Evening journal., 1899-02-18

mus. He haint bin yere sense the
bhzzerd oum on. i gess he's up home
shovehn' snow an baggin' the hens 10
lay lots CT eggs vile they're fifty cents
a duzzen. Sum OF lihe boys sed ais hcw
mdbbd he was showed under an we
Wmz tlhinlin' about gittin' up a relelfe
eNpedlslhun, bGhlMark Davis sed as how
Ilaltomus wuz a Dopont man, an hit
wuz skarsley wnrrh willie. But / fe,e
arldshus about Lattcmus an hope he
hahn run h.slself down tIhoveMn' ano.
WcR'1 the use shlovein' snow?
El he'n let the burned stun
alone hit'll melt an go away
hitself Besides that, Mary Ann, there
hahn no use prayin to hen wen
prises IL high. She jes stops layin
until a fe,ler's glad enuf to git ten
sents a duzzen an then she begins
layin' fore eggs a day regler. A hens
ded agin emmy rase in the markit But
I'm certenly ankshus about that feller
LattIomus.
Wen / wuz a Wilmington l drapt in
to see Anahuny Higgins. Wen l wen
In his offs a gal stennograffer slept
up an sed. do you wan 10 see Mis-
ter Higglns?" / sez, "ls there emmy
boldly else here to see? Tell Mister
Higgins as how Bill Jones, of Sand
town, wants TO see him" She sed, Il
think he's etin his dinner" Hit don
matter" | sed. Il hahn got no time
70 be stayln' yere waitin' fer him to
ete his grub. Ef he wants to see me
hem hav' to set his plate on the back
part of the stove an finish etin' after
I'm throo tallsin'." She wen an tol
him as how ! WIZ there an he cum
downstairs one or two steps at a time
He busted into the offs, grabbed me bi
the hand an sed: Ell hit hahn my OF
frend, Bill Jones. How's Mary Ann
an all the foxes down at Sandtowng
| HITS bin a good vile sense l saw
them? l sed; They're all rite peert
How're you, AnGhuny?" He sez, I'm
giitin along $3.50. Wct's moo"
sez, "Nuthin as ! knows OF. How Is
hit you haint glttin' no more votes
down al Dover?" He sez, kin | trust
YOU. Bill?" | sez, "Certenly you kin,
Anthuny." "WeCl, then, Bill, I'll tell
YOU he sed IL don wan no votes
jes yit I'm a-layin' back fer the
home stretch A day or two before
that thing down there husts I'm a
hopin' as how. everyEhing'll cum mi
way. Bill, ef / hadn't mis.akin III git
all them Reg'lers an a lot of yore fell
ler, inc.oodin' Mark DAVIS an John
Satterield. Henry roopDnt may think
as how he's got me nat OF mi back,
but me an nokll show 'em sumthin'
before this yere things over" Jes'
then sumboddy cum in an he had 20
80 up TO the Cort House. Before levin
me he sed. "Bill. don let emmy OF
them fellers vote fer me until two or
Three days before finle agurnment--
} then you'll see me lcomin' up, an Of
| don't put Hennery on his back, my
naim hahn Anthuny" Ef / haint mis-
taken, Mary Ann, that feller Higgins
has got sumthln' up his sieve.
i certenly have civ President Sam
mons big serprlse, Mary Ann. l bot
him an umbreller an sent hit to him
by friend. He's a-gessin' who Civ hit
, to him, an never dremin' as how hit
wuz Ball Jones, Of Sandtown. I'll jes
let him SWEET fer a few days, an ther
git sum Of the feilers to tell him as
how hit wuz me kept him frum glttin
. wet. Hit dun me good to see how h,
! appreshiated the umbrerer. but hi
haint exackly satisfied with the wa,
i. his Mains spe.t but I'm a-goln' to ha,
! that tixst
An still Seniter More is after Mis-
3 Ter Tammeny's skalp. He don lool
It like hit, but l CESS there mus be sun
r lnjun blud runnin' in the vanes O
that feller f7im Bethel. fur Sattln bul
never went on mere determine
e hunt fur anuther feller's hare.
Yore rssin husban'.
? BILL JONES.