Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-07

lou, POleOn, yelled Aunt Judy
from the wash-house door, -swey you
gwine? Come back heuh, you trifiin'
black rascal Didn't All tell you to
stan right by dat wringah until All
was through wild your?
Il was des gwine down to see if
Mist Iimmy's boat was tied,'' said the
recreant Napoleon, as he shifted his
weight from one black, sun-cracked,
bare foot to the other.
''Yaas, 1 specs OATS wat dat extry
fishhook is hangin' in dem kinks
behine you ear TO-; and wat you got
in you han? OATS a box O. wu'ms.
sho's Ise alive. Pears like you amt
got sense enough to bell buzzard,
'Po1eoni''
Napoleon rolled his eyes cautiously
around towards a clump of saw pal
metto in the edge of the scrub,
where a wide, straw hat could be seen
above the tops of the palmetto fans,
and knotty fshpole waved jerkily.
Would she see It? Napoleon's heart
almost stood still as Aunt Judy's eyes
turned in that direction, but old eyes
that are dimmed by many years Of
sewing and standing over the steaming
washtub are not as sharp as young
ones.
TEX dis basket er clo'es and hang
'em out on de line" she continued,
and bring me er coal outer dat fiuh.
Look LAX All dest mus TEX res'.''
Napoleon complied, holding the coal
between two sticks while Aunt Judy
pulled for a light. A smile crept over
his face. He knew what Aunt Judy's
'resses" meant. Then, taking up the
basket, he went out to the clothes
line, keeping carefully in view of Aunt
Judy. Gradually he worked around, rs
he saw Aunt Judy's head nod, until her
face was hidden by the door jamb.
Dat boy amt so bad" unused The
old lady. He dest kim O. childish.
Get kim O. frisky sometimes LAX any
boy gwineter do wat got some stiff
ness in he backbone. Guess Ah'll-
Ahll-let him There was a
long pause. A big, green horsef1y came
droning in and settled on Aunt Judy's
head, standing out strongly against
the gray, twine-wrapped strands of
wool. Aunt Judy was asleep. Ma
poleon came and peeped in at the DOOR
Softly putting down the basket, ne
stole noiselessly over to the palmetto.
and two figures raced off toward the
bayou.
A little creek made around from the
bayou. over which was a wooden
bridge.
SAM" said Napolean, Aunt Judy
is gwineter wake up fore long. 'Speck
we better fix dis bridge" and with a
glitter in his black eyes
he commenced removing some of he |
loose boards lying across the two poles |
which formed the only passage across
the muddy creek.
Wen des fix some er desc fans |
across de openin'," he chartered, an
lnfilial light spreading over his black, |
shiny face. The two young imps soon |
had dead, brown palmetto leaves over |
he opening.
Now, we'll des get out on dat ole |
og, and drop our lines in de Black |
lole,'' said Sam.
Aunt Judy nodded and drowsed. Civ
ng forth gentle snore, occasionally
broken by fitful snorts. The pipe still |
lung, loosely held, between her two
rood teeth. The fire was long ago
extinct. Suddenly she started up.
Great Zion, All mus get dem
lo'es offer dat line. 'Poleonl" 40
answer. "'Specks he dun traipsed off
vid dat Sam Williams. He gotter quit
lat havishness. Yassir, here's de has-
,et- Anil des slip down to de bayou
md see. Hope he got summer desc |
and-spurs in his foots,'' she muttered
IS she made her way toward the path
which led to the river. As she emerged