The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-14
The Globes Daily Short Story

mighty nigh shutdown widout eatin' er
bite
AT las 'twus done, an we skeered de
mems in an l axed fer de key. "Jes'
shot de door Use broke de key. I'll git
er nuther termorrow," he sed. Dat wus
one tired chill, but after supper he sed
ne b'heVed he'd go over an tell Mars
Halls gals he wus done 'lectrifying the
mousse. l belt his coat for him, an as
ne went out he sed, NANNY, eff you gifts
sick er wants me quick jes' ring de big
plantation bell an I'll be home in no
time, fer Tam er ridin' Tempes'. I talked
scan Ius to dat boy bout ridin dat wicked
morse, an threatened to tell his ma. but
he KEEP on stiff-nected
PRESENTLY Sol coined in to port his
days work to Johnny boy, but findin' me
by myself sed he believed he go home
as he WIS plum petered out wild de hard
days work.
When I got thro' wild my dishes I got
down my pipe an lit it, an. Miss Sallie
er strange thing happened l must er
Eeen er noddin', I doan know, but all
TO Wonst every bell in de house set IN
er ringing an er ringing an it skeered
me so l Couldn't move fer er time. But
de bells KEEP up er ringing an 1 thought
maybe twus Johnny-boy at de frunt door
an went an opened it. but NOBODY WIS
nobody. I thought er hants then an
made fer de big plantation bel in de
pc try yard. AS I wus er runnin' down
de walk l heerd a most awful cussin'.
perhaps. / rung de bell, put back into
de Kitchen an locked an propped de
door an didn't sea- cely breathe tell 1
heered Tempes' feet, hitting de bridge in
high places.
When JOhnny-boy come er Dustin in
hollered, Oar wus er Jack-er-mer-lan-
tern here er ringin 0e las one Nv dem
devilish bells" He didn't wait ter hear
no more. but ruined out close ter de hen
house an shouted, Say, you down there.
Jes' hoI your BRET er few minits tell de
deperty gifts here" an he laughed as eff
hants an Jack-er- mer-lanterns wus
funny. But I wus still skeered an / sea.
Honey, fer Gawd's sake tell yer pore OF
nanny what rung dem bells? '.Yoh
trusty wUs cOtched by de trap 4-oah an
flung inter de pit; he wanted de balance
Nv Uncle Jim's leghurns,'' said he. Sho
huff, up rid de deperty an icy brung
Sol outen de pit. was dat mad an
shame dat 1 mos jumpt on him after dey
got de cuffs on him Johnny-boy cotched
me an sed, You mustn't fight er prison.
er. you needs to learn er L~tle bout law,
an er little bout Electricity"
AS de deperty walked erway wild Sol 1
didn't even look after him.
Den Johnnyboy sed sumptun bout de
'casion 'scusin' teahs, but I tolo' him
'twis good riddence, an den he 'cused
me er bein' tickle. I tor him fiat T didn't
keer whit he sed, whit I hated wus fer
Miss Elnore to git after me bout dat
triffin' pusson. She is de beatenest han
I ever saw ctr run er joke clean slap in
de groun! He sed he'd compromise wild
me, eff I'd keep you from tellin' his pa
bout him ridin' Tempes' he'd keep you
frum telling Miss Slnorer bout me an
SOL Miss Sallie, doan tell on US, please,
marin. Miss Elnore and Mars Jim COM
in home ter-morrer, an Ellie an Mr..
Will next week. When Use seed Ellie an
helpt EN- make de sausage Use er cumin'
over here to stay wild you erwnile, kase
l doan like dem bells Johnny-boy put
up.
Bells here?
Yesum. knows dat, but Use usen ter
deSe.