Wichita eagle., 1888-07-22

top o de Dot, she uz; but she's one o. desc
heah fat young ladies' She amt trim an
slim an putty made like Mss Grace. An
| ole Miss Presley Braxton-teck keeri Shes
one O. dem mining, pizning, Gle big bugs.
Miss Aston amt spicion nobody teckin' any
| notice O. Miss Grace She say: II feel so
much easier bout Grace, now dat iarS gem
men along
Deg tech der hats an say: "Oh, yes,
madam, we will be body guard Tor dc Ia
dies" Gret body guard dey was. Huh.
Twas q sweet dsy-long in de summer
tine. Ter heah dem soiers talk, dey's spilin'
to fte Dey canter along By de eadj, dey
| did, an talk uaitey big. braggin' bout dey
own doin's an den dey say onct eS'y liz
vile: 'sNow, ladies, we'll reconorder," or
sumpin' lax DAT, an den dsy'd 60 a-gauopin'
of. iookin' outer de co-nders o. dey eyes ter
see if any body teckn' any notice IN EN-. l
watchin'. Bless you!-an' den deyd come
| cavortin' back, bookesy, bookety.
De sunshine so wara, al nice, an de fresh
ar do Miss Grace good She mo- LAX herself
den I see her tall She lafa little sometimes,
an her cheeks don look SO wife, do she never
had no red face Lax dem country gals.
In de middle o de day we tuck our snack
,,nd' big gum tree by Hofruan's spring, an
erlong in the waise er &c day dem soier gem
nea done forgit ell erbouV dey ''recondor-
dert1," or wat yer call IL We'd bien gwine
| thoo a creek bottom an jes got to risil'
groun', when 70 yer could say Jack Rober-
| son de whole top O. dat kiHwas blue wild
Yankees.
De Yankees seem ter think they done run
I pom hornets nes' Dey swon Ike bees ca
top o dat hill, a pintin an whoopin' an
gaIiopin' up an a IidiU' back an a confaber-
atm together, an den h-e-a-b dey cone a
/ chargin' down dat hill wild dey big hoss'
pistols in dey hans a shootin' an cuSin'.
| Bullet come-zip-right close by my yeah. I
| amt e1ine ter gic my head shot off no
| how. an / trap down o. my knees in de foah
/ part o de waggin ar stick my head IN und'
/ de front sect l heah en- say, "Wha dem
rebilsF'
| an Miss Grace spon' cool as cowcumber,
I 'Heah we is
| Nur' che IN EN- say, "Dey was wild desc
/ wiInmin."
| An somebody az, "How many I'M 'em was
, deyT'
/ An I keep On heahin' ole Miss Presley
| Bra1ton a suualiin', II erpeel to a ossifsr
| fer pu-tectionF
| I don heah 10 mo- bullets sizztn, so
/ crcpe out an | See q rite fine lookin' young
man a comm up ridin On boss; he was q
! Yankee reckin be rlus er been big man
/ hunks en-, cos dey ell drap back an tech
/ dey foahlocks, nifty p'lite an unble ez he
come erlong, an ne say-"L Ladies, has you
| seen any rebl sojers terday9"
| Ole Miss Presley Braxton, as nirniny piminy
| ez you please say: "Eo, sir; we'se upper
| teckted females. an we e1pesls TO er oszifer
fer puttectior," bur Hiss Grace sittin' ID nifty
/ strai ght an holm her aeaG up il De ar ez
/ brave 81 a hon, she say, You're mistaken,
/ Miss BraIton. we did see some rebii soSars !"
| Dat strange gemmen he lifted of his high
aae wild tossels on it IN fan hessef wild it,
/ an ne say: "Dia you notice, Uiiss7-niss,
( nine you-'whicher way dey wentm She
! spon nifty dry, 81 spose dey gone home
/ she mad at dem sojers cos dey don stay dar
/ an git kilt Ike Gais Lance E7ybody dom
/ want TO -it dey heads shot Oft, dom, Tor
pue.
All dis tine ole Miss Presley BraIton a
/ sou.liin like Jay bird, ~ peel to er ossifer
/ fur puttectioai I peel to er ossifer fer put
tcctsonr' Biuleby the genmen notice her.
an be say: 'sEadaTn, yer shell be puttected,'
/ brt even dat don't stop hsr-de ole lady mos
/ got dc histrsEss.
| Move on - he to1lered out, cos YVES same
! ez monkey STOW. You couldn't see nuthin
but Yankees, tey nus a been bout forty mil
! liens IN en-
/ Mss Grace eyes bright, an she breeve SO
hard see that damon IN dat liz pin o. Mars
! Lance she war a trimbGn' like one o dem
stairs in de fumrnarne.t, ar she hole on
( tight ter der cadj strop but she amt sayiH
noting AL DIS time de young man seeten on
his boss by de side o. de cadj. B4meby heah
( comes steady lookin ole MAD, az de young
man call him an say: Corporal, teck desc
ladies in charge an see EN- safe pas our
lines
I We didn' hab no mo- trouble after dat.
/ Dat ole man stuck Ter Us fro thick an tdin.
but it was mo- thick dan thin, tell you.
Yankees yankees I neoer seed so many
men IN nv life. I sec, dar an den, faint no
use tryin TO whip dem Yankees, dey w too
many un GU.
Bine5y VIC gin ter meet dem big wagons
AID avaiauches, an de roai too narrer fer
dem an Is, too, end de ole man what w
e'wiae eyloag er Us be savs we halter turn
back apiece ter ar plantation gate an 80 in
dar tve1 desc big wagons an things git by.
But dar we wuz-re couid1' turn roUn' COS
de road was too narrer. De ole man he call
some sojers to mount down often dey bosses
and come IF our cadj round on dsy shout
6ers. INC Dave he jump out an tuck hol.
er de mules heads, and ole Miss Presley
Brs1toa an Mss SaIlie Moore dey 1t down
an get OF. ON 80 roul' to de side an helt
out my arms to Miss Grace to help her out,
but she shuck her head an says: Use not a
gwine to git out hunks all dam trough men.
rse light; twon'e hurt EN- to Ii lie, and
oar she soe an wouldn't stir peg, an deg
hatfer LEI, her shore null, COS when sne tuck
stan dar she was
We nu<ver git to Miss Sally Acore's
cousins whar we spec 10 stay al night dat
day But jes 70 dark we AZ ter stay al night
ct er house, an dsy let US. Foxes KEEP open
house dem times, an we tuck early start
an got home de mex day, little after sun
down But, bless 70 soul, we amt kay eyes
On De body gysrd no 10 dat trip: dey done
gone home $40 nu1, OF SUMMERS else,
Fus man what pc. IN e: Mss Alsttn's when
de YANKEE army nv dar, was dat Yankee
eennan, AKIN ef his nan may come II an
draw watah at de well Miss Aston writ
/. 70 Mss Grace In letter. Miss Aston
saT she az him: II 50 Uneasy bout ny
daughter. Did you nest any ladies On dc
roair'
An he a1 her ef der was young lady
dress in no1in': an skc spo1, yes. An be
tel her wat NIFTY good keer lie done tuck
CT en- What tell yer' Euhi Bet got
sunpin' to do sidss sessln' here tswtn' al
night bout ds wah Dat cailes fo1.bech 10.
DOW, and IL time she e teck,n' it-Ls White
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