Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-23
"Was de painter kilten asked the

"You bet! Deader'n q do nail.
We sole his skin in ShresepOte for
3d."
Then while cooling the third big
yam Uncle Joshway recounted some
of the other pleasures of his trip, the
means becoming less frequent all the
time and finally ceasing. altogether.
At last. after hearing a description Of
a race between a monkey and q par.
rot, Aunt Anarky Strengthened up
and tossed aside the last withered
leaf.
Joshway's stories had taken effect
as suddenly as do certain cumulative
medicines when too long continued,
and the result was as annoying as un-
expected to him.
"Gressious! MISSY erlive, Josh.
way! I wusht I'd a gone wild you!
Why didn't YOU asst me to go?"
"Well-er-er-wcll, you allus
'peared to be SO 'fredo' kyars, Anarky.
1 didn't-wcll, I was sawter jubous
bout astin' you. OATS hoe come me
to not asst YOU"
"But I amt been fred o. kyars
since you got back home saift."
Uncle Joshway didn't notice this
illogical reply-he was too busy rack
ing his brains for more excuses.
"Well, Anarky. tell you what; you
kin go on mex 'scursion." "When'll
dat be:." "Long sawter in dc sum-
mer lack, 1 reck'n; an you kin
meek you nudder new dress 'ginst
them"
"Summer! I say summers too fur
of. Look here, Joshway. You've
done noratcd so much bout dem kyars
an fine jigamarces am jintid snakes
am parrots talkin' dat I can't wait
till summer. I'm gwine now, 1 Isl"
sCiwine now" gaspcd Joshway
choking with mingled excitement
and potato. shows YOU gwine now?"
"Gwinc wild Sis Tidy. Her and Sist'
Chloe's gwine to Shresepote mex SADLY
to sec DER elder an l kin go long
wild dem an see Jane Stringer's hus-
buns cousin: she's my nephew. Looks
lack ev'body's done Travelled some but
me. Slime fur me to start now am
I'm goin to go-I isl"
This disastrous result Of his bril-
liant s'noratin'" stunned Uncle JOSH
way, but frequent experience has
taught him that argufyin' is useless,
especially after cabbage leaves. Pre-
tending to sanction her plans he
chained her attention and adroitly
reverted to the numerous dangers of
travel; told of seeing a train wrecked
at Cheniere (for %"Shinny," as we
Louisianians call it) and another at
Choudrant. But Aunt Anarky was a
little too sharp, her memory too keen
this time.
'sEoc come you seein' kyars bustid
up at Skinny an Shooter when you
went in nudder ERECTION? When YOU
was way over yonncr. to'ads Shrese-
pote?"
"Shlnny: Shooter: Did 1 say
dat? Den I didn't went fur to sayit.
I was talkin' 'bout-'bout-'bout dem
places 'twiXt here an, %Shresepote;
musser been-lcss SEQ" .G'long,
Niger, CANT skcer me off wild yo'
bustid up kyars! I'se got my haid sot
on dis yere trip an you ncentcr be
mouthin' an jowerin' bout IL no
mo-"
Going to the wall she pushed aside
a large faded cilcus-poster and care.
fully took out an old yarn stocking
from a hidden recess between the
logs of the cabin. From the patched
foot of the stocking she emptied a
pile of coins in her lap and commenced
counting:
zone TO- bits an one, two, three,
fo', five, six-six dimes an three
nickels an a dollar am eight mo- fo'
bitses an five two bitses. How much
all dat come to, Joshway? sNuff to
cay me to Shrespote an back?:"
s'Co'se it's heap MON huff, if you
wants to vase yo' money gallivantin'
roun' de country"
81 made my little TO- bitses an my
little dimes an all my money myself,
sellin' aigs am takin' in washin', an
I lows to spen' it es I pleases."
eyes. Lawd" thought Joshway,
but he wisely held his peace, "all dat
money she been hidin' frum me gwine
to be frowed away on dis fool trip,
Butts no use talkin'; nights we'll try
to vince a Texts mule as a 'Oman
when her haid's sot."
Underlying Aunt Anarky's ex
pressed reaso for making this trir
was a spirit of emulation. Sis Tidy
had Travelled some, sis Chloe had
been to New Orleans on the Natchez
Pete's Liz had been to Opelousas, anG
ever old Uncle Ellick had been a.
as far "Vit'sbug." None of them eve
lostanopportunity of stgastin'" abou,
their trips, much to the chagrin O
Anarky whose travels had beer
limited to wagon-riding.
1t wa now her turn, and though
troubled with secret misgivings as Il
the safety of the cars, she lost n,
time in making the necessary pre-
paratt0ns for her 'scursion. Sh,
bought a new second -hand-or to b,
more correct, a fourth-hand-dress
giving In exchange a pot Of soft soap
a basket Of COOLERS and two weeks
washing. But it was q gorgeou,
dress. To use her own words, aIt'
a navy h1na coat, trimmed wid iodin1