Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-11


81 SAILS ALONG AND SAILS ALONG"
Gwen, you see, insists l was 'lected
scbewdes on hOde de boat dat was name
de DOrfin.' | Wus de cook, en- de washer
woman, en- de cherry ting else; 1t warn no
PASSENGER boat, but dey wus is many Is
200 sailors on bod it. en- by de time | had
dun all dey cOokin' en- dey washin' en- deY
cleanIn' up and all dat, | wus KEEP purity
busy. you see; it wus Aunt Merrandy
here en- Aunt Merrandy dyar,' from
mornln' till night, but Ise rael smart
we'en | gifts started, is; en- so | got long
purity well cOnsid'In, tell one day we mad
a awful shprack, OWN to a big storm de
Lord sent us, wen de waves fyarly rIs up
tell dey wus as high as dat steepler yon-
der, en- wen dey cum down dem boys was
wet to deY skins, dey wus; deYn muffin
would do but Aunt Merrandy mus git
'em dry close, At las de shiprack cum
en- All de visions gin out, tell Gey had
fambine on bode. We sisted fur a few
days on dog en- two cats en- all de rats
dey could ketch. en- den marters got wus
en- wus, tell II KUN to pass dat de cap'n
he up en- say, hit warn no use fur all dem
men TO starve to def, hit dun KUN to dat,
dat SOMEBODY got to be 'voured by de res,
and dey WIS to drar lots VINO twas gwine
to be, den everybody say, 'da's So en-
wen IT wus 'cIded dat dey wus goin' to
drar lots, dey wus a great trimlin' en- a
Quakin', en- Aunt Merrandy trlmled en-
quaked wild de res, but hit warn no use,
dem lots WIS 10 be drared, en- dey wus
drared, en- de lot hit des failed on Aunt
Merraudy. Yes, INSISTS, OATS 50. De
mex ting l knOwed hyar wus dem 200
sailors cumin' atme wild dey knifes drared
80 hOHgry es VOLTS. Well, | backs en- |
begs en- begs, but 'twarn no use to vase
bref on begin, kase dem men wus too
hongry to lis'en to no POI old niggar a
pleadin' fur her hf wen she got good
meat on to her bones. / thinks wus gone
shO', wen des as | wus a-backin' todes de
end Oh de boat, de good marster sont
plank des onder my feet, en- wen my foot
knoc' gins it, dent warn no time TO- Aunt
Merrandy had dat timber In her gras' en-
had lay out 30 OBJ dem hOngTy men on dat
dec. You see, insists, | was a-tightin'
fur nv llP, en- lit, den Dress yO' sole, fo'
dey could git on to dey feet Aunt Merriam
dy had lep' oVerbOde en- wus' sailin' away
on dat bressid bOde. Well, | sails along
en- | sails along, tell pre'erntly | sees de
spirers Oh dis same New York, des whar
we is now, en- OATS de truf. Well, every
body took to tOrkin' bout dis here wen
chur, en- dey wus maxim q fuss Ober dis
chile, en- de mex ting "a likely young mig
gar what wan'er git sum Ob de talk on
him 'Swaded me to mare him. You knows
insists, 'omens is always fools wen de
mems comes rOun'. En- Aunt Merrandy
wus des anodder one, kase she up en-
mare dat 'ceatful niger, shO s you is
born, en- des is soon is he nm out dat dey
ain gOin tOrk bout him he up en- 'sert me
fur anudder 'oman, en- dem two, dat 'Oman
and dat man, is 'suin me all Ober dis town
to kill me, en- do | is a fus' class cook
kyan git no place to cook, case dey satu-
rates all de places gin me. insists.
went to no less den $50 places las Sat'day
en- dey had been to 'em all en- saturate
dem ginse me, en- OBJ cOse dey won't tech
me-"
"Where did you learn to cook ~ | asked.
"Fum my ole insists in Furginny, miss
It's"
~ thought you were from Portugal" /
exclaimed; ''yOu told me you were from
Portugal"
A look OF embarrassment came over her
face for an instant, but only for an in
slant. When She answered her tone was
as assured as ever: Oats d. truf, insists.
but you see dis WIS 10 dat" "BetOre
YOU we're born" | cried, with the tri-
umphant smile OF detective when he
scores success and after many Difficult
ties has bagged his game.
claw, misSus," and Aunt Merrandy' g
speaking cOuntenance expressed indul-
gent cOmmiseratOD for ignorance and
stupidity, "ain't you neber hvarn tell oh
folks being horned aKin? You see | wus
horned agin. You see fnst see the light
in Afercer, my farder was de King oh
Afercer, en- dis chile des lay roun' in de
silks en- de satIns en- de goP en- de SLIDER,
Wen, my nus she stole me en- sole me 10
my ole marster. and had dun cum over
dyar to git fus class likely Young nIg.
yer 10 tram fur COOK. | hyarn tell dat
be pay is much is a milyun Ob dollars fur
me, en- | spec 'tise So caus' lie sot a power
oh store by me. Wei he tuck me home
| en- my ole INSISTS she train me to be fus
class cook. hit jes Ike | tell you, INSISTS
! you Kin zen pan Aunt Merrandv when
/ YOU want de fac ob q ting, she rubber
! tells no story, shO Is YOU Is born"