out to
the gate TO make the purchase.
Have you got any eggs this Worntng,
Uncle Mosei' she asked.
ayes, indeed haa Jess got In ten dozen
from the kentry."
"Are they freshF
"I gua'antee 'am. iknows dsy am fresh
joss de same as Of I had laid 'sm myself"
I'm take nine dozsn. You can just count
them into this basket"
"All right, num-" He counts. "One, two,
free foah, ivs. six. sebsn. eight. nine. ten.
You KIN rely on dem bsin' fresh. How's your
son -omin' IN at DO schooli He mus bs mos
grown"
"Yss. 'Tncle Nose: re Is clerk in . bank
at Galveston
"How ole am ts boyF'
"Hs is Is"
aYou don't tole me so. EigbtaAn and get
ting n salary already. eighteen. tcounting,.
nineteen. twenty, twenty-one. twenty two,
twenty free twenty -foah, twenty-five. and
how's yors gal comm oui She was tnps
gro we'd up lie las time I seed her."
"She is married and living in Dallas"
avail. 7 IecIar. How de tima scoots
away An yo' say she has childrunI Why
how rle AM lie gal' She mus hs jess
about"
thirty three"
"Amy lat sot icounting). frty-free. frty-
foah. frty- 6vo. frty firty -seben. irty-
eight, hrty-nine, forty. forty-one. forty two.
forty free. HIT ami SO singler dat you has
sish old childrnns. / can't b'Ieevs you has
granchildruns You don't look more den
40 yeahs old yerself."
Nonsense, old man, ] see you want 10
fatter me. When person gets TO be So
years old"-
"Fifty- -fre.f jess dun gwinter b'lesve
bit fifty free. tiity-foah, fifty five. ffty-six
II want you to pay tenshun when counts
dc egg. so dar'll bs no mistake-ftty-nine,
sixty, sixty one. sixty-two, sixty three.
sixty y-foah-WheyI Dis am a warm day.
Dis am de- tins oh yeah when I feels rse
gettn' ole myself ! ain't long fer des world.
You comes from an ole family. When your
fodder died he was 10 years OLE"
Seventy two"
"Dat's old, suah- Sebenty-two, sebcnty-
free, sebenty 'foah. sebenty -fve. sebenty-six,
ssbep ty -seb ben, sebenty- eight. ssbenty-nine-
aad your muddsri She was one Of the
notiest looking ladies ebber sec. You re-
minds ne OBJ her so much. She libbed to
mos 100 tleeyes she was dun pass a CEN
turion when she died"
"No. Uncle Nose. she was only 90 when
she disd.S
"Den she warHt 20 chicken when she died.
know niaety.seben, ninety
eight. ninety. nine. one hundred, OPS, two,
free, foah, five. six. ssben. sight~-dsr, 10s
nice fresh ssgs-jess nine dozen, and here
am one NOAH egg in case / has discounted
myseE"
Old Nose went on his way rejoicing. A
few days aftsrward Mrs. Burton said to her
husband:
II am afraid We will have to discharge
Matilda. am satisfied she steals the milk
and eggs I am positive about the eggs, for
bought them day before yesterday, and
now about half Of them are gone. / stood
right there and heard Old Nose count them
myself, and thsrs were nine doz,n"
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