Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-14


your eyes on, an he'd built it right
over Miss Elnores old empty flower
pit. He said he built it thar to cor
nerwise space, whutever dat means.
He Dismissed de men an made de
floor hissef. cotched him err laughin'
er lots out thar by hisse'f; it kinder
frustrated me an sed. "Eoy. whut
you keep on laughin' lake err edit fer?
We amt never had no edits in our
family an doan' wan ter start wild
you" He kinder sobered up an sed.
Nanny, wese allus been quality, amt
us, Nanny" l sed, You know we
is" He sed, Yes, an our hens is
quality, too, an I'm gwine run er
wire from dis hen house to de frunt
doah so dey can ring de bell when de
an he laughed some more. an went
ter work ergin, an worked on till
mighty nigh shutdown widout eatin' err
bite.
At las 'twus done, an we skeered
de hens in an | axed fer de key. "Jes
shot de door. Use broke de key. I'll
git er nuther ter-morrow," he sed. Dat
wus one tired chill, but after supper
he sed he b'lieved he'd go over an tell
Mars Halls gals he wus done 'lectrify-
ing the house. 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 err ridin'
Tempes'. | 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 he go
home as he wus plum petered out wild
de hard days work
When | got thro' wild my dishes l
got down my pipe an lit it, an Miss
Sallie, er strange thing happened
must er been err noddin', doan know,
but all to wonst every bell in de house
set up er ringing an err ringing an 1t
skeered me so | couldn't move fer er
time. But de bells KEEP up err ring
ing an thought maybe twus Johnny
boy at de frunt door, an l went. an
opened it, but nobody wus thar. l
went to all de doahs an found nobody.
| thought er hants then an made fer
de big plantation bell in de poetry
yard. AS | wus err runnin' down de
walk l heerd a 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 err Dustin
in hollered, Oar wus err 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 BRET err
few minits tell de deperty gifts here"
an he laughed as eff hants an Jack
wus funny. But wus
still skeered an sed, Honey, fer
Iawd's sake, tell yer pore OIL nanny
what rung dem bells?" "YOh trusty
wus cotched by de trap floah an flung
inter- de pit; he wanted de balance NV
Uncle Jim's leghurns." said he. Sho
luff, up rid de deperty an dey brung
Sol outen de pit l was dat mad an
shame dat | mos jumpt on him after
ley got de cuffs on him Johnny-boy
,otched me an sed, You mustn't fight
AZ prisoner, il he has been yoh beau
you needs to learn err little
bout law. an er little bout 'lectricitv."
AS de deperty walked erway wild Sol
didn't even look after him.
Den Johnnyboy sed sumpun bout
lie 'casion 'scusin' teahs, but toll him
twis good riddence, an den he 'cused
ne er bein' tickle. l toll him fat |
lidnt keer whut he sed, whit | hated
vus fer Miss Elnore to git after me
bout dat triflin' pusson. She is de
,eatenest han | ever saw ter run err
oke clean slap in de groun'! He sed
led compromise wild me, eff I'd keep
,ou frum tellin his pa bout him ridin'
Tempes' he'd keep you frum telling