The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-10-18
A LITTLE TEXAS NURSE GIRL.


ALITTLE TEXAS NURSE GIRL.
1 amt done nuthin' dis blessed dayl
no, dat amt; nuthin' tall but trot my
legs off waitin' on de white folks, an Pm
goin' to stop it. / done tole Phebe
p'iRtedly amt goin' to put up wild it,
an amt! Miss Pattie, she come a
hour or so 'fo' day, an she histed me
outen my bed wild her tones: "Git up,
Chatty; it's sunrise, an de children
goin' after sweet gum, an baby's callin'
your So / get up an dress myself.
Miss Pattie, she so airy, she bluched to
have shoes on her nuss. I hauled 'em
off soon's I got to de gum-grobe. Bless
dat babyl he de smothes' an de putties'
thing in Texas, wild his blue eye an his
little red curls; an when dat fantin'
fdgit, Jewly Ann, cum down dere wild
Mis- Rogers gal-baby wild de black eyes,
an Inpinny black hyar, an said her toes
was pulitzer an Alfred's whole body, 1
jis kotch my sun-bonnet often de tree,
wha' hung it outen de way while we
went over to tother grove, an / war it
out 'on herI de splits was made OBJ white
pine, too, caus' Mas Henry he laugh
when Miss Pattie was maxim dem of
pasebode, an he say he'll make sumthin'
Chatty won't war out. So when Miss
Pattie saw it all tode up, she ak me how
it sDerd, an tole her / went in de
thicket fur dem .jevberries brung her;
an Mas Henry, he say, 'I spec some lit
tie nigger could tell it differum."
Jus den Mis- Rogers she KUN in her
fine cayadge wild her silks and her satins,
an knowed what's de matter, kase she
GfN4 Il rr-.n Hr,r IN. har 20
step to de do';;" an peeped outen de
parlor winder, an see dat Jewly Ann
settin' in de cayadge cryin', wild her coat
de wool stan'in' up in little patches all
ober her head, JUS like lef her at de
grohe, 'ceptisl' she had t1h lps all over her
face, an one O. her eyes would bin plenty
for two cem'on niggas. wus mighty
sorry fur her, an me too, when / hear
Miss Pattie say, "I'm very sorry, Mrs.
Rogers-I will see it don'thappen again" ("
An den she KUN out an say, "Kun
here, Chatty! A pretty name for such a
girl as you are-go to your mother, and
tell her to give you whipping, an
Pll 'splain it when / see her."
Now my nanny she a square ole
CONAN. De white folks likes her, an say
she ole-fashion, and / speck dat's what's
de matter. She JUS TUX me, soon's
tell her, an bump me up wild her strap,
en- den she ak me what bin doin'. /
tole her bout dat impiden Jewly Ann,
an she say, "Well, you wus right-dem
po' white folks to set up an say dey
chillen putty es our'n, when our'n is
owned hundreds of niggers way back to
dey fo-fathers, and Mis- Rogers wus a
schoolteacher an teached fur her lvin,
'fo' she married Mas Mic Rogers. But
den, Miss Pattie she knows, an / kin tell
you, IS been sayn' all along, de niggers
de white folks didn't raise aim fitten to
kill even. You go onl An tell Miss
Pattie if you cuts up any more didoes
to keep you home from 'Mancipation."
Ginger-cakesl amt glad got dat
whippin'? / clean forgot it, an aPays
lows to behave my very funniest bout
'Manspation time, kase Miss Pattie she
| got foolish wayof sayin', 81 won't whip
any chile, 50 you can JUS stay home,
| Chatty, till you learn to behave" An
| -four bayal, an hid 'em so dey could go
wild me an de baby winter-grapein'
| Sat'day evenin' Std o. studyin' dey
Sum school lesson, an Phebe foun' dem
when she went to make biscuits for sup
per, Miss Pattie she keep me home from
de Baptises festbul wha' me an all de
res de Meth dis gals was gwine to make
fun O. dem po' stuck-up, web-footed crit
ters wha wades water like crane.
Don't care! 1 amt goin' to dredge
like is to day, not if my great-gran' chill N
is burned stayin' home! went up to de
big house Just smilin' as baskit o chips
from mammy's, kase dat Cicely Ann wha
| ba do ohflfrc oloca ch oil fir,D
| in Miss Pattie's room gigglin' am 'lowin'
she diden' use to ketch it from her
mamma. Dat gal fear spile up from
bein' wild white folks. Den / took de
baby an de big quilt down to de big
live-oak tree in de front yard and played
tea-party wild some cake an milk, an
him an me went to sleep, an when we
woke il wuz dinner time, an / fed
him at de side table an
eat my dinner wild him. Den
fit de big bathin' tub
wha STAN under de fig-tree by de back
do, all shady like little house, an can't
see it frum de road, anime an de two
Titles ones, we bathed ourselves. Den /
tux de baby in his waggin, an went Jew
berryin'. heard da Cicely Ann tell
Miss Pattie ] JUS wanted de waggin to
cay'e my buckit in; SOS 1 jus brung
back big grasshopper an put him in
her sewin' musheen draso, an tole her
Miss Pattie sed gimme some thread outen
it, an oh gravyl how she did holler!
After dat ] went wild de chillen to de
cow-pen, wha' Phebe milkin', an we all
TUX our tin cups an drinked some new
milk kase DIR. Blake he say de baby mus
drink it warm, an duz what he dttz-
bless himl
Him an me had supper when we KUN
to de house, an put him to sleep in de
hammuck. was tired clean out den,
but Miss Fannie she ak me to make up de
bed in de spare-room nice for her DO dat
jus KUN frum New Orleans. fix it all
nice as pie, an it look so good tumble
down on it, an mex know Mr.. Hewett
am Mas Henry stan'in dar laughin'
deyself to death, an sayin', "Come
Charity, we won't tell on you dis time
but please git up, an hurry to your owr
department" He right good if he
does want Miss Fannie, an
always look like he got 9
new gethrin' string in his mouf. 1t wui
20 funny, tole Cicely Ann when gof