The leader., 1900-08-22
\ NIGHTS DISASTER.
\ Theatre in an Ash Hopper.
RY FLORENCE YoUNG.


men what do ye call EN-, honey? Fer
togrifers? Well, he come er prowlin'
Ell rouu' here tother evenin' in his am
berlanch en- sez:
MADAM, don't you want your home
and the family grouped into beauti.
tiful picture?"
En- | seq, Yes, sir, do. to be shure'.
SO just tole him that Bud en- his paw
wuz in the field at work, but eff he'd
remain. en- stay all night, he Might
draw one in the mornin.' By this time
me ole man, seein' the strange lookin
wagiu. With a kiver en- big letters paint
ed on it. er driyiu' up the hill en- stop
fernant the gate. he jest left his pillow
with ole Pat mule er staudin' in the
row en- come peekin roun' the house to
see who twuz.
IL watched him 20 on en- howdy with
the stranger en- / drawed an idee he
wuz agoin' to ubiect to the Teller er
stayin' over night. SO | jist sot my
hands kimbo en- sot my head ter one
side en- seq. yer can stay. En-, man.
this huffed the ole man up en- he look
ed vigrus at me en- come on to the door
block en- fetched me on the sleeve en- -
git outen here, Pearly, EN- take that
COW bell from round your neck ringin'
it. Yer give yer teacher the headache.
I'll make yer pappy whip yeter night"
Here Pearly ran thro' the room with
a COW bell suspended from his neck, by
a broad leather band.
We'll, | kuowed when he fetched me
on the sleeve hit meant to follow him
in the house, an | didn't want to raise
no rucus afore the stranger, an
knowed too ! want ergwine ter let him
git off till | had our picters drawed:
leastwiSe | had my head sot that way,
en- all the childun wanted the house
drawed. too. SO, mind yer! ez | follcr-
ed the ole man in the house | KEEP one
eye on the man in the amberlanch,
whilst he KEEP his sleepy lookin eyes
on me. en- peered ter be pleased with
the idee NV a comfortable night. fer
noticed the resemblance of a smile
hangin' roun' his fine black mustash,
whilst | wuZ er reyolvin the pertaters
Ell butter milk in my mind, that | wuZ
gwine to give him fer his supper git
outen here, Pearly, with that cow bell
er ringin' | tell ye! IF we come thro
here agin I'll make yer pappy whip
ye ternight, see eff don't.
Now man. no sooner en- he got
roun' the cornder nv the door, the ole
man he clustered out, ''whar in the
thunder aire yo gwine to pat that man
ter Sleep"
"En Jest shet one eye on blinkcd
tother en- sez smoothly, no whar in the
thunder, lessen you suspose ter make
er thunderin' nv er rucus. En- 'taint no
use talkin', ole man, I'm bent en- de
termed to have our picters struck in
the mornin en- yer jest as we'll settle
yerself in er framaJle mind en- tell
that purity chap that he kin put his
critters in the pascher, whilst he kin
fall in with Bud en- Phil Fender en-
sleep comfortable enough, up stairs,
ye know honey! Phil Fender is the
young man that's here er sparkin' Sis
ter my ROsetty Narcissy) I'll slap
We down, Pearly, eff ye come thro'
here agn with that bell: you'd worry
the horns often er billy goat with yer
racket
%. ma. don't talk 50 snappishly; |
amt def, "etorted Pearly.
Nov the ole man knowcd 'tWant no
use ter split the air with arguments
when he seed wuz sot. SO he tole
the stranger eff he'd be content ter
stay all night, he could put up his crit
tiers en- in the mornin he might draw
the farm en- the famerly into er picter
en- then he'd give him direcshuns to the
next house.
Be this time the sun wu/ or slippin'
down IN his hurr|eh,. en- BUD en- fhil
Pender had come roun ter disengage
The Teller IN cr conyersaehnn en- wuz
,r samplln' his picters; en- seem twuz
gittin' late they hope him drive his am
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