Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-11
.ARKANSAW PINEW00DS.

/; with you."
urty bad, sur, purity bad. We air
II ity pore folks, AN got pore ways, but
ou kin put up with our fixins, you
Ia stay en- welcome. Jest git down en-
Ike out yer bosses. Turn EN- in that
! thar, you'll find sum fodder en- shucks
| thar, ON you kin feed them Ia suit
:. cs,-lf.'
After feeding my team, | turned
ward the house As ! entered, was
,'etel by the smell of fried bacon, the
lping of NANCY hound and the
uilling Of two or three children. The
adv of the house." tall angular
jlatchet-faced woman. made low court
csy. aud pointing to broken-back chair,
invited me TO take cheer by the fire. T"
fhe soon announced supper by saying in
stage whisper: "'Lige, yer supper's
Jeddy."
Come, stranger, draw up yer cheer en-
take a sent at the table en- eat a snack.
We hain't much. but yer welcome. Ez
the sayin' is, pore folks is got pore ways,
On rich people is got mean uns. Hev
this cup? No, don't pass il, jest keep it.
"Thet's the only CHIME cup we've got,
,I4ige he drinks his coffee outen goarl,
De seq il gives people the despepsy to
drink coffee outen a chime cup. But l
tells him it's bekase he 5 tOn mortal stngy
10 buy more. Help yerself TO sum NV
that flour-bread, stranger en hev sum NV
the fry Lige'd set thar Ell let yer
starve before he'd AK Yer. Lige, lass
them 'lap-over pies they air mighty
good eff l doc say il myself. Hev moro
stranger, you hain't eat huff to keep
sparrar alive. II you won't hey emmy
more, jest push back yer cheer. en- 20
10 the fire. Stranger, what mount be Yer
name
Jones'
Now yer not akin to them Jonese5
over in Dog Holler air yer:"
mo, | don't thirk | am. ! am from
Tennessee"
From Tennyse.: Thet's mighty fine
country, haint it,
Yes, it's a fine country"
I'VE hev a mighty pore country hyar,
stranger. l blcve the good Lord hez
cont cuss on this country sense the war.
The Ian don't nigh perduce like it Ulster.
The peach trees hardly ever hey emmy
peaches on 'em. En- the bees don't half
full up ther STAINS with honey. Every
thing hez gone ter rack On ruin. tell We.
En- yer say yer from Tennysee. Did yer
ever hearn tell Nv Teller by the name
NV Joke Hawkins up thar"
NO, think not"
Jake he moved up i'm tibet neck NV
wc,ls, en- | lowed mebby YOU he'd seed
him. Jake he ester court me whenI wuz
n grrrul mind the day when me en-
'Lige WIZ merried. l he'd prommus;
Jake ter hev him. Gentlemen, whews
Jake cum tibet evening en- found he'd
took Lige wuz mad ez wet hen. never
did see Just such mad man in all my
born days. He ra'red en- he charged. en-
sis rifle gun. en- shoot sumbudy's eyes
outen ther heads. When heard tibet,
Test got riled up an ! went out thar whar
the men folks wuz irwin to git Jake ter
hush. en- | jest walked up ter him en-
shuck my fist in his face en- told him ter
git. en- tibet purity quick, er would ketoh
him by the h'ar en- jirk him bald-headed.
You oughter seed him hustle.
Stranger, you want old enough ter he
I'm the war. wuz VI: Well. you escaped
a power NV trubble, tell We. One day,
enduring the war. | wuz settin right
hyar singin' ter the baby, when heerd
a man holler out thar at the gate. En-
when went to the dore, hope may
die, If thar warn't Jake HAWKING
a-settin a-straddle NV the porest hoSs y
ever seed. Yer yaller dorg seq |. 'wha5
do you WANT Miss Johnson ser he. I'm
powerful hongry-rm narrly starved,
en- want to git mouthful NV whites ef
you ken spar it,. Well, Jake. seq l,
swhen | ricoInemler how YOU cut up
as IL oughten ter give you no vittles.'
but then got to thinking mebby he did
ulster love me, en- give him pone NV
bread and piece NV middlin' meat.
Thanked. Miss Johnson he sed ez no
rid off, zen ef kin help you at emmy
time, YOU kin count on Jake Hawkins ez
dom his share
well sur. times got mighty hard: en-
my whites wuz gittin' powerful low.
T.ige wuz off in the war a-iightin', en- il
wuz nip en- tuck with me ter make
tongue IN buckle meet. ez the sayin' is.
To make matters worse. Mandy-we al
lers called her 'Sis'-taken sick. en- j
thought she WIZ goin'ter die out. Thet's
her a-settin' thar in the cornder.