The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-12-31
down hills, a-ruinin'

a-tumblin' down hills, a-ruinin' our
clothes am a-tearin' ourselves all up?
Reckon it want nothin' to have us
dom all that-an' all on rcount of a
dadblame ole rabbit"
"l-"rd a-massy, man! What you
talkin' 'bout:' old Bob replied. "Why,
l hain't had nothin' to do with you
uns dom all them things"
Triumph. You didn't, eh?"
"Cosc didn't. Did l ak you uns
to chase off down yere through the
bush:'
"Mebby not. But you done the next
thing t, it."
"l1d | say airy a word bout bein'
AFTER any doggone man?'
Dunno as you did, but we lowed
you sholy war;"
WAL, hain't responsible for your
'lowin', am ~
"Mcbby not, but you didn't have no
business to go an fool us that erway.'
"MN land. I never went an fooled
nobody. ! war jest gwine long tcndin'
to my own business tryin' to ketch that
thar dad blamed ole rabbit an not both
crlh my head bout you fellers nor
nobody else. Fust thing I know here
you fellers come a-t'arin' long after
me like Il passed. o. wild mules, fit to
set the woods afire."
called to you:'
Lord Did you uns call to me:"
"Cose we did. Called sc loud yo' ort
a-hearn us a mile away"
"Waal, | yum! Quaire | didn't hear
you uns, hain't it,"
Most doggonc quaire."
"Tis shore. Reckon I must a-been
so Interested in what l war dom al
my mind must a-been so tuck up with
that thar ole rabbit that / want talk
In no notice o nOthin' else"
"Iou knowed doggone well we war
a-fo]lerin' you, didn't your
"Ies. l knowcd that. Yes. stree.
Jest happened to glance back an sorter
ketch a glimpse o. YOU"
"Why didn't you stop, then, an find
out what WI w%anted:"
"Stop. An let that thar rabbit git
plumb clean erway: My land. What
you talkin' 'bout:'
"Waal, why didn't you AK us what
we wanted? Wouldn't a-tuck a min
ute"
Didn't have no time to fool erway.
Sides, | didn't keer what you uns
wanted. Lowed you uns knowed what
you uns war dom, an it want none
O. my business nohow. l never had
nothin' to do with you uns a-chasin'
round through the woods"
what you van to git out thar an
shoot an yell am act the fool fer?'
"My land. Hain't a Teller got a right
to shoot an yell in these yere woods
if he wants tO:'
"Mebby he has, but thar hain't a
blame bit O in him carryin' on
, no SIGH erway as you done. You acted
plumb crazy"
"Waal, you reckon I wanted to let
+ that thar ole rabbit git clean erway:"
"Pears like he has got erway any
how
"Yas, he has, an, by gum, I guess
? it's all long O. you fellers too. Come
, ~a-t'arin' down thar, a-roarin' an pitch
in an maxim 'nough noise to skeel
, that rabbit plumb Il o is hide
Reckon l mought a-ketched him If il
, hadn't a-been for you uns. Lord, ]
guess if anybody's got any room tel
kick it's sho'ly me! Lost that rabbit
slick as a whistle, an all on 70
'count.'
Jake and his friends turned away in
disgust and went back toward where
they had left Billy. Old Bob waited
quietly until they We're safely beyond
hearing distance, then he burst into q
laugh and stamped about, slappins
himself on the thighs and finally lying
down and rolling over and over on the
ground. He pitched and tumbled abou'
and laughed till he could laugh NJ
more. Then he sat up and said tt
himself:
MY land, but didn't l work it on t,
them fellers slick? Led EN- way of
over yere on a wild goose chase while
Billy an that teacher war gittin' away
Lord, if ole Jake an them fellers onl,
knoWed! Uh, uh-ee! But Wouldn'
they make me sweat, though? Gosh
They'd shoot my hide SO full o. hole!
that it wouldn't hold fence rails"