Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18

Honey, why yo' tease nanny so
much ter be allus tellin' yo' bout ole
times? Yo' Ibis in de vance age, an
ought ter be libin' mighty good life.
too, cause how yo' know yo' won't
hab great-gran' -chilIen pryin' inter all
yo' actions?
''Yo' doan' wan ter hyear bout yo'
gran'ma, but wants me ter tell yo'
bout ma iii Clarissy? Bless yo' heart,
honey, OATS de one thing l lubs ter
talk bout, doe it almos' snaps de
strings OBJ mammy's po' ole heart cherry
time she chen thinks OBJ her.
DE night Clarissy opened her eyes
on dis earth dar wuz a consumptious
ball goin' on at de big house, fo' de
quality, in honor OBJ yo' gran'ma, who
yo' gran'pa. ma young marse, had
fetched home as his bride.
Il could talk bout ma mistus all
day, but yo' wants ter hyear bout
Clarissy. Well, I'ze leadin' up ter her,
honey. At de time / am tellin' yo' OBJ
she wuz jes on her way inter dis
worf OBJ trouble, an forgit all bout
her chen den tween thinkin' OBJ de
gran times at de big house. which Sis
Kitty wuz 'monstratin' bout. an listen
in ter de squeak OBJ Uncle Jerrys fid-
die at de Quarters.
Tween de squeaks 1 hyeard him
hollo' Git yo' pardners fer de kwat-
tflon, Raise yo' feet high, S'1ute yo'
pardners, Fo'wa'd foah an back agin!
LET han ober right han back Den
what TUX me. he jes' shouted, Judy.
cum back hyarl Doan' yo' know yo'
right han from yo' lef'? Yo's spilled
de whole set, an Pze hat min not
LOT !,
ternight. Yo think Miss red sash
makes yo' fine, but femme tell yo' gal,
de fines shuck of'en hides de meanes'
nubbin in de row.,
81 wuz mighty pleased ter hyear Judy
publicly 'buked, cause she wuz dat
airy since she TUX ma Hosea from me-
She not only TUX him, but got herself
a stiferket in a gol' frame which said
de law had glib him ter her, Dis is a
mighty quar- worl, chile In de sight
OBJ de Lord, Hosea wuz mine; but
cause de law could write on paper it
could DIVORCE me an glib him ter her
wild ticker ter prove it In desc days
deg is changin' de Scriptur' fashion,
dey buns de stiferket, snaps dere fin
gers at de public, buys &c law ter do
dere way, an breaks dere 'legiance wild
de sight OBJ de Lord.
We'll. chile. I'm deviatin' from de
paff l wuz treadin'. When Uncle Jerry
holloed out. Make yo' steps an sho'
yo' styIeH an 'All hans 'roun', fer
got ma Fiction. ] forgot eberything,
an loped right off ter be in at dat oc-
cashum- Sir Kitty cot me by de arm
an dragged me back. She lowed .Ag-
gle, yo's crazy, an I'm goin' fer de
paterole.' Dat settled me-
'-Jes' Cen de clock struck twelbe an
de strikes wuz mos drownded by de
noise from de firecrackers an gun at
de big house an de hurrays from de
Quarters. Den l knew it wuz Chris
mus mornin', an as de las cheer died
out Ma lii Clarissy cum for ma Chris
mus gif', l knows it wuz onchrischun
lax an an owdacious sin, but l didn
thank de Lord as much as l ought fer
His present. cause l KEEP thinkin' how
dat same present had cheated me out
Oh bein' 'mong de fust ter s'lute ma
new miss an join in Uncle Jerry's
All hans 'roun'.'
''whar did 1 get de name Clarissy?
Now. I'ze goin' tel tell yo' how ma
Fiction brought me 'onor.
''Yo' dear grar'ma named dat chile.
an lowed she wuz ter be raised an
edicated at de big house. Dat made
me mighty proud. So. when yo' ma
wuz born / TUX Clarissy an went ter
de big house an nussed yo' ma till dey
put her IN de col groun'.
''Doan' get SO impashum. honey; I'ze
goin' ter tell yo' bout Clarissy, but /
jes' kinder laks ter put it OF as long as
kin.
"Clarissy hadn' no face ter be