People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-02-13

tentedly nibbling the short grass.
"Mornin,' Aunt B'linda," shouted
Moses, "hyar is an dar she. Dom
say / don guy yer no keowl Oars a
monstrous fin animal an l 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
Oats mighty fn' 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 a 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 fzce. Aunt
Blinda," said he, 81 done stole dat
keow."
"Stole herl" cried Aunt Belinda,
"and fotch her to mel"
Oats 'zactly wot I DONE" said he.
''You knows jes' as well as I does I
hain't got no keow an couldn' never
buy one, an when | knows can't have
yer, Aunt B'linda, widout l gifts a
keow, Use boun' ter git keow, an
says ter myself: Moses Lipscomb, eff
you kin tote three hundred poun'
hog, eff yer tries ter, yer kin git a
keow eff yer tries ter But bress my
soul, Aunt Blinda, hain't no need ter
try, cos when was agoin' home yes
day evenin' de tus' ting l see when I
gifts down to de road was dat brack an
wife keow eatin' grass by de fence in
de ole field. Lori How jumps when
/ see her. Says I: Moses, de good
angel Gabriel SEN you dat keow. Dat
keow don blong bout hyar an I
reckon she b'long TO dat druv wot wen
through hyar t'other day, an she done
git los in de bushes an was luf b'hin'.'
So / jes' 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 come out,
Aunt B1inda, an eff yer keeps her in
de shed dat ar driver won fin her
when he comes back, wot he cahn't do
an leave de res Of de cattr."
You done stole herl" repeated Aunt
Belinda
"Yss done jes' dat" replied Moses,
''an' wots moro, I'd stole forty keows
rather dan not git you fer wife, Aunt
Blnda"
Moses Lipsoomb," 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 an tell no lies bout it.
Now dar's dat long-legged Aaron, he
done stole keow an fotch her ter me
an tell me a bucketful 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 so Use boun' ter take de one
wot's got de leas' an | reckon dar amt
nobody round hyar wot's got less dan
one, an so, Moses, I'll take you. An
now I'll guy you de milk pail an you
milk dat keow, COS faint fair ter de
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'r
1t 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 the
long-legged Aaron striding over the
field He was dressed as on the day
before except that he wore pink rose
IN his buttonhole.
As Aunt Belinda liked to have her
conferences 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 Aaronl"
she cried "Wot you mean ter speak
like dat ter me an call me sweetheart
names? Don't yer do dat no more" ]