Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-23
81 sho' did! an it's a mignry nha
thing fur you, amt it?"

ST sho' did! an it's a migney ana
thing fur you, amt it?:"
"".fis dat! SpecK I'll. 60 trav'lin'
gin soon II dey keeps it up dis way.'
The train soon rumbled in giving
Aunt Anarky a start she fain would
have concealed, but after taking a
seat in s'de kyars she recovered her
composure sufficiently to peep cut the
window and wave Joshway a cheerful
goodbye. When the train moved of
she steadied herself and began a sharp
lookout for taggers, monkeys, and
tinted snakes. But the conductor
soon interrupted her investigations.
He received the tickets of Sis Tidy
and Sis Chloe and silently extended
his hand to Aunt Anarky. "a mighty
nice familiar gem'man," thought she,
giving his hand avig0rous shake; .she
knows me. but somehow l can't size
up his favor. Aloud she said:
s'Mawnin', mister"
sGood morning, aunty," he good
naturally replied, ignoring her mis-
take. "Give me your ticket"
"Ticket! I amt got no ticket"
"That makes no difference, you can
pay your fare now. How far are you
going??"
.'l'se gwine to Shresepote wild Sis
Tidy an Sist Chloe to Sec"
: ''Well. give me 49,"
1.-Two dollars! What fur you 'spcck
me to pay: Amt dis a free train?"
sFree train. the mischief. MOI"
"Ain't it de 'commodation train?'
"Yes."
cam you 'specks me to pay on de
'commodation train?"
"Of course I do! Hurry up and
rattle out your cash. I've no time to
be monkeying round here all day."
''Fo' Gawd, mister. l didn't speck
to halter pay on accommodation train!
L thought twus free"
"Well, now you know, and if you
don't hurry out your money I'LL put
you off at the tank"
~ don't need no putin off. Stop
desc ole kyars am let me lam! You
neenter make faces at me, Sis Tidy,
ner nudge me, ncr whisper to me
nuther! Pm gwine to git off, 1 isl"
OuSV ClAC CllC ctGtlIl SIOWCu uOWI uC
the tank. and in spite of Sis Tildy's
whispered reminders to Aunt An
arky that she had left home with the
''spcctation' of paying her fare. that
irate woman hustled off. muttering:
Goose l spected to pay on a payin'
train. but not on a kyar whut fools
folks into gettin' ON an den goes to
chargin'. Dat takes me! Dat beats
my time. CALM de ole thing com
modaI!on kyars an den maxim folks
pay! No. ma'am. I'll put my foots
in dc blg road am walk back to town.
l sho' will"
Fortunately for Aunt Anarky's pa
thence, as we'll as her %.sfoots," after
the two-mile walk from the tank to
town had been accomplished, she
found Uncle Joshway and Cawnstalk
still in the neighborhood of the de-
pot. Painting and almost breathlcss
She reached the wagon and climbed
in.
''Wherc'n name o. sense you come
fun, Anarky?:" began JoshwaN.
sGit in dis Vaughn, hoy, an strack
out fur home. Doan' asst any qucs-
tions till l git sawtcr rested an re-
comcised. Git up here, Cawnstalk."
After driving some distance cur
traveller became sufficiently s,rccom-
cised'' to narrate her adventures.
Uncle Joshwa;y commended her thrift,
and declared she had .'twicet as
much sens as Sist' Chloe an Sis Tidy
both put togedder."
ST reck'n 1 is" she replied. i'm
mensely flattered and complaccntly
smoothing down her '.iodinc" trim
min. 81 sho' had sense 'nough to
hop off'n dat hypple criketty ole train
bidout %spennin' my money. An
dair's one thing 1 kin say now: I've
done rid on de kvars one time, ef
twas only fur es de tank. Dat was
'scursion enough for me. Lawd
knows it wus. "--Detroit Free Press,