The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-31
AN ILL-TRRArED MAN.
The Influential Ofheial Who Win Tm- mediatsiy Confer With the
 0overnor.

Old Henderson Napoleon catered the secretary of stase's office and with . sigh which he seemed to draw from the sx. sseme depth cf his system, sat down on . pile of supreme court reports and eeid l;
 "De vanity an raskilisy e dis wori' wcul make de prophet shaks hts head ga beg de Lawd ter pint some udder man ter tend ter de hus'ness,s
 "Whut's de matter. Mr. Napoleon r'' asked the state house janitor, who, as every one else had gone to dinnes, seemed to consider himself the secretary of state"
 "Trouble. sab trouble. Doan know mech eehous my family erfais, does yskr
 Weli nar; aah. De relaiionshins Q ds sociability whut hab bssn 'sistin' sr- twixt us, while O ds mos 'animas aasars. aiat been characterized wid no great de- gsps Q famillarisynsss, sah."
 "I knows dat" replied Mr. Napolson. so' co'ss l dean pat myssf up sz sr stasesmanship an CT lawyer. sa' q co'ss ! doaa 'speck ysrss'f to know much bout ny family erfain, but on dis srcasioa | wants yer ter know 1t h my fabos tur yer meut uss yer 'ausncs fur d old man. Bout Eve years ergo. 1 'ciuded dat CT man neber wout' be nobody wutA taikin' erbous lssssn he had monsy. lwsnt sss s'ork wid er mlghy clese han am arses 70 long sr time, 1 sabed er shcusan' dollars In dc silken cash, sah. Bout dis time my DO old wife she ups an dies. l raised money ernuif ter bury dc pol creetur widont techin' de thousan' dollars, an airter de fu'nul wu1 obes, 1 sot down in my house CT mighty sad gennernan. Bout two weeks arter dis I met CT young pusson named Lisa Miller. Ah, Lawd, talk erbout yer good iookin' folks. Aldough I wuz mohrnin', dat 'oman she cosch me. Oh, yas, da ain no use'n taIkin', she ootch me an she hil me bad. tried to shake of de 'Auence whut dat 'omsn had, but 'twa'nt no use. She had me, oh, gosh she had me. 1 didn' see how sich CT putty oman coul' hab CT ole man CT is, but comforted myself dat had seed uglier men den is. Habn't yesse'f, sAh 7'
 "Daim few" replied the secretary oi state.
 "Wall, no matter. wus 'termined to court dat oman. She 'peered ter gia ne q good deal CT 'couragement, am my irien's said dat had dc sitywssion foul. An, Lawd how dis pleased me an Oh, my! how l did lab dat likely pusson. Liza she wus CT boasdin' wid her aunt an eben de old lady 'peered ter hab tuck er htin' ter me. Used ter Iced me on greens an saft bread dat didn't hab ter sAsw hardly e..sll. Wall, sah, when ! axed dat 'oman ter be my wife she Hang her arms eroun' my neck an cried like CT chile. 'Oh, Mr. Napoleon say she, l hab iubed yer SO long an nebes did think dat de good Lswd woul' be 90 kins e ter fetch us tergeder dis CT way. Praise be ter hallelujah,' an hoppin' out on de Ao', de happy Oman shouted wid joy. Wall, we wuz married. neber seed sich q lubin' cseetur in all de days q my born dayA When we had been married ssbout tso weeks, she come ter me one day aa' 6ingis' her arms rosa' my naik begged me ter hab ds property made sber in her name, dat wus sr gstsin' ole an dat some onesy pusson mout come esiosg am take it esway from me. couidn' hep but 'commssdate ds chile, sa' so ds propssty wus mads obez. Ssb- ssai dsys sssss dis, shs come ssr sss de haspisS 'eman sbes sssd. sOh,' say shs, 'ws is rich. hsb jss rot lseses iknm Alabam' ststs' dst my grasfoder is dsad aa' dat he bab Isf' nc = let es nsnsy. aisi sr gwiss tsr tss4 so law yes. vat yssssf t~ % figkt das as' - sEbout hh ia pnsson.' It sessw nade nc Issi seod to. ! ssii ya, as' t itwx'nt losg tel see est Sas Aisbsn', bue sah, astsrI got dar, ] couidn' 6ss ds aams q de place whar she said hss foils libaa | hurried back homs, thinkis' dat ] veal ii her tw ceos vid ma Whss goe home, l opened q do' vidout isnis' asy- body ksow dat wus oa ds pises. Oar