The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-11-06
THE CAMP AT HARRISES.

ICA4lys COulull' say
! alters had er notion lat he came from
Kansas way; 81.
But er party from Topeky lat Civ ct ter
mo straight 535
Said at Bleedin' Kansas told him he Wuz
never in ther state. H
When ther critter como ter Harrises along
In 'seventy-nine
! don't believe ther tenderfoot had ever
seen er mine;
But though we guyed him awful in Their
playful way we had
He tuck ct oil good naturally am never
onct got mad. ss
He WIZ open ter conviction an appeared
/ ter tumble quick,
So ct didn't take him long ter larn ther
duties Of er pick;
An ther way he KEEP ct goin' ct ther bot
tom Of Their shaft
Wuz er lesson fer Their loafers an er credit
|, TO ther craft.
He want er prohibition crank am yit he
seemed ter shun
Their shift 'at piled fer Harrises ez soon ez
work Wuz DONE
But when the boys insisted he never made
er 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 the gam
blers live;
An ez fer wimmin's company, he KEEP 'em
q all aloof,
An showed 'em by his actions at he wuz
bullet proof.
Eft seemed to me at Kansas he'd suthin, on
n his mind:
He went around abstracted- an some
i of US opined
at mebbe he wuz ha'nted by ghostes of
z ther past
AT follered him ter Harrises ter do him up
q ct last,
he useter git er letter from Their carrier
every week
At brung her mail bag over from Their
stage ct Frozen Greek;
AN he seemed to grow more clipper, fer
~ er day er two ct least,
Ez he dreamt about the writer at wuz
waitin' thar back East
he Wuz up on eddication said them ez
thought they knew,
An ez fer pints on grammar he could give
us all er few;
But still he never put on airs an, alters
acted white,
Tell he became ct HAIRLESS ther gin'ral
faveright.
We ulster gether every week ter see him
ls get his mail,
An soon ez ct wuz handed him he'd mosev
up ther trail,
But purity quick 'ud sonter back, his eyes
er dancin' bright,
An then we knoWed ther gal wuz true an
everythin' wuz right.
Eft gotter be absorbin' fun ter see that
mail come in,
An all ther boys at gethered thar reflected
Kansas grin.
Fer somehow every one of us wuz ready
ter enthuse
AM laugh with Bleedin' Kansas as he read
his cheerful news.
O. course he never said er word regardin,
his affairs,
Fer thar is secrets sech ez these er teller
never shares,
But tho Their critter fancied at no one
knew his play
Tibet whole blamed camp wuz posted in or
most surprisin' way.
He even knowed the color Of her ewes an,
style O. nose,
An speckerlated mildly on Their pattern Of
her cloes.
While DARN Dick McMasters, who had
Travelled in Paree,
Opined she was an angel Of superlative de.
gree.
Some thought at she wuz stately an per-
haps er trife slim.
With er pile O gold an larnin', but none
too much for him;
While others drawed her pictur' ez er sort
o. fairy miss
AT wuz peart an small an nippy, an,
made fer men ter kiss.
But none o. these reflections Blcedin'
Kansas ever heard;
Et wuz only in our cabins at these re-
marks occurred,
An ez Their critter stayed alone we didn't
hev no fears
ct what we said about, the gal 'ud ever
reach his ears.
Purity soon we heered 'at Kansas wuz
tixin' up his shack,
An then we seed him buildin, err kitchen
ct ther back,
An one er two PROJECTIONS at he added ter
ther side
Set all ther boys er chucklin', fer they
knoWed ct meant er BRIDE
But still he never peeped er word, fer, ez