The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-03
DARKY DUDES.
How q Couple Of them Sped
With Wooing q Maiden
Fair.

George johnson and Billy Drake are
dark Completed gentlemen OF leisure who
aspire to the position of dudes among
colored society. Like all dudes they make
up with jealousy the lack of brains char
acteristic OF the species, and there being
of the same society naturally gives them
a mutual antipathy for each ether equal
to that existing between society bellies. AS
a cons gueDce neither spares any effort or
evaporation to prove their superiority
by holding up the inferiority of the other,
and 10 this end every sacrifice of duty is
NOBLE DEVOTION
upon the ground that the end justi6es the
means. Under any circumstances such a
state of aff.irs would lead to a realizing
sense of the exclamation 'Oh, how happy
might one be If bat the other was away"
But the climax of endurance is reached
when it is known these Latharias are
mashed, badly mashed, and alas each
mashed by the same du.ky syren, who
sings in double falsetto "Oh, how happy
could / be with the one was t'other but
away" But when both are there I'd like
to be away my self"
Thus their wooiDg has not been of that
kind where "twe hearts with a single
thought brat as one" When the dudish
Drake called his dulcens layished her smiles
upon him, and even went so far as to place
upon his ebony finger u colleen circlei as
pledge OF constancy. Of Course the Drake
was proud Of the doings of his ducky and
msde no secert of il.
But when the story reached the ears Of
Mr.. johnson his soul was sfame with
wILD-EyED RAGE,
and he swore by the moon and stars il
shouli not be so. He called to upbraid
his fair "Hellen." smiles, tears, confes-
sio:-S and proteststions followed. johnson
&c dared Drske had tried to sell the ring,
and when Drake called upon the dusky idol
OF his heart, she upbrsided him with tears
in her eyes, and demanded the return of her
ring. The Drake felt his pin feathers rise
like the quilts upon the porcupine's back,
and swOre vengepnce on his traducer. Yes
terdsy
THE RIVAL DUDES MET
in the shop of Vulcan, but the fiery fash
logs from beneath his hammer were as
nsught compared with the light Of anger
that streamed from their argry eyes, aud
the hot, harsh words emitted from
their frenzied lips. The smithy paused in
sore am: zs. from his toll lopg enough tn
use his b.awuy arms 20 = itch them out of
doors. Gathering themselves up Drake de
msnded a meeting in Some lone spot, where
none but God aud the stars might witness
him annihilate his hated fee. But John
son quite as determinedly INSISTED in
CARVING THE GREEN HEADED DRAKE
right there ard then, and leaving the
remains to the tender mercies of
the street scavenger, and knife in hand
rush. d upon his foe. Just then Two brawny
knights of star and baton. put 10 40 ap
pearance and escoI ted the valorous dudes
in roysl state before His Honor Rauck, who
booked them for the uniomantic deed OF
disturbing the peace by fighting. All the
luscking of the Drake proved .uravailiDg
With the practical Judge, and now the poor
Drake must ruin his soft palms by workin.
s. worth of rock for the city while his
more fortunate rival sports with the girl OF
MS heart, because he was able to furnish
b lie and get a continuance OF his case TO
Monday. But the blood spots are lot We:
Fiped of the moon.