The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-05-20
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One day de Mornin Glory Mess WIZ all
on picket out on de Shady Grove Road
Mistuh 10 he SEE tuh me, sezzee:
SNOWFALL, you're gittin tuh he boss
cook. You've a arlist-de Drum Maiah oh
yer perfushun. You Kin fry sow-belly like
q born anil, and de way you biles coffee
makes my heart glad But even de Anil
Gabrul cuddent cook Commissary pork 81
times a week soZe tub taste like auail-on-
toasi. Dere's a sameness tub yo' bii-oEfare.
/ mus have change of diet tuh preserve
my meekness oh sperit. A little while ago
/ seed n sheep outen in de field dar. Tine
a-gwine ont dar tuh git him."
'Ordahs is mitey strict ergin foragin,
Mistuh ,Jo,D seq /. "Sebberui men hun
kered down on de battle-ground all day
yistiday wild bayonets in DER moufs fer
KILN dat shoat. Kurnel SEE he'll shoot EN-
next time"
Snow ball." seq Mistuh 10, "w'en
speaks tuh a cullnd pusson, even de Chief
Cook OBJ de Mornin Glory Mess, bits tub glib
him informashun-no tuh ak his advice.
You gedder mp de slack OBJ your mind
tuh considerin de important fact dat we're
a-gwiue tub have stewed mutton for sup
peh."
Bimeby Mistuh 10 he santered out tub de
fed wild his gun, and | moseyed er,ong, re-
spekfnliy alter him. He smoke behine sum
shoemake bushes, an bimeby bang!" went
his gun, an ODER went de sheep wild sca'cely
kick.
Dat very miuit who should cum ober de
hill but Sailint Bracenose, de hatefnles' man
i'll de hull rijment, wild anudder man. He
wuZ patrol duty dat day, and muffin
nebber tickled him so much ez tub ketch
| sunone else dom sumfin fur which he end
buck-an'-gag him. He cum downAuh de
| sheep on run. Quicker'n scat, Mistuh 10
seed him and whIpt back trough de sho-
makes to de post, flung his gun to Bert
Gaskin. Load dat quicbs." sezzee, snatched
anudder gun irum Fence Rail Pete. and den
walked up de road ergn, ez if gwine out tuh
see erboIt de sh00tin.
| Den who should kun a-gallopin akross
de field but de kannel hisself Lord,
Almost died fer Mlstuh 10 wen / seed dis,
but Mstulf 10 walked straight up tub Sar-
jint Brace, and sezzee, lookIn very mad, an
! loud enuf fer de kunnei fuh heali tough
| he pretended not tub see him:
See heah, Brass Noze, wat fur you cum
round beah KILN sheep in front OBJ our
post, jest tub glib US BAD name an git us
Intuh trubble. If wuz mean enuf I'd re-
| port you tub de kuunel. Take yo sheep
and git erway frum heafI, mitey quick, an
nebber let me keteh you dom dat ergiu.
| Gwoff sumw'e ere else tub kill yer sheep"
| IL fought Sargint Bracenosed bust he
| wuz so mad ut Mistnh JOS mperence. He'd
| been chuck full OBJ language dat he wuz
gwine tab sling at MIstuh 10, but Mistuh
| 10 was too Student fur him an got IN bis
work fut. And de Kunnel WIZ a-settin
dar on his boss wild his face black ez a
| thHnder-clOnd.
| Who killed dat ere Sheep" axed he
| in u to-day -at-hard- work chairman ball
| voice.
''Mornin', Kuhuel," SEE Mistuh 10, strait
ening up an presentin' aims, ez if he'd jest
seen him. Oats jest what cum out frum
the post tub inquire" sezzee.
Dat red hedded scoundrel, dah,n SEE
de Sarjint, Dustin out.
"Sarjiut Bracenose,n SEE de Kunnel, abe
mo- moderit in yo' langwige tod privits.
Mistuh 10 lookt SO sorry an hurt at dc
injustice oh de Sarjint dat he seemed bound
to Almost cry.
Il declah, Kunuel," sezzee, I "dun heah do
shot, an / cum out tub see wha. it meant
| au'n-
"Lemme see yo' gum SCI de Kunnel
hISiuu ~ up Ills SuL
mitey meek 1t hadn't been fad for week
Anybody end see dat
"Sarjint Bracenose, femme see yo' gun,
sez de Kaunsl, handin' Mistuh JOS back.
@ done fahed off my gun dis morning tut
clean HIT" SEE de Sarjint, rudder taken aback
Hit wuz mitey wet yistiday. / wuz jes
a s,arti1 to load agin wen heerd de shot
If dis red-hedded-I mean if Privit BeiIe
didn't kill de sheep, hit mus have bin one
OBJ de udder men on his post"
"We'li go to de post, an look at Their
guns" SEE de Kunnel.
De udder boys had done see de Kunne
cum up, and you bet dey had DER gun:
ready fur him to look at. You wouldn'
have believed dat deyd bin fiahed since ds
beginnin' oh de waIi.
:" Pm sorry to say dat appearances seem tul
be ergin we, Sarilnt." seq de Kunnel. yer,
cross-iike. "You will report to yo' Captain
undeh arrest. an I'll look intuh the mattel
furefer."
4 suppose I'd better git a shovel an herr,
dis sheep. kunnel," SEE Mistuh 10, mild e
milk. Hit III spite powerful quick. an
smell soze we cant't stay on dat post"
Ma" SEE de Kunnel pity tub vast
hit. Ii hits any good tub ye, take hit tut
yo' cumpany."
So Mistuh 10 WIZ rite ez youZhuai, ant
We had stewed mutton fur snppeh."