The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-02-21
JUBCMExr OF SOLOMON

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and how much style they put on,
aud called each other your majes-
ty, and your grace, and your lord
ship, and so on. stead Of mister
and Jim's eyes bulged out and he
was interested. He says:
~ don't know dey was so many |
un 'em. hain't hearn bout none |
of um skasely, but ole King Sol.
lurmun, onless you counts dem
kings dats in er pack er keards.
How much do q king gitr
"Get r says (; why, they get a
thousand dollars a month If they
want il; they can have just as
much as they want; everything
belongs to them.n
saint dat gay! En- what dey
got to do Huckf''
"They don't do nothing! Why
how you talk! They just set
around.'
"No; is dat 80 ~
"Of course it is. They just set |
around, except maybe when there
is a war; then they 90 to the war. |
But other times they just lazy
around; or go hawking-just
hawking aud sp- Sh! D'you hear
q noise ~
We skipped out and looked; but
it warn't nothing but the futter of
q steamboats, wheel, away down,
coming around the point; 90 we
come back.
"Yes," says !, "and other times
when things is dull, they fuss with
parlyment and If everybody don't
go just so, he whacks their heads
of. But mostly they hang around
the harem."
"Roun' de which p
"Harem."
"What's de haremf'
"The place where he keeps his
wives. Solomon had one; he had
about q million wives"
"why, yes, dat's so; I'd done
forgot 1t. A harem'sa q boarding
house, | reckon. Mos likely dey
has rsckety times in de nussery.
En- l reckin the wives quarrels
considerable, en- dat 'creases de
racket. Yet day say Sollermun de
wisest man dat eber live. doan'
take no stock In dat. Becase why 7
Would o wise man want to live In
de mids' Of sech o blimblammin'
all de time No, deed he wouldn't.
A wise man 'ud take an bull o
biler factry; an den he could shet
down the biler factry when he
wan to rest"
"Well, but he was the wisest
man anyway; because the widow
she told me so, her own self"
~ doan' keer what de widow
say, he warn't no wise man nuther.
He had some or dc dad.fetchedes
| ways | ever see. Does you know
I bout dat chile dat he wuz gwine
to chop In two"
ayes, the widow told me all
about IT,"
"Well, den, warn't dat dc beat
enes' notion In de worpi You jes
r take and look at II q mint. Dahl
8 do stump, dah-dst's one or d,
8 women, hears you-dat's de othel
d one pse Sollermun, and dis yei
dollar bills de chile. Bofe nm "
0 claims it. What does l dot Doe
b | shin around mong de neighbour
4 on fine out which nm you de bill
0 b'longs to, en- ham IL over to d,
J. right one, all safe an sound, d,
q way dat anybody dat had an.
2 gumption wouldi No--I take lei
r whack de bill In two on give hal
d IN 1t to you On de other half to d,
4 uther woman. OATS de way Sol
y lermun was gwine to do wild d,
!. chilei Now, / want to ask you
[ what's dc use or dat half |
0 bill-can't buy nuthin' wild 1t. III
a what use is o half . chilef
4 wouldn't give durn fur q milliol
a or um."
a "But, hang 1t, Jim, you hav,
' clean missed the point-blam,
!. 1t, you have missed 1t a thousan,
!. miles,
Q "who I Mef Go long. Don't tall
A to me bout your pints. Ireckil
a | knows sense when l sees 1t, Ell
a day amt no sense in sich doin's a
q dat. De 'spute warn't bout
Y half chile,.de 'spute was bout
1 whole chile. Doan' talk to m,
bout Sollermun, Huck, know
him by the back.n
Q "But 1 tell you, you don't ge
!. the point"
r "Blame de pint l reckin
8 knows what l knows. En- min,
a you, de real pint is down furder-
y its down deeper. 1t lays in d'