Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02

they air a playin?"
Now. Jim, rickolect amt said
, nothin and Jeems he don't know fer
shore. He jist suspections sich from
what he has seed and heered."
"Ah. I aint goin to say nothin fer I
! dunno nothin. but speakin OF Mr..
Rainwater gittin hisself job of bein
press agent to some feller that needs
sich, jist rid by to tell him I think
l know whar he kin land jist sich a
job"
"Ye do, Jim; law, do telI"s
We'll, ye know thar is new con-
grissmens in Washington, one from
the Beaumont deestrict and one from
the Houston deestrick. and nuther
one of 'em haint no more show 20 do
nothin fer their deestricks than a rab-
bit. and Bliss Smith, he wuz here yis-
teday from San Augustine (Kirg
Brooks home) and he lowd as how he
heered some of them rich fellers down
thar what hope Kerg git to congriss.
a sayin as how they would have to look
around and git some newspaper man
to sorter hoop Kerg up a little. SOS to
make the folks I'm his deestrick think
/ he's doin things in Washington,
whuther he is or not, so jist lowd I'd
ride by and tell Mr.. Rainwater IL ne
wants to make some money, he'd
better tackle them fellers what has
got it to spend on Kerg. fer they knows
| the pore feller is lierble to lose his
seat II he don't git some newspaper
write-ups to show that he has arriv in
Washington, and sendin out gyarde1
Law, Jim, pore Kerg Brooks want
I g..
how and 1 just don't believe Jeems kin
| do anything fer him, even IL he does
/ git to be his press agent, fer them
folks in Kerg's deestrick shorely knows
pore Kerg haint no more show to do
nothin than a monkey and they mought
/ as well pay him his salary and keep
him at home fer all the good they will
git out of him as congressman any
how. I'm awful sorry fer pcre old Kerg
Brooks, fer / rally believe he's In the
wrong pew when he tries to be a con-
grissman, and as fer that feller from
the Houston deestrick he may stan
some show to do somethin fer his dee
strick. some sweet day, as the pote
sez, pervided he stays thar long
enough and gifts in with the right gang,
but pore Kerg haint no show to even
git in with the gang what kin help him
do things, fer he aint built right fer
soshatin with the folks what works
the wires and does the legislatin in
| washington. Now Jeems. he lows as
how some of them congrissmens has
been thar fer or terms and haint
yit riz up and hollered Mr.. Speaker"
and he sez Kerg Brooks will have to
be awful smooth duck II he even gifts
acquainted with them other fellers fer
most of em aint a maxim no new ac-
quaintances and aint a wantin to make
none and them what has been thar fer
long time aint goin to low no new
member TO take hand in law-makin II
they kin help their selves and II ye
can't git Jeems no better job than be-
In pres agent to Kerg Brooks and that
new congressman from the Houston
deestrick, ye've got him a job he's lier-
ble,,tof throw up most, t,.RnY., day., fer he
couldn't hold sich job down a week,
fer IL he wuz to git his artickles print
ed, nobody wouldn't believe 'em."
II dunno. Sister Ralnwator, folks
believes most anything they hears.
Now jist look how that thar Chas. Ed
wards writes them Hearst booms fer
these Texas papers. He gifts good pay
from Hearst, and good pay from them
papers what buys his artickles and
don't see no reason why Mr.. Rainwa-
ter can't git to be the press agent fer
them new congrissmens, fer they
shore needs press agent bad. Well,
! must be a travelin and I'll drap in
now in few days to see II Mr.. Rain
water gifts the farmers union reorgan-
lied and hisself made president OF em
and II he gifts his free passes from the
railroads and II ] hears of any body
else needin of press agent, I'll let
him know. Had ye heered tell OF them
triplets OF Sister Tweekins's a havin
the measles?"
Nav. hit amt nothin of the kind,
hits the rOseola."
Dock Jones SEE hits measles" least
ways, that's his diagonals."
Don't keer; heered he had diago-
nailed II measles. so I went straight
over and undiagonaled IL and told Sis
ter Tweekins hit want nothin but rose
ola and ] TUX her over some YARDS to
make tea outen, that will beat any
new tangled medicine Dock Jones kin
give 'em. Have We ever hearn tell yit
J OF any body that want cyored by takin
of yarb tea made by me?"
mo. Sister Rainwater. rally believe
that thar yarb tea of your'n will cyore
any thing, don't keer what II is. but
I'll be a travelin. so come over when
eyer we kim" said Jim, taking his de-
parture without engaging Mrs Rain
water In further conversation, as he
well knew that her ''yarb tea" and its
merits as a curative power was an in
exhaustible subject with the good old
lady when she once started on II.
Tell Marthy to come when she kin
and you come back. too" called the old
lady as lin walked rapidly down the
walk.
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