National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-20
MARK rwArws LATEST.
Huok and Finn's Talk on King sol-
lermun.

Aermun.
read considerable to Jim about kings,
and dukes, and earls. aud such, and how
raudy they dressed, and how much style
tiiey put on, and called each other your
majesty, aud your grace, and your lord
ship, and so on, stead of mister; and Jim's
eyes bugged out, and he was interested
He says:
81 didn't know dey was so many un
um. / haint hearn bout none un um,
skasely, but ole King Sollermun, onless
you counts dem kings dat's in pack or
k'yards. How much do king gitP
"Get?" l says; "why, they got thou
sand dollarN q month, If they want it;
they can have just as much as they want;
everything belongs to them"
fin dat gayP En- what dey got to do,
Huck"
"71ey don't do nothing Why, how you
talk They just set around"
"No.-is dat so2"
"Of course 1t is. They just sot around,
except maybe wheN there's a war; then
they 20 to the war. But other times they
just lazy around; or go hawking-just
hawking and sp-- Sh Id you hear q
noise?'
We skipped out and looked; but it
warn't nothing but the Hutter OF a steam.
boats wheel, away down coming around
the point; so we come back.
YES" says |, "and other times, when
things is dull, they fuss with the parly-
ment; and if everybody don't 20 just so,
| he whacks their heads of. But mostly
they hang round the harem."
ROM de which,"
"Harem.
"What's do harem 2"
"The place where he keeps his wives.
Don't you know about the harem2 Solo
mon had one; he had about n million
wives"
why, yes, dat's SO I'D done forgot
it. A harom's bo'd'n-house, | reck'n.
Mos likely doy has rackoty times in do
nussery. En- reck'n do wives quarrels
considabe en- dat Grease do racket.
| Yit dey say Sollermun do wises' man dat
ever live. l doan' take no stock in dat.
Becase why? Would wise man want to
live in de mids' or such blimblammin'
all de time? No-'deed'h wouldn't. A
wise man 'ud take en- bull o biler fac
try; en- den no could shet doDn do biler
factry when he wan to res'."
well, but he i0ds the wisest man, any
way; because the widow she told me SO,
her own self"
81 doan kyer what do widder say, he
wdrlt no wise man, nuther. He had
some er dc dad.fetchedes ways l ever
SO. Does you know bout dat chile dat he
'uz gwine to chop in two?"
"Yes, the widow told me all about It,"
wei, den! Warn dat de beatenes' no.
tion in de worp2 You jes' take Oh look
at it minute. Dahs de stump, dah--
dat's one or de women; heah's you-dat's
de yuther one; rs Sollermun; en- dish
yer dollar bills de chile. Bofe un you
claims 1t. What does / do? Does shin
aroun' 'mongs' de neighbors en- fine out
which un you dc bill do b'long to, en- han
it over to dc right one, all safe en- soun',
de way dat anybody dat had any gump-
tion would? No-I take en- whack de
bill in ttco, en- give haf un it to you, en- de
yuther half to dc yuther woman. OATS
de way Sollermun was gwine to do wild
de chile. Now, want to asst you: what's
de use er dat half q bll?-can't buy
nuth'n wild 1t. En- what use is a half a
chileP wouldn't give dern for mill
ion un um."
"But hang it, Jim, you've clean missed
the point-blame it, you've missed Ii a
thousand mile.'
"Who2 Me' Go long. Dosn' talk to
me bout yo' pints. I reck'n / knows
sense when / sees it; on dey aim no sense
in sich doin's as dat. De 'spute warn't
bout half chile: de 'spute was bout a
whole chile; en- dc man dat think he kin
settle 'spnte bout whole chile wild a
half q chile. dosn know enough to come
in out'n de rain. Doan' talk to me bout
Sollermun, Huck. / knows him by de
back"
But tell you you DON'T cat ~"
~''niaruo De pint I reck'n I knows
what knows. En- mine you, do real pint
is down furder-it's down deeper. 1t
lays In de way Sollermun was raised.
You take man dat's got on'y one or two
chillen; is dat man gwyne to be waseful
O. chillen? No. he aint; he can't ford it,.
He knows how to value 'em. But you
take man dat's got bout FIVE million
chillen runnin' roun' do house, en- its
ditiunt. He as soon chop chile in two
as cat. Dey's plenty mo-. A chile er
two. mo- or less, warn't no consekeus to
Sollermuns, dad fetch him w-The Century
for January.