New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-11-05
THE CAMP AT HARRISES.


I alters had er notion at he came from
Kansas way;
But or party from Topeky at Civ ct ter
me straight
Said 'at Blecdin' Kansas told him he wuz
never in Their state.
When Their critter cone ter HAIRLESS along
IN 'seventy-nine
1 don't believe ther tendarfoot had ever
seen or mine;
But though we guyed hin. awful in Their
playful way we had
He tuck ct all good naturedlY an never
ouet get mad.
He Wuz open ter conviction an appeared
ter tumble quick,
SO ct didn't take him long tor larn Their
duties Of er pick;
An ther way he KEEP ct goin' ct Their bot
tom Of then shaft
HtH er lessen fer ther loafers an, er credit
to Their craft
He WANT CT prohibition crank an Wit he
seemed ter shun
Their shift 'as piled fer Harrises ez soon ea
wor. waz done.
But when tho boys insisted he never made
err beef.
An stood his round o treatin' without er
sign O. grief.
He never wuz er stingy duck, but still he
didn't give
The bulk Of all his airnin's ter let tho gam
blers live;
AM ez fer wimmin's company, he kop' lem
all aloof,
An showed 'em by his actions 'at he wuz
bullet proof
Eft seemed to me at Kansas he'd sutnin' on
his mind:
He went around abstracted-il1e, an some
Of Us opined
AT mebbe he wuz ha'nted by ghostes of
Their past
Eat follered him ter Harrises ter do him I'D
ct last,
He useter git err letter from Their carrier
every week
At brung her mail bag over from Their
stage CT Frozen Creek:
An he seemed to grow more clipper, fer
er day err two ct least,
Ez he dreaTt about the writer AT wuz
waitin' thar back East
He WIZ up On eddication said them ez
thought thcy knew,
An ez fer pints on grammar, he could give
US ali er few;
But still he never put on airs an alters
acted white.
Tell he became ct Harrises thor ciu'ral
faveri9ht
We uster gother every week ter see hin.
get his mail,
An soon ez ct wuz handed him hc'd nosey
Up Their trail,
But purity quick 'ud sonter back, his eyes
er dancn' bright,
An then VIC knowed Their gal wuz true an,
everythin' w " right
Eft gOttar DO absorbin' fun ter see that
mail come in,
AM all Their boys at gethered thar reflected
Kansas grio.
Fer somehow every one OF us 1,,z ready
ter enthuse
AM laugh with Bleedin' Kansas as he read
his cheerful news.
G. course he never said or word rcgariin,
his affairs,
Fer thar is secrets seoh ca these er Teller
never shares,
But tho ther critter fancied at no one
knew his play
Tibet whole blamed camp Wuz posted in e1.
mostsurprisin' way
He even knowed the color Of her eyes an,
style o. nose,
AM speaker! ae,d mildly on Their pattern Of
her cio'es
While dariu' Dick McMasters who had
Travelled i'll Paree,
Opined she was an angel Of superlatiye de-
gree.
N1N1p ThHjlrb6 va -Ap ~.
haps er trifle slim.
With err pile O. gold an larnin' but mono
too much for him;
While others drawed her pictur, o. at. sort
o fairy miss
AT wuz pesart an small an nippy, an
made fer men ter kiss
But none o. these reflections Blcedin,
Kansas ever heard;
FIT wuz only in our cabins 'at these re-
marks occurred
An ez ther critter stayed alone we didn't
hev no fears
At what we said about the gal 'ud ever
reach hts ears,
Purity soon we heered 'at Kansas WIZ
hxin' up his shack,
AM then we seed him buildin' err kitchen
et tilcf DaCk, -.....
An one er two PROJECTIONS at lie added ter
Their side
Set all ther boys er chuclrlin', fer they
knowed ct nSlnt or bride.
But stin he never peeped er word, fer, ey
I've tried ter show,
= In spreadin' information ther cuss WIZ
mighty slow; sa.
But when Their shack WIZ finished an we
seen Their way he looked
We mentally determined 'at tibet eastern
gal wuz booked
Nex' Monday, when Their carrier come
a-lopin' up Their trail,
Thar never wuz SO many ducks er Iookin'
after mail;
But, in course to Bleedin' Kansas they civ,
Their right O. way,
Fer when teller gifts in love thar's alters
hell ter pay.
Their carrier held thor letters an sifted
thro' ther list,