Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-04

showing the Growth and the Decline
or Bob and Tildy's Love,
Dctr0N FI'66 I'ftss.

a 80
aHit wuz dish yer way" said unkl
Isam. II bring ter 'membunee OAR wuz
an, Bob wuz dat luvin' an fool tel nuthin
wud do but they mus git may'd.
eeNow ole miss wuz nifty tickler bout
her integers; she lowed dey mus be quality
nicyers des lake she wus quality white
eoIe.s an, she couldn't bide desc low-down
VIVA nv doin'. So ole miss built US
loetIe framo church an had us to-trew
r;nnvwine precher. Yer, ole brudder Gap'i
synZ sartinly a good ole Methydis' preacher.
Wbanst he Tux noshun ter hold 'vlvai,
he'd wake ND dat whole plantashun wussn
Je wboopin' coff. An sing? He eouid
sing yo' po' soul plum ober dc riooer '0f-
dan. CT. r;,a,,
an Bob bound ter get may'd, let Gaol
may 'em by de book, an I'll gib EN-
nDats de way ole Miss wud do, for she
tonight lis as much N her niggers sous
o. dey bodies. She SEE ter me OF u, SEE
she: 80,
.Isam. you's proud. 'cayse you cos 20
master s.. 600, when sum Of de hans, lax
peter fur instunz, only cos 81, O9O.'
"sDat's nachul, ole Miss; OATS nachul,
SEE /.
".But Won mus member dat Peters
soul is wutf les ez much cz yorne, ter de
Lawd.' NJ,
."Cose / couldn't argify wild ole Miss,
but 'low'd ter myself dat 'twuz lucky de
Lawd know'd boss Niger when he seea
i'm. an ole Miss went OIL
Contender, ef yo' bodies Is waiiyDie
va, souls is much mo- so-dey is white,
She SEE, 'ez white ez mine; an she had
Ms AS satsy an pompered up bout our
white sonls ez n struttin' peatowl. oh,
she wuz wun blessed 'oman.
II amt got time TO tell bout de weddin,
dat amt de pn'int. De pint am dis, y SAID
Unk'l Isam, sOlemnly: :,
DAT ar say-a-mony WIZ spoke by book
ober Tidy an Bob by Brudder Gabl an
dey wuz pronounced man an wife.
Fer "A whites Tild an Bob live like bars
what dun f0un' n honey tree wild no bees
in it an lots or comb.
carter whites dey gun to growl an spat
'c,,sionally, an arter six mont dey WIZ
ccannel ter dc whole plantashun, an dey
cabin wuz lax pish yer one mos times you
mass dat er way. Ram-a-ty-blang-Tlldy
s,reechin'. Bob cuSSin', dc wool a-fyin-
twas awful in dc sight oh de Lawd.
cole Miss talk ter um-Brudder Gabl
'spute wild unl-hit ncbber faxes um.
Zone Sat'day mite Brudder Gab'fs pa
shunz wuz clean tuckered out, an he TUX
holt on 'em in arrest.
Conn up yer, Yer fool niggers, SCI he,
III stop dish yer yOwlin'.'
"Tild an Bob wuz skecrd an cum.
"Stan' mp yer! and Tidy an Bob stun
up. an I'm blcst ter erasmus Of Brudder
Gabl didn't whip out de book, an read
dat ar sar-a-mony bac'cards ober dem fool
nigga's, to- tun 'em plum aloose ag'n, ter
90 shct NV wun nudder 10 ebber an eb-
Der, amen.
"'Now. seq Brudder Gab'l, 'you is no
longer man an wife, an amt got no show
in Ia hack an lum away on wun nudder
lax may'd folks duz! IF yer eber goes
anigh dat gal ag'in, Rob, may de fiery
charyit cum down an take yer ter de lake
bun'in wild fire an brimstun. Tidy, |
specs ycr'll let Bob erlOne, least wise till
dat wool grows ont ag'in, what he dun
uachally grabhle oi'n 20 skull
$50, after dat, dere wuz peese on dat
plantaShun, an ef de luther niggers feel
becgcd ter claw wun a nudder sometimes
Cayse lcy wuz nuthin' but human creeters
artcr ALL dey take ker not ter 'sturb dc
whole scttlcmint, ner let ole Miss ner Brud
der Gahl kctch onto hit. Fer Brudder
Gab'l wu2 dat TambunctiOus an dan'gus
ter fool long wild dat he mont er had dc
whole cndurn' lot ov 'cm stannn' 'em
two rows on each side Ov de plantashun,
lax de sheep an de goats in dc good book;
an you know, honey, dat would jis ever
lastin'ly cr wo' 'cm out. "
well, said the small darky, why cayn't
Unk'l Ike an his ole oman be read bac'
cards, too, an turnt aloose, io' dcy min
ates wun 'nthcr?"
oh" said Unk'l lsam, desc times es
changed fer niggers now-dey kin beat on
dcy wives same ez white folks, an dere
amt no ole mister put in fer 'cm now"