Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-21

heap to'ads keepin' people pooty. wen
dey's bawn'd dat way. En- Ise seed 1t mex
WIZ angels In dey eyes. sorter winkin' en-
twinken' good nachered at yer
1t was in a cabi.. on the Overton PLAN
tation, in middle Tennessee, beside the
banks OF Duck river, and on the edge OF
the great field of famous battle of the
Civil war. There were places in the logs
where boys had dug with their jack
knives to get at the ninnfe- balls that had
strayed that way. The chimney Of the
cabin-that Is to say, several feet OF It,
newer than the stone part, at the base
That top part had been carried away
by q shot from one Of Thomas guns dur
ing the fight, and. several years after
ward, 1t had been repaired with brick.
It was on Thanksgiving morning that
Aunt julie was talking and BLASTING" the
turkey and on a stool near by the ancient
nanny sat a fair-haired girl Of seventeen
whose eyes We're so darkly brown that
they We're nearly black. The eyes twinkled
with pleasure, though her look was one
of deep interest, too. as she listened and
watched.
She was the one daughter of "Marse
John Jeems ovahton," though she had g
brother who was all Overton, and this
Lee Oyerton was older, by year OF two.
than his sister Zena. He had inherited all;
the instincts of his Southern father. and
she had received q division of father and
girl Of New England ancestry.
.'Yo brother Lee, he monstroNs LAX yo,
pa Wen ZEE was size er Lee, en- lay ne,
ain tuck no ris' wen he hit dish yer old
turk right spang In de haid wild he rife
From the open door Lee Overton sprang
in, and, laughing. said
/. But didn't hit it. Nanny Julie. Twas
zena did It. She can outsoot me any
day In the week" 33s: u sc
"Glong way. You ain come heah tellin'
hcrN TAcYs ct1F
keys?'' & ~ u i.sss 5f2s
yes and what's more, don't believe
that a man among 'em all would have got
one If Zena hadn't missed q lot Of them.
just to give these poor folks q chance for
a Thanksgiving turkey" 8 FIX - ID
who sot up dem turkeys? 2" querfed the
old black dame.
why, mamma did, Of course" replied
Miss zena, "and I knew she intended the
turkeys should go to the poor fellows who
and know she intended that for you g
Yesem,, but yo ma ain done sot up no
turkeys fur to be shot fur.
NO" interjected Lee Overfon. .Of
course. she didn't set 'em up to be shot
for, but I thought It would be more fun
that way, so worked that part OF the
affair. and i knew 1ena would get one for
you and any Of the other fellows that
couldn't shoot well enough. So they were
Just as fairly divided and mother is none
IIG WISELY Willie We IlStQ d IOL Ol luH. DE-
sides, that was the only way I could make
Zena do her bes. shooting when occasion
demanded"
100. oo!" CALCULATED Aunt julie. Use
mighty glad yo ma doan know bout dis. ;"
but she will know" said Miss Zena,
II am going to tell her. Brother drew me
into it in self-defense, Or"
Something just the same to you," said,
Lee. We'll, that will be al right. I've
had the fun and your conscience is clear.
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then they say it was like father. That
settles everything for me-"
Use thankful, :.nyhow," Aunt julie put
In. En- dish yeah's er Thanks give-um
turkey. En- dat minds me whut I gwinter
say. Sedown dar In de cheer, young mar
gwinter tell yo' sistah." n
Is this war story ~ ungraciously the
young scapegrace asked.
Brother! Amt you ashamed 2"
mo, sub, dish yer ain no waugh story.
Hits sense de waugh S
'Ali right, Nanny julie. was only
Joking. Go .e NJ
.Ez / wuz sayin': wen :yo' pa come
back frum up yander, whar he wuz pris'-
ner, f bit 3, seems lak he Taz mo- pris,-
pen. Wfut yo' call dat place? He jes,
pintedly KEEP de railroad hot FUN heah up
MORT, tell one day he comes back fatchin'
yo' ma En- one day-she ain ben lleah
mo den monf, ne1der-wen she com
mence talkin to yo' pa bout keepin'
Thanks give-um En- ye, pa, he up en-
say. 'Wut's we go. to be thankful fur?
Ain de souf al. broke up? Air. we done
sujected to de Yankees? Ain de planta-
ton all toe to pieces7 Look at dem auaw-
tabs, all shot ioost. Look at dat stock,
I'LL ruined off. Look ct dat great BIZ
cannon ball hole thoo de ell or de house
Whut jis' done got patch. 'kase you IL
comm. En- he runs on lax DIAL,
thought he was 'stracted. Z
Den 70 ma up en- say, she did: En-
you earn think er nutf!n, tail to be
thankful fur Z? si 81
Muffin TALL. he say.
Den she tuck him by de arm. she did,
en- she led him oyah to da: great long.
full iengthf lookin glass, she did an vile
Yo got muffin TO be I hankfli f,,r2, u -