The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-18
CHAPTER N.

I'VE
We wuz married. / tuck her ter nv cabin
an er bright light fell on M hearthstone.
She wanted ter hep me in Wy wuck o.
'swadin' folks ter do right. Il know" she
said. dat folks all er round us will be max
in M money der We is. hut money doan
water de flowers O. de heart. nur broaden
de 'joyment dat ter de soul" lubed
her deeper AFTER she said dat. fur I seed dat
her nasur van vain nur he heart set upon
de flesh pots o de world.
IdoAn know u l preached better UT
not. but l know dat wut | said gunter hab
mo- '~iuence, an da: folks gunter come FUN
fur erway plantations ter yere ME. Nv
wife's folks moved away. AID wen l axed
her eff she didn't feel like sic aughter go
wild 'em. she smiled at wut she called nv
foolish joke, put her arms Ground my naik
an said:
Dave. Wen I goes erway fun you I'll be
totei twixt men dat will walk slow"
Two years passed erway-two y de hap
pies years o nv life. One dav dar wuz
some bills stuck up ~'nouncin' Cat Andrew
Hennifen. er colored politician cat libed in
town, would on de ak FRIDAY make er
speech ter de folks Err campaign WIZ on
ham an greet intruS' wuz felt in &c outcome.
We de day come de weather VIE 50 show
cry dat da cOuldn' hol' de naeetir' out dos.
so some o. de men come ter me an axed me
ct da mOut meet in de church IGidn' much
hin dat it wuz de right ser,er meetin' ter
be he'll in de house o de Lawd but SEEM
dat da WIZ all 50 anxious, l tole 'ec, dat da
rlout. Den da axed me ter go ober an lis
sen ter De Sre't speech wit de generman
WIZ gwine ter make. didn' Ike de idee
o settin' in my " church and lissenin'
ter de skussion o lie e<fairs o. dc WORT. Den
Frances spoke up:
wy Dave" she said. IF we air gwire
ter lib in DE worl' we mus axe some in:rus'
in de erfairs O de WORT. Eff q nan hao got
n thing with yearin. l doan see WV we
aughtenter go an lissen ter hr. Eff we
finds dat wut he says amt fit fur Us, Wv
den we ken come erway."
"Wut you says is true. Francis rep,ied.
"an' you mus scuse ME ef | is koldin' YOU
back in any way. Err ole man loves wild
jest ez much wa'mth CT e- young nan does.
an it is er pity dat no doan Tub vii cz much
jeigment.
You mustn't talk dat v-ay. Dave" she
said wia er laugh. ..fur in lovin' me yo'
Judgment amt made no mistake
Henn:fen WIZ er tall. yaller man an WIZ
much OUNCE den I 'spected Ter fne him.
In his speech he used er good deal y strong
talk. an called er lot O. folks da WANT
present. liars an thieves. Ididn't:iI,e dis.
bit er man dat Set naixt ter rne tole me dat
it WIZ all right. an dat ef de speaker didn't
do dater way de folks would think dat he
wuz erfeerd ter 'nounce his PRINCIPLES.
Alter dc speakin' wuz over, de speaker come
up ter me, hill out Iris han an said:
Mr.. Summers, l has often hearn y YOU.
sab. an l takes dis 'turity o. shakin hans
wid you."
Wen i mad shuck hans wild him, he said:
lis dis yO' daughter wild you!"
MY wife. sob" said l.
.Ah. Use pleased ter NEE, de LADY,"
We walked on Outen de house. an Hen
nifen WIZ so busy talkin' bout de greet rim
ciples o his party da; he didn't seem ter
notice dat he wuz walkin' erway fun de
wild US. After vile he stopped an
said dat III reckoned he better go back.
Won't you walk on home wild u.s." my
wife said.
Il thanks you kindly: l bl'ebe I will" he
answered. Il would like ter see de inside
o. my 'stinguished 'quaintance's house."
maxim err sideways motion wid his head al
me. IAN sides dat Use got er little bizness
ter talk o5er wild him"
You will see er lowiy household saidL.
l amt been gagged in geGerin' de-
shinin' goods O de yeth. but at de do YOU
will see er vine dat is watered wild truth an
dat blooms in contentment."
"Dar amt no reason why dar shouldn' be
o. de shinin' goods o de yeih in ,o'
said he. '.De TACK dat da is o. De
doan meek 'em none de less de LawSs.
an bsin' shiny ioan' meek 'em de property
o. Satan"
l seed nv wife look At him wild er QUICK
an l knOwed dat she proved O. WI.
he said l seed mo den dat seed WI
until dat time had escaped mel seed dat
de man WI good lookin'. I felt er pang o.
oneasiness. an l cleared my froxt deep ez eff
! would rasp de n outen my bosom.
Wen We got ter de house, he set down in
Or ,ockin' cheer an made hisse'f look frser
an easier den I had cher felt In any house
'cep' my own. Frances went inter de little
shed kitchin' dat j'ined de house an cooked
dinner. It struck me dat she tuck or heep
D. pains. specially wen she fotch out er
liable ciof dat ! didn't know she had. Alter