Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03

bes' people in dis county wants ter lee
Hillson fur sheriff. Dis ken only be don
by good men putin .dar- shoulders ter d
lwheel l is Hillson's right han mn, an
rse got de 'thorisy for sayin' dat if you'll
turn in an make speeches fur him dat b.
viii pay you weil''
My wife BOXED at ne. 'tMr. Hennifen,
said /, ''wut you say may be de truf, but
is maxim speeches fur de Lawdn
"Yes, but maxim speeches fur de Lawd
Mr.. Summers, needen't keep you from speak
| in in faber O. Hillson,'
"DaTe." said Iny wife, ''Nr. Henuifen i:
sholy right, an mon dat, eff dar's er rlar
IN dis neighborhood dat needs money, you
Is de man. De folks dat lissuus ter yo-
preach neber seems ter know dat we need:
! things in dis house" -E4 80
Frances" replied, Mr.. Hillson amt el
man o. my choice lie has been mixed VI
| in ugly erfai-s, an Iilain't make no speeches
fur him; so, let de subjec,z drap right wha,
it is' w -
Hennifea sisted on sayin' mo- but toie
him 1t want no use. He didn't stay long after
dis, but sayin' Dat he would see me ergin.
went erway
docs you aliuz 'spect ter lib in poverty.''
NY wife axed
Il doan 'spect ter meek speeches n faber
o. er dishones' mar" 1 answered
Hennifen.coU,e back interde ne;ghborhood
de naixt week an called at my house but
want at home. Wen Taxed Frances wut he
had ter say, she said dat he didn't stay but
er few minits an didn't say much o. any
thin. Err few days afterwards hearn dat
he wuz in de neighborhood ergin', workfn'
wild de voters, but he didn't come ter my
house an didn't hunt Linn. -.I
Nearly er rlunt must hab passed wen one
oay wuz called on ter preach de funCl o.
er man ober in ernuder 'munity. i didn't
git back till late in de night. De house
wuz dark, an CT went up ter de do I
tangled my foot in &c vine, stumbled an
tore it up by de roots. 1 went in an lit de
candle. Frances Tant dar. / called her
stepped to de do an called her till &c echo
o. my voice brought back wild it de CRY o. er
night bird. went ober ter er neighbors
house. De women folks gunter cry ez soon ez
da seed me. axed eff da had seen Frances
20, Bruder Summers, she's dun gone wild
dat yaller raskei. He fotch er buggy an
tuck her erway'
l went down ter de sycamor' trees war
my old wife wuz buried. an got down on NV
knees. Dar want 10 bright smile twixt ne
an de grave.
CHAPTER III.
De women folks fotch flowers nearly ever
day an put 'em in my house, an de men
folks tuck of dar hats Wen da como W ar |
wuz. l KEEP on maxim speeches fur de
Lawd, an men dat wuz once noisy in church
wuZ now quiet.
De 'leckshCn time come on, and kotch
up my old gray hoss an rid uD ter town. l
went ter all de votin' places but didn't see
nobody dat knowed. heard one man say:
wonder wut dat cuis lookin' ole man is er |
Doiin' roun' yere fur" Den somebody an
'wered: "Dars er yaller man dodgin' round |
yere some whar dat mout fling some light |
IN dat question" Ever time l hearn O. any !
''litical ter-do any whar l rid dar, but |
iidn't see nobody dat knowed
Winter time come, de col'est winter dat |
'ber felt. One Sunday dar come er heavy
now, an dat night it turned so cor dat |
could hardly keep VAIN by de fire. De |
vim blowed hard. Suthin' tapped ergin de
yinder. hill de candle an dar seed de great /
tarin' eyes DER night bird turned erway
n had ies sot down by de fire wen hearn
r noise at de do; lissened, an den hearn
r groan- My heart felt de tech o. er cold
AN an knowel dat Frances had come
ack. opened de do; she lay on de groun'
Vid her face turned up. tuck her in my
rms an laid her on de bed.
'Dave-Dave, won't you forgib me!r
stood loohin' at her. 20 won't you fur
ib me! De Lawd has pardoned me an has
ONE back ter Ok you-you-''
"Yas," l said, ''yas, po' child. Go ter
leep in peace"
She looked at me an tried ter smile, but
e light wuZ gone an dar want no smile
yixt me an de grave.
We laid her under de sycamo' trees, but
OF war my ole wife was buried
KEEP on goin' ter plitical meetins', an
'me folks wondered why er ole man dat
eber voted tuck such intrust il sich erfairs.