The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-27

mighty nlSn SunuOWQ W1QOut ealiu eI
bite.
At las 'twus done, an we skeNred
de hens in an l axed fer de key. 'Jes'
shot de door. Use broke de key III
git er nuther ter-morrow,' he sed. Dat
wus one tired chill, but after supper
he Sed he b'lfeved he'd go over an tell
Mars Halls gals he wus done lectrify-
ing the house. l helt his coat for him.
an as he went out he sed, Nanny,
eff you gifts sick err wants me quick jes
ring de big plantation bell an III be
home in no time, fer I'm er ridin'
Tempes'. l talked scan'lus to dat boy
bout ridin' dat wicked horse, an
threatened to tell his pa, 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 ne go
home as he wus plum petered out wild
de hard days work.
When | got thro wild my dishes I
got down my pipe an lit it, an, Miss
Sallie, er strange thing happened. l
must er been er noddin', l doan know,
but all to wonst every bell in de house
set up er ringing an er ringing an 1t
skeered me SO | couldn't move fer er
time. But de bells KEEP up er ring
ing an thought maybe twus Johnny
boy at de frunt door, an | went an
opened it. but nobody WIS thar.
went to all de doahs an found nobody
thought er hants then an made fer
de big plantation bell in de po'try
yard. AS l wus er runnin' down de
walk I heerd most awful cussin'. per-
| haps. rung de bell. put back into de
kitchen an locked an propped de door
an didn't sca'cely breathe tell | heerd
Tempes' feet hittin' de bridge in high
places.
When Johnny-boy come er Dustin
in l hollered. Oar wus er Jack-er- mer-
lantern here er ringin' de 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' hol your bref err
few minits tell de deperty gifts here
an he laughed as eff hants an Jack
er-mer-lanterns wus funny. But WIS
still skeered an l sed. Honey, fer
Gawds sake, tell yer pore oil nanny
what rung dem bells?" "Yoh trusty
wus cotched by de trap f1oah an flung
inter de pit; he wanted de balance NV
1 Uncle Jim's leghurns," said he. Sho
huff, up rid de deperty an dey brung
Sol outen de pit. l was dat mad an
| shame dat l mos jumpt on him after
dey got de cuffs on him Johnny boy
cotched me an sed, You mustn't fight
er prisoner, if he has been yoh beau
Nanny, you needs to learn er little
! bout law an er little bout 'lectricitv.'
AS de deperty walked erway wild Sol
| | didn't even look after him.
| Den Johnny-boy sed sumpun bout
| de 'casion 'scusin teahs, but tor him
'twis good riddence, an den he 'cused
me er bein' tickle. l tor him fat
! didn't keer whit he sed, whut l hated
wus fer Miss Elnore to git after me
bout dat trilin' pusson. She is de
beatenest han | ever saw ter run er
Joke clean slap in de grounI He sed
| he'd compromise wild me, eff I'd keep
Won frum tellin' his pa bout him ridin'
! Tempes' he'd keep you frum telling
| Miss Elnore bout me an Sol. Miss
| Sallie, doan tell on us, please, marin
! Miss Elnore and Mars Jim comm
home ter-morrer, an Ellie an Mr.
VIII next week. When Use seed Ellie
an heipt EN- make de sausage Use Ell
cunin' over here to stay wild yor
erwhile, 'kase l doan like dem bell.
Johnnyboy put up.
Bells here?
Yesnm, knows dat, but Use use1
ter desc.