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

mighty nigh shutdown widout eatin' er
bite.
Az las 'twus done, an we skeered
de hens in an l axed fer de key. "Jes'
shot de door. Use broke de key. I'll
git er nuther t%er-morrow," he sed. Dat
wus N tired chill, but after supper
he sed he b'lieved he'd go e an tell
Mars Halls gals he wus done 'lectrify-
ing the house. 1 helt his coat for him.
an as he went Out he sed, Nanny,
eff you gifts sick er wants me quick jes'
ring de big plantation bell an III be
home in no ntime, fer I'm er ridin'
Tempes'. talked scanlus to dat boy
bout ridin' dat wicked horse, an
threatened to tell his pa, but he KEEP
On stif-nected.
Presently, Sol coined in to port his
days work to Johnny-boy, but hndin'
me by myself sed he believed ne 60
home as he wus plum petered out Wild
de hard days work.
When | got thro' wild my dishes 1
got down my pipe an lit it. an, Miss
Sallie, er strange thing happened. I
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
skeeTed me SO / couldn't move fer er
time. But de bells KEEP up er ring
ing an l thought maybe twus Johnny
boy at de frunt door, an l went an
opened it, but nobody wus thar. !
went to all de doahs an found nobody.
l thought er hants then an made fer
de big plantation bell in de po'try
yard. AS 7 wus er runnin' down de
walk 1 heerd a most awful cussin', per-
haps. I rung de bell, put back into de
kitchen an locked an propped de door
IN didn't sca'cely breathe tell 1 beerd
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' hoT your BRET er
few minits tell de deperty gifts here"
an he laughed as eff hants an jack
er-mer-lanterns wus funny. But l wus
still skeered an l sed, Honey. fer
Gawd's sake, tell yer pore oil nanny
what rung dem bells?' "Yoh trusty
wus cotched by de trap aoah an flung
inter de pit; he wanted de balance Nv
Uncle Jim's leghurns," said he. Sho
nun, up rid de deperty an dey brung
Sol outen de pit. 1 was dat mad an
shame dat / mos jumpt on him after
dey got de cuffs on him Johnny-boy
cotched me an sed, you mustn't fight
err prisoner. II he has been yoh beau
Nanny, you needs to learn er little
bout law. an er little bout Electricity"
AS de deperty walked erway wild Sol
/ didn't ever look after him.
Den Johnny-boy sed sumpun 'bout
de 'casion 'scusin' teahs, but / toll him
'twis good riddence. an den he 'cused
me er bein' tickle. 1 toll him fat 1
didn't keer whut he sed, whut / hated
wus fer Miss Elnore to git after me
bout dat trinin' pusson. She is de
b~eatenest han / ever saw ter run er
Joke clean slap in de groun'l He sed
he'd compromise wild me. ef I'd keep
you frum tellin' his pa bout him ridln'
Tempes' he'd keep you irum 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..
Will next week. When Use seed Ellie
an helpt 'em make de sausage Use er
cumin' yer here to stay wild you
erwhile, 'kase / doan like dem bells
Johnny-boy put up.
Bells here?
Yesum. / knows dat, but Use usen
ter desc.