The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-12
.COIORED FOLK SOON LEARN.
WHITE WAYS OF WORLDLY WISDOM.

Footed Buck was left lionel y wild
over. His children we're married !
and were living in distant cotton
fields; his old friends, one by one
had bowel their heads in obedience
to The summons which no mar can !
set aside; and, still sadder to relate,
his old 'possum dog had been stretch
ed upon the plain Of eternal sleep' |
Old Bucks heart was weighed down |
by the dull load Of sickening melan-
cholv. He looked about him, bu, |
blooming and bountiful natur eafford- |
ed 10 delight to his vision. When
he looked into his little red framed |
mirror, studded with the rustic she'll |
of his overcup acorn, he saw not the
bright ebon face of yore but dark
countenance, wrinkled like the over
coat of an Asiatic elephant. Daily
the old man went to his work, and
nightly he caught up retrospective
glimpses Of a happy life, of past
when he could with impunity catch
a peach orchard shote. made him
lowly Of spirit. He devoted himself
to the church, but the church brought
no relief; hs was elected grand
kidney footer and deputy supreme
red axe bearer Of the Sons of Ham,
yet oold ashes lay upon the hearth
stone of the old mans soul. One
day Jowl Fat Pete, the minister, call
ed upon 'Splay' Footed Buck and
sad:
''Bruder Buck, how is de speret
dragin' erlong?"
powerful slow, Bruder Pete, pow
erful slow"
''Doan look fur much hep in dis
heah wicked worl.' does yer?"
mo, Bruder Pete, doan speck
much hep in dis heah worr O. weep
in an gnashin' O de human Jaw
bone. De rope on my win'lass is
erbout woun' up to de eend an dar
aim much use now fur me tur turn
de crank.
''Dat's fack, Bruder Buck, lessen
yer turns de crank de right way.
How de right way?"
''Dy unwinden de rUpe.''
''Bruder Pete, it am wild differ
kitty dat ken ketch de adwerbs O.
yer nouns an ginnyfieckshuns.'
III reckon, Bruder Buck, dat l
is er talkin' wild de profoun' sug-
gestions O. de characteristic allie
CORY, but ter make myself plain let
me say that yer oughter marry er-
gin. Dat will sorter take yer back
ter yer young days-will sorter on
win de rope. Dat young daugh-
ter o mine is Ell mighty fine chile.
Dar ain no foolishness er bout her
an knows dat ef yer wuz TO win
de lub O. dat young pussm-an'
dat knows yer ken do-yer wour
be de happiest man in de whole
country"
''Bruder Pete, 1 neber thought O.
dat"
Cose yer didn't. flyer had yer
would been married by his heah
time. Tell yer whut I'll do, Bru>
der Buck: III speak to Liza bout
dis subjecll. 1 knows it will be all
right fur Use dun heerd her talk O.
how much she thinks erbout yer.'
Yer hast"
90 cO'se has"
''Said she liked de old man, did
shes"
"Yas, an more den dat she sad
dat she sorter luved him.
"Wall, declar,' 1 neber thought
O. dat. Look heah, tain't bercause
Use got er little farnran' some stock
is it,"
claws massey, man, how foolish
yer kin talk fur er wise pussun, no.
how. Dat chile doan kere nuthen
atall er bout property"
''She doan?''
"Not er bit. Er rich nigger want
TO marry her de luther week, but
Whut yer reckon she tOle him.
'Look heal,' she didn' talk dat
er way ter er rich pussum did
she"
"Dat's persackly whut she
DONE"
"Wall, Bruder Pete, dat am de
oman whut Use arter. I'll drap roun
some time dis ebenin.''
Liza, Pete's daughter, was as slim
DIS weasel and as black as mink.
She was endowed with many
graceful airs. Old Buck had often
thought of her, but now he loved
her. She was young and he was