Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-10-11
[copYR1GHr. 1894 |

try, 'cos when l was agoin' home yes
day evenin' de fus' ting l see when
gifts down to de road was dat brack an
wife keow eatin' grass by de fence in
de ole field. Lor! How l jumps when
see her. Says I: Moses, de good
angel Gabriel sen you DAT keow. Dat
keow don b'long bout hyar an |
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 OFT,
Aunt B'linda, 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 cattl'."
'You done stole herr' repeated Aunt
Belinda.
ayes, done jes' dat replied Moses,
''an' wots more, I'd stole forty keows
rather dan not git you fer a wife, Aunt
B'linda."
Moses Lipscomb," said she after a
slight pause, 'you is wot calls a one
sin man. Yous done gone an stole dat
lxeow, but dar you stops. You dom
come ter me an tell no lies bout it.
Now dar's dat long-legged Aaron, he
done stole heow 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
wots 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, eos 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' 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
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 chat 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 ouG his hand, my deah
B'linda, whar's de woman on de top of
de carf wot more gladden. dc heart
stop dat, you long-legged Aaron!"
she cried "Wot you mean ter speak
like dat ter re an call me sweetheart
names? Don't yer do dat no more
"Wot you mean?' cried Aaron. Amt
that fair twixt Us all 6x'd? Didn't |
guy yerdat keow fer marriage settl men,
paid in vance? Didn't you p'omise
me-
500 long wild yerr' shouted Aunt
BelirJa. How yer dare come hyar wild
yer lies an yer thieveries? ] seen yer
yes'day mornin' comm over de feldl |
seen yer stop an look at dat brack an
wife keow, an knowed you knowed
dat keow didn' long in dis hyar neigh
borhood, an jes' thunk ter myself ia
ask dat long-legged Aaron ter guy me
a keow an see wot he do, Den yer
| done stole dat brack an wife keow an
fotch her ter me an tell me lot O. lies
bout raisin' her from a it'll cah'f!
Now let me tell yer, you Aaron, dat
brack an wife keow is my keow. Day
for yes'day bought her outer a druv
of cattl' an paid fer her wild money wot
done save from washin' an ironin',
| an put her in dat field, an nobody
bout hyar done know Use got dat
l1eow. An you done stole my 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
himself up, de langwidge you's usin'
ter me is 'fensive ter my min. Eff
you's de kim O. woman ~ot uses sich
langwidge / don't want no ,wedlock
wild yer, an don want ter hyar no
more fool talk 'beout yer buyin' dat
keow Use too ole fer any sech tales as
dat. Jes' you guy me back my keow
an retires from dis controversy. An
look hyar, Miss Tinsley, eff yer don
guy her back I'll have yer rested for
'tainin' keows on false pertenses."
At this moment sudden noise was
heard inside the house, a stool was
tumbled over the floor, a table was
pushed roughly to one side, there was
a quick stamping of feet and in an in
slant Moses Lipscomb, his eyes glaring
and his head lowered like a bull ready
to charge matador, appeared in the
doorway.
''Git, you, Aaron!" cried Aunt Belin-
da. The injunction was not needed.
The long-legged sutton gave one glance
at the doorway. This was not the first
time he had seen Moses Lipscomb with
his head down and his eyes glaring,
and without hesitating he turned and
! fed, with Moses after him, roaring like
an Infatuated 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 frighb and his strides
were SO great that he soon left his pur-
suar far behind Moses StODped and,