Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-03
A Darkey.s DoubIe-
CHANCE MEETING or KFNrUCKrAx
WHO HAD "FFAslnLE" MaMcRY.

Who HAD A "FFAslBLE" MAMcRY.
| From The lITst1'd City Efgprs
me boot black at the corner -sIand on c
eueet was looking for customer. He was
as black as the ace OF spades, aud as he care
lessly busted of his stand with the sfump ~
a corn brush he occasionally paused a d
street.
Presently a tall. raw-bonei. middle-agai
man, With a considerable length OF goa ee
and not a little breadth OF hat rim stopped
and glanced at the stand with some show OF
interest.
Have shine, boss" said theowner OF the
stand, giving bis chair parting slap with
bis brush. "Shine 'em up in half mint. sah
You II Jist have time To glance over de mora
ing papers,
Without deigning an answer the Iank chan
climbed into the seat before him.
"Whar yer a-rollin' them pants to-" was
bis first remark after the proprietor OF the
"An right now, boss. We mustn't muss
'em. you see It's all FEASIBLE now sab
Wall, perceed 10 business
Is a-movin', boss: Is q movin', san"
"Wall, see that you keep a movin'"
DE people OF de Souf," said the boot
olack, cooking cunning eye upon his Gus
OF The eyel most allus gives Tvs pore cullud
boys any little feasible jobs dey's got"
You think I'm from the South ,"
rs from de Souf yself, sab"
"rs from de souf, saffron old Kahn
tuck, sab"
"Ssrtin, boss. is from Lex'nton, Kahn
tuck. sah." scraping away with an old case
knife at the mud on the soles OF hIs custom.
er's boots
I'm from Kentucky myself. and from
Lexington" said the man, beginning 10
look interested. $50 you're from LeXing-
ton, eh -
les so, boss. Practically was born dar.
sab"
Like you. was born thar"
Nice old town, boss"
81 golly, boss, eff Ididn't think from de fust
dat saw i'm you de rale ole Kaintucky gen
uemaD. You've got good deal OF de cut OF
some o'deIn law and mid'cine students dat
used TO be about de ole Transylvany Var
sity; but you's aged a little, boss-aged a
le- etle grain more dan was de boys in dem
days"
"Ive often seen the old university"
"1t was a fine ole town, too. De main
street was more than mile long; dar war
beautiful trees long de streets, aud the
orphan 'sylum, an de baggin facterys, de
wire works, an de"
1.-The lunatic asylum"
Yes, boss; shore 'nuh, dar was de lunatic
'sylum."
land the river"
San de ribber, golly, dat fust big bend in
Town Fork of de Elkhorn, up 'bove de city
practically datwas a mighty feasible propo-
sition for catfish"
.Amazin."
81 say, boss, practically, you never hap
peDed TO know culled boy named Columbus
Parsons, as ltve1 out on the road tO-ards
wharo Harry Clay was oorned-out to ards
Ashland-did yer, sah?'
81 knowed a colored boy named Columbus
Parsons that rode ole Wooipecker against
Ploughboy down al the Blue Grass course
and won the puss.'
'De Lord love us! Was you dar? De great
hockey! Practically, am dat same Colum-
bus Parsons what rode ole Woodpecker am
won de puss down dar to Blue Grass
1.-The Columbus Parsons / knowed used TO
be a great fiddler; played for all the balls
and parties for miles around"
"Dat was me, sab. i was de boy. Now
yous beginnin' to know mel"
1.-The Columbus Parsons / used 10 know
Niger camp-meetin's."
10 IDA" .D,, Was me; boss. I'm identically and
1ou's got de most feasible mem'ry dat ever
saw, sah."
The Columbus Parsons 4 knowed went
down 10 Frankfort and ran on the river as
steward OF the Bell Wagner"
fah, yah; you knows me-you knows me,
boss! You knows me like brudder, sab!
Wasn't / attired? Practically sab, you's
got de most feasible memry I ever saw"
The Columbus Parsons that knowed,
pecker, the Columbus Parsons that used to
sing at camp meetings, the Columbus Par
sons that was steward on the Bell Wagner,
that Columbus Parsons busted open the
trunk Of passenger, stole a Thousand dol
lars, and was sent to the state prison at
Frankfort for five years"
ooSs, YOU got u powerful
feasible memory, but dare was anoder CO.
lumbus Parsons down dare bout Lexin'ton
and Frankfort-particlar South Frank
fort, cross de chain bridge-dal was a boss
rider, fiddler, a singer, and a steamboater,
an he was low flung, harum -scarum, no.
account Teller; j guess he mout bin de CO.
lumbus Parsons what you knowed, sah."
You think so?'
"Sartin, sure, boss; but don't say muffin
bout de feller heah, sab. You see practf-
cally, IT mout ipJure my good name, sab"