The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-31

K. fsss. by Bschsiler. johnson ana
Bscasissr.1
- mnHess n rhesr amt yoke Of oxen
- - I've seen fhix many year, Hew
= ttmes IL does look TO see -ems IN
foeEsf oxsn, NOT the longest DAY I
- Ne. won't specially them oxen
- XBakaal used 10 own. might come
fErf my naue. | s'psse. Ass, ! ksn
- for<5t them exen, never. Exxkssi
- - hsras<sf. and broke 'eus IN with
/ - IN handle: and ~ ever any nsAr
n6osd how 20 break IN oxen n was Eze-
- loesks. II do say h. They was
|z6neQD ssr ard near, Was them oxen. anS
|51xr9 Want another yoks in the whole
S1u1y could compare with EN- as puI..n'.
n - noye or break with .esn. ard IL xaa
80 nonsiy move. but once seen ZEN
Ens . yohs ard walk right oaten * when
E&wUaa kiSri1esi to a frse ~ noonsn' hour.
n - WondeFsui the strength they dad
- Dut they long ago wsut the way
J d14uGh. the same>As poor Ezeital him
- - doubt II ANYBODY recojlscss sen
Eu9 ~ -
UAn Eselrtai Meeks sfrss bexan To nay
|ntten 70 me. them oxen was 3usf 10
- pr1ne. and Ezekiai was just turned
|4u& wen rteol'ect u1yIather sayin'
nl 4 Take Meeks had ~ much thunder
~.
- ~ ATTN match for me: ard Il was
~ splntsn that he had He was rather
s1 - our MARVIN. father was. and
- anaIly Exekiai popped fhe question.
- ~ him was wfriin' n be could
- nehOfH consent. father he came right
- 1T with a big Nor
1Aas uas IN the sprinx when fasrnin'
- - comm on with a rsisa. an..
~ ~ me last I seen OF ExeksAi for a
- Whiie. But, bless you I didn't feel
3 ~ worried. for at our parfin' Exeksai
y ~ allowed we'd best wait a little. 80
3SB snre Z would be all right, He weat
oGne. Eaekiai did. and went to work. ana
= ntfle while we heard he'd bought tn.
- asxt his fathers and WAS setfin' I'd
- himself Father. ne allowed As he'd
o1ger ~ for II IN the world. hut one OF
- nei9hbors said Exekial allowed as
- ezsn had pulled everything he'd ever
1ftcAsd EN- 10 yet. and he reckoned shsy
lDsld pail the mortgage often that farm.
y EsekiAl and his oxen they set TO work.
- yoa might say the whole township got
- 70 the fence TO watch 'em The next
~ father set about movin' his barn.
Ia ~ II faced north. and father hs
0nsht n would be sight better to have
j foes south. So LAS Brown he lent bis
M for day. and what with fathers
lsae, too. they thought they'd have no
a1uhle. Father hadn't said so--he was
~ spunky for shat-hut ms and mother
1swtd well enough he'd liked to have had
sshsAFs yoke the worst way. We'll. they
- the harm around all right, all hut
Nous quarter turn. and there II stuck.
SAsy tried and tried. but IL was no use.
- d last LAS he allowed II coudn't BE-
- fousd no further 'thouf more help.
II was you. squire says he. Td
y eFW ard Ct 'Zeke Meekss yoke
No. SAYS father 7 won't do Il. not
| hat to let the old barn stand right
Ton can't git AIRY other yoke .,sh,n
- mica says 'f.sas.
Then we won't move II snufher
qnch.' says father. But he didn't oui,e
~ thar. for the barn had to be set
sasht. now the work was begun. %,
- good deal % BLOWN and stcrmin'
[sund. father no finally sess OF 10 sat
Dskial ant them oxen.
zeke, says father. my barn IN stuck
9s Ne can't bulge Il. and I want YOU
come over with than oxen Of yourn
- hsip pull II around
6quhire Runson.' says Exektai. slow
- easy ike. kin have Keziahf' mean
ne. Cause n can't says he. my
"a can't move your barn
BY dAdr says sather-and that was
= eood az bond I'm blood with him
~ DAD zeke Meeks.' says no. n them
- q yourn kin move my barn alone.
~ hin have Kexiah.'
Then they'll move II. squire says
Ia, II !, Amt took TO root
p Esekisi he came over with his oxen.
"a the biggest yoke AMI the strongest
enain he had. and he hitched 'em fast 10
Z cusrsr Of tho old barn.
~ and mother went out TO look on.
90 d'd hope and pray that them oxen
: N0a'a 40 themselves proud. Well. ExektxI
q made sure everything was all right.
80 then he took his place at the head
A. yoke, with his CAD In hand. ana
~ - word for them oxen 10 start.