The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-25
THINKS Of A
DIFFERENT XMAS
Jim QuarreIs Is Having Day Dreams
Which Bring Back PHILIPPINE
Memories Dinner for Prisoners

Dis heah Chrismus makes me
think O de Chrismus We all had out
i'm the Philippines few years ago"
said Jim Quarrels. who is confined in
iail for shooting AT his wife. Dat
was suah diffrunt frum dis. 1t was
hot. an rainy. an we all. in de mig
sah regiment was dom outpost duty.
Den all oh suddin dere was hollah
DAT de goo-goos was comm an we
stahted out aftah EN- to beat de
ban. We done cleaned 'em out some.
Dat gun what Mistah Butlah took
frum me when All was rested foh de
trouble All had wifi dat Tillie woman
was de gun dat All cab led i'll de-
ahmy. II was Civ tn me by nah
lieutenant. All done seen him shoot
IA runnin goo-goo's head off'n his
shouldahs. 1t suah is a good gun,
an All hates to lose it, but Misah
Butlah done tells me All cant never
get it no mo-, cause it's de propahty
oh de county now. 1t suah is good
gun
"Quarles is that a good raZor?"
asked Deputy Sheriff Butler, who en-
tered the room at that moment as
Ouarles busted himself building a
fire. you should be good Judge"
Les see it. Well, dat razah was
a good one once. but it's only good
foh a patty razah now, Mistah But
lah"
How is it good for party razor?'
asked the deputy sheriff.
well Mistah Butlah. it's good
for a pahty razah, becos it's got
hicks in de aiges.
LAS All was a SAYING continued
Quarles, I'VE done run de goo-goos
off, an den we went back to camp,
aftah cleanin 'em out, an had a
swell Ch;ismus dinnah. 1t was field
rations. an dere wasn't nothin' good
i'm ouah kits. We all had hahd tack
an few othah delicacies what de
ouahtahma stah civ us. an we was
a-looking' fob mob googoos to tax
pot shot at us any minute. 1t suah
wasn't what you-all could call
vey merry Crismus.
But All amt got no kick accom-
in dis yeah. All suah did eXpec' tn
spen' Crismus in de big menagery wifi
de othah zebras, an All feels dat All
am de luckies' coon in all Nevada he
COS Abs goin' tn be heah in a nice
suit oh blue ovahalls. All suah am
happy niggah, an OATS no mistake,
sab.
''Ah feels that All is the luckies
coon in all dis country jes' becos All
amt got on a suit of them zebra
stripes.
"Ah is suah goin' ter have a merry
Chrismus, jes' becos All amt in de
/ x,rif, nf
All feels dat All is one OBJ de luckies
coons in all Amerika, an Abs pow
| full glad tn be heah instead of in de
big Jail down in Cahson.
I'VE all is goin ter hav' a suah
nuf turkey fob ouah Crismus din
nah. De iailah am a goin' ter civ
us twelve poun' bid fob ouah din
nah. Abs a cook, an All know how
tn fix up dat turkey so as chen de
jaiah II want slice offn de breas'
an piece of de dahk meat fon his
SET.
"Dah's only fo' fallshs liz dc Jail
now, an we will suah make dat tub
key look lal: a bundle oh bones when
we am trough wifi it. We's gcin te;'
hab cranbc'y sauce an punkin pie,
an all oh de good things what S in
de mahket. At leas' OATS what Mis-
tab Butler tells us, an We all in Jail
has got lot o confidence in what
Mistah Butlah says.
The Christmas dinner that viii be
given for the four prisoners in the
county Jail will probably be the best
they have had for year Or longer
Nothing is being overlooked that
would make them forget. for the time
that they are numbered among the
| unfOrtunateS.