The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-15


"Whcn l heard what Abe had been up
TO, l wanted to hunt him down right
away, but he was purtendin to be q good
Confederate, and it wouldn't jest do to
kill him off. l thought over 1t fur awhile
and thon got a plan. One day when l
heard he was down at the Corners with
his gang l rad the ole woman dress me up
in her clothes and then sent her off up
stairs to hide. had no whiskers in them
days, and when 1 got dressed up in female
clothes / didn't pear much like man. |
was at work in the kitchen when a gang
of n dozen guerrillas rode up to the cabin
and Abe Raynor got off his boss and
kicked the door open and yelled:
Hello, thar, ole womanl Do yo want
to pack up any Of yo'r traps befo' l sot fire
to the house|
What's the rowP' SEE as goes to the
door.
"'We've come to burn yo' out
"'What fur9'
"'Jest to keep our hand in
"'But I'm fur the south and my ole
man is in Gineral Lees army. Reckon
yo' dasn't burn down no cabins over the
heads of good Confedorates.
HE said it didn't make no difference to
him, kase he was bigger man than Gin
eral Lee, and his plan was to burn all the
cabins around yere, so as to disappoint the
Yankees If they got up so fur. l begged
him not to burn me out, but he only
laughed at me. Bmeby l seq:
"'Abe Rnynor, I'm lookin fur my ole
man on furlough, and if he finds this
cabin gono he'll hunt yo down
'Zeb White couldn't hunt down a rab-
bit, ser he as he laughs in my face.
ATaIbp yOi Ion't know him
'Mcbbe do, and if he was yere I'd
nail him to tree by his ears and he'd cry
like u child. If yo' wants to save anything
from this house, yo'd better be mighty
spry, kase we can't stand yere all day
chinnin with woman
ABE Ruynor, SEE /, I'm only pore
weak woman, but Pm the wife of Ieb
White, who kin whop any man in this
yere kentry. Seems like yo' orter be will
in to gin mo n show
"'What sort of show"
I'm tackle yo' single handed, and if
can't flop 20 this cabin may burn. If yo'
ain II coward, yo'll gin me II show
- 4 amt a-fghtin Of wimmin, he seq,
as his men begun to laugh.
"'1'hen yo're afcared of me?'
"That reused him up, jest as I had
counted on, said Zeb, land arter lettle
mo- he promised that if l could lay him on
his back he'd let the cabin stand. That
was what l wanted, and / stepped out
thar on that clear spot and told him l was
ready. He took off his coat and flung down
his hat, and seed that he meant to use
me rough. We danced around bit, and
then he Gums fur me. l was ready fur
him, and he was on his back befo you
could count ten. 1t was far fall, and
Ill tI.N, n bod J.
mad. He'd bin downed by woman and
felt cheap, and he said he'd hev another
try at it. l was willin, and when he cum
agin gin him the back heel and flop,
and he went head over heels and plowed
up the airth. When he got up, he was the
maddest man yo' ever seed. The boys was
a-cheerin me and laughin at him and he
wasn't gwine to hev it that way. He
looks at me bit and then seq:
" Mrs, White, if yo' was a man, I'd
whop yo'
"'Yo' needn't mind my sex, SEE I.
Il think I'll cuff yo'r ears to Farm 20
manners
80 If yo' think yo' kin do it, cum on
"The gang cried out that it wasn't ia !
to fight a woman, but Abe was mad cleal
threw, and he cum fur me. l let him play
around fur a few minits, and then jumped
in on him and picked him up and throwet
him over that stump. He cum down OF
his head with crash and 1t was jest hal
an hour by the clock befo' he was able t.
climb into his saddle and ride off. He'(
hev burned the cabin quick huff, but tn,
men said it was a far bargain and sidet
with me"
"And was that the last of the AFFAIR.""
asked of Zeb, as he paused.
"No, not exactly, he replied. "He wen
away that day, but he'd bin licked by
woman and it ranked, and he couldn'
abide it. The blamed critter thirsted fu
revenge, and one AFTERNOON he cum bacl
yere alone to git it. My ole woman seel
him sneakin in the brush over thar, ant
SO dressed up in her clothes agin and so
down we're to smoke my Pipe and wait
Purity soon he showed up, and, walkin VI
to me, he SEE:
Mrs. White, cum along with me-
What fur?'
'Kase I'm goin to tie yo' upand switcl
yo' and hev music while the cabin is burn
in.
"'Abe Raynor, yo' go on and don't foo
with me or it'll be the wuss for yo'.'
'Wuss be durnedl' SEE he, and h
makes a grab fur me and lifts me up
When was on my feet, lets out fur him
and in five minits he was a licked man.
tied him hand and foot and licked hin
with switch till l was tired. Then
sent fur some of the gang, and they Gun
and took him off. When they had cum
one of 'em SEE to me:
Mrs. White, did you do this all alon
ny yo'self"
Il did, sah.'
lie me see yer hand
"'Yere it arr
"He takes it and looks at it and shake
his head and sez
That's all, Mrs. White. / amt goil
to question the Lawds ways, but if h
didn't intend yo' fur man then may
never steal another feather bed Pears Z
me like yo' had better gone TO the arm
and left Zeb home to wash dishes"
"And did they never find you outY"
Never" replied the old man. THE
made SO much fun Of Abe bein licked by