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

plTrfesser. Sure, an l WuZ boaIn IN
ould Oireland,' said she, imitatin' the
Irish brogue, although she could
speak United States ez well ez ma
tive of Arkansaw. En- 100 pints went
down on Dolle's side; en- when they
figgered 'em all uD, Dollie had won
by three pints!
carter the cheerin' en- congratulate
in had gone down, the purfesser said
they'd try it on a more complicated
system. They'd not try it on the
state whayre one was borned, but on
the states whayre he had lived. En-
aney one could count aney state In
which he had lived, er had been at
aney time; en-, of course, it would be
the right thing fer him to count the
one tibet 'ud make the most pints So
they chose up agin, en- tried 1t tibet
way. En- the surprises wuZ wuss than
afore. eff tibet wuz possible. Many
Teller horned in Arkansaw who 'ud
move into Texas in the spring en-
then back agin to Arkansaw fer the
winter. dividin' up his time about
half between them States, claimed
Texas fer his big numbers in this deal.
II wuz rally bewilderin' whayre some
things happened, too. One teller
made a mistake EN- said, OoWley'
meanin' fer Cowley county, Kansas,
whayre so many of the foxes come
from. Fellers 'ud make ten-strlke
with Pennsylvany er South Carllny,
err Wyoming or Texas, er aney place
they'd been tibet 'ud count up pig
pints. En- when they had 1T all hg-
gered up Sally won on this deal by
IL whole pints. But it wuz rally IN
terestin' en- educatin' en- entertalnln, ,
en- a mighty good scheme all aroun'
"En about this time in the eVenln
leetle episode begun to be noticed
en- made things look kind of tragic
fer spell. Then Lem Hull, on the
first deal, happened to be a-lookin
right square at Lew Mullicks' wife
(she air real purity woman), en- l
noticed thet she took to loOlin' at i'm,
en- a-watchin' i'm like everything
Seemed to ne tibet she never took her
ewes often i'm the rest of the evemn.
/ thort it rather pleged Lem leetle,
SEEM how she wuz a-loOkin' at I'm,
en- a-starin' at i'm so. En- when he
said "Ohio' in the mex roun', she
eyed i'm wuss'n ever. | noticed they
! favored some aroun' the eyes, but l
never dremp about 'em a-bein' aney
relation, fer Lem is a great big,
awkerd. overgrowed maverick whit
needs curryin' Ell shearin', while she's
list one of these slim. delicate women,
We knoyv-good. en- all tibet, but made
frail en- clingin' like by mother
naytcher.
'Then the purfesser got up en- made
the crowd another leetle speech, en-
said thet if we'd be patient he'd like
10 try lest one more deal on us, en-
then he'd turn us loose fer keeps. lie
! perposed givin' nice, new brler root
pipe to the man en- purity new work
box to the woman, thet had lived IN
the states whose pints 'ud count up
the most. En- he aNed all the men
and women thet wanted to enter the
contest that a-away to stan up-the
men on one side en- the women on the
other.
''Wun, sir, thayre wuz iist IA men
on six women went into tibet thayre
thing. en- the contest wuz mighty splr-
tied. | tell ye Some the men had
lived in ez many ez 20 diffurnt states,
en- two or three of the women had
lived in 49, Lem Hull tried it, en- Lew
Mullicks' wife jst sot thayre with
her eyes glued onto his features. I'm
Lem himself wuz no SLOUGH at playln
in this deal. Beginnin' with New
brasky, whayre he wuz borned, he
went east through Ioway, Ell Eellnol,
en- Indianny, to Ohio; EN- then he
come back through Kentucky. Ten
nessee, Arkansaw, Mizzoory, Kansas
en- the Iniun nation to Oklahomy-au
on 'em good countin' states. He made
254 pints; en- about thet time Mary
Mullicks looked eZ eff she thort he
wuz a 10-spot hero en- nd win out
short. Then they went along, no
Teller a-scorin' up with Lem ontell
they come to Prairie Dog Smith. Hes
been all over the world mighty nigh.
lie begun with New Jersey, whayre he
wuz borned. en- he come through
Pennsylvany, Ohio. Indianny, Eelinoi,
Mizzoory, Kansas en- so on west to
Californy in 40. Crossed the plains
with a OK team he tole me afterwards,
en- went clear through to the gold
diggins, which wuz shorely more'n
many Teller did. I'm he stayed
thayre fer three years, en- then come
back by the way of the istmUss. En-
Ilph ne went SOulIl NiuI III tAiN 49,
en- come west when it wuZ over, takin'
in purity near everything on the way
Wuz even in Texas awhile, running
sheep ranch out west of San Antoine,
whayre it never rains aney. | don't
know how many pints he did have
when they counted 'em up, but 1T Wuz
nearly Ell many ez all the rest put to-
gether En- the pipe went to him fair
en- square Saw him the other day,
en- he's a-smollin' of it yit.
"En when it come the wOmen's turn
en- they fggered up the pints, ole Mrs.
Langham got the work box. She is
a soldiers wilder, en- thayre's whole
lot of ole soldiers in the deestrict, en-
they wuz mighty pleased at her a.
gittin' it. Her man wuz with Sher-
man. I guess, en- he got hurt purity
bad down thayre aroun' Atlanta.
When she heerd on it, blamed eff she