The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1879-10-04
Old 81 On Jay Could.
Atlanta Constitution.

Old Si camc into the sanctum
and deposited his cake of ice, on a
manuscript poem entitled 'The
Waning Summer" Said he:
"rn tell yer what's der matter,
Boss, when folks talks bout any
thing being colder den cherity
dey's missing do mark dcy shoots
at pow'fully, yer hear me!
"Why so, Si!"
"Jess kase cherity amt no mo-
cold dan il white, eaying' OBJ dat
rriustance. Dcre amt muffin dat
er man xits in him desc days dat'il
het him up mo warmly dan a 1T
OBJ pure cLcrity-now dat's 30,
haiu't it2
"Ccrtainly, but what has turned
your reflections into that channel3'
"Nuffin mo- dan allus argcr-
iles to myself bout what | sees
going on. Now, dar's dat case in
do Cons'tushun die mornin' dat
,lar Mr.. Jay Goulc, what is a richer
man dan old Lazyrus war an hcz
aot 10 mo- cussin' FUN lie ginrul
run Oh 'Merican. .mankin' dan mos
eny man libin for his bullin an'
bearing an corncriu in do innan-
shal AfIArs oh dc country, see dar
now, what he has done'
ellis aid to the Memphis suffer-
crs is q very noble decd ansl no
mistake"
"Jes so f! Yer see, we folks don't
glib do debbil his due but moughty
seldom, but we's pow'rful brash
ter put or debbil labil OH every
man dat VIC don't like. Ez fur me
I allus tho't dat Mister Goule 'ud
sum day riz up an show that the
good Lord made him, too. and he'd
Of use fur him. Amt I rite now2 !"
"Most assurodly."
"Ycr sec, l kno'd dat sometime
he'd git outen bed in de morning
an sec in dc paper his time had
arovc. An l speck he got hol' dc
J paper dc odder NORM On rcd hit
over mon'trus kecrful; den he ladc
hit down by his plate an. tho't
Oh hit cr long timc. Do spcrrit
war mcllcrin' Oh him. Directly
he riz up an say to hissolf: 'Lookie
hyar, Jay, yon'sc got more money
; dan ycr sheer. Way down yandeI
on dc Mississippi dcrc's white
J folkes an uiggcrs dying like sheep
Hyar you is, soun'an' we'll, doing
muffin fur 'cm. Hump yo'sclt olt
boy. De same Lord that sent q.
t yaller dcth vM 'em hcs so moved
the waves Of forchpdfcs ter wash
|, up lots oh gola IN sand on dt
I shores of yo'iifc. Derc's or white
I paf Of dpty aforc yer cz wide c'
4 or turnpike an cg bright cz q
| sbsilrode by de seaside Den ia,
= tuck in dc idoc that tcr-day h
|. wuz edar an ter-morrow h'
' lnoughn't be nowhar, dat cr dus
j. zen New York lawyers mought b.
+ holdin' de kombination ter hi
! safc, his family iightin' obcr hi
b leavin's, his bones soncwhar up II
; Kanady waitln fur or reward tc
n fetch 'em back, dat seberal new
It wimmin mought be putin flow'r
0 on his toom an claimin' him fn
Y dere late lamcntid-an' jay 60
l. warm in dc rccjun oh his lcf brci
II pockit. When he fclt round da
y he foun' his pencil an dat ho,
Q. cum dat telegram to go hummii
Is into Mcmfisw
h '1Ie deserves great honor 70
,e his generous hclpl"
ar "An' he'll git, hit, don't ye
l. ferglt hit ! Foxes don't go back 0
., dat kim .ob men, an de good Lor
d. don't overlook 'em, kase he kno'
or what he put 'em hyar for. We
r. hit ai'nt water fun de rock,
Ial nanny an'quales in der wildcrne
ss hits Jay Goulc men in dc darke
he days oh do pcstilcncel" !"
he And the old man couldn't ha'
felt more gratefnlif Jay had Sc
at him a check for thousand IL b
no own name.
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