The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-03-27

the funeral, when Gloster he walked up
an stopped the hearse Lady Ann she
told him he was brute for doin' it, OF
words to that efeck, when Gloster he
drawed his sword, an'tOld the men that
he was gwine along to dig the grave, to
put the coffin down, 'or by St. Paul I'll
make a corse of him that disobeysr p
This skeer'd um all so bad that they
stopped right thar.
GLOsTER HE THEN COMMENCED
tall1in' soft talk to the widder, an settin'
up to her like sick kitten to a hot brick.
She sOrter put on airs at fust, an didn't
want to listen to him, but he KEEP soft
soapin' her til she guv in an as good as
agreed to marry him!
She then went home an left Gloster
to look after the funeral hisself. Soon
as she got Outen sight the guard that
was with the coffin axed him if they
must take it to the graveyard ut Chert-
lsey?
Sez he, mo! To White Friars!n as
snappish as he could be!
When Lady Ann got outen sight, he
commence braggin' to hisself, an sez he ::
Was ever woman in this humor wOoedf
Was ever woman in this humor won't
I'll have her, but I'll not keep her lOng4
Sez he, What! Arter killin' her hus-
band and his father, when
SHE Amt OUT OF HER FUsT MoURSIN'! !
an me with bow legs an curved spine,
with my front teeth stickin out like a
hogs tushes, or words to that effeck, an
then to win her2 I must be q devlish
good loOkin' feller emmy how! So I'll jest
go an git a new suit of clothes, have my
boots BACKED, buy a lookin' glass, an
set up for a dandy right off, or words to
that effeck.
Well, Gloster an the Duke of Buck
ingham, they laid plan to kill off all
GlOster's kinfolks; so he, which his fust
name was Dick, mout be King. Buck
lngham agreed to do it for half they
could make. He was to have q good
office, which they called it the Earldom
OF Hereford" an certing "movables," or
all he could steal.
killed off the princes, an had Dick Clos
ter crowned as King Richard the Third.
Richard had hardly got warm in his seat,
when he went back on Buck, an swore
he wouldn't give him q cent, he shouldn't
have the Earldom of Hereford nor none
OF them movables, nm all he had to do
was to lay low and ehaw poke root.
This made Buck mad, an he sWOre he'd
be burned it he didn't go over to the
other side an jine the Duke of Richmond
who wanted to be king too.
They got into the biggest kind Of a
muss, an both on um raised crowd to
tight it out. Dick caught Buck fghtin'
agin him, an cut his head off right slap
behind his ears, an sarved him right.
.s" ACT ~
didn' t amount to much, SO I'll jist speak
of what Iseed um do in
ACT v.
Richmond was little place then, an
the Duke, who afterwards got to be King
Henry VIII, couldn't raise much of a
crowd thar, but they were spunky, an fit
like blazes
He an Richard met one mornin' in a
field belongin' to ole man Bosworth, an
they called it Bosworth's Field.
Dick Gloster, OF King Richard III, had
some tronble gitln' hoss, for | hearn
him holler out
'%.' A hoss, q hoss, my kingdom for hoss :"
me Duke OF Richmond, I suppose,
didn't care bout ridin', for when / seed
him he was walkin' purity fast, like he
was used to it.
Soon as they cum in sight Of one an
other, | see there was gWine to be the
tallcst kind of fight, as sure as a gun
Richard sorter suspicioned his nigger
soldiers wouldn't fight; for when it come
to the scratch, he done all he could to
encourage ulm, for he hollered ont, as
loud as he could hOller;
g My souls in aT1ns--a Niger for the fray!"
At last him an the Duke run sock mp
agin one another an fout an fit, and fit
an an, f0at p I'll till they I'M made de the The; freely Rich ;
eeG e srr s Gst seora Ne afq breee ef9e tf
fell, he got up agin nm sIung It right
slap in RiGhmond5s face He was plucky
You bet. We then left the sollum seen!