The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-04
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ne VIII oats Dc1O Settlln uoWU u bluuy
law. IIc wta on'y nineteen wen he
come out Dc wah, en- had no chance LAX
he burdors had, En- seem lax ,demlwll'
oats gotter be sowej = Ole marse could
gle um nun money TO- de sow'n, kaseho
wuz one o do lonB-haid mems wat pile
up cotton froo dc wah en- mex he fortune
on Il afterwards. y.
"Cap'n Banks en- he sister, Miss Ruby,
wuz newcomers: but dey fotch letters
FUN he Fairbanks, endat wuz nun said.
] "rwed be dty names. dat dey WIZ half
Co'se, dey wus 'vited 'roun, en-
wat q swell dey did cut.-nirt'n',
dance'n', play'n' kyards, en- gwtne on
FUN noon tel midnight ev'ry. Dressed day
dat come. De ole folks ain like It; dey
say hit too much Nv u'good ting, en- de
young'ns say dnss dey ole-fashlon no.
dom: dis wuz dc new sonf en- 1ey wuz
CROWN up IN II. Time de cap'n clean
out half Nv utn, en- Miss Ruby, after
breakin' UNI up wild dey own good. trne
sweethearts, shuk UNI of lax mud on do
toll Nv her dress. dey sec dlf,unt, en-
wish dey had llss'n { dey daddie. Ylt
nobody kin say much. count o de man
en- de oman bein' so slick en- 60 smaht.
People dess drap um, en- dey wuz on de
down hill wen me an Marser meet um.
"At fuss Marser gle um de go-by; den
Miss Ruby put In t'hepp, en- soon It
tiers wat write de Bible In dc 'Merlcan
langwidge made a mlstage bout Eve
eatn' dat apple. b'lievc Adam eat
II, and den de sarpent wuz dess sech
a oman ez Miss Ruby: 10 she could
fool mos any man she sot her hald TO-.
En- de cap'n heseff wa mt human; mar
ser foun' It out. gt
"Marser's triea's drap or, one by one,
Wen de lass one gone he rh,ney gone,
too an Miss Ruby sont wid not at
home wen de 60 der for comfo't. Den,
sz de Bible seq. de fshscale done fall
fun he eyes. en- he see wat dem people
wuz. He TUX OF ring that Miss Ruby
had done swap Wild him en- sont II back
t. her; den he sont me t de cnp'n wild n
challenge. Fo' de Ole Souf was still
huggin' de New Souf, an. itpwas hahd
{ Farm dat so many O. dey constitu-
tons, specially duellln. wuz agin de
law. He say Here, Tom, you hattert
tex It t de cap'n, kase done loss all
my frien's, en- amt got cheek nun
Z beg UNI back. He kin fin secon's
eff he wanter; but you mex him onner-
stan dat he got t fight ME somehow.
II say, III do dat, Marser. En- eff
you en- him kin fo'git my black sklnfo'
one hour, I'll mex de bess second you
en- Use studded de sllckess kin o way
t Spite the pistils.' "a
He laugh, dough he was so drefIlle
homesick.
"'Dat wouldden skacely do. Tom;
but youse de bes' srien' rse got; de
dulles f-len. Dat bunco-steerer5 dun
run um oil on q s55.gE
"'Dat wat. Marser? wat you call
de cap'n 70 de Lawd's sake?'
."''sBunco-steerer. He's dat. and
en- nufr'n else. 81
7 fell Ike my eyes gwine pop out my
bald.
Kin you prove dat, Marser? Is you
got Witnesses? I says, kase one O. de
kyahful kin, and ain gwlne make no
mistake dat kin hepp.
pity 3
lis you gwine fight a creetur like
dat? A steer wat look human? ! Hits
dangerous { mess wild de debbil's off
sper!ngs.'
Debbil's offsperings, sho-nuff. !Youse
hit it dis time he says, wid nurr laugh.
All de same Use gwine Z fight UNI.
Doan' be skyahed fo' me. Did v gu
eber know me t miss shot?'
well / neber did. De fuss time he
raise he LII gun I he III shoulder, he
shut. de bud froo de haid., Eff anybody
could hit bunco-steerer he wuz de
man. En- dass de way It tutlu out.
Wen I went t de cap'ns room
de hotel I dld6en knock; I know I go.
tEtek 6unco-steerer at oil de disun.-
vantage kin. Him en- his sister wuz
packin IN n big hurry, en- he wuz
mighty lite about the glllls. He ain
ain hab no patience wild de challenge,
en- treat 1t lax . boy frolic; but !
stuck to 1t. and wudden be kicked
out. l wuz free, en- wuz gwlne T. stay
ez longs I wanter. Miss Ruby wis
per { um awhile, en- I know right den
he would 'cep' de challenge. Dass wat
ne done. Hit wuz T. be now, en- no sec
onds, kase de cap'n wuz bad off he
self TO- frien's. De night bero' Colonel
Hopkins had got letters fun dc Fair
bankses, tell'n UNI dey amt 'quaInted
quainted widwid no Bankses; en- de por-
ter, Creport) had done gone ober town,
Marser wuz ready wen I got back.
l TUX de kTahpet-bag en- de pIstils, en-
we meet de bunco-steer behirne n nm
eter, (palmetto) patch in de subub, ]
ain sayln' want skyuhed,, kase II
doan do { mess wild de debbll's wuks.
but wen I see marser LUX at de plstils
en- TEX aim dess lax he wuz after KILN
a common steer In de pen. I know de
bullet gwine to hit. So it did, en- de
cap'n's shot on'y bark tree. A bum
co-steerer mought walk en- talk human.
but co'se It couldden shoot
Marser say, cool eZ you please: Use
on TO- Texas, Tom. Your kin TEX de
mex train er go back t FIurdy-w'ich
You wanter?' a
IT say, You g'long. AInrser: Tse
come'n. En- he went a-k!te'n.' r
DE cap'n wuz come'n to, He call
me wild he finger; gle me O. bag o. sum-
pin, en- try { tell me wat to do wild II.
De rattle In he froat stop um: no WE
daid In one minute. 4 ~
II s'pose he want me [. gle II ~ hn
sister, SO ! run t. de hotel She sutnev
did TEX de news cuyus. She 1,ugh IN
glad-glad, en- TEX things out de can,n's
kyah-bag an put In hern, all de time
Glen me saff talk and sweet smiles.
'Doan speak my name rer de cnp'n's.
Tom, tel you year de boat WHSLE she
say ez she went out de do. X
:! know right den wat she wuZ; no
cap'ns sister at all; bu; one O dem
bad, bad 'omans wat de debbll put here
git mems souls. Gawd ain hab nufi'n
t do Wild UNI. She wuz a witch. TOO:
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