The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-21

'Mornin'. Miss sallie. Yes'um. de
Ore sho feels good. De norf win ies'
nacherly suohed out de marrer In my
bones as I rid over m%uleback.
Nome deg amt nuthin' so bad hap
pened but whut It could'er been wusser,
bless de Lam'l
jes' thought I'd come over n let
you hear how things are gwine since
Miss Elnore an Mars Jim an little
Ellie an Mr.. VIII went on dey weddin'
tower.
I doan see unthin' to laugh at, Miss
sallie.
You well knows Miss Elnore an
Mars Jim didu't hab no weddin' tower
when dey was mahd: and as dey went
on when dey gal chill went on her we'd
din tower, why, dey wus jes' err gwine
ter enjoy de tower dey had put on
twenty-Odd yeahs, OATS all.
Nome, amt been lonesum, speshully
since o saint Johnny-boy over to
stay wild M De mornin' he coined 1
wus er drinkih' er little coffee in de
kitchen. an he come er tarin' like er
tarnado an skeered me so bad I drapt
de cup er hot coffee in my lap. Fore
| thought NV myself I'd upt an boxed
his years. Dat linn Of Satan jes'
Taught at me, an sed as how you'd
saunt him ober to min me an me to
min him. Den he let In ter 'suade me
ter let him put lectrio bells an wires
all ober de house while his Aunt FL
more wus erway. I wush you could'er
heerd dat boy talkin' erbout de cum
fort Nv havin' lectric bells. He over
suaded me an wus or stringin' up wire
In less'n an hour.
1 had had my doubts as to whuther
Mars John wus altogether right in
maxim Johnny-boy study ter be er
lawyer ergin he will, but my doubts
serted me after hat er hour Nv de
boys tungue.
By-an'-by he got to workin' so hard
he didn't hab much ter say ter me,
onless 'twus when he wus er eatin'.
Las week he come er walkin' inter
de kitchen wider cullud pusson fol-
lowin' him. Givin me er wink, he sed,
Nanny, here is er admirer NV yourn.
He says he had de pleasure NV formin'
your 'qu%aintance in de Jail de time dey
saunt you thar fer dismercatin' Naciss'
teef." / wus voked wild de boy, but
sho nun dar stood de trusty whut
showed me de spechul intentions when
I wus in dat 'niquitous hole Nv er jail.
Course he kqowed all erbout you,
kase in de jail he wus err wishin' he
mout git er chance ter turn me outen
dar, an I toll him not ter specify emmy
trouble to his min on my count, 'kase
my young missus husban' knowed her
too well not ter look after me. If he'd
ies' git me sumpun fit ter eat ter keep
me er Twin fer er day er So I'd besatis-
ded. He toll me how sorry he wus dat
he wus born after de wah an didn't
hab no good white folks, an, Miss Sal
lie. I felt fer him. Whenever he
wusn't busy he'd hang around an hol'
my han an tell me ter look fer him
sho when his time wus out.
SO as soon as Jphpny-boy went back
-te-de-WiReGa Ran-sau-sR his
knees an took holt er my han an
sed he wus as good as his word, he was
here In the doah an wus my slave. l
felt kinder uuare, but 'monstrated
wild him about de difference in one
ages. He tuck of his hat, an called
on de Lawd ter witness it warn't his
fault dat he wus born after / wus born.
He didn't wan Ter rush my 'fections,
but would do odd jobs 'roun' de house
tell Mars Jim an Miss Elnore'd come
home. He could clean de silver an
look after Miss EIlie's weddin' pres
ents fer me fer his boa'd. 1 tor him
dat l couldn't boa'd nobody. He sed
wus cruel, but wimmin' allus got that
way wAut stayed widders; that 'twus
right an proper ter mahy, Paul had
sed SO.
A nan ought ter tote er woman's
burdens fer her, dat wus whut dey wus
made fer. Now, Miss Sallie, you'se
allus had Mars John ter pend on. an
you doan know how curisum it makes
a wilder feel when somebody wants ter
tote her burdens. De upshot NV de
mattah wus I morn hat way promised
I'd take him when Miss Elnore'd come.
De udder mornin' Johnny-boy slick
ed hissef up to go over to Mars Hal