The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-05

dident git right up from her home
in Minniesoty en- go to him, en- nuss
him. But he died by en- by, en- lett
her a wilder. She's been a-drawin'
of a pension ever sence, en- says she
thinks more of it than aney man she
ever seen, eXcep' Bill Langham. She
stayed down thayre in Georgy fer a
spell, en- then worked herself west
gradually, ontell she got to Kansas;
en- then it wuz only one jump over
into Oklahomy. OF course, we wuz
all glad to see her git the work box,
fer she's jist the kind of woman
to set store by SIGH things-allus a.
piecin' quilts en- a-sewin' carpet rags,
en- so forth; en- ever old soldier III
the deestrict, union and confederate,
felt ez proud ez could be of her, en-
of the purfesser for a-honOrin' her
that away. Some of the women felt
kind of jealous, though, en- thort tibet
ez she had a pension a-comin' in reg
lar. she could afford to buy work
boxes eff she wanted 'em. En- We jist
orter heerd the purfesser's presenta-
ton speeches. They wuz away up in
the clouds. En- then he dismissed the
crowd, en- we wuZ all a-goin' home,
when all to once thayre wuz a almic h
ty screech in the middle of The
school house, en- we all turned aronn ,
en- thayre wuz Lew Mullick's wife
with her arms aroun' Lem Hull's
neck, en- a-kissin' i'm like she wuz
locoed. En- Lem had his'n aroun' her
too. en- thayre the wuz right thayre in
the crowd, list a-actin' ez ef they'd
both been in the same family, though
we all knowed the Hulls en- the Mu!-
lickses wuzzent akwainted at all.
about this time Lew run up en-
WIZ a-goin' to hit Lem fer huggin' his
wife. but Prairie-dog Smith grabbed
him, en- the women pulled Mary's arms
loose, en- somebody else grabbed Lem,
en- by en- by we got things quieteo
down en- ruther presentable IKE.
Mary, though, wuz kind of hYsterlckY
fer a spell, EN- ever onct in awhile
she'd break loose from the women
tibet wuz a-holdin' of her, en- make
another dive fer Lem, a-cryin' en-
hollerin, My brother! my brother
EN-, sir, when we got EN- ca med
down, soZe they could talk rational et
they wuzzent brother en- sister shore
enuff. They're foxes died when they
wuz kids. en- Lem got sent back to his
gran'-pap's in Ohio, en- Mary Wuz
adopted by some foxes in Newbrasky,
EN- they'd drifted aroun' en- drifted
aroun' ontel they'd drifted right to-
gether agin. Here they'd been alvin
five wear in mild en- a half of each
other, en- never got allwainted, cr
knowed they wuz aney relation. Jlst
lost track of each other, We know, en-
never expected to see each other agiu
er even thort much about it. But Mary
said she shore llnowed it wuz her
brother the fust time she got square
look at Lem, even eff his name Wuz
changed: en- Lem said he felt kind OF
queer. too. but dident know jist whnt
it wuz. He laid it at fust to havin'
swallered part of his terbacker. But
it wuz list the blocd-kin blood in
'em, We know.
"Wull. sir, tibet jogafy match at
Tail-holt wuz the best and most
civilizin' thing ever wuz. The bizncss
of Lem en- Mary made us all feel
mighty good en- happy, EN- we g0r
akwainted with one another right off.
We got a-visitin' aroun' now about
ever week. 1t air sociable en- pro-
ftable thing to do. When | want TO
know aneything about Californey,
list hunt up Prairie-dog Smith el
Ham Harrington, en- larn all about Il
free of charge. Eff ] want to know
about Minniesoty err Newbrasky OF
Virginny, | iist hunt up the proper
neighbor en- swop knowledge with
him. Thayre amt an intelligenter er
more sociable community in the Unit
ed State an Tail-holt deestrict. En
the purfesser put us all on the right
road. We air a regular ensiklopeedy Of
geographical information en- practical
idees, EN- no mistake
learned from Bills neighbOrs
that other consequences of especial
Importance to Bill are likely to flow
from that geography match. His
oldest daughter will soon be married:
and it is whispered that Bill has be
come so interested in the people, eli.
mate, resources en- geography of the
Emerald isle that he has to consult
the widow on the school section al
least twice a week. Bill has been .
widower for six years, and the proba.
bilitieS are he will get SO much inter,
ested in Tail-holt's encyclopedia OF
geographical information that he will
add another volume of it to his home
library shortly in the person of Mrs.
Dugan, who can speak United States
cZ well eZ native of ArkansaW."