The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-26
WHY sAM:DIDy,r GO TO THE SHOW.

nhi SAA.DiDNrI TO TO THE SHOW.
Sam, did you go to the show last
week.
Fact is, boss, twas my full cackerla-
ton to tend dat show, an / made eyerv
'rangement for to do so, but unexpected
circumstances Ober which didn't hab
no control. obstructed me"
Prevented, you mean.
''Yas, yas, all de same"
What were the unlooked-for eireum-
stances which prevented the evenings
enjoyment which you had antieIpatedw
"Sahg"
'Why didn't you go to the shows,
''Well, boss, if you hab five minutes to
spare, I'll glib you de full account
Proceed, Sam, I'm at leisure
''As jess tOle you, sab, was gwine
to dat show, sartin; an / was to take
to dat show, sartin; an / was to take
Susan wild ME, too. Susan is de nigger
gal what / been hankerin3 arter-prs-
sidin' in de tother end o. town. Anud-
der niger, name Bill, been lubbin' dat
same Susan eber since he fust knowd
her. Course tried to make him b'lieve
he couldn't hole candle to me in her
'fections, but l was a little onsartin'
bout de truf OBJ dat statement myself,
cause / often seed her smile on Bill
Exactly like she smile on me- WhenI
heard the suceus was a comm ax'd Su-
san would she company me. knowed
eff she didn't go wild me she couldn't go
t all, cause dat trihin' nigger Bill didn't
hab no money. She looked so sweet,
boss, when l ax'd her dat question, an
pleasin' like, dat / lub her den more'n
ebber. | jess said to myself, Susan got
to Joy herself at dat show, eff it cos me
all de money got. elected some out
standin' debts which was OWN to me,
an when de ebenin' for de suceus come
aroun' had one dollar an fifty cent
fifty cent for Susan's ticket, fifty for my
ticket, den 1 hab fifty cent sides dem
two which gwine to spen' for ice cream;
DAT de way white folks do, an dat de way
l gwine to do, too. We lef home long fo'
show tilne, an dat gal look so sweet an
make me feel so good holm on to my
arm, dat / jess 'termined to distress her
dat berry ebenin'"
''No, no, you were going to address
her."
''Dat what l say, boss; l gwine to
dress her, sho'. / seed dat fool nigger
Bill follerin' us, an 1 knowed all the
time he was wishin' he was me, Ididn't
pay no 'tention to him dough, but
wanted to make him feel bad. an when
/ knowed he was lookin' at US, / ax'd
Susan to step into s'Ioon an hab some
poun' cake an ice cream, jess like /
wasn't keerin' for 'spences tall. We did
hab a lubly time, boss, while we was
eatin' de fust plateful, but when Susan
gin to call for mo- an mo- den gin to
git skeered for her, cause | 'fraid she'd
bus hersef; an at las, when l went to
When l pay dat bill, sab, hab but
twenty-five cent lef; den what j .gEins-z
to do2 tOle Susan | didn't think sue
cusses was de proper place for ladies to
go to, an side dat, hearn' de show was
no 'cnunt, nOhow. Sine said she was
gwine to go neberdeless, an she'd tole
Bill lie mout go wild her eff didn't go;
so when she foun' out couldn't go, den
she went to de do, wink'd at Bill, an
he come struttin' cross de street, took
her arm in his'n, an walk'd off an lei'
me. | tell you, sab, l r'ared an eusseds
an ef hadn't been 'fraid o. skeerin' Su-
san Id killed dat 'fernal nigger, sho'
Next night went down to see dat gal,
to AK why she treat me so bad, an, sab,
when | open de do dar was dat black
Afican settin' up side Susan, wild his
arm rouu' her wals' courtin' like, Joy
in hisse'f, an she look i5se she was Joy
in herself, too. tell you, sab, my
blood jess billed, an tole dat ape he got
to be whipped den an right dar TO- Su-
san. | gwine to let her see which de
bes' man; so Jess lif' up dis stick nm he
drop"
Il suppose you gave him a sound
thrashing, didn't you, Sam2
''No, sab; didn't whup him much.
.'When you had such good Opport1-
nifty, why didn't your
II spec to do dat. bat Bill was big
germ me. Vas, hs was heap biggeFfn
me. made up my mind den, sab, fo'
l lef, eff Susan gwine to 'scciate wid such
niggers as dat, gwine to pull out. So
! hadn't been back dar senee. OATS De
reason didn't tend de show, sab; dat's
de why.-StauntOB (Va) Spectator.
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