Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-02

AFkalsas Ir4FeisKl
~Uaeis fzs" sskvd yoaaz Au,zistis.
.-7~hal made you sprinkle asnes on tie
door -s1ag iast u5ss'
~Hho said lat / .priazls1 ashes oa ds
step
Il saw Foa-"
~whlt yer come spyln' roun' bsah fars
Amt yer been brought 81 s.d better
raisia' den g."
Il eoaldn't help bit see yoa when I saw
you"
NO. reckons noL Powerful han tsr
git 0uten 'eF thing, I secs dar. One - desc
days yerTi heah sOmethin' thampin' de
zroGn'. L0oxin' r1ua' yer L sec Old Sataa
retehin' out aTtsr eF."
~ har dld you spr nkle the ashes there
for. Uncle iks,"
"Ef VAS % tell yer, boy, yeF'd 20 an
tatJls lt ter Yer iaddsr an he'd eome cit
heah an mowl an' make fun o. me. l
doan ike DAT mans side ermarks. Thinks
lat ease he preaehes IN er Bag church al
de folks 10 de country oughter take up lis
views"
"No, woa't tell him Cross my be art
and look % heaven"
$50 fur, veil an good, bat whut's l
gwineter git fur all my trouble: RI or
lawyer talks ter yer i've minits be charges
yer ave dollars"
What must give your"
'.Didn' | see 'em take some bottle beer in
d. house,'
YES. sir"
- IL
would open my mouf like er bar trap"
"AlI right, tell mo an ri sec II can
get the beer"
mo fOolin'. recoleck-
"So fooling."
Dem ashes you saw mo sprinklin' wuz
De ashes o. er Jay bird"
a jay bird."
Oats whut | said. Er piz'nus ole black
'oman whut doan lilo fur from heah, hab
been cunjoFin' me- she wanted me ter
marry her some time ergo. tole her dat
want a marry n man. Uh huh, laws er
mussy, what er howl she did set up. Dat
night, bout twelve er clock, er awful pain
struck me in de heel. got up an rubbed
some liniment on il an l hope ter die IF
didn' think wGz gwine ter burn up. De
lin.ment gunter sm ke an den it gunteT
blaze. Wall, GOT De fire out arter or
while, an wen back ter bed Den er ole
hOun' zunter howl al the coruder o. de
house. I opened my mouf ter yen az de
dog and blame If l coul snet it ergin. Yer
better blebe dat by dis time | wuz putty
badly skeered. I clapped my hans on
M head an tried ter shet my mouf, but
'twarn't no use III tryin'. l p0ked out nv
tongue. an sakes er live. l couldn't git il
in no mo. l went out Ia De yard an look
sd all er roun Cou.dn' s-e nuthin'.
Bimsh | seed dat OLD dog ridin' erroun' on
a BAR hoop. He come er riain' at me an l
tried % giJ outer his way. bat 'twant no
Css, fur tho first thin 1 knowed be had
duu runned ober me. Ny niouf shet down
on de barl hoop an couldn't git it out. De
Dog he run IN er way an dar I wuz hold
ia lie hoop in my teeth. went inter de
house an got er hatchet an tried er chop
ie hoop. but couldn' hit uuthin' but my
SET sot down. den, an gunt-r think
tunno whut would er come % me ef |
hadn'ter thought % dis heah song. whut
my gran 'muder learned ter me:
on. de punkin mighty yaller in De cornder o.
DE fence.
Hoo dar. hoo dar,
On. de ole Guinea nigger ain got haf sense;
Hoo dar. hi. hoo how
On. ie black mule pull wid de switch o. his
tail
Hoo lar. hoo lar,
On. lie ole bay steer creeps cr long ike er
snail
Hoo dar hi. hoo, hew.
"I hadn' MORN hummed lat song till my
mouf aew open an dc hoop rolled out. 1t
knocked at De- do an | let 10 u De
naixt mawnn'. ms 'spicions habin' been
sorter' reused by dis time I turned ober
g. do step an un'sr it found or bunch
sr black sleeps wool. er rat tai. er
snakes head, er pinch bug an some
bird claws. all tied up IN lie toe % er sock.
Ga it wuz all mighty cl'ar den l knOwed
den lat de oil oman had conjured me.
How ter keep down dat sorter business
wuz De naixt move. An IN dis / want
berhine. fur I wux raised in er ciberlized
county. myse'f. killed er jay bird, burnt
hur an spriakie his ashes on de step.
Las night de ole oman come ergin ia de
shape - ar houn' bat when she shifted dem
ashes pp her nose. she ho,vied ike shs had
been shot. went out an ms ghty nigh
killed nay se'f au-hin' az her. She tried
ter Ak my pardon. hut Z wosldn' lis'en
Ter no sicb fooushuess hi hab ter put dem
ash. on lar cherry iay far or week Nov
rpn rriou-. honey, an git dat beer fore it