Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor — A Black Hills Episode

And the next morning after the funeral Methuselah's family did not get out of bed till nearly 9 o'clock.

A Black Hills Episode A little, warty, dried-up sort O' lookin' chap 'at hadn't ort A ben a-usin' round no bar, With gents like us a-drinkin' thar!

And that idee occurred to me The livin' minit 'at I see The little cuss elbowin' in To humor his besettin' sin.

There 're nothin' small in me at all, But when I heer the rooster call For shugar and a spoon, I says: "Jest got in from the States, I guess."

He never 'peared as if he heerd, But stood thar, wipin' uv his beard, And smilin' to hisself as if I'd been a-givin' him a stiff.

And I-says-I, a edgin' by The bantam, and a-gazin' high Above his plug--says I: "I knowed A little feller onc't 'at blowed Around like you, and tuck his drinks With shugar in--and _his_ folks thinks He's dead now--'cause we boxed and sent The scraps back to the Settlement!"

* * * * * The boys tells me, 'at got to see His _modus operandum_, he Jest 'peared to come onjointed-like Afore he ever struck a strike!

And I'll admit, the way he fit Wuz dazzlin'--what I see uv hit;

And squarin' things up fair and fine, Says I: "A little 'shug' in mine!"