The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-07-19
DOTE TO THE
FRONT AGAIN
WISHES TO GET BACK INTO
sAssIETY AND GET EVEN
WITH RASTUS.

deer edditer: WlSneS Ter geC oocM ~
inter yore paper, j sees that an
ther littery gints reeds it en- sints
YOU hev bin publishin' rastus merkites
ietars fines mi sosherbility hes
drapped inter ther mud puddle. then
wore paiper has ther socierty dash
which talks wifi ther, ladys an they
wishes ter reed arter NEE so mere
Gums. if you will let me IN evry
uther week an Civ raster merklte the
saim will be good as lizzie an
wishes ter line hans with you agln
an git in ther middle Nv ther rode.
rene has now came an craps are
runnin ter weed, the grass is hump
in it an so is cusin Coot. II rasGus
merkite heers ennything hummln py
his hous in ther antervul sextlon ne
will fine it is no fyin mersheen puI
cusin coots big boom whltch Is Dou!
to lect him on ther fust balht. l
hIeeves thai cusin coot is betar
cbampaene mannidger than ] is an
turns ther mater over to him an ne
is now plowin his own row vii mla-
die buster.
heers that raster merkite hes bin
DOM with sum cows an pigs trlner
trade mr. gordint white outner Fode
an mr.. white ses as how ne WOOD IeI
him hey wun if he wood git a good
dorser an that he ses he viii git ther
edditur green an mr.. Wnlte ses nv
thet ther edditur hes sined 6ouI er-
nuff noats fur this faul alreddy tnen
rastus says what bout turnlttor Aar
er unkal Jim an mr.. white ses may
air on ther saim fiat car, an SO rastus
hes ter drive his cow an pigs back Ter
antervul, but if he had seen me l
wood hev indorse his note fur too
cars and let him hev wun. 1 W1snt
you wood tell him ter sea mr.. wnite
bout this an mayby we kin ylt' pull
off a deel as am needin kar fer
Lizzy ter run ter the mill evry day
we he'd blackberry py fur dinner
on forth of Julie an fish. Wun Nv
mi naburs brought NEE an lizzie a
Mise mess uf fish fur our dinar an
thay wus all cats an lizzie sed as she
cookt them that he had ter laff as
thay lookt so mulch like NEE bout
ther mouf jist as rastus seq, ouS ~
zie sais she saw a felar at ther speak
in which she bleeves is rastus mer.
Kite fur shore an that he had q mou1
list like a mudd turtle which her
nav. cort out of a brancht neer du
wess when she wus a ittal gal.
es hes cum back ter rite fur yore
paiper i wants 700 ter tell mea ther
trooth bout this hear rastus emmy
waieh. cusin coot hes bin all bout
enterv,,l an sais he hes looked in ev-
ryboddies hous an barn an in ther
smoakhouses en- he hes not sean hlm
an he hes axed evryboddie roun pout
that settermint an knoboddle knoes
, him. bleeves he is a 6xtixous ker-
rachter. is it Jon Gray or ]edg;e;
hockness, or Geehoo boin or edd bell
1or hoo is it. lizzie ses as how sne
bleeves it is sum funnie man pout
TOM like foster Kroner or dix SONY
or mailer Long which is ritin all
theas hear antervul dope.
. emmy waigh if 700 vii Civ mea evry
uther weak in yore paper vii
s,noak ole rastus outner his hole an
we will sho him ter ther peepui at
ther Kountie fare. CESS we will hev
ter keap him in Kage as ne mite 1s
run off if we will let him out. j will
nav his waigh on the finer jimmy
fur wun ride if we kin git him. ne
hes bin disreputin mea so mutch that
mus kno sumpin bout him so KIN
keap a eye on him. ,,oo-
met my ole friend an felar SOLDIER
Patsie roche in toun sattidy. ne
sais he will halter get him nu croud
ter run wifi. he ses that he has bin
poin fishin wifi will Kalvirt an Jax
perrin an dix sonly fur a good while
an that they uster trot purtie well
hut now he sais that they kennot 60
inter a rails wifout taken simmuns
liyar reggilatur, salliepattiker ur
tanlac while he feels fresh as malgn
mornin fur too weeks after, an ! sals
ter him try greanvul streat. bets
if he gifts ter wun of them supars
which kerral Marstun gives at ther
hoatel that he will eet so mutch that
nc kin not stand rabbit fur a
naunth. wood like ter sea patsle
arter he he'd runned wifi this CREAM
vul streat buntch fur bout thre
weaks, bet he wood halter be tuck
ter ther undertaikers ter bee krateo