Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-11

showed smile in every square inch of
it-advanced to meet him. Then his
CHEEKY voice rang out: stranger,
,howdy! Glad to see yer! Cum fur?
$50 fur as that, hey? Wall, wall
blast me, stranger, howdy! Wall,
wall-glad ter see yer, by lingo!
kin yer git to stay all night? Wall.
/ reckon yer can't git ter do nothin'
elst! Thar hain't another house with
in thirty mile O. here. Vas, stranger,
yer kin git to stay all night-blast me!
yer jist kin!
.'Hyar! John Thomas John
Thomas! John Thomas. my boy,
let down the front bars and lead in the
gentleman iackass. Take him round
to the east side o the pig pen, whar
the mornin' suu'll strike him, and
throw an armful O. fodder over the
fence.
s"Yas. stranger, yer kin git to stay
all night.
John Thomas-ho, John Thomas
John Thomas, my son, give the
strangers jackass bucket o water.
Looks to me, stranger, like you're
one O. them prOspectin' pilgrims. Vas?
Wall, thought so-blast me, thought
so! As fur as ever l seed you up the
hill l thought so. Blast me, vas! l
sed to myself that you was one o them
prospectia' pilgrims
s'Sairy Jane, wife! l say, Sairy
Jane. in the house thar! You kin cut
the crook-necked squash-the stranger
II stay.
John Thomas-John Thomas, boy;
don't yer hear yer daddy call? Yasf
Wan, then, attend to business. Give
the strangers jackass bite o barley.
"Julia Ann, my girl. don't stand
starin'; run and pull mess O turnips.
"Blast me, stranger, ef hain't glad
to see this section a-gittin' so populous!
Come, Wen walk inter the house, But
fust john Thomas, boy! John
Thomas, bring in all the strangers
things Off his jackass.
"Walk in-walk in. Take seat in
that big split bottom cheer what stands
by the corner of the hath. It's the
easiest cheer in the house, 'Ceptin' that
one with rockers onto it, that you see
my ole nanny a-settin' in. :
..Mammy-this is a-prospectin' per-
son-an' ne ll-he'll stay all night!
''She's a leetle bit deaf, stranger. l
had her brought out this summer. She
cum all the way from ole Missoury.
Blast me, stranger, she jist sets in the
chimbly corner as happy as a kitten all
day long. Does 4 Teller good to look
at her, don't ii?
"How old9 Wall stranger, her age
haint allus bin kept as reg lar AS it
ought'r bin, but l reckon she nigh on
to ninety.
Il say! Sairy Jane, wife, are you
cut thar in the kitchen9 Yer are9 Wall,
I'm goin' out to cut the head OFF n 4
acknowledged hen, so put on the pot
and have some scaidin' water ready.
Git to stay all night. Wall, stran-
Ger. yer couldn't cit to do nothin' elst if
yer tried!
sSusie. child. git yer daddy his coat;
then iist take the strangers carpet sack
an put it under the bed out in the best
room.
"Yas, vas! l know, Susie, child
know that! But your gran nanny kin
sleep in the trundle bed, long with you
and Julia Ann and Amandy Ellen; Yer
nanny an me kin take little Jimmy
and Mary Louisa inter bed long with
us, ana George Alexander is big enough
to 90 up inter the loft long O the other
boys. But, afore yer 90, child, jist Git
coal o fire of n the hath fur yer
gran mammy's pipe; don'tyer see she's
"a waitin'?
What, stranger! Yer kin spread
yer blankets an sleep on the tloor:9 No,
stranger, yer jist can't spread yer
blankets an sleep on the floor! Wall,
blast me! Spread his blankets an
sleep on the floor? Wall, by lingo!
Stranger. thar hain't another
house in thirty miles; an what does
the Bible say bout entertainin' 4
stranger unawares9 Git to stay all
night? Wants to spread his blankets!
Bless my soul, 10y jingo!
Sairy Jane, wife. be partick Ter
an peel few pertaters to put in long
vith the chicken! 90 ..-... A
(" Mammy'll talk to yer, stranger,
while l 60 for the hen. You'll find
her right peart yit, but yer got ter talk
loud like. Yer kin jist move yer cheer
back from the hath if yer too warm.
We've got ter keep bit O. fire a-goin'
to take the chill off'n her an to light
her pipe.
Nanny, the stranger'll talk to
yer: he'll stay all night!
Yer might hev ter yell leetle bit
louder'n that. stranger; yer see, she's
used to nv voice.
John Thomas, my boy, run out
now AM ketch- up Bull, Watch, Tige
and old Bose an tie 'em up;' they
might take to worryin' the Strangers
jackass durin' the night, but yer kin let
the four pups run loose. 49,
:: WHAT, Old Bose is under the bed?
Git the broom and poke him out. He's
the consarnedest dog fur sleepin' I'M
der beds that l ever see!
+" Amanda Ellen, girl, pick basket
o chips and help Yer nanny while I
| 60 for that hens
IS Sairy Jane. wife! Sairy Jane, yer
might jist dash a few dough dumplin's
inter the chicken among the pertaters,
eff the stranger likes 'em.
I" Asked eff he could git to stay?
! Blast me!
Sairy Jane, wife! Better bake a
short cake for supper!'-Dan De
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