The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-12

sake, done ut de house-do'. he stiffen his
four legs out and hollered 'Hee- haw! Heo-
haw! Hee-hawn i'll sich a dredtul hoa'ss
voice Vilet's baby in do cradle woke uI
skeered most into a fit.
whilst we was all frustrated wild fetch.
in de chile to, Keepsake took ana stek
hisself round de house into de turnip patch
aud crapped off every individual sallege top!
So help me Cord!
1--WE 'scused de willyurp7 bes' we could,
seein' hs was IA present. and powerful
hungry. but, chile, dat prank was jos dc
%beeinnin'. ~
"Hlnry was craekin' his heels wild JOY.
No M wu'k for him.! No mo- hoe handles!
rowr' Lar
But let you know. MisslDora. de whole
family had to sit in TO wax right study,
night and day. to keep dat animil from
plneblank starving
lie ct no everything We could rake and
renc. l dgfsen' hang ont de starched close
to dty-Keepsake chawed billed shirts same
as a man do tobarker; and he'd snatch dc
straw hats often de chillun's heads for Iars-
time.
"Mo'over, he ain't never owned up once
AS he had his stomach full.
A de washin' and i'nin' nonov, all dc
chlcken and alg money went to buy long
food or short food for de mswol, and Hinrv
done mo- maulin' O. rails and mo- ditchln'
oA eSSSuIu ISSFbhA5 tu1N Hb NOuO lUE
MS wife and chhlun SINGS Richmond fell.
And when tho agreryatin villsun feel
like he hongry he always come at me. He'd
run his head in thro' de winder, or push
open do do and holler 'Hee-haw! Hee-hu w
bee haw" tell | felt like bu ssin' his black
skull open wild de rollin' pin.
"Hinry ulster wu'k Till ds sweat roll
often him, maxim harnesses for de %critter.
But dnr amt no hick'ry bn,k nor grape
vines could strop him up SO he wouldn't
kick out. and Hlnry could of been hoed
up ten later rows hisself while lie strivin'
wild keepsake to pillow one.
And mo'over, Ri dc neighbours done turn
bitter inimies 'ginst me and Hinry, count
o dc st'uction he done 'stIoy in der crops.
Oars fo'teen hundred dollars 'sessed up and
charged 'Gilst Keepsake for damages donc.
But me and Hinry done dispute wild EN- all
bout chargin' der 'sossmeEts so high, and
we cleard our skenrts ont o bogglsment,
by amt gwins to pay none, and dnt make
de %nei2hbors awful mad and low dey gwine
turns US outer do church saou as dev kin
git amer mnn TO lead in n ar like Hinry,
and a oman kin raise chunos high AS kin.
We'll. honey, on. big monty meotin
come along in August. and | steps over 20
Hlnry's sistet-in. laws. which lives seben
milos down do road, and / borrows de loan
o her side-saddle. and totes il homo on my
head. Sunday come, and l dressed up in
my bsss-body and dat white nun vail skirt
you Gint me yo'self, and my Int harf XIV
cred wild moe artifloiul flowers, and my
gloves. and dar was me asttin' up in dat
ide -saddlo. ridin' O. dat mawsl, ejsckly
like Il righteous sheep, and do worldin's
md sinners o de congregation ompin'
and shufliip' along dc road lax n mischesy-
ious ! aasel o. wicked gonts, in do dus' and
hot sunshine.
"Dcy all looked mad and grumpy enough
whin come trottin' by. wild my par'sol
rattlin' and vail fiyin' and keepsake kicked
up dc dus' in der faces IN clouds.
II wouldn't so much IA bow to mono on
but jes sot dar Iidin' 10 mssdin', IN |
hit myso.f as staddy rs | could in DO side
'All ut onos dar come up one o desc sud
dint sninmer storms. aud whist de goRts
was iyhr ilyin' to at to do mestin,- house.
dat c%rltter. DAT mewol. dat Keepsake, sint u
hueh-jump, which mighty nigh
me, and uen took TO dc 'casion. in do
middlc o de pouriu' rain. TO st tten out dem
lnigt o. his'n and holler Hee- haw! Hee-
haw! llos-hnw!
"Seein' he had TUX his stan. | lit down in
do pUtt and hceled it harf n mile.
but when | got in de peotin' house my
hat brim WIS drippin' water like rain often
II barn roof.
II was wet rs n drowuded rat and md IA
and chuckl,n' one amer and lookin'
todes me.
II tried to pear dry as l could. and flung
In how do devil WAS gwine burn dem po'
in meetin' house.