St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-08
next r,ornin 1 went to work settin up

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Uncle Eph that day, laid all my plan!
and schemes before. him, and asked hin
if he wouldn't stand by me till l coul6
wean Bunk Weatherford, or either
make him sick on the milk.
"You see that horse, bride and sad
die, Uncle Eph?' says I. well, they
are mine and paid for. How muct
money would you say have got bucklet
up there together
81 would put the igger at $780," say;
he.s n
f when are you goin down. to New Or
leans. to lay in your fall stock, Uncle
lsEph?" says !.
ST lowed to start for the river landir
|te-morrow," says he.
"JVell now, Uncle Eph," says !, com
in right down to business, when yor
git to New Orleans want you to spend
/ $3.50 for me-spend it exactly like
tell you-and then take 6, a,waverly note
| ON that horse, bride and saddle to make
your money dead safe.''
81 will let yon have the money, Rufe,
says Uncle Eph, "or I will spend it fol-
you and spend it exactly like you say
providin you viii give me all the pints
of your game as you go on with it
providm you will let me be there at the
milkin and the wearfin."
'You are traded with on the spot, .
says !, ''and now, Uncle Eph, let me
tell you how to spend the money. In
the first outset want you to git the
finest and prittiest dress that money
can buy for Miss Susy Ammo poker
dots, no muslin and no calico, Uncle
Eph, but the finest of silks and satins-
semethin that will rustic and whistle
at every step she takes. And don't go
and gitsno pale and sober and serious
lookin colors, Uncle Eph, but pink and
red and yaller buff -somethin gay and
gorgeous-like and fashy. Then buy her
the finest hat and the shinyest slippers
you can find, and fling in plenty of rib
bins and laces for trimmins and good
measure.
'sThen for my own higgins, I want a
navy blue broadcloth suit of clothes,
,calfskin, spilSe-toed boots and a bell
crown silk hat, which the same like our
congressman wears when he amt out
huntin for votes. And I don't want
NO sawed-of, high-Water coat, neither
let it be double-breasted caIf-wiper,
Uncle Eph. Then Iwant ruff bosom
shirt, and if the pile amt clean gone
by that time. you can fetch me q heavy
gold watch chain. wouldn't give a
durn for 10 watch, Uncle Eph, but I
mought maybe need the chain in my
business"
"He Fetched the Fixments."
Now, in them plain old days we
didn't have the railroads and .telegrams,
to make quick trips on. and it was
nearly two weeks before Uncle Eph re-
turned back home. But when he did
come he fetched the fixments with
him. 1T was then along in the first
part of August and the camp meetin
was comm off about the middle of Sep
tenlber. managed some way to slip
the higgins we had got for Miss susy
Ann over to her house, and she had
plenty time enough to set up of nights
and put them together unbeknowance
to the old folks. The plan was for both
of us to bud and bloom and bust out
suddent and surpisin like and take
all the shine off of Bunk and Miss Rose
bud the very first lick. - Fl =
The big camp meetin opened up on
a Sunday. We didn't have many bug
gies then, and when the young peo-
pie went about they had to ride horse
back, or either take it afoot and walk.
| was to give the old folks time to git
off to neetin and then ride by after
Miss Susy Ann. And I do wish In my
soul that you could of seen me when
l got into my new clothes and come out
in full bloom that Sunday mornin. My
navy blue coat had a velvet collar and
brass buttons on it. 1t was not only
a calf-wiper, friends and fellow citi-
zens-it was a double.breasted ankle
knocker. And that bell-crown hat
which wore. My, my, my! It was
wind splitter and q sky scraper. Then
with my ruffle-bosom shirt and spike
toed boots on, and a heavy gold watch
chain danglin from the brow. band of
my sbreeehe dad blame it, I felt like
/ wouldn't give more than half of the
road to governor or president.
When got over there to the Stfinger
place Miss Susy AIMS horse was stand
in hitehed to the rack in front OF the
gate. rid up and hailed with a
grand salute. Presently here come Miss
Susy Ann skppin and futterin out
of the house. Man, sir, there was a
sight which was worth liyin a long life
time to see. Her pink silk dress was put
together and built up aceordin to the
latest fashions, with tucks and founces,
and laces and ribbins and beads and
other fancy trimmins, from her milk
white throat to her high-heel slippers.
It. didn't raley seem to me like she was
valkin human fashion, but sorter skim
min over the earth Ike a bird, and
blamed if her higgins didn' t screak and
whistle as she went like a high wind in
4 canebralse.a 4 helped her to mount,
and away we went till we rid into the
camp grounds with a wide sweep and a
raighty -swashs
T1,e Terrible eonfustonment.n
But then, whenawe marched hand in
Iand through the crowd and up under
The big bresh arbor, we did raise the
iadblamd flsltter, and furry that had
ever come to pass in all that skirt OF
The woods. The show was wide open
hen and the gonebyest most terriblest
eonfusionment you ever read about was