The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-07-01


His con1agratious appetite is wat makes
me 'spise a mewel.
All mewels hab misft appetites. Instid o.
gittin de reggerlashun one fob critters Is
hands high dey gifts hold OBJ one fob beast
ez big ez a Courthouse
And foh appetite Caliber 65 beat all de
mewels I ebber knowed. Seemed tuh me dat
he'd been hangin round wen dey wuz glib
bin out appetites fob hub menagrie. and,
out o. pure cussidness, he'd stole de hull lot,
and nebber lost one oh dem
Dat mewel would eat right erlong. ebbery
minnit OBJ de day, stiddy Ell a steam thrashin
machine. an anything dat he could git hold
OBJ
He'd eat anything dat he could grind up
wild dem saw-mill teef OBJ his but dddent
seem tub keer durn fob things dat mewel
oughter like, eff he could git hold OBJ sumt'ing
dat 20 diddent want him to eat. He'd leah
de incest oats an hay tub 90 an lunch often
de KunneFs dress pants, w ich de kunnePs
boyd hung out tub sun.
dun seed him myself leab box OBJ hard
tack tub make dessert often de flip Majah' g
gantlets an sash, witch de Majaf's boyd laid
down an forgot. / diddent blame Caliber So
a mite foli dat. / only wished dat he'd steal
intuh de flip Majah's tent sum night wen he
WIZ dreanin oh glory, an eat his blamed fool
head off.
De Majah wanted tub hab him shot fur
| eatin up his paraphernalier, but Mistuh 10
settled hit by playin him seven-up, two best
outen tree wedder he'd pay de Majah bubble
| price fob his toys or muffin, an slipt jack on
| de flip Majah in de third game, an beat him.
| De Sutler had dun brought down a bar'l
| OBJ dried apples, tub make pies and udder in
delicaces oh de season. De wedder ID been
very rainy, and dey wuz ergittin worms an
mold Den cum hot, dry day. DE Sutler
spread dem out little belIine his tent tub
dry, an den ebbery body lay down tub SLEEP
| till hit was time tub GIT ready fob dress
parade.
| Dis was de time dat Caiber 65 aIuz tux
tub git In his cussidness. He knOwed ez
well ez de men on gyard wen ebberybody d
be layin round asleep. He chawed off his
rope, an started trough de camp wild dat long
slim haid OBJ his full OBJ devilment Ell an aig
He see de dried apples an Lit intuh dem, al
t'ink he ct up de hull bar'l. Den he tough
he'd dun his dooty an he'd treat hisself tut
a drink. So he moseyed down tub de crick
| an filed hisself full OBJ watch, till he fell
nice and smoof, an meandered round il
search OBJ some udder wickedness.
Bime-by we wuz all woke up by d,
awfullest screamin an snortin. run out, al
see CALDER 60 cayortin round ez eff he wui
crazy. He'd lay down an roll ober, an yell
an den he'd stand up an yell, and den b,
make rush, an knock over hull line oil
tents, an git his feet tangled up in de ropes
an lay dere an kick, and scatter de men layil
asleep, an yell all de time wusser cata
mount.
Watts de matter wild Caliber IS, Snow
ball?" sez Mistuh 10, runnin up,
. t'ink he dun got a fit, SEE /.
/ Mebbe he's been bit by mad dog" Sc
Fence Rail Pete.
He's been dreamin oh de Majah's jokes
an got de nightmare" SEE Paper-Collar Chris
who writes fur de newspapers
Il tell yo' waits de match" SEE Xii
Belcher, de drummer-boy, gigglin, 81 Sc
him swipe Gle Suffers dried apples, an del
go tub de crick tub drink. He's just Dustin
OATS wat he isl
Bime-by, wen he'd skeerceIy left a com
pany tent standin, Caliber 60 seemed tub b
dun wore out wild rampagin, an lay down Of
de parade ground, an tried tub die.
De Sutler wuz hoppin mad ober de loss o.
his apples, an wanted Mistuh 10 tub pay hin
full price fob dem. Mistuh 10 wuz ma,
ODER de loss OBJ his mule, an wanted d
Suffer tub pay him.
De boys organized coht-marshal tub tr,
de case.
De Sutler argyfed dat de apples'd cost hin
$3.50 in de fust place, an he'd a. mad
moren $500 often dem eff he'd sold dem il
pies Dried apples wuz no sort o. grub fu
mewels
Mistuh 10 claimed dat de law wuz YER
strong ergin any mans pizenin annude
mans live stock. Dat even eff his mewe
libbed he wuz ruined. His skin WI
stretched till hit wuz like muskeeter-net
his ribs wuz six inches apart, an all his iint
often de hinges
De Cont decided dat de Sutler wuz skin
flint an scalawag on jineral principals, AM
oughter pay Nlistuh 10 six bits fob hi
mewel.