“These young’uns is got scarlet fever. You ain’t leaving ‘em for this town to deal with. Jist take ‘em on back where you come from.” The sheriff steadfastly refused responsibility for the children.
“But they ain’t mine. I don’t even know their names.”
“Ya married their ma ago ain’t cha? Then they’s yourn! I hate it for ‘ya, but I ain’t gonna letcha leave ‘em here to sicken the whole town. We’ll getcha some provisions to help out, but that’s it. Ya got to git out’a town with them sick young’uns. Pull this wagon out to that mesquite tree ‘n I’ll git ‘cha some supplies.
Morosely, Joe waited on the edge of the sorry town as a wagon pulled up. Shouting at him to stay back, a gimpy old geezer rolled off a barrel of flour, putting a burlap bag of beans beside it, and piling a few cans of milk, a bolt of material, and a few paper wrapped parcels on top of it. He went on his way, leaving Joe to wrestle them into the wagon the best he could, stowing them so they wouldn’t crush the burning children.
Joe felt as low as he’d ever had, pulling up to his rough cabin. He knew nothing about children or the sick. Maybe these poor wretches wouldn’t suffer too long.
to be continued
Poor Joe. Poor kids. This is excellent!
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Thanks. I’m enjoying it.
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Sorry I am!
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Whata sorry story
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You are building the suspense nicely. U am looking forward to reading the next post!
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Thanks.
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Grammatically country correct phrases: “I am … U am … We is”
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Ha Ha! I like it! 🙂
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They didn’t
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Perfect. I knew he had to end up with them one way or another. Wondered why their Ma got sick so fast and died. Ha. Perfect. ❤ 😀
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Poor man. All he wanted was a wife.
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😀 😀 You make your bed; you sleep in it. I have the giggles now.
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Boy I heard one of my Granmothers say that a lot. She was usually talking to her daughters about marriage. Sounded glum. I remember thinking I never saw my mother in bed. She was working from before I got up till long after I was in bed. I didn’t know she ever slept.
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😀 😀 😀
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You are keeping us curious…
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Me to. I think I have tomorrow figured out, but after that?
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lol
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Oh I can’t wait to see where this is going!
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What a mess!
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