The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-02

mint looks at er thing er mint, an den says,
'Abah' an halter turn away. knows whar dar's
err Niger dat's got some stuff dat would brace me
up an eff jes' had quarter I'd git some an den
I'd make dis yere dirt fly like err harrycane gwine
ober IT."
"You trining rascal, do you expect me to give
you money when you do everything you can
against my political INTEREST,""
81 didn' know dat I'd done nothn' ergin you,
sab TO dc Lawd didn'."
"Didn't you and your gang vote against Evans
for sheriff when you knew full well that wanted
him elected?"
ale wuz 'lected, sab"
Eyes. but not by your assistance"
wall, now femme tell you we didn' vote ergin
him so mighty hard. ST. boys, vote ergin dis
white man saft an easy-saft an easy. boys Gaze
Coin O,bury want him 'lected, an den dc boys
da voted easy, an ef da hadn't, sab, he woulder
been beat sho. Mighty anxious ter git dis piece
planted 70 il rains, an ef es had er quarter"
"IIere," said the colonel, tossing him twenty
five cent piece.
"Thankee, sab. Dirt gwine ter fly now"
a negro boy took down pair of draw bars and
we passed into a clover field where fat cows and
risky steers were feeding. The view, from gently
rising hill made my pulse quicken with quiet
delight. Natures pOem-a sun illuminated manu-
script. Yonder, a gentle slope where the metre
smooth and easy flowing in a love scene; far
Their away, where a spur of the ridge come down,
there it seemed the rugged lines of tragedy.
We passed along fence near which Jack Gap
blowing, or rather where his team stood, lash
ing at the flies.
Il wonder where that trihing rascal is?" said the
colonel "l'll be blamed il il isn't like pulling eye
teeth with a sore thumb and mashed forefnger to
get anything done. Wonder he comes
Gap climbed fence, bordering the woods, and came
toward us, increasing his gait as he approached.
When he came up to the fence where we had halted,
he was painting as though he had been running
race.
"Been asleep, Gap?" the colonel asked
asleep" he repeated with emphasis, removing
his hat and raking the Precipitation from his brow.
"No, | haint. The dogs freed something over thar
i'm the woods Jest now an lowed that it mout be
some sort NV varmint that ought to be killed, so
| went over"
"What was it?"
Il couldn't find out Well, YOU gentlemen must
excuse me. Eve got ter work"
We passed out upon the turnpike, and we
slowly rode along the colonel began to tell some
thing of himself and of his family
"You were colonel in the army, were you not2"
asked.
"Yes, in the Confederate army. | was a hot
headed Secessionst, but there is one thing that
am proud of-in fact, don't know but that | was
proud of il all along and that the fact that old
Kentucky did not go out the Union. Thank
God II is all over now and settled ii was"
"Was Mr.. IIineman in the army"
"Well, no, can't say that Buck was. lie made
number of secession speeches. such as they were,
and dc clared remember, that ne would die for
the cause, but-well, he didn't die. lie had an idea
years ago that he was an actor and, to tell the
truth, don't think he has given it up yet. He
belonged TO sort of tenth rate company once and
afterwards, tried to organize company of his own.
| told him day that didn't think he could
ever learn to play Hamlet and subj he got
mad and wouldn't eat at the table with me for
than a week. lie has had trouble, Buck has. He
lived in Indiana for time and while there
only two years ago, believe-fell in love with a
handsome young woman. She consented to marry
him. either returning his affection believing that
he wealthy, but just the ceremony was
about to be performed the sheriff of the county
stepped in and arrested her a charge of stealing
horse"
"What !" | exclaimed.