Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20

WANT 10 get US nooked up IN Saran
James corset and you all time can't
get nobody loose. What you want to
get US hooked up in this thing for?'
you done 1t yo'self," defended the
boy in front with rising passion,
Squeeze in. Jimmy. we jes' boun' to
git outer this fore somebody finds
1t out"
He backed the other child close to
the wall and pressed so hard against
him that Jimmy screamed aloud and
began to pound him on the head with
his chubby fists.
Billy would not submit tamely to
any such treatment. He reached his
hand behind him and gave the
smaller boys cheek a merciless pinch
The fight was on. The two little boys
laced up tightly as they were In q
stout pair of stays, pinched and
scratched, and kicked and jerked
Suddenly Billy. leaning heavily against
Jimmy, threw him fiat on his back
and fell on top Of him.
Bonnie Dick, sitting on the floor,
had up to this time watched the pro,
ceedings with an interested eye; now,
thinking murder was being commit
ted. he opened his big, red mouth and
emitted a howl that could be heard
half a mile. It Immediately brought
his mother to the open door. When
she saw the children sQuirming on
the floor in her only corset, her indig'
nation knew no bounds.
"You. Jimmy Garner, an you, too,
William Hill, yuh little imps O. Satan,
what you dom in my house? Didn't
yo' nanny tell you not to tamper
wild me no mo-? Git up an come here
an femme git my co'set off O. yuh."
Angry as she was, she could moi
keep from laughing at tho sight they
presented, as, with no gentle hand
she unclasped the hooks and released
their imprisoned bodies.
BILLY all time" began Jimmy.
BILLY all time nothin'," said Sarah
Jane, faint no use TO to try to lay
dis-here co'set business onto Billy;
both O. yuh Is ekally in 1t. An me
a-aimin' TO- to go to three fun'els dis
week an a baptizin' on Sunday
S'pose y all d bruck one o. de splints
how'd ! look a-presidin' at a fun'el
'thout mare co'set on, an me shape
like what I ISL"
who's dead, Sarah Jane?" asked
Jimmy, hoping to stem the torrent OF
her wrath.
sis Mary Ellen's las husban'
Brudder Littlejohn-dat' a-who," she
replied. somewhat Modified at his in.
terest.
when did he die Jimmy pursued
his advantage.
HE got way f'om here bout moon
down las night" she replied, losing
sight Of her grievance in his fiatter
ing interrogations. you know Sis
Ldttlejohn, she been married goin' or
five times. Dis-here II make TO- gen
tlemans she done buriet an dey aint
nobody can manage a fun'el like she
Kin; pears like hit jes come natcheI
to her. She sho' Is done a good part
by eb'ry single husban' too, an she
s figgerin' to Guido all the yuthers
wild Brudder Littlejohn's co'pse.'
Sarah Jane almost forgot her little au
dience in her intense absorption o.
her subject. "She say to me dis morn
in, she say, Marri'ge am a lott'ry, Sis
Beddinfiel, but / sho' Is drawed some
han'some prizes She got 'em all
laid out side by side in de buryin
groun' wild er little imige on ebry
grade; an Sis Mary Ellen, SEEM az
she can't read de writin' on de tomb
stones, she got a diff'unt little ANNA
La-settin' on eb'ry head res SOS she
kin tell which husban' am which
Her fus' husban' were all time a-hunt
I'M, SO she got a little white marble
partridge a-restin' on he head, an hi
am a mighty consolement to a pc
widda oman TO- to know dat she car
tell de very minute her eyes light or
er grade which husban' hit am. Hel
secon' man he got err mighty kinky
woolly head an he mighty meek, Sc
she got a little white lamb a-settin' OF
he grade; an de mex husban' b,
did MT have nothin' much TO- to dis
gueese him f'om de res 'cep'in' he Sc
slow an she might nigh rack her brair
off. twell she happen to think 'bout
him bein' a Hardshell Baptis' an sc
powerful slow. so she Jest got a little
tarrapin an sot 1t on him. Hit sho
am a pretty sight Jes' to go in da.
buryin' groun' an look at 'em all. aide
by side; an now she got Brudder Lit
tleiohn to add to de res. He de. onli
est n what's got err patch o. whis
kers so she gwine to put a little white
cat on he grade. Yes, Lord, ef any
think cotld pearten. a widda omar
hit would be jes' to know dat yuf
could go to de graveyard any time yuf
want to an look at dat han'somt
election an tell I,zactly which an
which"
Sarah Jane stopped for breath ant
Billy FASTENED to inquira:
who else Is dead, Ss.ah Jane?"
"Taint nobody else fsad, yit. as
knows on, but my twt cousins Is tur
rible low; one . got a nemraga on d,
lung an de yuther 3 got a congestin
on de brain, an lows dey II boz,
} drap OF 'twix' now an sunup tomor
ra," Her eye rolled around and hap
pened to light IN her corset. She q
once returned to her grievance.
: Fan sposin' | had MT 'av' game ii
here whsi ! did? I'd al had to wen
70 my own cousins fun l 'thout nan