Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-01-21
II could flnd the fellow I'd lay my buggy

| II dunno nutttn' bout ", !" said SilAs II
think too much Oh myself to bodder wild
rooster, specially gamecock. which il a
vice OBJ Satan, an nuttin' fer me, q Chris
tain man an de chief gran lsmbkin oh de
| Chosen sons ob Identify tuh meddle wild +"
''Silas, exclaimed Mr., Rodgers, II never
suspected you before, hut | believe In my
| soa! that yaa and Titus had something To
/ do with IL"
| Me. Marse Sam cried Titus. as Silas
stool dumb and conscience stricken Fore
| Gand nebhsr fetch dat rooster: he'll spur
/ yoc RI he get "a chance He too 'spise a cul.
lnd pusson fer me tuh fool wid EN-. Hes
better nm watch dog In de chicken coop.
de moment you try ter get in he crow .
Nv hat have yau is.en trying to break
into my chicken houseg''
'I.aad! no. sub, nebl,er t'ink oh sichrr
thing | only trs tle do tuh See, lis hy way
oh speriment year lie uiggers say 10. 80
| tried, not dat I'd demean myself tuh steal
an leastways so chickens. Mars- sam Bu,
fo' Gaud lea' as put my han ON DAT do,
dat rooster riz up an crow. ooo-coo. 60 go,
/ gol je~ same as he canld talk"
well now his tail j. gone he dom
crow.
NO. sub. seems like all his pride in life
II gone! His heaaat is broken =
/ Il wish lcould break the head of the fel
/ low that robbed him"
Yes, sub, wish you could" 4" said Titus,
( smiling sympnthetiCailv
/ Mr.. Rodgers, having heard OF Silas'
downfnr. determined to make use OF him
| in oyer,hrowing old Jnba. The chief grand
4 lambkin was now an altered man. A. he
I stated il, he was nuw nowhar." While
/ he WAS in this forlorn condition. Mr.. Rodg-
ers unexpectedly came 10 his relief by n.
/ fering him O. to break mp the gold digging
4 fever
There is no gola iown there ia that bed
OF rock" said Mr. Rodgers. That old
darky j. crazy, and yon negr,<s are n pack
OF fools To- believe him "
Si|aS smiled in silence lie did NOT he
lieNe Mr. Rodgers. hui still lie thought il
would i'e good plan Ia run uT old .TuI,a
, and get the gold IN the pin himself, and at
the same time recover his lost presttg. as
/ chief grand iamhkin
Mr.. Rndgers was waggish man, So he
took great pleasnr. 10 preparing Silas and
Titus for the parts they were Ia play Ac.
cnrdingiy at midnight the gold liggers.
who were working IA profound silence,
were startled l,y strange sounds and groans
that proceeded from tine woods Two tall.
white phanton~. each supplied with two
heads, adorned with fiery eyes and mouths,
appeared, followed 10y another that looked
like cleaning skeleton.
no meahieN with my gold cried
they.
Land hab mercy: cried the negroes,
and began to fly Old Juba leaped up.
some hamtiy'> bin asptten'"' he yelled
AN - an cbii sperii
Jnoa7h. Jnna a. come after you"'
erieu hears+ N"tce
Nitn ahpther VIVA yen Jhha hed, fol-
towai ~ me moo of frightened negroes.
Now ~ get my cotton picked" said
Mr.. h"ds"rs, ahh ne went t. bed with
e"ntehtea Htlhh.
hht Win LAY itght the negroes courage
returned aud thet sNarhei about the pit
iull u excitement. Ia the bottom nf il
WAS found paper an which WAS written:
l nave t1Aen the Sald ani left spn the
hole
Gnri"iis to see how matters were pro
gFe~sing at The gold disRinR-. in the after
noon Mr.. Rohgefh took his wife for stroll
anu "aiAti ~ lhd direttian. Aunt Bina
accompanied thtin with the baby. lie was
ois tas fellow, msre than = year old and
lnile load Tor the oil ~nnan, but she
doted on hIin and Thought him wonder Of
the earth.
The day wts hot and oppressive. A
strange snltrinesS filled the atmosphere.
We'll have shower before long" said
Mr.. Rodgers Its ~ ciasen
This observation started Aunt Bina off,
as she walked behind with he baby She
Ind long wished Ia g,.t Mr. Rodgers' opln.
ion concerning the discussion which ragged
between her and the cyclone pit diggers
Now was her opportunity.
"Marse sam, said she. don't You think
It wrong tub run frum dc l4sndf"
Yes, do.
"Aou does' Why dues yous'
Because 1t Is a useless waste OF time;
you cant yet away. YOU know
ell, then, don't you think n-diggin' oh
cyclone pits Is "rongs
Il don't know. What makes it wrong'n
why, it looks tub me liAer tryin' tub
90 agIn lie VIII oh de l.aud. III de Laud
WIZ minded tnh 'siroy you by cyclone,
wouldn't it seem liker tlyin' in bis face, nr
rnnnin' frnm haud. tnh 20 dig cyclone
pit an hide frnm him"
Il don't know said Sam, Il don't
think I'd spend my time digging pit, hut
II there was one handy think I'd jump In
II there VIA "A cyclone ahout."
"Bnt didn't you jis say yon wouldn't
run frnm Gandf'
We'll, don't. only from the cyclone"
We'll, amt dat agin his will tub 'stroy
You by a eyeloneta
III twas his will To destroy mo By
cyclone ii would overtake me before
could reach the pit. and II IL was his will
that should escape I'D get there ahead OF