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

Bosley. Come In. fellers, l shore am
tickled to see you-uns. fer mebby the
ole woman win give us a squar meal.
Hit jist looks like a Teller never gifts
much to eat, cep'n when compny comes.
Lucindy. she's jist so busy all the time
totin pertitions of all sorts around
the neighborhood to gift EN- signed by
them what allus signs ever pertition
they sees. and she haint no time to
look arter the wants OF her husband.
j reckon ye have seed and heerd tell
of women afore. what wuz allus so busy
a tending to other folks business they
haint no time to tend to their own.
haint yep said Mr.. Rainwater. jOcu-
larly. as he opened the door I'm re-
sponse to a loud knock and discovered
his two neighbors standing on the
porch.
We'll. now Brother Rainwater, ye
aint goin to git me and Brother Bos-
ley to gree with ye about Sister Rain
water not takin time to cook any Wit
ties. fer we have ct too many squar
meals In her house and expect to eat
good many more. the Lord bein willin.
so ye aint goin to git us to jine ye in
SAAOCiGhh VI eoiSlCf INdltlWdltT vi uO
manner. shape or form" declared the
diplomat. Brother Jinkins. and was
agreed with by Jim Bosley.
Law, Jeems ye ort to be ashamed
of yer sef To Re sayin as how ye aint
had no sauar meal in this house lately,
arter all them candidates we has fed
this week. fer ye know good and wen
that chicken coop wuz full of chick
ems the fust of the week and now thar
aint nary un fer breakfast. and who's
ct em? Nobody but them candidates.
To be shore DR.. Rankin want no can
didate, but no tellin when he will be
one. and besides I allus has chicken
when DR.. Rankin comes anyhow. me
a KNOWN as how the DR.. allus did have
sich a chicken appetite on him. and
well, thar's others decorated with jist
sich a appetite fer chicken as ye say
FIR. Rankin has got, but speakin Of
candidates a bein here and bein fed
on chicken, ye ort to knowed bettern
TO feed them fellers like that Now
that counts fer the number of candi-
dates that suddenly diskivered their
In this settlemin-." "They all heered
tell Of Sister Rainwater's good chicken
dinners" interrupted Jim Bosley.
Law, Jim, none of EN- ever tole us
nothin about their fences needin lookin
after In this settlemint and besides,
them what has been here. so fur, aint
got no fences n be fixed fer tho~ aint
got no propty aroun here that | knows
on, and as fer me a feedin OF EN- on
chicken, that wuz accordin to Jeems
directions and he knows it,"
Now sez he, Lucindy you jist set
TO work and feed these here fellers
plum high on chicken and pie and all
sich, fer some OF EN- is needin OF press
agents awful bad, and I'm lowin to
tackle em fer fist sich a job. can
didate that haint got no press agent aint
stan much show, and II ] git to he a
press agent at a good salry, me and
you will go to Dallas or Houston to
live er mebby to Washington, and Wen
git right into serciety. so you feed EN-
all and ri tackle every one OF em fer
a Job seq he, so that the sea-"
Thar ye go agin. ye blamed old eejot,
ye haint go 10 sense that ever wuz or
dered never tole ye to go aroun a
blabbin all about my plans. I'll swar
We air the blamedest eejot that has yit
boon barned!" interrupted her liege lord.
as he paced the floor excitedly. shaking
his fist at his surprised better half who
stood with her arms akimbo. gazing in
astonishment at Mr.. Rainwater's an
tics.
Law Jeems, We ort not to git so
mad list because I tole Brother jim
kins and Jim. fer ye know they amt
goin to tell nobody. and never knowed
hit was a secrit no how. ye never tole
me not to tell" said she.
"Tole We not to tell. the dickensl
lowd ye had sense enough not to tell
without bein told, but / see ye haint
no sense and never will have none -
declared "Jeems," savagely as he took
a huge plug OF tobacco from his pocket
Tnd bit off chew.
well now, Jeems. ] never linowed
ye wanted 1t kept a secret fer ye lowd
as how the press agents Is all the 60
and I heered We a sayin as how that
Mr.. Bishop is paid a bigger salry thar
them siniters and congrissmen gifts fel
doin nothln but writin what the Pres.
ident and Mr.. Shonts wants wrote
about that canal down thar in Panams
and keeps out what they wants keI
out of the papers. and ye lowed as how
that wuz dead easy job and ye coulC
hold down fist sich "A job yer self ant
not work half yer time"
Don't keer IL did say so. neve
lowd fer We to blab ever thing | tel
We" declared Mr. Rainwater.
We'll. Brother Rainwater ye al
right about that thar feller Bishop
having of easy job and ! don't blam
ye fer wantin one yer self, but now d.
tell which one of them candidates d.
We think needs pross agent. Now. I
! kin see straight. Brooks sta = purt,
we'll in with DR., Rankin and the Dal
las News, Colqultt pears to be hand an,
glove with Rienzy Johnson of tn
Houston Post. Wells has got Jeff Nc
Elmore and State Topics and Campbell
has got the Daughters of the Confed
eroey behind him and what could y
git fer spreadin news, better'n gam
Of women?" asked Brother Jinkins.
"Well. thar's Charley Bell" said jim
Bosley.
"Blesq my life aint he got the For
Worth Telegram a boostin of him nigh
and day?" asked Parson Jinkins.
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