The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-01
ONE SPRING NIGHT.
Eashepperd in n. 0. Times-DemocratI

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De day WIZ done pass by.
De thin's wat l gwine ter tell yer
din happen no. mon bout one yeah go.
Io'd dis heab pIace din look same den
ez hit does now; desc heah consarted
lows wuz lively den. Whin de GrosDuIfs
live heah. fo' de- family move ter leXas,
dar WIZ fun gWine on all times.
wuz he'd man on de plan atoms den en-
dat mite had er big runn1n' roun, fer
ter make dem lot boys git out de cayage
en- all de conveniences en- hitch up de
HOSES. Gaze we he'd er big lot er comply
wild us, en- we he'd ter make two trips ter
town ter git 'em all dar.
'Twuz Jess beginnins er de talk bout
phusphat bein' on de aidge er de prairie
ian's whar dey meet wild de san lan's.
Look ter me like nifty fur talk-dig up
dirt fun one place en- tote hit ter anudder,
fer shO eff groun' is dat rich Ell ter be tote
'roun, hit oughten show hitsef TO dis,
en- l ain seed dat desc heah phusphat'
beds is no big likes no how.
But heah we wuZ er Twin at de ole
place, High lows, en- times wuz er git
tin pressin', en- we tuck hole er ennythin'
whar look like money comm in, sorter
like ole times come ag'in.
Ole miss she sot en- red de newspapers
emmy desc heah black Ian gemmen ken
tell yer bout de papers bein' full er
4Ct AO41C Ol OCJ OIL
done forgit hit, but hit wan no seasin'
time fer me ter forgit hit. Our house
wuz ginner'ly full er comply, en- dis time
hit wuz cl'ar full l 'clar ter goodness, de
ve'y tOw's Wuz full, en- de basement
Mars Blake, he wuz de bookmember
NV de family; he dun come fun Nun
gumery en- done brung er lot er men what
say dey knob phusphat' when dey seed
hit Dey all come ter pronounce on de
diggin's what we done made wuz er
maxim dem lot boys knock 'roun' ter git
up de dug -Outs, en- de folks come out all
wrap in deFe clokes, bein' ez de mites
Wuz cole, en- druv de head cayage inter
town.
Miss Can, she wuz young Mars Alfs
wife Mars ALI, he de Onlies' one er de
boys whar done got mayed. He may ed
Miss Can, en- he brung her home; Talk
come ter de niggers dat Mars Blake usen
set heaper sto' by Miss Can, but he seen
fit ter cay Mars ALT ter see her TO he
come ter de las ac' er akin her eff she
gwine ter may him. case he din wanten
put s foot in en- cou'n' git out He din
kno' eff twas rite, | reckin. ter may er
CONAN who played de fiddle. Mars Alf
he low ez dat wuz all rite, en- he tuck en-
done de same, en- cut out Mars Blake.
En- arter dat, Mars Blake he alas prog
'roun' home er signin' like he done los
somethin'-en dis mite Miss Can she wuz
gwine ter play on de fiddle.
/ put all de white folks down at de town
hall, en- got my boys in er r|w, en- | let
on ez dere wan gwine ter be no runnin' off
en- leaf dem bosses. En- l set dar er
watchin' er de passin' mite by de stars. All
our Miss Can wus goin' ter play bout
to'ard de las. low'd to be dar ter heah,
case knob how dey wuz gwine ter tan
down de house long er SEEM er CONAN
fddlin'. Dey din seem ter git use ter de
site noway; dey did dat same way ev'Y
time Miss Can seen fit ter draw bow.
set dar in de cayage er waitin' twel
hearn de chunin er de fiddle begin, den l
kno' Miss Can gwine ter git up. Fer shO
dat wuZ de layinlou music wat uver
hearn Whin she tuck de bow; yer cou'n'
no mo- dance dan eff yo' bones he'd er ben
cotton. She cou'n' play dem sorter
chunes, nor yit wuz dey hymn chunes
Directly [ hearn somethin' like de
rushin' tegedder er willer switches TO de
leafs come. Den hearn er little spring
patter, pitter- patter, pitter-
patter. Den look like de clouds sorter
druv away DER de f1el's, den look like de
stars gun ter come out, one by one, step
pin tel. de music. En- den. sab, hit seem
like de wah done bruck loose on us all
agin. fer eff de weepin' en- wailin' er VIM
min dim gin den never hearn hit; en-
all dat w'lles-bless life!-dar wuz er
somethin' rOllin' long, like de beatin' er
drums, what KEEP tu'nin' de men ter de
When dat ar chune KEEP up Hit
look like all de boys wuz gwiue ter
git kilt out, but long ez dat ar
chune KEEP cIar en- sweet en- loud.
dem boys wuz gwine ter move on, en-
de wimmins wuz er gwine Ter call out,
go onl Go on" but dar sho wuz er
nifty weepin'. Den, sab, like ter slip
Outen de cayage, fer what / hearn made
me think we Wuz bout ter lay ole mars
er in de groun' ag'in, like we done done
Ike de chune er hope done lef' us, en- we
lin heah nothin but de droppin' er tears,
N er somethin' away off yonder dat we
I'm know what hit wuz. En-, fer sho,
lime got up ter go, | dim knO' whar, l
learn er big bus, like ez de hinges er
yole wuZ er gratin' back; en-bless life! |
EFF we dim heah no mo- cryin' dat mite;
lit wuz goPen slippers de res er de even
n I seen inside de white gates onct eff |
nuver. does ag'in. But, Lodi fo' l |
,ot er good look at thin's de gates wuz
hut
look bout er Bit en- l seen de boys |
lone all lef' de bosses, Zen done getherr
bout de foot er de hall steps. Len | !
Iuar1 wild 'em rite sharp. en- sent 'em !
Jack ter de bosses; en- l hearn EN- say, |
Oats our Miss Can. Den / knob l |
,e'n sittin' dar like er fool ve'y time l |
aid / wuz gWine up stairs fer ter heah de !
Iddlin'. I calf ter one er de niggers ter
Come dar, hole my bosses, en- dey |
ome, en- ruined up; de white folks wuz
wine ter let ole man Ellis in.
Oar, sho huff, stood our Miss Can. Her
yes wuz CLOWN like de two back lites
er de train. She he'd on one er desc heah
ace frocks what sho'd froo Ley had /
pread er tiger skin fer her ter stan on,
n one foot wuZ lif' up on er little stool
;he wuz er gently scrapin' de strings with |
Ter long, pink fingers bout KNOWN /
What 1 do, makes er bow. Miss Can
he sorter smile, en- de w'ole house. what
ook like dey wuz daze' fer dere senses,
)ruck inter ciappin' en- de like
Oar WuZ de w'ole family. Oar wuZ
lie miss holm one er Miss Cans chilIins
n each yother side, proud ez er peacock
Thin she look at deTe ma; dar wuz our
title missy. you know her, our Miss Bell
srosbuff; dar wuz Mars ,John-nobody
van goin' hit louder dan him; dar wuz
lars Blske-you'd er tho't, for sho, his
watch wuz gone en- he done forgit de time
r de day. Well done! Mars Alf wuz er