Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-08-25


So"
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
race between a monkey and a 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 IN
expected to him.
'sGressiousl MISSY erlive, JOSH
way! / Wusht I'd a gone wild you'll
Why didn't you asst me to go?"
''Well-er-er-well, you allus
'peared to be so fired o. kyars, AnarkY.
didn't-well, was sawter jubOus
bout astin' you OATS hoe come me
to not asst you"
''But I amt been fired 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.
'Wen, Anarky. tell you what; you
kin go on Hex' 'scursion." ''When'1
dat be?" 'LOng sawter in de sum-
mer lack, I reck'n; an you kin
meek you nudder new dress 'ginst
then.n
Summer! I say summers too fur
of. Look here, JoshwaY You've
done norated so much bout dem kyars
an fine jigamarees an jintid snakes
an parrots talkin' dat I can't wait
till summer. Pm gwine now, Isl"
"Gwine now!' gasped Joshway
choking with mingled excitement
and potato, shows you gwine nOw?"
''Gwine wild Sis Tidy. Her and Sist'
Chloe's gwine to Shresepote mex SADLY
to see der elder an I 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. Is time fur me to start now an
I'm goin to go-I is!''
This disastrous result of his bril-
liant ''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 flor Skinny" as we
Louisianians call it) and another at
Choudrant. But Aunt Anarky was
little too sharp, her memory too keen
this time.
''Hoc come you SEEM kyars bustid
/ 0f nj
went in nudder ERECTION? When you
was way over yonner. to'ads Shrese-
pote?"
"Shlnny? Shooter? Did 1 say
dat? Den 1 didn't went fur to saYit.
was talkin' t-'bout-'bOut dem
places 'twixt here an, Shresepote;
musser been-less Sec ''G'long,
niger, CANT skeer me off wild yo'
bustid up kyars! rse got my haid sot
on dis yere trip an you neenter be
mouthin' an jowerin' bout IL no
mo-"
Going TO the wall she pushed aside
large faded ciIcuS-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:
''One To- bits an one, two, three,
| fo', five, six-siX dimes an three
nickels an dollar an eight mo- TO-
bitses an five two bitses. How much
all dat come to, Joshway? huff to
cay me to Shrespote an back?"
''Co'se it's heap mon 'nuff, if you
wants to vase yo' money gallivantin'
roun' de country"
ST made my little fo' bitses an my
little dimes an all my money myself,
sellin' aigs an takin' in washin', an
lows to spen' it es 1 pleases."
eyes, Lawdr' thought Joshway,
but he wisely held his peace, sail dat
money she been hidin' frum me gwine
| to be frowed away on dis fool tripI
Butts no use talkin'; nights well try
! to vince a Texts mule as a 'oman
when her haid's sot.''
Underlying Aunt Anarky's ex-
pressed reason for making this trip
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, and
even old Uncle Ellick had been as
as far ''Vit'sbug." None of them ever
lost an opportunity of ''gastin' - about
their trips, much to the chagrin of
Anarky, whose travels had been
limited to Wagon-riding.
1t was now her turn, and though
troubled with secret misgiVingS as TO
the safety of the cars, she lost no
time in making the necessary pre-
parations for her 'scursion. She
bought a new second hand-Or to be
more correct, a fourth-hand- dress
giving in exchange pot of soft soap,
a basket of COOLERS and two weeks
washing. But it was a gorgeous
dress To use her own words, 'sIt's
navy blue coat trimmed wild iodine
(eider DOWN. leastwise OATS what
Miss Kitty called it's
Early Saturday morning Uncle
JoshwaY hitched ''Cawnstalk'' to the