The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-01-02
Fitting Of tie Barber.
BY CHARLES HENsLEY.

1
Yasm- das what I wants ter do. ]
wants ter stick NY knife down the
th'oat er dat vIIyua. er dat scound5eI-
My, sez Mandy
--Ias'm-tweEl hit go RI down though
de middle er his black heart Das
| what I wants ter do En- when ] git
hit dar. I des wants ter tu-n dat knife
roun' roun-. tweI I cut dat black
heart er hIs'n inter chitterIins-
Ny seq Mandy, you suttInIy is
savage,
Oar, seq I. edar. you done said hit
When you sez savage you des spells my
name des so savage dat I eat dat
viIyun's heart en- drink his blood en-
des not bat my eyes
What make you so savage agin dat
barber seq Mandy. what he bin doIn'
ter your
What he bin doin- ter me2 He bin
dom des plenty Amt he been
trapesin' roun- wild de oman dat es
good IS belong ter me: dat bin prom
ism desc days en- days fer ter may
me2 En- now he got ter shove his
ugly sef 'twIx me en- her, en- try en-
keep cump'ny wild herZ
En- what de name er dat lady dat
you speakin' er2' seq Mandy
Hit des fool oman er de name
er, Mandy.en kase she des fool oman,
en- amt got SO ve'y good senses. dey
ain nuthin' dat kin do ter her, 'cep'
en- savin' des ter drap her, en- dat I
reckon got ter do: fer by desc ways
er gwine on she show dat she little
better'n a hussy- But fer dat barber
I des suttfnIy takes hit outer him I
des bruck his back en- knock de ugly
head clean offer him das all
In dat lady you speakin- about2'
SEE Mandy I des kin tell you d-s, sac
got senses enuf ter do heap e. tnkln'
befo' she ever may wild 4 trifiu' VII
III
70 big tales. en- yo' knives. en- yo'
weePuHs, en- 70 hussies-hussy yo-se,f
sun
-Das all RI. das all RI Yo- des do
wild yo'sef what you tink de bes' ter
do, en- ef you like ter keep somebody
else cump'ny better'n my cump'ny. you
des keep hit Hit don't matter ter me
ef de yeth des gyape open en- swaner
you up But a1leF dat amt gwine save
dat barber Dey amt no use er yo'
eryin' en- whImperfn' roun' ne; dat
barber des got ter die
amt wo'yin' about dat barber,
SEE Mandy I amt sceart a bit fer
him Dat barber des tw1cet de man
dat you IS Eff I do emmy cryin' hit be
fer you, you misubbIe sounded Dat
barber des cay pOcketsfuI er knives
en- razors rouns wild him alIer de time
You go foolin' roun' wild dat barber en-
he cuts de lights er life outer you Ef
you tackle wild dat barber you better
git You dray pin fer ter hit him wild
fer eff he gifts cIost- ter you, you des es
good es dead en- gone en- mos forgot
What Mandy sez about dat barber
1iden suit me so ve'y better I know
mysef fom what 1 yere f'om dis one
en- rom dat one, dat he a bad man des
3 teh'ble man; a hghtin' man fom
yere come yonder- He des boas-es dat
snduIn' er his time he kill mon ten
men; en- wild one er 'em dat he cuts
put a piece er his heart en- toas'es hit
over de fire en- eats hit wild pepper on
hit; en- wid anudder dat he p1arnt
Fines On topper his grave en- eats de
berries offer dem vine. des ter
his heart des shoIy got
-er watch my cornders wild a man like /
lat I tink en- L tink- F-us' I unk er
one way en- den tink er anudder One
lime hit look like a good way des ter
tan behinder a cornder tweH he come /
1y en- den ter swat him wild a dray
pin or a crow bar Das all RI eff I /
lon miss my lick: but sposen dat I /
iOes miss my lick, dar is wild my /
lex done gone en- he on topper me wild /
lis razor En- den agin I tink dat he /
Tot ter cross de bayou on one er dem /
fridge, en- I might des sot up dar on /
me er de beams tweu he come under
n fall onter his head RI hard But
posen dat he jump fom under. dar
Is on de groun', all shuck up wild de
all en- widout de chanst ter 1if' my !
AN Dat tinkin' mos KEEP me awake
q de night
In de mc'nin' I got up en- still