Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-16


going to take keer Of him. So we sot
out fer Dallas. nm when we got thar.
tp he shore went to John PEI hoav'e
house. hi-, Ne'n husband Of M owr
niece. Drucil ~. and Ieens he went to
J NJ Sanders house Kim roin The own
unola ~ Jim Sanscrs. So lone about
rht. lin Sander7 - drove bv and
lnwed ne how Octavv rad n awful TN,
rortant engn cement and wished ia
rome down ars tobo too- ~ thnin two
Iwinscs for rer hoi~ nc nov him and
Jaerns also had avfiii i'~~crinnt en-
z rements that mcught keep en- out
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vel We know olive o-',- orleogin.
80 7 struci, out for Jim Sanders house
to take keer Of them twirses fer o.
tavy ana artcr everybody left tho
house but me and them they put at
me to InaHe 'ein some lasses canf
tThey'd Gono got into the pantry an et
mince pie unheknowust to mel. sc
TO keep 'em quiet. went to the Kitchen
and made the candy and when / went
back into the settin room them twinses
want nowhere to be seed.
Well, I hunted hlyh an low. hut nc
twinses. ! wuz gittln sorter oneasy
SO ! went TO the telephone and called
up John Peabody TO see IL he knowed
anything about en- So John, he SCI
In the telephone. sez he;
"Nebbe they cir al the sk9tin rink"
La. John, what kind ot. place
Is thet?" SEE I.
"Un, serciety has hust loose at
fresh spot, an everybody has gone t.
skatin, SEE he
"sersiety a skatin? why that's plum
scan'ous." sez l.
We'll. sersiety alnt nothln II she
ain't scanlous. But II ye want ter ga
and see her disport herself put on yer
hat. and I'll come by and git ye. and
were dead shore to find them twinse
right thar" SEE he In the telephone.
Well. knowed Mt wuz my duty To
look nfter them twinses, and to fetch
them home " 7 found them at els
respectable place So I got ready, nr ?
John come by and him and me went;
out, ard 7 do wisht ye could SEED
the sight that met my gaze when I
went into that big room, for his shore
wuz scanlous sight
Law sister Rainwater. do tell whut
wuz the sight" exclaimed Martha, rs
she bent forward and listened eagerly
while even i'm took the p'ne from hi7
mouth and moved his chair a little
closer to the old lady.
Well, sir. thar wuz men and won,e
a rollin around over that floor. a hol1in
hands and ever one of them with
wheels fastened on to tNeir shoes
"Shet yer mouth. | CANT believe no.
sich." said Martha.
Hits the gospel truth. And wusser
many a layin sprawled out on the floor
and tryin to git themselves picked up
as thar wuz a skatin.
Land of goodness Didn't they know
they couldn't walk on wheels? II the
Lord intended fer folks to walk on
wheels, same as waggin, he'd a put
wheels on EN-"
Yes, but some folks wants ter i'm
prove on mater" suggested Jim.
Well, I wuz plum scanlized at what
seed, and 1 told John so. and bless
yer life, while me and John wuz stand
in thar. here them two twinses skeeted
by, a skatin better'n anyobdy.
Eyes they did. Law, what did ye
say to 'em?"
To be shore, hollered at 'em and
tole 'em 10 stop II. But no. sir. they
haiRt no idee OF stoppin. and while I
wuz n hollerin at em, who should some
a sailln by. holdin a young gal by her
hands, but my ole man. Jeems Rain
water? III
"Shet yer mouth"
Ee pintedly wuz a skatln longer a
gal, and list as they scooted by me,
hollered at him, and Jeems he wuz
so dumfoundered he sorter leggo the
gal and let her drap right smack dab
on the floor.
"Ho. no. no. I'd a drapped her, too.
II had been In his place. fer he knowed
what he wuz goin to ketch when he
seed you,' said Jim Bosley.
Well. ye kin bet on him ketching jlst
what he needed, right then and thar,
"Now. aip't yet purity lookin bird to
steal away from the side partner OF yer
bosom and be maxim a waggin outer
yerself by putin wheels onto yer feet
and friskin around here a holdin
young gals by the hand. and likely as.
not have been a sparkin this here very
GEL" sez ], as hope him ter git the
gal picked up.
''fo be shore. him and the gal wuz
both dumfoundered and their faces wuz
as red as a turkey gobbler's snout but
I didn't keer, Jeems wuz my own ole
man and hit wuz my duty TO give him
what he needed right then"
"Well. reckin 50. but what did he
say7" asked Martha
"Say. he never said nothin. jist pick
ed the gal up and skooted ON. He never
had no say comm. till he seed me
tryin 10 skate, then he said a plenty.
Law, Sister Rainwater. how come
ye to low yerself to be persuaded to git
on wheels, Ye mought knowed they'd
a slid out from under ye."
''Well, John, he persuaded me to git
on the things and he lowd thar wus a
feller thar who could larn baby eIe-
phant or ceow. or anything with legs.
to skate on them things and he lowd
II / ever spected to jine the 400 OF
Dallas would have TO larn how to
skate, fer he sez the 400 shore is a
skatin crowd, both old and young. so
he come a <-tchin the skatin teacher
and fust thing l knowed. John and that
felier had par OF skates on me and
had me betwixt EN-, out ON that thar
slick flOOr a irwin to skate Well