The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-03-25

Juba dis an Juba dat,
i j Juba killed de yallercat,1 '.::i:,
-: Roun de kittle, p, po.som et.t, -:>
Whoop a-hoy! whoop a-hoy!
Double step o Juba4 F.:
Forty pound o candle Irspse,
settin on de mantlepiece,
.js Don't you see ole Grtnny Gtacs!
:gIshe look 80 hemely in deEfsee, susi We.
Up de wall, an down De 'titiop,
III Gimme axe shart d sickel,'i
~ Cut de nisgsr,s vooaan ptpsJ15 j. 4sa,A-~
What eat; up al the snassensers
'"' cit up dar, yod little nlgsarl' w.
!: :; caut you pat Juba a19a :. :: >s.
.. :tHe stopped Suddenly and : griihilneed
fsrociou4ly: atc Kiah: Kiah gaseetd3 astDll
idly hack at:,Joe.h- Then ice stepped
to the table, took uparusty old poek,;
et-knife, and cutting tapieces of the
pie handed it to K,ah.:) Kiah bit: of
a point of the triangle with his eyes
fixed on Joe, as if to doubt whether
he would be allowed to proceed, but
finding that the liberty was not re
sented, he eagerly devoured the re.
mainder, drew his coat sleeve across
his mouth, and said "Thanky." And
thus their friendship commenced.
1t was very touching and beautiful,
the attachment that was formed be
tween these two unfortunate creatures
Neither could perform the labor OF
join in the sports incident to his age,
and they seemed to draw together BY
the attraction of a: common misery
Every day some little service; piidifu1
in it's insignifcance, except to them
selves, some little humble Office from
one to the other, some little act o1
selfdenial-perhaps and saving Of a
few cold potatoes that had been
given to Kiah, or the sacrifice Of q
buttered roll that Joe had got at Mr.
:Wise's-every day some little thing
served to cement this friendship
which gave to each a companion who
did not mortify him; and they: be-
came inseparable, Joe taking Kiah to
the little shed where he spent hii
nights, and making him an equa]
partner in the business during the
day. =:
The next time Joe came to be sci
up, he gave Mr.. Wise a knowing
wink, and said mysteriously, >"Donl
yo 60 buyin' no .bres::pins to war to
de weddin', Mas Tom."t
."Why not, Joef" T.. ,:..,,..
."Cos ant no use in bres':pins,. an
dar. amt no tellin' what mout hap
pen fore dat weddin' come off, off, =: !:
& Mr.. Wise laughed but he had nj
premonition that Joe had entered III;
to a successful negotiation for the
:groeer's execrable crescent, and < tht
shock was therefore unbroken when
on the evening Of the wedding, Jo'
entered his dressing-room and, present
ed it to him with an air of: pride Y
pitiful that it would have made :.
woman cry.
Tom was fully as much surprised
as Joe had anticipated, and a6eetet
to be as greatly delighted; and vhel
he had completed his toilet Of f.p1,
'lessly.quiet tone he pinned The hor
nble. thing in. his shirt bosom, N!
thanked Little Joe for the. gift will
all the gracious courtesy; ; Of Els fin
nature. /: ..;:: --, IL. -, ~.@4
/ IMr. Wise was to '.''st&nd",c with Il
| friend of his sisters who was q CUES
| in the house, and, as they fancie.'
i themselves-very much in love witt
j each other, they had agreed to NEE
\ in the parlor an hour before tina
appointed for the ceremony, that the
might enjoy quiet tete-o-tete befor
the assembling Of the guests Hav
ing finished his toilet, he accordingly
went down, and was soon joined b,
the lady. ..,.:.:...,, *:.1,,.:. :.
They prom enaded up and down ii
parlors, and again and again her eye
rested curiously- on the pin, but sh
made no allusion to it till her feeling
had become entirely irrepressiblt
when she interrupted him in the mid
die of a sentence to inquire what %
earth itswas, and where he got it, an
why he wore it. a.
Then he sat down by her side,, wit
lace curtains shimm,etring ID tie tw
light, and long !: mirrors ffeaectih
a1abasterr vases and oil paintings, gs',tlil 81
the air heavy with tie perfume '
flowers, ana told her about Little il
of his shlapeless lllp IT feet !.s and 6|orloi
life his Ser empty pockets q and. !l ;graeeetfi .est
heart. And AZ q she agreed that s.t i it. my 2 l.
be 7.e dreadful to-. to be q poor and is, 81 y. 4
formed. end allg that, q +, and IF # eeuzss. nz ]
ought te b grateful bptg e really. I'd 4
thought Ms VIE e zatbeEE Il morbid ID
! his philanthropy when he could we