Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-01-16
The J.dxsneas or seleu.es.

read considerable TO Jim about kings
and dukes and earls and such, and how
gaudy they dressed and how much style
they put on, and called each other your
majesty, and your grace, and your lord
ship, and so on, stead Of mister; and
Jim's eyes bulged out, and he was in
terested. He says:
az dldn't know dey was so many un
um. haint hearn bout none us'um
skssely but ole King sollermuu, onless
you counts dem kings dat's iu pack er
k'yards, How much do king gils"
"Gets" | says; "why, they get
thousand dollars month, Ii they want
ii; they can have just as much as they
want; everything belongs to them"
Ain dat gay! En- what dcy got to
do, Huck p, -, ....sl,.I,.
: eThey don't DO nothing. Why, how
you talk! They jus. set around"
"No; Is dat SOP" ..... ass
"of course il is. They just set around,
except maybe when theresa war; then
they 20 to the war. But other times
they Just lazy around, or SO hawking
Other times, when things is dull, they
fuss with the Parlyment; and II every
body don't go just SO he whacks their
deads of. But mostly they hang round
the harcm.
"Roun' de which'"
"Harem."
-"whst's de haremr"
''The place where he keeps his wives.
Don't you know about the harenlf Sol
omon had one; he had about million
wives.
'why, yes, dat's so; i-l'd done for
got Il. A harcm's bo'd'n honsc,
reck'n. Mos likely dcy has Nekeiy
times in de nussery. I'm reck'n de
wives quarreis considable; en- dat crease
de racket. Yit Gey say sollermun lie
wises' man dat ever live. doan' take
no stock In dat Becase whys Woulda a
wise man want TO live In dc mids'te er
such blimblammin all detimeY No
deed he wouldn't. A wise man 'ud
take en- bull biler faciry, EN- den he
could shet down dc biler factry when
he Want TO res.
"well, but lie was the wlsest man,
anyway; because the widow she told
me 80, her own self"
~ doan kyer what de Wilder say, Nc
warn't no wise man, nuther. He had
some er dc dad-ietchedest ways ever
see. Does you Know. bout dat chile dat
he w gwyne TO chop In twoY'
"Yes, the widow told me all about
it,"
"well, den Warn't dat de beaienest
notion la de worlS You Jes take cn look
at it "A minute. Dah's de stump, dab
dats one er dc women; henh's you,
dat's de yuther one; Is so!lermun, en-
dish-yer dollar bills de ch.se. Boie I'm
YOU claims IL. What does i doS Does
shin aroun mongst dc Dcigaoors Ell hne
out which un you de bill 10 belong TO
en han il over TO de right one, all safe
en- SCUM, de way dat anybody dat had
any gumption wouldP No, ! take EN-
whack de bill in TWO, en- give haf un IL
to you en- de yutber hat 10 ye yutber
woman. Oats de way Sollermun was
gwyne TO do wild dc chilel Now, l
want to ask you: whats ae use or dat
half n bill S-can't buy DutLin Wild ".
En- what use Is half chileS wouldn't
give dern for q million on nm"
"But hang IL, Jim, you've clean
missed the poInt--hang IL, you've missed
IL a thousand mile.p .yvt
"whor MeI Go long. Doan talk to
ne bOu; go pints. ] reckonl knows
sense when svcs L.; en dey aint no
sense Iu sich doiDs as dat. DE spute
warnt bout half chile; de spute was
bout a whole chile; en- de man dat think
he kin settle spute about whole chile
wid a half chile doan know eooagh to
come la Out'n de rain. Doan talk 10 me
bout sollermuL, Huck, | kDows'bim by
dc back" iHa
"But 1 tell you, you don't get the
point" la. Jft'
"Blame de pinti / reckon ] knows
what knows. En- mine you, de real
pint is down furder. Its down deeper.
IL lays in de way sollermun was raised.
You take man dats got ony one or TWO
ehillen; Is dat ,oan gwine % lsc waste
ful of chillcnf No, he aint he Gan I
afford IL. He knows how 70 value EN-.
But you take man dats got about hye
million cbillen runnin rom de house,
en- It's difIunt. He as soon chop chile
in two as cat. Dcys plenty mo. A
chile or two, mo or less, wsrDt no con
sekens to Sollermun, dad fetch bisa y
Mark Tsain, IN The Cenfuyy, f,
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