The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-30


eide 'twix' us. An he eide les like
Sandy want it, too. Deze yer pardners
dey kin always git somebody to eide in
tavor O dero side. 80
Ever Satdy Sandy seem Ike he les
'bleeged to take holiday"
Didn't you take holiday every Sat.
urdoy, too2"
"Yas, sab; but don't you see, ever
time Sandy stop three bans stop when
stop hit was jes' me one.
"Whcn we was layin' by dc con de
sun was powerful hot. I was plowin',
an Sandy an his two gals was follcrin
mo wild de hoes. Ever few minutes
Sandy gwlne to de b ranch after drink
o water. Den his two gals doy stop au'
listcn ut dc peclierwood tappin' on de
dead tree tell he como back.
After while says, says ], SANDY,
you must be got dc tarryfy fever f'om dc
way You drinkin' do branch dry
He low, You amt got no larnin',
niggcr. Don't you know waters good
Sude-er-rltter for to make you sweat an
keep off dc sunstrokc?'
" says, says l, Ef you, talkin' bout
Susc an Ritter, dey look mighty jack
on'dippcr, leanin' on dey hoehan'ls an
ue CRAB grass CROWN
We'll, sab, dat nigger like to bust
hlssef lailin'. / was great o mine to
make rock zoon by his head jes' to let
him year how it SCUM. But hilt mysef
in dat time.
After dat Sandy kick up q rumpu.
bout sumpn nigh ever day. Dew
warn't no livin' in peace wild him. HiS
wife she had to have ham in do fuss,
Sho low my ole 'possum dog suck her
aiGs. Marthy Ann tuck it up, an dcy
had it. When womens gets mix ap in !,
'spute hits bound to git wuss an wuss
My ole oman low oughtcr whip Sandy.
but | amt payin' no 'tention to whn,
she Sayin', beliase I knows les how
womcns is. Dcy always anxious for dc,
husbands to fight ncr'cr man what dey
'splses, but dey don't never tink bout
tcr'er man tightin' back.
when wo went to gethcr do con
Sandy says, says he, Look yorc, wants
to have everything far an squar now,
an [ wants you to understand all bout
it,
"I low, Oats all right
We'll, says e, you know Mr.. Wag-
gintirc gifts one fo'th Of ever'thing4.'
81 says, says I, 4 knows dat, says |,
AN L gifts ncr'cr foth, an you gifts dc
yuther three fo'ths.
Sandy sortcr smile TO hsscf.
We'll, says e, de way for us to do
when we hanls up dc con is to put three
loads III one pile fer me and YOU an one
load IN ncr'cr pile for Mr.. Vaughn
tire
81 says, says 7, what dc usc O mixin'
mlnc an yone? Dat jcs' he maxim doub-
lc trouble for nothin'. Let mo vide dis
con. an I'll vide it right
says e. .
81 says, says T, Mr.. Waggintirc
gifts fo'th an l gifts n ncr'cr fo'th.
Ever time we puts a load on his pile we
mus put load on mypile. Den NIL de
balance I'll h0 yonc.
'He says, Dat won't do, says e,
'bckasc dat CT way you'll Git more N vo'
share. You got to pay part dc rent
same es me-
81 says, says 1, Il secs what YOU r,p
20. You wants to take out Mr.. Wag-
gintirc's part, an den You amt gwino
70 give me but de third But Use gwine
tc have my rights ef somebody nose have
to be mashed for it.
Gle says, who nose gwino to bo
mash 2 says G.
81 low, I speck you IL hatcr fur
nisl dc nose
"We KEEP 'sputin' an 'sputin. One
word brung on ncr'Cr, an after q while
Marthy Ann iinc in an dc fns thing you
know me an Sandy hitchcd."
"Iou fought, did you?'
"Ias, sah, VIC ft--but spccll it's time
for me to hc knockin' long home. Dis
yer tatcr look like hits done. wish
Won mighty well MArsc Jimmie, an m
hopes You an Mr. Rumplcss II git along
hmmonililc."
"But wait. You haven't told me about
he fight. Who got the best of it?"
"Wcll, sab, Sandy he tuck an cropc M
IN ne an knocked nc down with ~ az
lcl', an den he kick me in de short ribs.
Dat was tolor'hle hard to take, as You
Know yo'scf, Marsc Jimmie, but ain
5ayin' nothin' tell Marthy Ann run ND
like she gwino ter tar up all creation,
m Sandy call her Old hcifer. Dat
,ortrr 'Acite my riserblcs."
"What did you do then ?"
81 says, says l, Go way f'om vcr,
ni%gcr, bckasc you mought make me
mad an cf l gets mad somebody ii cit
hrt.
wv non You argy wild Mr.. Rumplcss
IN try to show him how dc bcs' way to
nanld8c, he don't knock you down wild
AK hcl', do he ?"
"No, but he's as stubborn as n mule,
md keeps on buying moro goods in
pitc of my protest"
"Well, dat always dc way with parG-
1crS: Dcy de contraries' folks [ over
Sec"
"IIow did you came out dividing the
,rop?"
81 como ont de lcctle en- O. de hon,
no sooner git up off'n de eroun' an
brCSh my cloze Iwcnt to see lawyer King,
h"kosc body gin him de name O.
hcln' Il homes man, what don't know no
different 'twiXt cullud gcnplcman an n
white man. [ tolc him all bout it, same
'lIic [ done tolc you. All dc whiles I
vas talkin' he sctten' dar scratchin' his
year wild his pen handle. After [ git TIM
h" low / couldn't git no moro tIian salt
an batter out'u dat case. [ low [ was
after con an cotton. Salt nn batter
wouldn't satisfy me.
"Whcn l goi back home (nr stand Mr.,
WnGBintirc. SHEdy sent after. him v hist
was gone. IC took an wide de crlD