The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-24
wallor,ng Their Wives

nld AhSalom. one ot the bla kest ne gtoes ,ha, ever lived. was arrested on charge of beating his wlfc. and was arra,sned before Justice Amos, whose complexion could only he distinguished from midnight after long and earnes, scrutiny.
 "Absalom, sad the justice. il griebes dis ole man deep down in his flesh ter see yersef fotoh up aforc de judicial ,rlhu- taries ob dis Ian on ! charge so th,okly sot wid pin,s dat bris,lc agin yer -
 "Isekly. edge aaekly.'
 !" has knowed yer fur long time an has been ter dc church many tune when yer 'forted m a manner ealk,ilaied ,et make man shed de bnsh, tear of emotion"
 a faokly, ledre sackly
 "pcn thought. continued the lus,iee " da, dar was mighty hught future ate,e yer, an da! yer would lead lie children ob men by de soun' ob yei Aotee Now what docs 1 see What does desc ole eyes wha, wan, prepared fur uu,hin' eb de sort behold Behoids yer iotch np heah fur whlppin' de wife oh yer ns,'fal bosom. What has seT get ter say 'hou, dis ,elnblc kiami,yt :"
 = says da, ~hafped de oman Dat wha, says.
 Why did yer ~hap her. sah =
 Case had | ngh, ,e, ba,'s ~hs l ~hupped her
 What right. sah =
 Right un'er de Law. An look heah, doan thlnk da, am, no s,ugent baan yer ,hlnk asc makes hoss collars fur libln' ia, l amt got no eddy, a'ion.'
 !" daan sioub, yer ,'pe,lor lafnin, iui knows da, yer's mighty able man. but enough ob dis business. Mir Officer fetch m de witnesSes.'
 The witnesses were direct nj statement. and testified that Absalom tamr home in an unusually good humor. He was m the best of spirits ~hiIe eating dinner, and complimcn,ed h,s wife on her skill N cook Ai,er dinner he took up newspaper. and ahe, reading a while. he suddenly threw down the sheet. seized sceton of bed ord and whippcd his alte unmeiti iiuliy
 What has yer Ter say agin dat eh. dcnoe = asked the tus,ioe
 Sees no iaul, m dc ebtden,c sah
 '' Den yer eoniesses dc cnm-
 Wa n't nc fIine sai
 ' lc debil yci say Ca tanned the ,us,oe
 De debd l says, teloned the de- iendan,
 Waal, HI show ,tl bout dat Fl hne yer ten dollais an Aen yer ter all. " Da, will be fragment on de la~ ob lie Ian. Ter peiien's Ter aek 'cordin' ,o dc ias, doan yer. judge
 l)ai what does.
 An yer doan .los yer gailaHtnesa in regard ter oman fer si s~ay ~id yei idee ob de la~. does yer
 " Da,'s ~ha, doan.
 Waal, den. Ao~. i.i persegc ter vinnicate mysei aiote dis eout When tuck up tia, newspaper. seed dat de e,bil nights law had been killed hy de spTeme cou't, an da, nobody hasler speek nlgger on er count ob color so. desinn ter anlay all de rights oh tItIhen, ~happed my ~ile cos she WAS black ~hupped her on CT coun, ob her color, ssh. Now what can ger say, ssh =
 The justice, after ie~ moments re- lection. turned ,o Absalom's wife and sad !" Lady de sympathy ob de coat IS ~id yer, but de ' Ae~niied Ststes is agin yer He "i.npped yer cos yer's black, figh, what dis cou't kant 'spuie Absa lom, dischAtgcs ger. sah, an aings de state in de cost" and then as he " punched hs papets he added Glad dat my eyes hsb been opened ter da, law sln my wife de aust thrashIn when glis home da, oman eber secd ih. huh ccse IS de days when man 4n toy hisse'f