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

'Mornin'. Miss Sallie. Yes'um, de
fire sho feels good. De norf win jes'
nacheriy suched out de marrer in my
bones as rid over muleback
Noma dey amt nuthin' so bad hap
pened but whut 1t could'er been wusser,
bless de LAM
jes' thought I'd come over an let
you hear how things are gwine since
Miss Elnore an Mars Jim an little
Ellie an Mr.. Will went on dey weddin'
tower.
doan see nuthin' to laugh at. Miss
Sallie.
You well knows Miss Elnore an
Mars Jim didn't hab no weddin' tower
when dey was mahd: and as dey went
off when dey gal chill went on her we'd
dim tower. why, dey wus jes' er gwine
ter enjoy de tower dey mad put on
twenty-odd yeahs, dat's all.
Nome. / amt been lonesum, speshully
since you saint Johnny-boy over to
stay wild me- De mornin' he coined |
wus er drinkin' er little coffee in de
kitchen. an he come er tarin' like er
tarnado an skeered me so bad l drapt
de cup er hot coffee in my lap. Fore
thought NV myse'f I'd upt an boxed
his years. Dat linn of Satan jes'
Taught at me. an sed as how you'd
saunt him ober to min me an me to
min him. Den he let In ter 'suade me
ter let him put lectric bells an wires
all ober de house while his Aunt Ell
more wus erway. wush you could'er
heerd dat boy talkin' erbout de cum
fort Nv harin' 1ectric bells. He over
suaded me an wus er stringin' up wire
In iess'n an hour.
l had had my doubts as to whuther
Mars John WIS altogether right in
maxim Johnny-boy study ter be err
lawyer ergin his will. but my doubts
serted me after ha'f er hour NV de
boys tungue.
By-an'-by he got to workin' so hard
he didn't hab much ter say ter me,
onless 'twus when he wus er eatin.
Las week he come er walkin' inter
de kitchen wild er cullud pusson fol-
lowin' him. Givln me er wink, he sed.
Nanny, here Is err admirer NV yourn.
He says he had de pleasure NV formin'
your quaintance In de Jail de time dey
saunt you thar fer dismercatin' Naciss'
teef." ! wus 'voked wild de boy, but
sho nuff dar stood de trusty whut
showed me de spechul intentions when
| wus IN dat 'niquitous hole NV er Jail.
Course he knowed all erbout you,
kase In de jail he wus er wishin' he
mout git er chance ter turn me outen
dar. an toll him not ter specify emmy
trouble to his min on my count. 'kase
my young missus husban' knowed her
too well not ter look after me. II he'd
jes' git me sumpun fit ter eat ter keep
me or Twin fer err day er SO. I'D besatis-
fed. He toll me how sorry he wus dat
he wus born after de wah an didn't
hab no good white folks. an, Miss Sal
lie. felt fer him. Whenever he
,wusn't busy he'd hang around an hol
my ham an tell me ter look fer him
sho when his time wus out.
So az soon as Johnny-boy went back
TO de wires de gemman fell on his
knees an took holt err my ham an
sed be wus as good as his word, he was
here In the doah an wus my slave. /
felt kinder Quare, but 'monstrated
wild him about de difference In one
ages. He tuck off his hat. an called
on de Lawd ter witness 1t warn't his
fault dat he wus born after wus born.
He didn't wan ter rush my 'fections,
but would do odd jobs 'roun' de house
tell Mars Jim an Miss Elnore'd come
home. He could clean de silver an
look after Miss Ellie's weddin' pres
ents fer me fer his boa'd. l toll him
fiat couldn't boa'd nobody. He sed
wus cruel. but wimmin' alius got that
way whut stayed widders; that 'twus
right an proper ter mahy, Paul had
sed SO.
A man ought ter tote er woman's
burdens fer her, dat wus whut dey wus
made fer. Now, Miss Sallie, you'se
alius had Mars John ter pend on, an
you doan know how curisum 1t makes
a wilder feel when somebody wants ter
tote her burdens. De upshot Nv de
mattah wus morn hat way promised
I'd take him when Miss Elnore'd come.
De udder mornin' Johnny-boy slick
ed hisse'f I'D to go over to Mars Hal