Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-05-23

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nyk ~ - WW6W1dn1 ardons
~ ~ &0oa ~ ~ reomise the
boys thab y they1 - - IA keep II
eonysn1f - ~ n y ~ f1rthsf.
- ny aSem Is trust 70
mydkese6hun. i Scunat hat out moron
go ~ ~ ssel nostlfyins, - u l.
~ eyet + ~ u coax Jakst 70 tell ms
'ecustains kNis peomist notto tell no-
hcdy, - isst -: IeWouldn't want
- - 6esAk ny peoenies would 20,
mp AZ O0Cs - tol6 ~ that he'd %
1900 koep HI eecfets Into 3 tannins.
mill 1870 - 70 sxpscs ne to keep EN-
sOhildrin 4 a-gsttin' = disrespect-
fnl nowadays 1 DOM what this
Noeldss a-comln, t0 nor how twill end.
Hut Then Jake takos artsr his pas
|lanbly II his failin'a Joshf's folks
Always W. : peculiar ret, the hull
parCel on ssm.
.But whore WI 4? Lemme
- Obi ys-e-ss startid to tell
- how I worked il SOS to find
out what bustid The widder's ingage-
msnA So I vait'd ontil II WINS time Ter
IL old sottlere' mookin' to come of.
Ifa alvaye held into arrove. two mile
ve1f q, ksre. vhich brinrs il about :
milo from our place. ny neffy, Simon
Hfanlas. 49, to Ninpcrsink. I GOOD
svAnfv no from hers. a. I cent fer
him % come up % ths meetin,. al
vays IA. every yeer. seein' his pas INV
hrcthsr. and 81 va raised in these
uerHp ~ nlways liyad here afore they
rnoveA nm Is Ninparnink. simon IL.
vsxe tkofk 4 vcaderful eiwht O. me an
~ 1alo 81 vhat 4 ~. anaxins. Wal.
Whe6 Is come. / sedto him, co. I: Isl.
va better jsst make MP yer mind 20
stay 3 lev days an hcvs Z rood time
wiih NJ boys, snsin' your cousin from
Chicago here.
az don't keer ef I do. auntv.' Hes he.
ssHi.' ! I TO him. sEf ye wanter
hear some fun, lest ask Jake and Eli
what they done over 10 Mis- Browns,
about three weeks q But sec that
70 don't tell 'em I sot ye up TO it; or
fhsy won't tell 70 4 biessid word,
asAil rieht. aunty.' Sea he. a-orinnin,.
T1l - to that,
sThat niQht I ,est made ST sleep with
Jake an Eli. cause I reckoned they'd
ike nothing better. an l,esides I
knoved that that would give him 4
rood chance 20 ask the boys about the
vidder.
"The room where ma and Josh sleepa
into 4 merit 10 where the bows alcens.
There,s 4 chimlv ;nto INV room an, in
the vain b6twixt tie two rooms is : hole
fer the stoyenipe "a run through. In
that vay q sfoye warns two rooms /:
which i amazin' savin' in wood. In
the eummer time the stove is took
down, but the hole is there jest the
samA Wal. after the bows he'll gone
up Is bed. / sIyed M there an listened
% the s~toveripe hole.
ne took some time afore they got
done cuttin' m an rompin' AM kickin'
each other out q he'd an knociin' each
other oyo the head with pliers
That,s how style. VI know. nm n
couldn't be expected no otherwise. But
bymebv they rot tired out an began to
Law still
ELI, Q 81. what ven Jake bin
a-doin' 10 the wilder Brown. hey
what va vanter know fer p'sez FIJI.
short a pie crust.
asOh. Il don't make no difference to
me, ~ 81. innercent like. only I
heerd somebody'd bin s-playin' trick,
onto cha vidder. AM / didn't know hut
ye an Jake hed bin hevin'a hand into
IL. that's All,
s.Jake., az Eli. its too rood TO be
ken. an,i bet 81 voulln't give us avay
hadn't We better tell himY
az don't keer ef " do, SEE Jake.
only III il rits ont. it'll be through him.
am then ri rive him I tall hidin. THAT'S
Ill I hov to Nv: nit there. Eli. with YER
story
sNith That. Eli sot 70 an, told 81 ali
about tina NINETY her promise Ia
her fust man III about old Clodhon.
-.
ssWhen / heard aunt sayin' that she
wisht somethin'd happen 10 break al
the match. am that II won't no more'n
| rjeht IL shouId be broke of. I made mr.
nv mind Is ~ that she rot her vial.
II vould he sech finn. ve know an be.
sides, Ell il rot found out. nobody
couldn't blame US bows. seein' she'd
kinder sot us mo TO il. les he.
aThe scamp! l hadn,t NO idee he'd be
that sharp, Though I don't see how
ennybody could blame me fer the match
not comm OF: never told the bcys Il
bender Is
aWal. when Eli cot 40 fur in his story.
I begun TO listen with ali nv cara
sYe know ses Ell 70 ST. The wilder
believes IN xperrits An, rhoats. When
I hao..l th.t ! .ckcroi tha.a,l Ia Iots