The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-04


You axe me eff / love oman? Well, I
tell you l does. Why, dat oman kin
cook! Dem chicken, Ell dem pie, en- dem
stew. en- dem good nesses! Lordy! En
nussin' en- coddlin', ley amt nobody
dat kin nuss Ell coddle no better den her
Well, now, eff she kin cook dat a way, en-
kin nuss en- coddle dat Z. way. how you
| rackon dat hep but love her?
Dey amt no gem man dat kin ac' mo-
honubbler by a lady den l done ac by
her. But fer aller dat honubbleness what
you rackon she 81 me back? Ev'y time
/ git a good start ter tellin' her love
tales, she make up her moufs at me en-
bunch wild her shoulders; en- eff l des Sc
| much es say may she des tn ows back
her head en- laughs. Hit DIES look like she
tryin' her beatines' for ter scannerlise
| me- Mandy, gall" seq /, when you
gwine may me, when you gwine say de
wud; sholy I bin CO tin you time a ple1l-
ty.
En- wild dat she des look way off over
my he'd like she lookin' at bird up dal
in de ar. Some times, | rackon,' SEE
she, when [ git ready: when | git good
| en- ready, en-, maybe, dat time nebber
come
! Times en- aginst [ axes her dat way
| en- dat de ve'y bes' wud gifts back
After whites, gifts mad :" Oman, SEE
wud. Eff you gwine. may me, well en-
plenty, / ready an, willin'. Den agin ef
YOU amt gwine may me. fer de goodness
lady, who got senses enuf ter know what
ter say. when a 'sponsible man, wild mis-
own mule en- dray, axes her for ter
ma
En- what you racIon she say ter aller
dat? Eff SEE she, "dey is emmy lady S
company dat you likes ter keep better
den my. company. I rackon you des better
keep hit
Dat didn' suit me SO better Kase
dey amt no udder lady's company dat
I likes ter keep like her company, en-
dey amt no udder lady dat kin cook
en- nuss en- coddle like her.
bes' ting fer ter do, ter make dat
awake in de night wild de tinkin'. I
seq ter myself, You got ter do sumpin'
en- fine, so dat she cyan hep herself
but love you. Eff you do dat she may
you sho" Den / tink ter take her on
one er dem 'scussions. Dey is one er
dem 'scussions runnin' outer de town own
on de railroad mos ev'y week. But
dem 'scussions don suit me so ve'y
better. Dey coses a heap er money.
Before you kin hol' yo' BRET, hits two
| dollar gone thee dollar gone. fo' dol
lar gone. I don min, spendin' money
when I gwine git hit back, but don
| like dis takin' er chansteS. Eff I des
ded sho' dat ManAy gwine. may me
! fer takin' her on dat scussion, des
put my han in my pocket en- lay down
| nv money free But sposin' ! spend
my money en- den don, git her? Den
| whar is L?
Right den en- dar, right des at dat
ve'y time, es I step often my dray :, at at,
de depot, right den en- dar my luck
| change, my bad luck gun ter flicker,
en- my good luck come bilin'. Den
/ en- dar come a podner er mine dat |
ter say howdy, en- ter, pass, de time Ell
| day. He DIES hardly had de time ter
open his mouf good befo' he say;
you gwine ter de hangin,?' Who's
goodness sake SEE he, you Twin
right yere in de town, en- you am
| hear err de hangin' er dat little shoe
maxim man fer de KILN er his Wife,,
When dey ,gwine hang ., hlm? Sc, see -
middle de day"
| Dat ve'y night L SEE ter her, MANDY.
| bin tinkin' er dom sumpin' ter pleasure
| you; | bin tinkin' er akin you ter g
| somewhat wild me- / bin studyin' er one
| er dem scussions; what you tink er den
| 'scussions?' She tink a while en- scratch
! her he'd. Dem 'scussions," seq she
"an't so bad, eff dey go far enuf en- stay
En- den" SEE I, "dey gwine ter have
! fine hangin'.
| hang?'
| dey gwine hang fer KILN er his wife.
| seq l. I'VE kin go dar early en- git sooe
J placc en- see de whole er hit. But Ell ycl
like de 'scussion de bes, SEE |, We
si:ttinly take de ,scuss1on, Gle longes ef
| ..NIy., SEE Mandy dem scussions Is
good but we git one mos emmy DAY
| but a hangin' We don't git hang1n mo
den wunst year; we go ter oe hahs
| I'M
/ De mex morni1f We git good star
des after breakflis' gYou know Whar de
| does dey hangin' Down at dat little parf
right mex ter despa ish prison; We sui
| tinly did git a good 2place; under littl
| tree no mon ten steps f'om de gauus
! en- right in front; deSt whar we could Sc
| ey'yting dat come. Oar We stood. look1r
at de peoples dat KEEP a comm ticker e
| ticker lookin' att de prison, wild de lro
| bars over de winderS; en- aller de tim
eatin' some er dat good grub dat Mand
| brought, wild her. After whites, lon
about de, middle er de day, de Poop. peoples = I
come! yere deyt come! En- sho' enun
| outer de do er de prison, yere come d
/ possession Fust dexi come fo' er des
yere consterples. tween two, en- den wv
/ flongsider annudder prizes. Den come d.
| high sheriff en- TO- mo- consterples. De
| all walks UP de steps onter de platform
en- dar dey stops Den pen one e, er de- prlese
| prizes es. he pray little. en- den dey sim
| a little, en- den dey axes de man de
/ gwine nang eff he got ennyting ter say.
..Yas suh," SEE he, 81 des suttinly is.
| En- wild dat he step ter de front er d
| platform des es spry es de mex.
Gem men en- teller seit'zens,'' he low
| ter commence, en- wild dat he des KEEP
/ on, talkin des es easy es eff he Older
/ have nuthin' mo- ter do aller dat day
| but -des talk. He say dat he was nat
| Gully wuckin man en- good man
| des sitting on his bench peggin shoe.
| wild his peggin' hammer all day long
| ev'y day en- ev'y day, des talkin' e.
| nuthin' at all but des er de shoe bef0
| him en- er hittin' de peg squar on di
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