Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-06-24

4 '~~N"e NN' OH SaIttus NChupilS Out VA III
! pantry holding the hat with both hand
and dcpOs;t;ns it in the soft, fluff,
depths OF the feather cushion in the bis
rocking-chair.
bar ying back to the pantry, she re-
! armed 20 her baking, while Uncle joe
hunted around for his hat and cane
which were Away; missing wher
needed.
'7sood mornin', Miss Potter came
The next moment to Aunt Hannah,
ears. as her next-door neighbor alkct
into the kitchen without knocking
'busy as ever? What G master hand
you be t work! l wonder i. Won evei
stop long enough t eat and sleep.''
"Weli. somebody's gott' work where
there's eight mouths { feed an eieh!
backs t keep clos on Aunt Hannah
answered, without stopping mon,en:
in her sitting of sugar and measuring
Of -four for her cakes,
did We hear what a muss they had
over { Nose Pottcr's, last night9''
No: what's up nows They're allus
havin' time there. wonder how that
woman can be SIGH fool as Tive with
SIGH man.
80 do /. But this time twas wus' n
;ahy o their quarrcls. Didn't We know
bout the fellcrs from Dobbs' factory
a-comin' mp t'tar an feather Mose?''
"My goodness gracious, Miss Brown,
yc don't mean itp'
And Aunt Hannah stopped in her
work of breaking eggs to raise her
hands I'm chp,onf
DO take cheer an set down. and
take off your bunnit,' leading the way
into the kitchen, and setting chair
for her visiter, ''Do tell us all about
it,
Aunt Hannah deposited her two hun.
dred pounds rather heavily on the soft
feather cushion on the huge rocking
CHAIR, and commenced beating her
eggs in a mulberry rock-bowl-shc
could not stop work even long enough
to crafty her curiosity the two
tined steel fork with which she was
doing the work had not the efficiency
of the modern egg heater.
well, We sce," Mrs. Brown began,
pushing the huge framework of paste
board and bingham back from her
face. "Mosc' 5 wife took her tailor-worh
nome yesterday an got her money for
1t. fc know Nose iise t carry it, and
he wouldn't let her hcv the money for
t; jest spent jest's he'd mlnter, an
she an the children had t go hungry
hall o the time-for Nose neyer'd
bring nothin' in to speak on
Il know it; an I've told her time'n
ag'in she was a fool t'work so an let
that crazy lummox git hold o. her
money!" said Aunt Hannah, beating
her eggs more brisk " in her indigna-
dation. He'd set behind the stove all
last winter an sing The Lord Pervide,'
an wouldn't lift his finger t pervide
for bis younguns himself The hyper
critr'
''Wcll, We sce,' Mrs. Brown resumed,
"she le'rnt bcttcr'nt t let him carry
home any work; so Yesterday she an
Jane took big bundle out to the city,
an when she got back. Nose told her
to give him the money, n she wouldn't
do it. He was mi ghty high over it. an
threatened what he do if she didn't
let him have it. Bat she'd got her back
up, n We know SaIly's pretty kinder
sot when she sets out t be, N Nose
couldn't scare her with cent She
jest told him the money were hcr'n;
she carn't it, n he shouldn't tech one
penny ont. Then she SEE he Jest grab
bed her by the arm an throat, an tried
to git it, N she kicked an pulled till
she got away from him; but her hair d
come down in the tlsslc. an he grab
bed her by that, an afore she could
git away he'd pulled out lock as big
as my thumb. Her head look Just aw-
full when she came over to our house
an, told ont, an her arm an throat
was black an blue where he'd pinchcd
'er. told her I'd 90 straight t Squire
Pease n make complaint against him.
An she started: but afore she got there
she met Dave Tuttlc, m ycknow what a
Dave is; n rs soon as she
told him bout Nose, Dave seq. sez he:
"'Mrs. Potter, We jest go right straigh
back n get the youngnn m yer clos,
an if Nose says any thing, jest tcllhim
you've made complaint against him.
an he dasscnt tech We, an I'll get my
team n meet We here in half an hour,
an fetch We to my house. an We can
stay till We can make a shift some way.
$50 she got the young'u ns an things
an mighty few things there was, too
an Dave fetched them home with
him."
"What did Nose have t. say for him
SELF when Sally came back?'
Never said nothin', only asked 'cr
where she was goin'. an she told him
twas where She be better off than
she d ever been with him. She saws
he kinder hauled in his horns. as if he
was little afeared, an he let 'cr 90
without sayin' nothin' more"
"Thc mean scamp! Lucky for him l
wasn't his wife, said Aunt Hannah.
icrccly. I'D a-learnt him what's what |
lfore this tine"
'Well, We see, Dave went an tod |
hem factory fellows how mean Nose |
had used his wife, an they'd allus had !
SInd of grudgc against him, an
lidn want no better fun n t scare
nim half to death; so they just rugged
up in old clos, an turned their coats
wrong side out, m BACKED their faces,
SOS he couldn't tell none on 'em. Then
hey got a big bag o feathers an a
little o tar, an came up there an
ried to git Nose out. But he smelt a
at, an they couldn't raise him. They
on the doors an' told him
hey'd break 'cm down if they didn't
eft EN- in, but he never let on he heard
en-. Bimcby some of en- got the hog
rough an threw it through the win
Ter
'Good for 'em.' said Aunt Hannah,
with delight. That's the
most sensible thing they ever done. A
log's trough is the best thing they could
ind for SIGH hog"