The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-11-22

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up to me, grasped my hand and said
Men, take good look at him
You'll all fetch (agree) with me that
If airy man in these yer hills ever con-
slders to chitter him (stops to question
his right that ere man has got to
die l''
After proceeding about mile and
a half We reached the spot where the
mill was to be located, and half a
mile away was Dawson's cabin. His
| family coaslsted of wife and three
children, the oldest being barefooted
barelegged girl of sixteen. After
being introduced / was left to pass a
couple Of hours while Dawson return
ed to the men. He had explained to
| his wife who was and what had hap
| pened, but the children were full of
curiosity. As I sat by the door smok-
ing, the girl, who was called Deb, sat
down beside me and asked:
stranger did ye lope it :" (come on
toot.)
eyes"
ga mile or a sot-down ?"
"More'n that. About dozen flop
ups"
A asot down" means half days
travel A "fop-up" means a days
tramp. At bed time the head of the
house would say to the children:
tCome now, you'uns, its fop-up
time
The girl looked at me in great sur
prise, and presently asked:
you didn't come to shoot pop,
cause if ye had you'd hev chucked
(ambushed) him."
"No; 1 came to see you"
"Mam !-oh, mani" she called,
"come out yere! Jist hear he'un talk
IMP
"What does he'un say p asked the
mother as she came out with her pipe
and sat down.
"He's honeyl dun told ye when
that wishbone fell down that he'un
was comm. Hip! Hain't he'un
nice, ma p
He's honey, fur Shore" said the
mother after glancing at me. But
he'un must ak pop fur yer. Can't go
onless pop says so. Say, did some
body tell ye we wanted her to git
mar'd ?"
"No, I fell in with your husband
and his friends on the road and he
asked me to stop over night"
"Hip! And you'un don't want to
marry mel" shouted Deb.
IL can't, my child"
"Mebbe you'un is forwardly (al-
ready jined p qneried the mother.
Eyes"
Hip! And I sot sich store by
he'un?' walled Deb as she sat down
and began to cry.
Now, Deb, you shet |" scolded the
mother. eff he'un is forwardly jined
how kin he be jined agin ? "Tain't in
natur', you know"
"He'un had no call (business) to De
jined |" sobbed Deb.
"Pore chile !" sighed the mother
"Deb increased (very smart) fur hel
aige, stranger. She's look'n higher'n
most gals fur husband. She doan
keer two wrinkles fur nobody round
yere.'
"Oh, well, she's smart and good
looking, and she'll find nice hus
band"
clip! Ar ye truthin 2" exclaimed
the girl as she sprang up.
"And I'll git mar'd ?"
eyes"
"And have real house ?"
| eyes"
And real dress and bonnet7''
| eyes"
"And a gold ring2"
eyes"
| "Oh, nam hear himl hear him
Hip! I can't sot still. Jist think of i
mann p
"I'm a thinking, Deb, and know
he's truthing. Lor' bless him fur hi
goodness to us pore shuckless folkses.
When I went away Dawson tool
me to the main trail by short cut
and as we sat down on rock to have
last smoke together he said !:
"I've been hetchin' wondering).
"What aDopt ?"
| "Wall, we saw you comm up tn
trail that day behind US and took yo'
fur spy"
"You did r.
| "And SO we hid the still and th
mules. You found the still"
yes"
did you hev any pecooliar feelir
jist then p
"No."
"No tremblin' or shakin'2"
"No."
81 was hetchin' if you did,
"Whyg'
"'Cause two of US lay in the bush,
thirty feet away with our rifles pinte
right at yer heart. Hyou'd sung oil
when you made the find and tn,
showed us you was spy you'd he
got it plumb center IN Quad 1
Detroit Free Press.
The New York Democrat declar
that it was Kings county; that Bo
Mclaughlin and few of his henc
men delivered big slice of the par,
to the enemy. Mclaughlin says
didn't do it, but he is going to lot
around and do all that in him lies
place the responsibility for the 10
{ of enough votes in Kings county
) have saved Cleveland the State. Th
there was treachery in the can
somewhere across the big bridge .
| mits Of no question. But at Il
. stage of the game it is q melancho