Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-05


prison.
"Keowr said he to himself "Ef she'd
asked me to guv her de handl' of a milk
pail hain't got none" and then, turn
ing, he walked mournfully away.
When Aunt Belinda opened her door the
next morning and looked out upon the dew
besprinkled landscape. sparkling under the
first rays Of the morning sun. she saw
Moses lipscomb standing in front of the
house. His hands were in his pockets, his
soft old hat was stuck on the side Of his
head. and near him was black and white
cow, contentedly nibbling the short grass.
'sMornin', Aunt B'linda," shouted Moses,
"hyar / is an dar she. Don say I don
guv yer no keow! Oars monstrous fin
animal an fotch her to yer an guv her
ter yer. Now wot you say ter dat Aunt
B'linda?"
Aunt Belinda put her hands on her hips
and threw a severe expression into her
face.
Oats a mighty fin keow.' said she,
"but look hyar, Moses LipScomb, whar you
git dat keow? You knows you hain't got
no keow. and you knows yer never saved
money 'nough outer yer wages, when yer
gifts eny. ter buy de hide Of keow, let
lone a hull one. Now den. you stan up
straight fore me an tell me whar you git
yer"
Moses stood up before her and looked
her straight in the face. Aunt Bhnda,
said he, II done stole dat keow."
"Stole her" cried Aunt Belinda, and
fotch her to me?'
Oats 'zactly wot DONE" said he. 'Yo on
knows jes' as we'll as l does l haint got
no keow an couldn never buy one, an
when 1 knows l can't have yer, Aunt
B'linda, widout L gifts a keoW, Use boun ter
git keow, an says l ter myself: Moses
Lipscomb. eff you kin tote a three-hundred-
poun' hog, eff yer tries ter, yer kin git q
keow eff yer tries ter But Dress my SOUL
Aunt B'linda, L hain't no need ter try, cos
when l was agoin home yes day eVenln de
fus' ting see when 1 gifts down to de road
rrr'if cot n org
by de fence in de ole field. Lor! How I
jumps when l see her. Says l: Moses, de
good angel Gabriel SEN you dat keow. Dat
keow don b'long bout hyar an reckon
she blong to dat druv wot wen through
hyar t'other day, an she done git los in de
bushes an was luf b'hin.' So l jes' gifts
over de fence an sits down on de grass
near by her an 1 watch her all night. an
arly dis mornin' l druv her up hyar. Use
bin waitin' moren two hours when yer
come out, Aunt Blinda, an eff yer keeps
her in de shed dat ar driver won fin her
when he comes back, wot he cahnt do an
leave de res OF de cattr.
You done stole her!" repeated Aunt Be-
linda.
Eyes, 1 done jes' dat" replied Moses. IAN
wot's more, I'd stole forty ksows rather
dan not git you fer wife, Aunt Blinda.'
Moses Lipscomb." said she after
slight pause, you is wot l calls one-sin
man. Yous done gone an stole dat keoW'
but dar you stops. You don come ter me
long-legged Aaron. he done stole keow
an fotch her ter me an tell me bucket
full of lies bout her. Use lived long 'nough
ter know dat 1 cahn't git no husban',
specially in dis part OBJ de county, widout
no sin at all. an so Use boun' ter take de
one wot's got de leas'. an l reckon dar
amt nobody round hyar wots got less dan
one an 50. Moses. I'll take you. An now
III guv you de milk pail an you milk dat
keow, COS faint fair ter de pore dumb
creetur ter let her so not MIXED, an den
you tuck her whar you fin her an leave
her dar. When you done dat yer kin come
back an have yer breakfas' Eff dar's one
ting / hates" she continued, as she went
into the house. Its milkin'!'
1t was about an hour afterward and
Moses was still eating his bacon and dip
ping his corn bread into the melted and
bubbling fat when Aunt Belinda, looking
out of her window, saw the long-legged
Aaron striding over the field. He was
dressed as the day before, except that
he wore a pink rose in his buttonhole.
AS Aunt Belinda liked to have her con-
ferenceS outside OF the house, where there
was room to talk, she Went out to receive
him.
.'B'linda," said he, as he took off his hat
and held out his hand, my deah B'linda,
whar's de woman on de top of de earf wot
more gladden. de heart
stop dat, you long-legged Aaron! she
cried. "Wot you mean ter speak like dat
ter me an call me sweetheart names?
Don't yer do dat no more"
''Wot you meanE cried aaron. AIN I
that fair twixt us all fxd?s Didn't 1 guy
yer dat keow fer marriage settImen', paid
in vance? Didn't you p'omise me"
go long wild yer" shouted Aunt Be-
linda "How yer dare come hyar wild yer
lies AM yer thieveries? I seen yer yes day
mornin' comm over de field! 1 seen yer
stop an look at dat brack an wife keow,
an L knowed you knowed dat keow didn'
long in dis hyar neighborhood, an 1 jes'
thunk ter myself I'd ask dat long-legged
A fol a keOw an WOt he
do. Den yer done stole dat brack an wife
keow an fotch her ter me an tell me lot
o. lies bout raisln' her from littp cah'f!
Now let me tell yer, you Aaron, dat brack
an wife keow is my keow. Day for yes
day L bought her outer a druv of cattp an
paid fer her wild money wot l done save
from washin' an ironin, an I put her IN
dat field, an nobody bout hyar done know
own keow an come hyar wild pack O lies
an ask me ter marry yer on count Of yer
guvin' her ter me-my own keow!
mis- Tinsley," said Aaron, drawing him
self up, de langwidge you's usin' ter me
is 'fensve ter my min. Eff you's de kin
O. woman wot uses SIGH langwidge / don't
want no wedlock wild yer, an I dom want
ter hyar no more fool talk 'beout yer buy
in dat keow. Use too ole fer any sech
tales as dat. Jes' you guy me back my
keow an I retires from dis controversy,
An look hyar, Miss Tinsley, eff yer don
guy her back ~ have yer rested for
At this moment sudden noise was heard
inside the house, a stool was tun1bled over
the floor, a table was pushed roughly to
one side, there was a quick stamping OF
feet, and in an instant Moses Lipscomb,
his eyes glazing and his head lowered like
a bull ready to charge a matador, appear
ed in the doorway.
cit, you. Aaron!' cried Aunt Belinda
The Injunction was not needed. The long
legged sutton gave one glance at the door
way. This was not the first time he had
seen Moses Lipscomb with his head down
and his eyes glarirg, and without hesitat-
ing he turned I'd fled, with Moses after
him, roaring like an infuriated king Of the
herd.
Aaron's legs were very long; his silk hat
fell off. and he did not stop to pick it up,
and his fright and his strides were so
great that he soon left his pursuer far
behind. Moses stopped and, giving the hat
q kick that would have done credit to 9
college foot ball man. and shaking his fist
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