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

She wanted ter hep ME in my wuck o
'swadin' folks ter do right. Il know" she
said, dat folks all er round Us will be max
in mo- money den we is, but money doar
water de flowers o. de heart, nur broaden
de 'joyment dat comes ter de soul" Ilubed
her deeper after she said dat, fur seed da;
her natur want vain nur her heart set upon
de flesh pots O. de world.
doan know wuder l preached better ur
not, but know dat wut | said gunter hab
mo- 'fluence, an dat folks gunter come fun
fur erway plan 'ations ter yere me. MY
wife's folks moved away, and Wien l axed
her eff she didn't feel like she aughter 90
wild EN- she smiled at wut she called my
foolish joke, put her arms GROUND my naik
an said:
Dave, wen goes erway fun you I'll be
toted twiyt men dat will walk slow"
| Two years passed erway-two o. de hap
pies years o. my life. One day dar wuz
some bills stuck up 'nouncin' dat Andrew
Hennifen, er colored politician dat libed in
| town, would on de naixt Friday make er
speech ter de folks. Err campaign wuz on
ham an greet intrus' wuz felt in de outcome
Wen de day come de weather wuz so show
cry dat da couldn' hol' de meetin' out dos,
80 some o. de men come ter me an ayed me
think dat it wuz de right sorter meetin' ter
be her in de house o. de Lawd, but seein'
dat da wuz all so anxious, tole 'em dat da
mout. Den da axed me ter go ober an lis
sen ter de greet speech wut de generman
wuz gwine ter make. didn' like de idee
o. settin' in my own church and lissenin'
ter de sku5sion o. de erfairs o. de worl' Den
Frances spoke up:
wy Dave" she said, IF we air gyvine
ter lib in de wOrl' we mus take some intrus'
in de erfairs o. de worl. Eff de man hab got
any thing wuth yearin, doan see wy we
aughtenter go an issen ter him. Ef we
finds dat wut he says amt fit fur u.s. WY
den we ken come erway"
''Wut you says is true, Francis" replied.
''an' you mus scuse me eff is holdin' you
back in any way. Err ole man loves wild
Jest ez much wa'mth ez or young man does,
an it is er pity dat he doan lub wild ez much
jedgment.
You mustn't talk dat way, Dave" she
said wild er laugh, "fur in lovin' me yo
Judgment amt made no mistake"
Hennifen wuz er tall, yaller man, an wuz
much younger den l 'spected ter fine him. |
In his speech he used er good deal o. strong |
talk, an called er lot o. folks dat WANT |
present, liars an thieves. didn't like dis, |
but er man dat set naixt ter me tole me dat |
1t wuz all right, an dat eff de speaker didn't |
do dater way de folks would think dat he |
wuz erfeerd ter 'nounce his principles. |
After de speakin' wuz over, de speaker come |
up ter me, hill out his ham an said:
Mr.. Summers, has often hearn o. YOU,
sab, an takes dis 'tunity o. shal1in' hans |
wild you"
Wen had shuck hans wild him, he said:
rs dis yo' daughter wild you!'
My wife, son. said l.
"Ah, Use pleased ter meet de LADY,,
We walked on outen de house, an Hen
nifen WIZ SO busy tallzin' bout de greet prin-
ciples o. mis- party dat he didn't seem ter
notice dat he wuz wall1in' erway fun de
,rOud wild US. After vile he stopped an
said dat e reckoned he better go back.
Wont you walk on home wild us!, my
wife said.
Il thanks you kindly; 6iebe I will" he
Il would ike ter sec de inside
y my 'stinguished 'quaintance's house,
maxim er sideways motion wild his head at
ne, AN sides dat I'se got er little bizness
er talk ober wild him"
You will see er lowly household" said |,
fur 1 amt been gagged in gederin' de
hinin' goods O. de yeth, but at de do you
viii see er vine dat is watered wild truth an
lat blooms in contentment."
''Dar amt no reason why dar shouldn' be
ONE O. de shinia' goods o. de yeth in yo'
Iouse," said he. 'De fack dat da is o. de
eth doan meek 'en mono de less de Lawds,
n beia' shiny doap' meek 'em de property
, Satan"
| seed my wife look at him wild er quick
lance, an knowed dat she proved o. wut
e said. l seed mo- den dat-I seed wut
ntll dat time had escaped mel seed dat
e man wuz good lookin'. felt er parg o.
neasiness, an cleared my froat deep ez eff {
would rasp de pang outen my bosom. I
zen we got ter de house, he set down in !
r roci,in' cheer an made hisse'f look freer I
n easier den had eber felt in any house
'ep' my own. Frances went inter de little G
he'd kitchin' dat fined de house an, cooked
inner. 1t struck me dat she tuck er heep
pains, specially wen she fotch out er
loie clof dat didn't know she had. After r
inner Mr.. Hennifen, said dat he would git .
own Ter h-neSs