The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-01

don't know de ugly bisiness OATS in. my
mind. She come m she git up in my
lap TO play. Den ! feels bout de neck
oh de baby for de right spot. ''Swishi"
de blade is IN de vein, an red. stream
IL pourin.
Dat ebenin skin de little one dat il
dead, make a fire an roas' some of her.
De little boy cry for some, so let him
suck down seberal pieces OBJ fat. am
'spectin dat it's gwine ter be his turn
fore long. sleep well dat night, an so
do de little boy. De ole mudder don't
come up outer de watah to wrastle VIII
me.
Thursday mornin. am feelin pootJ
strong today. | make a smoke on de
shelf an holler good deal. but only
dem sebOn debils in de rocks holler back.
While am settin t'inkin if de Lord is
still seein me it all ut once comes to mo
to write whar / am an send de letter
down de canyon. | have a pencil an
sum of de paper wat | use ter fix de notice
OBJ de claim. i KANT write much, but
kin print it out. So fix de letter tellin
whar am. De mischief den wur to send
deletter. If tie it to piece OBJ de spruce
tree maybe de boys nebber notice it. At
las de ole wool hat come to my mind.
So pin de letter good al strong inside
de hat Den tie chunk stone fas' under
de bottom OBJ de hat for ballas' and two
sticks dry wood to de rim fer floats. l
fastens desc wifi strips off'n my shirt, an
when all is ready i draps it off'n de
shelf inter de watah. 1t Ian right side
up, an wen | see it dart away say,
80 Lord, make dat de neans!
De launchin OBJ de hat induce me to
considah how may git watah eff dc
boys don't come. | kin make little
plunger bucket outer de skin OBJ de leg oh
de baby bar; den outer my shirt an strips
OBJ all my clothes | kin make line
dat'll reach de watah. ! mus eat too.
Soon de meat OBJ de little bar gwine ter
be gone. Well, dar am lots OBJ trout in
de canyon. kin make a fishhook outer
my gallus buckles, an den wifi a fine line
on de end OBJ de bucket rope kin begin
de fishin.
Mex l considah dat while got some
meat fer bait mus catch mo meat.
gotter ketch sum of dem boot owls.
mus stir my stumps if I'm gwine ter live
half way comf'able up dar on de shelf.
De bats come bout de cabbern cherry
ebening-l kin knock sum of dem down.
Oar amt no great mount oh eatin bout
er bat, but reckoned dey might do fer
fish bait. "When gifts a-gwine," SEE l,
"Pll be jis' like Mistah Robert Crusoe
ON de islandr'
Right away gifts out my knife an be-
gins ter make fgger four traps fer de
boot owls. makes two OBJ dem-w'at
we calls deaGfalls. kalkerlated dat ef
kin ketch two oh dem owl ebbery night
!, amt gwine ter starb. AS am maxim
de traps settin out dar on de shelf, l
keeps an ear cooked and an eye peeled
fer de boys, kaise don't know how
quick dey may git de letter. While
hopin fer de best am gittin ready for
de wust. Little Napoleon he is out
on de shelf 'longside me a-playinswif de
trap sticks an a-jumpin to ketch de
shabins wat whites. calls him Ma
| poleon kaise de moas' he gifts ter eat am
de bony part OBJ his baby sister.
All day am on de shelf. No sign of
de boys. Dey hain't got de letter.
"W'at," SEE l, swat eff it go to de de'd
letter orfus long wifi de ole b'arY' Dat
worry me some, but as it is comm dark
sets bof de boot owl traps, an den me
an Napoleon goes ter bed. ties one oh
de fore legs OBJ Napoleon to my wris',
kaise don't want him to slip out an git
hurt in one OBJ de owl traps. De time
may come wen gotter do wit him like
do Wit his sister.
Mex mornin l am up wifi de lark-an
bout as high. 1t is Friday-de onlucky
day-de day OBJ ropes an hangirl
"Well," SEE l, don't you git down
hearted, Mistah Hawk-a rope is de on'y
salvation fer you, sah." talks dis away
wen rze in my room maxim OBJ my t'ilet
den goes out ON de shelf, an. by dc
hockey! dar am two boot owl in dem
traps.
| Napoleon hab come ont wifi me, ar
he am jis' natally s'prized and delighted
wit de sight OBJ de game. He growl or
put on all kin of full grown airs. One
obde owl am dead. He reach in wifi hil
bill to git de bait an he git his head
smash. De oder he reach fer de bait
wit his foot an he get cotched by de leg
Napoleon he box or while wit de dead
owl; den he comes to have some fun vii
de live one. Bout half mint he fin out
de did'runce. He am de moas' 'stonist
4 little bar ebber see. Itake de owl on
live. He is mons'us great Teller, n
1 his leg amt broke. ties him up by on,
/ leg to keep him fer decoy. He will fetcl