The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-08
NUN Al.

loves young dream, anG Well would
it be for us ef we Good linger in it, and
pass our entire lives under its be
witchin spell. But, Melindy, we
can't. Love is representa- ez with
pertikerlerIy plump stumick, which
shows that it lrez bin filled. We can't
exist on love-we need bacon, and
5iclI. Therefore, Melindy, awake
from your dream, and git to that
Wash-tub. Them clothes must be out
and on the line by noon. And Me-
Indy, give me, yoor legal lord and
master, wat loose change 700 hev in
yoor possession, for 1 hev biznis up
town"
Wat did this woman do?
She remarked =
"Duz ye s'pose I'ze gwlne to
sport 700, by wasbin 2"
"Certainly | do, my dee-wat
,9tssse Nes2' .sa,
70 Y'e dti2, udz ye:?"
"Uv course, and 700 DON'T wsnt to
lose no time. Wat does Solomon
say NY the model woman? "Sl1e
glitch up while it is yit mite, and
she weaveth fine goods wich she sell
leth to the merchants and her hua-
uand sittith in the gates with the
elders" or words to that effect. We
can't be eXactaly scriptoOral, for 700
don't We've, but 700 wash, wch is
the same thing, and yoOr husband is
a gOin to do ez the Irsaellte husband
did, he is goin to sit in the gates at
Bascom's. To yoor tub, Melindy."
That wretched woman rose delib-
erately and regarded me intently for
a moment. Then she walked to
where that tub wuz standin, and tip
ped it over, on the tiool. ..
woman, wat does this meeu ?" /
exclaimed.
"Meen? 1t meens dat / didn't
marry to sport husband-1 married
to be 'sported. 1t meens dat 700
hev got to git de 'splies-I cook EN-,
and help 700 eat EN-, but no more
washin fur dis chile, 700 git Out to
yoOr work"
And she picked up that tub, and
her washhoard, and wat soap ther
Wuz left and went to Pollock's, and
tradid EN- off fur some artifshel flow
ers fur her bride bonnit, ez she sed
and come and sot down in that bon
nit, and refused to do Il thing till /
went out and got suthin for her to
cook.
1t wuz bitter mite / past. Me-
Indy he'd some peryishens hidden
away, wich | Good not git at, and by
mite Wuz feerfully week, while she
wuz eZ strong ez ever. attempted
coershun, wich endid in my bein
dragged over the floor for an hour or
two, and finely bein kicked out NV
the door in a cold rain. In vane [
begged for admishun. That onfeelin
woman went quietly to her couch,
and | stayed out all mite in the wet,
listenin to her comfortable snores.
But my cup wuzn't full. Joe Big
Ter and Pollock went afore iustis of
the peece and complained NV me for
not supportin my family, and | wuz
given the choice Nv goin to work, or
goin to jale, and Melindy she appear
ed with charge of assault and bat
terry, and general inhuman treetment,
and the iustis they took me afore
the nigger justiS at Libertyville,-
fined me SO, and committed me- till
it wuz pade. | write these lines in a
lookup; thank heaven vile stay
here they hev got to feed me.
More than ever do / hate the yoo-
serper. More than ever do | curse
the fell sperit Of ablishism, wich hez
brot this room upon me. In the
good old days l Good hey compelled
that womon to hev supported me
without gOin thro the forms of mar
ridge, and without takin any obliga-
shen upon myself And Bigler and
Pollock, who put up the job on me
are latin and jeerin, and amt sure
but that Bascom and the Deekin wuz
in it also. While l am langishin in
a jale | amt runnin up my account
at Bascom's bar, and to all my fran
tic appeels for relief, even for pint,
he cooelly turns def ear. pll make
it warm for en- ef / ever git out of
this. ....
PETROLEUM V. Massey,
. Deceived, but not Crushed.