Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-01-02

| DIS IN, QdS WHAT WdnlS LST w, L
wants ter stick my knife down the
th'oat er dat vilyun, Ell Eat scound'el-
My, SEE Mandy.
| "Yas'm. twell hit go RI down though
! de middle er his black heart. Das
what 1 wants ter do. En- when ! git
hit dar, 1 des wants ter tu'n dat knife
roun' en- roun', twell 1 cut dat black
heart er his'n inter chitterlins.
MY SEE Mandy, you suttinly is
savage
Oar seq I, 'dar, you done said hit.
When you SEE savage you des spells my
name. 1 des so savage dat eat dat
vilyun's heart en- drink his blood en-
des not bat my eyes.
| What make you so savage agin dat
barber SEE Mandy, what he bin doin'
ter your
What he bin dom ter me? He bin
doin' des a plenty. Amt he been
trapesin' roun' wild de oman dat es
good es belong ter me; dat bin prom
| ISM desc days en- days fer ter may
me? En- now he got ter shove his
ugly sef 'twix' me en- her, en- try en-
keep cump'ny wild her?
| EN- what de name er dat lady dat
you speakin' err? SEE Mandy.
Hit des a fool oman er de name
er Mandy .en kase she des a fool oman,
en- amt got so vey good senses, dey
amt nuthin' dat kin do ter her, 'cep'
en- savin' des ter drap her, en- dat
reckon 1 got ter do; fer by desc ways
er gwine on she show dat she little
| hot Dr1f LOT har
l des suttinly takes hit outer him. /
des bruck his back en- knock de ugly
head clean offer him, das all.
EN- dat lady you speakin' about?'
seq Mandy, 81 des kin tell you DIS; she
got senses enuf ter do heap er tinkin'
befo' she ever may wild a triflin' vii
yum like you is; wild yo' big mouf en-
yo' big tales, en- yo' knives, en- yo'
weepuns, en- yo' hussies-hussy yo'sef.
subj
"Das all RI, das all ri. Yo' des do
wild yo'se'f what you tink de bes' ter
do, en- eff you like ter keep somebody
else cump'ny better'n my cump'ny, you
des keep hit. Hit don't matter ter me
eff de yeth des gyape open en- swaller
you up. But aller dat amt gwine save
dat barber. Dey amt no use er yo'
cryin' en- whimperin' roun' me; dat
barber des got ter die.
81 amt wo'yin' about dat barber
seq Mandy. I amt sceart a bit fer
him. Dat barber des twicet de man
dat you is. Eff 1 do emmy cryin' hit be
fer you, you misubble scoundel. Dat
barber des cay pocketsful er knives
en- razors roun' wild him aller de time.
You go foolin' roun' wild dat barber en-
he cuts de lights er life outer you. Eff
you tackle wild dat barber you better
git you a dray pin fer ter hit him wild,
fer eff he gifts clost ter you, you des es
| good es dead en- gone en- mos forgot
What Mandy SEE about dat barber
diden suit me so ve'y better. I know
myself f'om what 1 yere f'om dis one
en- f'om dat one, dat he bad man, des
a teh'ble man; a fightin' man fom
yere come yonder. He des boase dat
enduin' er his time he kill mon ten
men; en- wild one er 'em dat he cuts
out piece er his heart en- toas'es hit
over de fire en- eats hit wild pepper on
hit; en- wild anudder dat he plarnt
vines on topper his grave en- eats de
berries offer dem vine, des ter
strenken his heart. I des sholy got
ter watch my cornders wild a man like
dat tink en- l tink. Fus' l tink er
one way en- den I tink er anudder. One
time hit look like a good way des ter
stan behinder a cornder twell he come
by en- den ter swat him wild a dray
pin or a crow bar. Das all RI, eff l
don miss my lick; but sposen dat l
does miss my lick, dar I is wild my
lick done gone en- he on topper me wild
his razor. En- den agin 1 tink dat he
got ter cross de bayou on one er dem
bridge, en- I might des sot up dar on
zone er de beams twell he come under
en- fall onter his head RI hard. But
sposen dat he jump f'om under. dar
is on de groun', all shuck up wild de
fall en- widout de chanst ter lif' my
ham Dat tinkin' mos KEEP me awake
in de night.
TN de- mo'nin' I got up en- still
diden know what de bes' fer me ter do.
At de las 1 tuck a nickel outer my
pocket en- th'ow hit up in de ar, ter
see which way 1 got ter go dat day.
| wen, sun, Ell udC nickel Qluen pint II
straight ter de shop er dat barber
pick hit up en- th'ow hit again en- hit
come de ve'y same way. Den l see,
come good luck, come bad luck, 1 des
got ter go ter dat barber shop. En-
widout taken emmy mo- time ter tink
des goes. When I come ter de shop
I des walks in en- hangs up my coat en-
my hat, DIES like hit belong ter me, en-
den 1 sits down in de barber cheer en-
1 seq: Barber seq 1, 'gi' me a shave
En- de barber, he des lafs, en- when
he done wuck up de lather en- spread
hit over my face, he SEE ter me, My
SEE he, 4 bin tinkin f'om what l yeres
dat boun' ter use my razor on you
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