The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-03-20

at de puttiest hen house you ever laid
your eyes on, an he'd built II right
over Miss Elnore's old empty flower
pit. He said he built II thar to cor
nerwise space. whutever dat means
He dismissed de men an made de
floor hissef. | cotched him er laughin'
er lots out thar by hisse'f; 1t kinder
frustrated me an l sed, Boy, whut
you keep on laughin' lake er 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" / sed, you know we
is" He sed. Eyes, 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
notion takes um to pick in de parler."
an he laughed some more, an went
ter work ergin, an worked on till
mighty nigh shutdown widout eatin' er
bite.
AT las 'twus done, an we skeered
de hens In an axed fer de key. "Jes'
ohOh uO uOoI. oo biOhe NC hCys II
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 1ectrify-
ing the house. 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 I'll be
home in no time, fer I'm er 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 ne go
home as he wus plum petered out wild
de hard days work.
When l got thro' wild my dishes l
got down my pipe an lit IT. an. Miss
Sallie. err strange thing happened I
must er been er noddin'. doan know,
but all to wonst every bell in de house
set up er ringing an er ringing an II
skeered 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 / went an
opened 1t, but nobody wus thar
went to all de doahs an found nobody.
thought er hants then an made fer
de big plantation bell in de po'try
yard. AS I wus er rannin' down de
walk heerd q 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 I heerd
Tempes' feet hittin' de bridge in high
places.
When Johnny-boy come err Dustin
In hollered, Oar wus er Jack-er- mer-
lantern here er ringin' de las one NV
dem dcvilish bells" He didn't wait
ter hear no more, but ruined out close
ter de hen house an shouted, Say.
you down there, jes' hor your bref er
few minits tell de deperty gifts here"
an he laughed as eff hants an Jack
er-mer-lanterns wus funny. But wus
still skeered an | sed, Honey, fer
Gawd's sake, tell yer pore oil nanny
what rung dem bells?" Yoh trusty
WuS COSNhCo Wy Top idb on nun 5
inter de pit: he wanted de balance Wv
Uncle Jim's leghurns. said he. Sho
nuff, up rid de de1er.v an dey brung
| Sol outen de pit | was dat mad an
shame dat mos 'umpt on him after
dey got de cuffs on him Johnny boy
cotched me an sed, You mustn't fight
er prisoner. IL he has been yoh beau
Nanny, you reeds to learn er little
bout law. an err little bout 'lectricitv."
AS de deperty walked erway wild Sol
| | didn't even look after him.
Den Johnny-boy sed sumpun bout
| de casion 'scusin teahs, but toll him
twis good riddence. an den he 'cused
me err bein' tickle. ! toll him fat
| didn't keer whut he sed. whut hated
wus fer Miss Elnore to git after me
bout dat trifiin' pusson. She is d.
beatenest ham ever saw ter run ei
Joke clean slap in de groun'i He set
he'd compermise wild me, eff I'd keel
you frum tsllin' his pa bout him ridin
Tsmpes' had keep yeu frum tellin