The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1866-03-29

q cocktails sIowiy drinking ~
s Suddsniy saw blinking, onysyod Asufs :
~ my cbsmber door 49,, 7. ~, y -
Saw sne. eyed, winking, biinhing figure a
my chamber door, = s. Il ! "a -
Standing there, and nothing more. - y I
AhiI never .h.g ;fsss.t y, how IN sl.asla,
And never shall forget Il, that I looked ROUND
< toward that door y y ~ ~ stsf u
For saw nOns.tous Gsuse, IKE = giant, only
bigger ~ q - 2 a ~: y ~ ~,
And there stood . big buck niger leaning =,
against my door st 4 & ;'tl;f 5is.'
Stood Atpowsrisf big buck !nigser, with hi.
back against my door 4 = ,,..Is -, y :.
Leanins there aud nothing more. -.
Straight into the nrepiace spying, where ..my
ham and ezgs wete frying, - ! lse,,.''5's
behsid the poker iyingpea the hearth upon
49, tho door .sfs ~ ~ ~ yss-i'
Then With most dstermined. vigor, ssrpisat 1
Z hurled il at the nigger, s,.,5 s a ~. :
But so quick wss that big niggcr, abat il missed
Z ~ and struck the floor =
Misscd the niggcr's head completely, and fell
harmless on the floor ~
Struck bis heel, and nothing more.
Dackipto tho 6replaee looking, whore my ham
andcggs were cooking, ~. ~ ~ 49,
Shaking, auaking, as no mortal ever shook
= oI quuhss , os.ore, w &, Z, ~ y, 3
!, ythepa beard this sinner muttor but these
- words, . Some dinner p" -
! Twas. tho only word he'd spoken, twas the
-, oniy swerd f'tn sutc---r - = ~ y y
When picked MP pluck and snswered, AT
shall feed You neyermore." r.gaEy = Es-
This said, and nothing more. !t
ssrs., =. :. =. =. $. /,
exposed to grirning. s.s, S s . =
With n SIN lie by no means winning. did ba
view n me is rom the door,.
ana coony sAld, : our treat m an--I'll ne'er
Z ,,,, 80 10 the street man.
= A1 seS soinetning 70 sert man. I'll ne'er
: y,u iease le,s @ ygar doori
AN pesr gui. your chamber, though you beat
me me thl roar, I ,, - .s{- u.s.
Nsssr leave yon--neyer moreN tN
r,... J. J. "a
= sohee was Parehing,
'siaiy' s'aAeo l ,nis sauey nigger, boldly stalk
n,v.. sa ,,.ss sssss' The the aGoT; l',,.,, :.
never made the slightest bow, ir-AtkenRI
ySr ,,, made solemn VOW. ssr he sSoaId DO
.s' banS 20 Ma ao.r 'o"' '''' '''sNN As 'n'u'0 "
Then Licked I hun , ,ffosm NV eh hamber. and bs
1sa -. ~, ~ -. az - ' " 80 ~
:. : s's1r ~ n'N ''Si ~
: Than mi, b,ackb,rd far n wbil., sir r.a,,y ala
= ny
~ aas,y vis,o,, hove ,f -, =
cTboueb." said T. q thou art a freedman. thou
IS hast gone al n,pch Ia s..a man = =
That I'Il giye n lit.Ie feed. man. ne you seem
e --to be 80 poor. \. +. s = - : = -
Provided You will work FOR me q half an hour
4. - 4 or mora :, = ss !, : - - = = -
ouotb the nipoor. /. Nevermorew f,.
- - :. : ~ eeI -, : >. 71ssy .s's ~
Much fnaryelea this unvainly nipscr .bould
II MAINLY H 4 ID. q
To do a i.ttis lob 'twoald take but half an hour
: ! or more I: = = ( ;s'i = }as= - ~ gi' Z.
Fer We ennpot help agreeing thai, no living
. human being : = =. =. -, t..I,1f =
would refuse 10 labor seeing Thai be was "a
~ blasted moor. y = ~ =, ',,s- - * q
Should refuse to earn a dinner he saw cooking
b. s7~ from the door- SL,-sI ~, , - :
Though be ate one a aneyernaore.o .asi '-11r.,&H
3 - = ~. -ss = %fSsit ~ E.zS y Z
Then sat en- aged in musiuv what he mean
And then began abusing this bie nipeet
- my door. - : - -, K : - >
"sure" said /, you must be crazy to be 5,
. confoundcd lazy. - 80 ,'l e.
To be SO awful lazy as to want to work n,
will you ever work for ages !---tsll me, I i'm
ouoth the uigger, {" ncvermore !',2. 4. < ~.
Ss4 r.. '..,,sif ~ & gzs..,,.s... d.. .
"Nigper,r said I. .1horrid demon--nisrer still
ff slave or freedman -
Think again before you answer this one ques
ton, I implore; : 81 49, ...I-E q
Have you yet no sense Of fceliug-Ado you lneal
TO live by seuling 3 .@l - o.. p
Or Gy working aud fair dealing i---tell me, tel
me, Il implore,- = - =. : "a. :. -.
On your honor as nigger. will you labor a
ouoth the Niger, nevcrlnere." '>-.. ....F..
- t>,- r,>-,., -. g.. 81,
Startled by the stiffness broken by reply .
fatty spoken, = = =. =
Doubtless" said !. "this his nisger woui
eatenough for four;
om,a 90 some spacious r,So p'an'a''0n
Never made cnleuIation how much cash
cost, TIN sure ~, 80. -,
F'h his master bought the ''esu"'' IN the goo
Now he'll feed him "i " noy.rmor. 70 +, Wv q.