Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-20

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GOOD STAYERS.
How Cousin Jabez Put in All the
Time There Was.
There's one thing about it." said
Aunt Hannah Parsons. IF Cousin
JabeZ Ihayer; comes down from Berk-
shire to stay over we shan't have no
place fur i'm to sleep. He weighs two
hundred and fifty if he does a pound,
an it takes an unOrnary bed ter hold
i'm; an he snorcs-Tve heard is wife,
that WIZ, say-likc a burrowed bear.
so't he has ter hev hull room ter his
self. With Uncle Riyals folkses a-com-
in, an all the rest, don't know how't
we're soin' ter work ter lodge m.
We've made up extra beds ;.'reidy in the
back chamber an the summer dairy,
an"
''Oh it's easy enough to get along
with JabeZ, Aunt Han nah" said Aaron
Taylor, who had just dropped into the
old tavern long kitchen. "Jabe will
set up all night if he hes some one ter
talk to. He beats all for settin' up.
shouldntiwondcri if he d never say moth
in about goin' ter bed if nobudy said
nothin' ter him. l should like ter see
it tried. I'll agree ter cum over an
give him IA pull till midnight, an the
boys here ken git up along, one at a
time, ter keep i'm company. an he
never'l think what time It's till break
fast's reddy."
''Ez big err hand ter hold on, Jabez is,
rs old Billy Rarthburnc used to be"
said Uncle Tom Knowlton. bracing one
of his broad shoulders against the cas-
ing of the kitchen door. ..He used ter
live up Moose Medder way, an he never
knew when-ter-come nor when-ter-gO.
One orful rough Janurwary night, full
onter aso'clock. heard hell-upon-
airtf of a gee-up an gee-whoa-in' right
ont in my door-yard. l ketched up er
candle an held it above my eyes an
. opened the suth'ard door an peeked
out. When Their light he'd insinocated
its way thru the mist little, what
should see but Uncle Billy with three
yoke er cattle right tber in the chip
yard. Twas rainin' like swill. an er
freczin' es fast cs it fell, but he stopped
his team out Their by the well snmwhers.
an cum along up ter Their door.
Thought I'd drop in, es long es was
down this way he sed, seq he, md |
darsn't leave. them burned critters in
the road for fear they'd cut n run n
go hum N leave me ter foot it. My
follzscs wud besso;,irt ter death ter hev
Their team cum hum without me-
''Cum in seq l, an he cum in.
"'Rcal. old-fashiOnedi Jannerwary
thaw.' SEE he, beginnin' ter take off two
or three top-a-most coats. Their wind
! blows ont er Their northermOst corner er
sun-rism enough ter cut or man In tew',
an he soft down. an Their e sot4sn sof.
There was a pitcher. an pepper an,
cider a-brcwin' on the hairth. al, told
i'm ter help Msself, he help hisseff
till the tears ran down his checks.
'Amazin' warmth ter thcr stonachr
he'd say once in err while, an Their he
sot. n the old clock struck ten, an
after considerable of a spell-'n hour er
so-it struck 'leven. The cider wuz all
gone, m didn't offer ter git no mere.
m my wife begun ter kiver the back
log, n he begun ter put on his tOp-a-
most ccats-'n' the clock struck twelve
afore his hell-upon-airth of gee-up an
gee-whoain' wuz over Their hill an outer
hearin'-an' he three mild frum hum
then"
''Yis. he souz a master hand to STAY"
said Uncle Ben Dennis-who came in to
light his pipe with a coal from the open
fire-''but he couldn't come up ter Ly-
sander Hull. One time when I was
SCISSOR. an the time wuz about up fur
'cm ter come ter swear ter their list.
some er the farmers that allus wait till
the old cat is near about dead afore
they come mp ter the scratch, come
draggin' along the very last arter-
noon and evenin'. There was William
Henncry Croker an Linus Briggs an
little Tom Upton, an they all had
swore so-help-me-and-so-f an gone,
an my wife said: We'll, it nine o'clock.
an they must be the end ont Not by
a long chalk says l. 'Lysander Hull
allus brings up the rear So she put
ther buckwheats a-risin' for breakfast
an went off ter bed, en- l tipped my
chair back in the corner n waited till
after ten. kept listenin' an after a
spell i heerdaaapair of=old cow-hide-
boots coniin. along on=sthe frozen
ground-etOnr clump, tronp, scrape-
an in come Lysand. and sot down and
began to tell the news. an didn't say
nuthen', but just watched the clock
Byme by it struck 1even. an he
talked and talked an the long
hand crawled and crawled. an
byme by l said: Its cen a most to-
morrer, an this is the last hour. an the
last half. an the last quarter of it ter
day. If you've got any partickerlcr
business afore the honorable hoard of
tended tcw.' Ter be sure! Ter he
sure! thankee,' said Lysand, and he
Strengthened 'upAlle was master tall
man, an held up his right hand. an
when he got through he sot down agin,
he did, / swan, an the clock struck
twelve, an he sot an he talked an the
clock struck one. and he kept on settin'
an kept taflin', an swan the old
clock run dOscnl You see twas er one
day At time wooden 'rangement, an
allus wound it the last thing afore /
went ter bed, 50 I got up and wound
the clock and kiyered mp the FIRE an
lighted an extra candle an. said list ls
polite as knew how: Mr. HILL We