Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-02-04

CHEEKY voice rang out: Stranger,
howdy! Glad to see yer! Cum furp
$50 fur as that, heyP Wall, wall
blast me, stranger, howdy! Wall,
wall-glad ter see yer, by jingo!
"Kin yer git to stay all nightP Wall,
reckon yer can't git ter do nothin'
elst! Thar hainlt another house with
in thirty mile o'Nhere. 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's jackass. Take him round
to the east side O. the pig pen, whar
the mornin sun'll strike him, and
throw an armful O. fodder over the
| fence,
"Yas, stranger, yer kin git to stay
all night. aa-
"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 YasP
Wall, l thought so-blast me, thought
so! AS fur as ever seed you up the
hill | thought so. Blast me, yas! l
sed to myself that you was one o them
prospectin' pilgrims.
"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 callP Vas?
Wall, then, attend to business. Give
the strangers jackass bite O. barley.
"Julia Ann, my girl, don't stand
starin' run and pull a 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 otf'n his jackass.
"Walk in-walk in. Take a 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 sa-prospectin' per-
son-an' he'll-he'll stay all night!
"She's leetle bit deaf, stranger.
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 kitten all
day long. Does feller good to look
at her, don't itp
"How oldp Wall stranger, her age
haint allus bin kept as reg'lar as il
ought'r bin, but I reckon she's nigh on
to ninety.
II say! Sairy Jane, wife, are you
out thar in the kitchenP Yer areP Wall,
I'm goin' out to cut the head off n a
yellow-legged hen, so put on the poi
and have some scaldin' water ready.
"Git to stay all night. Wall, stran'
ger, yer couldn't git to do nothin' elst il
yer tried!
"Susie, child, git yer daddy his coat
then jist take the strangers carpet sacE
an put it under the bed out in the bes,
room.
"Yas, yas! l know, Susie, child
know that! But your gran nanny kir
sleep in the trundle bed, long with yor
and Julia Ann and Amandy Ellen; yel
; nanny an me kin take little Jimmy
and Mary Louisa inter bed long will
us, and George Alexander is big enough
to go up inter the loft long O. the othel
boys, But afore yer 60, child, jist gi
a coal O. fire off'n the hath fur ye
gran'mammy'sp spipe; don'tye see She
waitin'p
"What, stranger! Yer kin spreat
: yer blankets an sleep on the foorP No
stranger, yer jist can't spread ye,
: blankets an sleep on the floor! Wall
blast me! Spread his blankets an
1 sleep on the floorP WALL by lingo!
Stranger, thar hain't anothe
house in thirty miles; an what doe
, the Bible say bout entertainin'
J stranger unawaresP Git to stay al
: nightp Wants to spread his blankets
9 Bless my soul, by jingo!
"Sairy Jane, wife, be partick'le
an peel few pertaters to put in Ion
4 with the chicken
:, Mammy'll talk to yer, stranger
!, while l go for the hen, You'll fin
= her right peart yit, but yer got ter tai
a loud ike. Yer kin jist move yer chez
: back from the hath if yer too warn
g We've got ter keep bit O. fire a-goir
+ to take the chill off'n her an to 1igf
her pipe,
'Mammy, the stranger'll talk t
q yer; he'll stay all night!
e "Yer might hev ter yell leetle b
: louder'n that, stranger; yer see, she
Q used to my voice.
: John Thomas, my boy, run OF
}. now an ketch up Bull, Watch, Tig
), and old Bose an tie 'em up; the
e might take to worryin' the stranger
Q jackass durin' the night, but yer kin Il
d the four pups run loose.
|, What! Old Bose is under the bed
n Git the broom and poke him out. He
$ the consarnedest dog fur sleepin' III
IL der beds that ever see!
" Amanda Ellen, girl, pick a bask,
e O. chips and help yer nanny while
e 90 for that hen.
e Sairy Jane, wife! Sairy Jane, y,
n might jist dash few dough dumplin
e inter the chicken among the pertater
le eff the stranger likes 'em.
}, asked eff he could git to stay
t; Blast me!
n "Sairy Jane, wife! Better bake
short cake for supperr'-Dan i
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