Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-03-27
THE YOU-DOU DOCTOR.

It was a warm day in early October.
/ was attached to the staff Of a Western
journal, and was now deep IN the happi-
ness Of a day OF. I had been Juggling
for catfish from early morning, and now,
at o'clock, lay with face upturned half
asleep in the sunlight, while Jim, the
colored boy, arranged the accoutrements
for the return trip, keeping up a CONVEX
sation with himself and the last catfish
had caught.
Keep still dar; dom yo' flop yo' ole
tail at me. Sich a bad buck cat, Jam de
horn clean froo my laid
"HellOl dar dat Campbell niger.
Won'ner wat bring him down yere? p
Jim arose Immediately, and advancing
toward the Campbell niger asked:
Glow is yO' ais MistO Henderson, %
1--WE ais tou'ble, thank yo', NIisto Cah'-
tab; how's yesself and family % respond
ed Mr.. Henderson.
No people are so studiOusly polite and
affable in their intercourse with each
other as the Missouri darlzies. Here
were two, neither with sufficient clothing
upon his person to comfortably wad a
gun, entering into a conversation as
gracefullysas two diplomats. After the
%
Garter inquired:
whats yO' gwine at?'
"rse gwine to drive desc cattle OBJ
Aisto Campbells up to der house and
milk EN-, a." was the reply.
''Whaffer yo' do dat so airly?"
eKase dar's gwan ter be some doin's
Ober 'mung dem der exodustahs at Wy
ndot Ole woman name Cha'lotte Green
been jes' pinin' away like, n de folks
low 'nudder ole woman put a spell on
her. She's muffin but bones, n KANT
last more'n a week no how. So dey
greed to it dat dey'd bring in ole man
name Boliver Curtis FUN de lower settle
ment, an he lows her n move dat SPELL
IT done hear tell Oh dat snake doctor.
he is de same as a hOO-dO," vOuchsafed
Jim.
'Des same exactly; yo' bettah kim
ovah yessef. Dey's gwan ter have de
hoo-dooin' at de old Ingin's stun house,
on de White church road. Good day,
AIisto Cahtah; hope to see yO' gin" and
with "Why-an up dar' to the COWS, the
other was OF.
I'D like ter, mos mighty" unused Jim,
az he continued his occupation, Fan
b'ieve III do it yit, less sumpin' don't
turn up to keep me fun it,
mentally came to the same conclu-
sior.
"You don't take any stock IN this hoo
doc business, Jim?" 1 remarked inter
negatively as he was stringing our last
can.
ssWell, I dunno bout dat, - was the non
committal answer; ''dey's a heap o'things
don't low ter have no 'Pinion'bOu Dey
was a culled man owe yere at Quindard
named of Lafayette Brown, ut'lOw'd no
one couldn't put on shahm (charm) on
him. En- yo' b'ieve me, sab, dwell dat
mans laig crowd snaller'n smaller, unfin
but bone let. Den de arm it gin grow
snalier'n smaller, an bum by lafayette
trow'd up bot his hans and died He
said invent no use to buck agin de hoo
docs. De na'bahs lowed ut de ole wO-
man Malone ut kim up from de Lo'sianer
swamp wild de eXOdustahs yeah fro last
done put chahm onter him fer his cussin
bout de snake dOctahs.
''Did you ever know of any other cases
Of the sort ?'' I inquired.
s'Deed'n did. FO' de wah my folks
was owned down In Gawgy. Ovaha in
dat neighborhood was an ole man ut was
a congerer, an his wife was a witch
same as hoo-doos, bOfe Of EN-. Dey had
had one son, an dey done larnt him de
coniurn' mystery Ebry night dem
folks dey 60 git outside n dey skins an
rides deY ma bahs round de kentry. One
night de old man got Outen de bed n go
roun' wah de boy slep n tech him wild he
cane. He tell him hits pas midnight
n he like to go ride 'roun' tell maWnin.
Boy say, 'all right Paw, who We rider
Ole may say, Guess we ride Oberseer
an he boy tonight Oberseer ben do
In dirt lately So dem conjerers
muck up to de oberseer's house and dey
change de oberseer inter a bull, and de
son into a yahlin bull. De ole man git
on de bulls back an de boy climb on de
yahlin. 'Whalh we gwinter, paR? says
de boy. Reckon we bettah 60 Ober IN
ter Agglethawn section, says de ole man.
j ben promisin' myself dat i put a
blight on AIisto Johnsing's cawntield.'
So dey rode dat ar poOah oberseer an
his boy more than fifty mile cross kentry,
an, chawmed de cawdfiel.' On de way
home dey come a-nigh a ubber. See
yer boy says de boy hoO-dOo. Let us
see which OBJ us kin git cross dat ar.
stream de fls', n dat un III lib de long
est AN right says de boy, an at 1t
dey put. Dem cattle which was de OBJ
erseer n his boy, yer know, dey skin OBJ
en- de groun' like de debbil was arter
dem sted o. ridin' on dey backs. De ole
bull kim kim to the crick fus,' but stop
TO drink. De young I'M kim long
6cldty spelt, an std de boy conlerer
stoppin' to let dat ar yarlin drink, he
des hit him pow'ful bat wid club Up
de yahlin' jump, maxim Ike he was
gyWinter clar de little ribber wild one
jump. 70 Gwad, paw, OATS a good leap
fer gahlin' ter make Jes' soon what
he say dat, de two coniegers stan IN de
wahtah faWty mile frum home n de ober-
seer n he son was sleepin' IN de house.
COnierers dassant ter speak der name Of
GaWd (God) y'khOW. Mex mawain'
oberseer an boy wake up PoW'ful tired,
an imagine dat witches ben ridin' EN-
Old conjerer an bis son kim aneekin' in
lboutsm down clean tuckered 'DoW'd
eay'd cen stoiad out dc quanta4is la de-
night. ObareHz had 'spicioaa Bent dat
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