Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-11-14

him was black and white COW, con-
tentedly nibbling the short grass
"Mornin,' Aunt B'linda,' shouted
Moses, "hyar Is an dar She Don
say don guy yer no keowl Oars
monstrous fin animal an fotch her to
yer an guve her ter yer. Now wot
you say ter dat, Aunt B'linda?'
Aunt Belinda put her hands on her
hips and threw severe expression into
her face
"Dat's mighty An' 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 dc
hide Of keow, let lone 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 fsce. Aunt
B'linda," said he, ~ done stole dat
keow."
"stole herl" cried Aunt Belinda,
land fotch her to mel'
"Dat's 'zactly wot | DONE" said he.
"You knows jes' as well as I does l
hain't got no keow an couldn' never
buy one, an when knows ! can't have
yer, Aunt B'linda, widout gifts a
keow, Use boun ter git n keow, an
says ter myself. Moses Lipscomb, ef
you kin tote three hundred poun'
hog, CT yer tries ter, yer kin git q
keow eff yer tries ter. But Dress my
soul, Aunt B'linda, ! hain't no need ter
try, eos when was agoin' home yes
day evenin de fus' ting | see when !
gifts down to de road was dat brack an
wife keow eatn' grass by dc fence In
de ole field Lori How Jumps when
| see her. Says /; Moses, dc good
angel Gabriel sen you dat keow. Dat
keow don blong bout hyar an |
reckon she b'long to dat druv wot wen
through hyar tother day, an she done
git los In dc bushes an was luf b'hin'.
So | ies' gifts over de fence an | sits
down on de grass near by her an !
watch her all night, an arly dis morn
In druv her up hyar, Use bin waitin'
more'n two hours when yer como out,
Aunt Blinda, an Ct yer keeps her in
de shed dat ar driver won fin her
when lie comes back, wot he cahn't do
an leave de res of dc cattl'."
"You done stole hcrl' repeated Aunt
Belinda.
ayes, done jcs' dat, replied Moses,
IAN wot's more, Id stole forty kcows
rather dan not git you fera wife, Aunt
Blinda.'
"Moses Lipscomb, said she after a
slight pause, you is wot calls one
sin man. Yous done gone an stole dat
keow, but dar You stops. Yon don
come ter me an tell no lies bout it.
Now dar's dat long-lcgged Aaron, he
done stole kcow an fotch her ter me
an tell me buckctful Of lies bout
her. Use lived long nough ter know
dat cahn't git no husban', specially
in dis part oh de county, widout no sin
at all, an 50 Use boun' ter take de one
| wot's rot de lcas' an reckon dar amt
nobody round hyar wots got less dan
one, an SO, Moses, III take you. An
now III guy you de milk pail an you
milk dat kcow eos faint fair ter dc
pore dumb creetur ter let her go 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'. Efdars one ting hates,
she continued as she went into the
house, Its milkin'N
II was about an hour afterward and
Moses was still eating his bacon and
dipping his corn bread into the melted
and bubbling fat when Aunt Belinda
looking out Of her window, saw th,
long-legged Aaron striding over The
field. lie was dressed as on the day
before except that he wore pink ros'
| In his buttonhole.
As Aunt Belinda liked to have hei
conferences outside Of the house, whcr'
| ~ a.. AL Il.