Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-23

Let MN give. for the old, something newer;
Let each reader become his pursuer-.
This wretch b betrayeth the ploti
Century.
ANARKY'S 'SCURSION.
Ever since Uncle Joshway's imag-
inary Fourths 6f July 'scursion in
September, he has posed before his
family and the community at large as
q very travelled man, and in irving to
impress others with the reality of that
trip he has almost come to believe in
it himself. And marvellous are the
tales he tells Of the grandeur of the
i"kyars' and the splendor of their be-
1ongings: of the trains swiftness and
the many incidents of that grand
tour. OF how they flew like u fish
hawk through field and forest, up
long yellow hills and into valleys, and
when they came to Bayou Dorcheat,
where the bridge was washed away,
they were going too fast to stop, $50
we jes' scootcd acrost fassr'n a streak
o. lightnin' an landed saift ON tudder
side de bayou; an none de PASSENGERS
ceppin' me an de ingineer knoweG de
bridge was gone"
Aunt Anarky has been the most
favored recipient of these stories.
Day after day has she been drinking
them in, absorbing them, and bcliev-
ing them, though aware of Joshway's
Munchausenish proclivitfes.
One morning in early spring she
was sitting before their big, old-fash-
toned fireplace, with her feet iE the
warm ashes and her head bound up
with cabbage leaves, the latter an
unfailing sign that she is s'po'ly,"
consequently cross. 1t might be
headache. or it might be .snuraligy,"
or maybe a bad cold; no matter what
the symptoms. the cabbage leaves
play a prominent part in every illness,
real or imaginary. On these occas-
! ions Joshway and Mig, the black cat,
always betake themselves to some
quiet corner outdoors, without watt
ing to consider whether the cabbage
is the cause or the result of her irrita-
bility o ftemper. or merely incidental.
But I verify belie-e Mig, in a vague
sort of way, connects cabbage leaves
with kicks, and by some catly intui-
ton he long ago learned when his
safety depended on absence from his
snug corne of the hearth.
ssEf dar amt dat tuarky sittin' wild
her haid tied up wild cabbage leaves
yit!" growled Uncle Joshway, return
ing to the house and peeping through
tho lSnyyh01o k,Irnr0 ISSn dam hnnn
an geddercd half bushel COOLERS am
druv the hawgs out'n de later patch
an ca'yed Cawnstalk to water an
done Lawd knows how much mo-
wuck, sides, am dair's dat 'omen
bumped up all day in de chimbly
cawnder, an me hongry huff to eat
a scorripin. Mouter knowed how
twas when 1 seed Mig in de yard
Quirled up, in d. ash-ba'l. Well, ]
gotter 60 in an sawter git her in good
humor, cts l got to cla' de kithen
one, sho'! am me hongry 'nough to eat
a scorripin.'"
He entered the room cautiously, but
q board crcaked and Aunt Anarky
moaned a big moan. He turned to
leave, but the appetizing odor OF
roasting sweet potatoes greeting his
nostrils detained him.
He decided that a little blarneying
would pay better than lgnominious
flight and loatlng hungry at the wood.
pile another hour Or two. He cleared
his throat. Another moan. ssDat
later sho' smells good, Anarky! Puts
me in min o. dem good "a loud
rr0an,) dem good vittles what de PEG.
pie on dem 'scursion kyars gin me;
possum " ice-cream m greens m ia.
tiers an chicken pie (moan diminuen.
do,) all piled up in a greet big blue
chany dish. l emitted it all in my
check henkerchy an wouldn't tech
nary moufie, nary bite, case I lowed
to fetch it all home to you, but"
"Den IL you lowed to fetch II
why'nt you fetch it, 'stidder takin' i,
all out in 'lowin'?"
"Well, I woulder brung it hadn't
been fur. dat ole tagger."
"What ole tagger?" asked Aunt
Anarky. removing one Of the cabbage
leaves
"Well," said the colonel, as hi
d~exter0usl.y hauled q great COLDER
yam from the ashes, svou see dali
was a tagger an a painter an a tinted
snake dghtin' on de relroad track, an
me watch'n' 'em an sick'n' 'em on,
CAnother cabbage leaf or An
when I lent out de winder wild my
bundle vittles in my ham de traiI
ruined kersmash over de painter an
made de kyars jewgle SO hard dat ]
drapped the vittles on de groun', and
10. ! could stop de train to pick ZEN
up OLE MI. jaeger he upped an
I grabbed holt of 'em am lOped of vic
sm-he did dat! De tinted snake
had got uncoupled endurin' de fight
His haid walked OF to'ads q spring,
I'M his tail fiewed OF in nudder tree
ton an de res Of his body crawled of
/! ltffunt ways. but when he saw d.
,yittles drap he hooked hissef toged.
DER agin an went skeetin' OF Il
snatch 'em FUN de taRger."