The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-13

the high buggy and followed him re.
spectfully into the house. remained
with the horses and helped the coach
man, Jap Byers, an excellent fellow, TO
unhitch them-and his tongue. He
chartered volubly.
"Slimy kind o'cuss. that Their Greek,
MIR. Livingston. I'm a liar if he didn't
scare the puddin' outer me-"
"You don't look as if you were c. silly
scared" said |.
81 amt" he replied; that's a facts
but the Greek he done it. An it warn't
right, neither. Him an me never was
fren's. When he comes a-sashayin'
along as if he owned the hull earth
aim ter look jest a leetle mite above his
head, as if didn't see his royal high
ness; an that MAIDS him an tickles me-"
Jap laughed loudly. | had known for
some time that he and Demetrius were
unfrie ndly.
$50 he scared you?"
"Yes, sir. Ye see, he bosses it around
the house. but I'm the chief here, an
don't allow no monkey business on my
premises. Well, sir, after you left,
Mary, the housemaid. come out, an she
an me had leetle howdy-do. She's
Danish, is Mary, an not one O. yer scary
ones. Why"
Get along with your story, Jap. I'm
in n hurry"
"Mary was tellin' me about the doin's
with the gentleman as was hurt, an
givin' me the hull song an dance"
"Where were you, Jap"
The honest fellow blushed. By the
Pickering light of the stable lantern
could see his freckled face blazing.
I'VE was in the hay now" he said, re-
luctantly.
where you generally sit, ehP"
"Yes," he admitted, with a sheepish
grin. "Mary likes the smell O. the hay"
go on, Jap"
"Dye think" he demanded, eagerly,
"tnat Their Greek was on to the racket
o. me an Mary sittin' in the hay NOW?
Gosh! l guess he was stuck on Mary
hisself. Why, that accounts for the
milk in the cocoanut. OF course. Well,
sir, when she got through tellin' me
how the pore Teller couldn't speak nor
move, and"
"She went into all those details?"
"Why, yes; an she had it straight
from Miss Nancy, too. Wimmen folks
must talk, or they'd materially go crazy.
Well. sir, she'd got at last ter the end
o the yarn, an I'd told her good-by, an
was wavin' her adoo as she stood in the
doorway. when all of student a big
- l,1,
ketches me right 'twiXt wind an water,
1t come nigh KILN me, an Mary, too.
Why, the girl most split herself a-laflin'.
An, Mr.. Livingstone" his pleasant voice
hardened. that Their Greek, damn his
soul, done IT,"
expressed my establishment.
'IIe done it outer meanness. / never
suspicioned the cuss. KNOWN that the
hay was kinder poorly piled an that
I'd bin keerless about the handlin' of
IL. But jest before you drew up hap
pcned ter start out fer the house, an
then changed my mind an walked
around the barn. Well, sir, as | come
around that Their corner l saw the Greek,
standin' like a statoo on a PEDESTAL.
Where did he come from? Why, from
the NOW, o course. He piped me Off
ter the house, an then crawled out.
He must ha' known that Danish Mary
an l was frien's, an he calkilated ter
make an everlastin' scarecrow outer me
before her-the son of a gun! dropped
onter his racket right away, the second
/ seen him. He come there a-purpose.
I'd "a thumped him good, if it cost me
this place, but the dogs begun barIin',
the Greek he speaks to 'em as if mo-
lasses candy wouldn't melt in his mouth,
an the next thing ! knew lie was talk
in with Mr.. Gerard. But, cuss him, I'll
git even"
But, Jap, how do you know he was
really in the move"
why, sir, when l come up with the
lantern | see the hayseed and sticker-
grass on his coat"
l babe Mr. Byers goodnight, ana
walked thoughtfully to the house. My