The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-26
SAW AND BUCK.

"Whats become Of dc WELLER fcvah
skeer?" seriously inquired Uncle Andy OF
an APPEAL reporter, as the two suddenly
came face TO face while out after hours last
night, and mutual EXPLANATIONS Of sur
prise had passed.
"lIadnt heard of any scarce, except
what those who had axes to grind were
trying to get up" he was assured
"pats cs' dc way size II up when me
an Liza wuz talkin' bout II at dc time.
You all knock dc socks often dem iellers,
an when dey got down inter dc mire OF
ridcrcule an pure sarcasm very propably
give em de shake. De way dey galvanized
aroun' remin' me OF somethin' seed wild
my owen eyes durin' dc wah. II happened
heah in Mississippi. Der wuz gang OF
bushwhackers worryin' de life outen dc
neighborhood in which dey had squattod,
stealth hosses hogs, cows, chickens an
everything dat could DO made use OF by
dem. One day dar wuz cavalry com.
pany come ridin' through dc country, an
de people tole de cap'n what wuz
de trouble. lie said 10 dem, Oats all
right; les wait till ives had some dlnnah,
an III git right onto dc collahs OF dem
fcllcrs. De dinnah wuz fixed up mighty
quick, de solcrs got away wild II a heap
quicker an started out 20 rcckonnOytah
fer de bushwhackcs. Der wuz an ole
hcl' not far from de house, an skirtcd by
dc thickcs kind OF woods. One squad Of
dc soljcn went fer dat iicl' an jcs' Ms dcy
struck dc open side, some iclers wuz seen
- Il a l.
sides knowcd what wuz what, an ~ de
enemy think dcy wuzthc stronges, begins
90 shoot. DE solicrs shot back, an halted
for de oddcr squads ter come up. When
de bushwhackCm, who had ycnturcd outcn
dc woodsto pamlyze de soljcrs, seed dat de
attackin' party had 'cm foul, dcy got back
inter der holes, an pull lie holes in after
dem OATS ics' what de 'skccr peoples
did in dis case, an lie ArrEAL may now
pursue de even tenor Of its way, dcalin'
wild oddcr great matters.
look a-hcah, aint YOU skcercl Ter De
out dis time - night? see dar am heap
o. cranks Ia his city, an dat means danger
O. human lives. Some people who am
competent ter speak, says dcy knows Of
five dead suah, an how many noah IN
runnn' at large cannot be- tolc. Now,
nint dat a revelation fer your In Ills great
city an country WhH We hab laws, an
courts, an doctors ter proiec' us aginst
sich dangers, ter hah whole droycs oh desc
human mad.dog tcarin' roun' lOoscl II
ies' makes my blood run coldl Not dat
I'm In any danger oh, no, Desc lcwis
lanes may he crankz, but dcy am not
cranky enough a. HhoM poah ole nigunh
like me. hey has sense ter 90 ter de- poa.
body. Nlar tCf viii be- crowd ter zoe EN-
90 through der pcrio nance, an dcy picks
out a man jos like Young Goodwin did.
an all sich like pcrickcrars. All dat
shows q mighty heap % sense ter cr'li
nary man like me. II q man hab sense
'nough ict pass whole lot Of
men, when hc lab no 'nspirish-
I'M 'ccpt ter 'kill somebody, an
walks round an round. sim up ter de-
les like some Older TELLER did, II looks
mighty strange Hat dar am lots q good
people ter come long an SAY, Use knoWcd
all BE timc lat hc WuE crawl lie oughicr
have bin Ia lie 'sylum yoahs agol' ! don't
FIN but mighty few people dat takes dy
same view Of de case. bar wuE Who'll,
heaps OF people dat sNoah Gitto wuE cmzl
~ a TOOL. but lie bgFc-' court In dis coun
try said lac mus die ics' do same ~ # III
WIZ de- smartcs' man Twin. bis man Ian
had sense nough to work every day VIA
good deal 1T sonsc Wug necessary, aud ~
doclah hin tell me be- didn't know hr va
playin' de- very dcyil when be- Nil ia
man. EcccntrIcity am not dc gcnuiu,
lunacy What lie law recognizes, not by
whole bar'l full.
"What am gvinc ter become oh ne city
now. dat she has mo- noah money!
81 guess yOu got up late this morning
too late 10 Val IuE ArrEAi. Don't yur
know the city has plenty ui money iol
everything except thc hozpiialf'
"Am dat a fact lAWd, laNd, how a.
worr am gih ter lyinl lisiddy II Ven
out ter dc Wurr lat dis city didu' hab
copper. OATS how hai dc misfortune
comes upon ~, b. by dis sort Of misppp
scniashun, ! picked up a paper pnnir,
s1mcwhar ulsc. an de- hpadin' Il ONT o,c
dat Item Wug, 'shr am broke NJ SOM
Gool man would C1mp long Wid q duilr.
club an knock de- heads often desc inlis
cr,ci iv.Ivu, 'tWouli b. a luc thing t.
dis city,
u is' Ike ior bus my sides hugh,n' d
dc vfdilm,ni ui dat laulott ptpl,hcl
Buldcf Alexander Blow. d. gil vi M
man NuE caution. knows him, Bn' 4
stories toll about lim am not stories "a nl
/ hcyfd bout him huu' ont people ID
didn' want him tyf ho' down do pulr
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