Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-17

Sentler, ''issth'zany o you. relations
relation here sides you an Sol2"
mo, tn hain't." replied the Old Set.
tier
''Then, Major" said the Squire, 81
don't mind sayin' to ye th't didn't
mean SOL
''All. right Squirrel" exclaimed the
Old Settler, "I eept yer 'pology!''
The Squire and the old Settler shook
hands and sat down, the 'Squire's eyes
twinkling as he winked at the boys,
while the Old Settler ordered leetle
sumpin' refreshin' fer all hans.
Major" said the Squire, after
awhile, 81 think We said spell ago th't
I made charge ag'in ye an wouldn't
stan by it. How'd l make charge
ag'in YEP"
'Wull, Squire" replied the Old
Settler, "speakin' O. them high az
curious winds O. your'n, ye said th't 1
hadn't never heerd o. winds ez was ez
high an curious ez them. That were a
charge as In me, an a serious one, an
wen begun to try an git some fac's
outen ye bout them winds o your'n ye
drifted to subjects ez was furrin' to the
question, an little unfort'nit"
''Sech bein' the case. Major" said the
Squire, iii take back the charge an
asst ye to peroeed with yer Examination
O. me ez 70 wuther them winds O. mine,
ez ye call 'em, was ekal to sartin things
or wuther they want ReplYin' to yer
| two fust questions now, I'll say th't
none o them winds o. mine ever
dreamt o. changin' mans shirt 'thout
him KNOWN of it. and ez fer gittin' up
bar fight amongst the clouds, they
wouldn't ha' had no more idee O dom
of it thin they would ha' had O. takin'
up election fer the neathens in At
ferky." ..ss"=
That's wat thert, b'gosh." said the
I Old Settler "An' now, then, Squire, was
any o. them winds O your'n high an
curious enough in their natur' to hev
man arrested charged with cattle steal
imp" ,z,s-s~-
Never sir" replied the Squire, with
the solemnity of a witness in court
'Good?' CALCULATED the Old Settler.
Now, sir! Did any O them winds g.
your'n, ever show their height Al their
cur'ousness to be setch az to change the
veenoo OF case in court an save an in
nercent man from persecution?"
Never answered the Squire.
Then, Squire" said the Old Settler
'th has been winds and harrycanes
a dufn sight higher and eur'ouser thin
them o yourn, an I'll prove it to We by
the case of an ANCESTOR o. mine Who lived
in the Sugar Swamp deestric' at an 'arly
day. 'Cordin to the dockyments his name
were Hiram Wqncut. l wun't say that
the winds they had in the Sugar Swamp
deestric' in them days was higher an
cur'ouser thin any th't had ever ben
heard on afore, cause It mout be
charge ag'n somebody, but the family
dockyments says they was, an also
says th't they was uncommon Student
an contrary in their dispositions.
eff ever en- were victim O. sarcun-
stances, the dockyments says his name
were Hiram Wuncut. Hiram were a
poor man, but he were ambitious. He
had clearin' th't were continually bein'
squatted on by bar thu didn't make
no bones o waikiki off with a sheen or a
pig or calt right afore Hiram Wun-
cuts eyes, an it was the ambition o.
Hiram to lay that bar low. But the
D ar were too cunnin' chap fer Hiram,
an he continnered to gether in the iiy7
in produce O. HiFani's farm an keen
Hiram poor The bar didn't seem to
bother nobody else's sheep nor calves
but Hiram's, an so, vile his neighbor
PhiIander Boles KID raise wool enough
to make him nice flannen shirts an his
calves crowd up inter cows an oxen,
Hiram had to keep on wearin' ruther
used up oil cotton shirts th't had kim
with him wen he landed in Sugar
Swamp, an his calves couldn't STAY
with him long enough to git to be cows
nor oxen.
Then winds O. the Sugar Swamp |
deestric', so these family dockyments |
says, usety come up so student th't one |
minute yer corn in the garden wouldn't |
be shook by ez much ez zephyr, an |
the next minute yer house d be sot |
down in the mex township by streak |
o wind. Folks in housen th't was bein' |
scooted through the air in one direction |
tries passin' along in tother direction, |
them winds run in setch contrary |
streaks. Hiram Wuncut alluz said th't |
nuthln th't none O. them winds mowt |
do would ever s'prise him not one iotv. |
Zone afternoon Philander Boles' wife
hung out her wash, an lef it out over
night 'MongSt the wash were one O. |
Phllander's fiannen shirts. Mex morn
In wen she went out to take in the
wash the fannen shirt were gone, an
In Its place on the line were curious
Iookin cotton shirt. That were as
toundin', but wen Philander found th't
his yoke o steers were gone, long with
his wagon, tn were a time on that
clearin', an no mistake.
One o them tarnal winds must ha'
ben playin' hob ag'in. las night said
PhlIander but l never know'd one of !
'em TO take shirt often line and pin
another un in its place afore, an hitch
a yoke o steers to a wagon an drive
'em away
Phllander walked over to Hiram
Nuncut's, witch were miled away, an
ne didn't ind Hiram to hum. Somehow |
OF other, ne went to trapsein 'roun' the
oeestrict, an long in the afternoon he
1oun Hiram way over beyent Lost Crow
Barren, goin' west in a dazed sort o.
way, an drivin' pair o. steers. Phi
Lander were a cross an overbearin' sort
o CHAP an ne grabbed Hiram by the
neck an hollers:
Whar ye goin' with my yoke O.
steers? An wat aye doin' with nv
hannen shirt on?'
hiram looked kind o. crazy at fust,
an then ha roc,orizo5 ph;Io-a