Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-30

An be run dem po' little bahs way of In
de woods, an dey know day bettuh nevuh
come back dab ag'in, sub. Don Nicode-
mus he kim back to dc cabin, an he
chuckle an chuckle an git up ON Pete's
bunk an holluh in he eauh:
"'Big foolp
"Den Nicodemus chuckle some mo- an
go to sleep. Dis hyah tickle Pete so pow
full dat he t'ink mo- o. dat wrecked parrot
dan he evuh t'ink he kin. Mex day Pete
he boun to tease Nicodemus, an he tex
down he gun.
"'Tuckey, Petes' Nicodemus say.
mo Pete he say. BAH
"Nicodemus he swan he woan' go attuh
bah, but Pete he declab dat he 60 attnh
bah or he doan' go attuh muffin, so Nico-
demus he get up al 60, but he mighty
grufy bout 1t, an when Pete he stop to
look TO- bath signs Nicodemus he move
on, lack he doan' keeuh fo' muffin. He
ain 60 but little ways wen Pete heah q
swush an den Nicodemus yellin an swah'n.
Pete he look dat away, an DIES tu'n col as
Ice. A big hawk it done swum down an
gobble Nicodemus, an way it go wiz him,
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Pete he des lop down an tab he haiah.
"'I bean &c def O. Nicodemus!' he hol-
luh. i done do muhduh, an l DIES go an
let EN- hang me.
"Pete he jine de ahmy, an he fight mon
six months TO he git a scratch, an den a
Yankee built clip him, an dey tote him
in to die. Dey tote him to a big tent
whah dun bean heaps mo sojuh mon wiz
Yankee bullits in 'em, AL dey des' layin
Pete on he cot wen he heah some un hol-
luh:
sHalleluyuh, Petuhl Let us pray!'
"Pete he ope he one eye an look up
Skeeuht wiz 1t, an dab, on a stool in de
tent, who yo' done spec he see2 Nicode-
musl Yes, sub! Big as life, sub, an sol
emn as a unduhtakuhl Pete he des' shet
dat eye O. his'n ag'in an done faint daid
away, he des' dat streaky!
"How Nioodemus done git dab? Dat bean
SO sing 'luh, sub, dat l doan spec yo' gwan
TO b'lieve 1t. Des on udduh side dem woods
whah de hawk snatch Nicodemus up dat
day an tote him off cussin an swah'n top O.
he lungs bean de Craigie plantation. De
Craigie folks dey bean de p%iouses' folks in
all dat kentry, an Mahs Craigie he done
preach many times heah an dab. Hawks
bean totin away de Craigie chickens, des
de same, an Mahs Craigie been layin TO-
hawks wiz he gun des wen de hawk wat
gobble Nicodemus kim fioatin ovuh dat
away. He up pow'ful high, but Mahs
Craigie he bean a desp'rit man wiz a rifle,
an ne SEN a bullet up to meet it sho'ly.
De hawk kim tumblin down an drop daid
In a CON shock. Wen Mahs Craigie 20 to
pick de hawk up, he mighty sot back to
see a parrot shet in it's claws. Dat bean
Nicodemus, but co'se MANS Craigie doan'
know dat. He tink de parrot bean daid,
an he tex 1t to de house. De family dey
all lookin at 1t wen bahmby Nicodemus
he gin to kick. Den dey know he ain
daid. al dey wait. Bahmby Nicodemus
he ope he eyes an look rou dab. Den he
rise up an TEX a bettuh look. Den he gin
to give his 'pinion o. things. Nioodemus
he amt hahdly staht In yit wen dat fam
bly, gin to scattuh, IN dey ain nobody lef'
wiz Nicodemus but Mahs Craigie, an he
have he finguhs stuff way in he eauhs, an
he eyes dey be.gin. Bahmby Nicodemus
he quit. Mahs Craigie's family dey de-
clah dat he mus TEX de parrot out In de
woods an shoot 1t, but he say 10. But he
done tote Nicodemus up to a cabin he have
In de woods, an dab he labuh an rassle
wiz dat onrighteous fowl weeks an weeks,
day in an day out, p'intin out to Nico-
demus de evil O. his ways, an wat 20
spec done happen? Bahmby one day Mahs
Craigie he kim in, an Nicodomus kim wiz
him. De family dey staht to quit de house
as fas' as dey laigs kin tote EN-, but Nico-
demus he holluh:
"'Hallyluyuh! Let us pray!'
"Den de family kim back. Yes, sub,
MANS Craigie he done labuh wiz dat
weecked Nicodemus twel he tu'n him in
de straight an narrow path, sub, an duh
ain ban none o. dat family no mo- piousuh
dan Nioodemus. An wen MANS Craigie
he t'ink he mus 60 an jine de ahmy he
done teck Nicodemus wiz him, an MANS
Craigie an him dey done bean In dat tent
wen dey kim totin One Eye Pete Neaffie
in."-Chioago Inter Ocean.