The Iola register., 1886-06-04
A shREwD DARkY.


The way by which He Defrauded IN
impatient Legal Light.
Nose Peterson is an old negro with
wadiling hip and pair of lips. which.
if thick lips, as Dumas said. denote
frankness. place Nose among the frank
est of men. Nose came to the city sew
eral days ago and, seeking lawyer
who had been recommended to him as
one of the ablest of the guild. said:
"Doan charge nuthin much fur talkin'
ter er man does yer?"
YES"
"Wh'y. Use allus heard dat talkin' is
cheap"
III is not here"
"Talkin' amt cheap heah?"
THAT'S what 1 said"
"Dat's whut lowed. Wouldn't gin
me er bout five minits o. yer mighty
precious time would yer?"
"Yes. for five dollars"
'Charge er dollar er mint, eh?''
"Just about"
'Come down ter seventy-fi' cents"
II won't do ii, and more than that, l
want you to state your business or get
out of here"
Wants me ter state my business ur
git outen heah."
That's exactly what said"
''Zackly whut yer said"
The lawyer is naturally an impatient
man, and under other conditions would
have elected old Nose. but as he had
made up his mind to become candi-
date for office, he choked down his
rising resentment and suffered the old
negro to remain determined, however,
to compel him to come to the point.
81 am extremely busy. Mr."
Peterson, Hon. Mr.. Peterson" Nose
suggested.
..Well. Hon. Mr.. Peterson. l am ex-
tremely busy, and l hope you will at
once come to the point
'.Whut yer gwine charge me fur er
little advice. jes er little. bout dis much,"
measuring on his finger.
IL told you five dollars"
.Jes fur dis little bit?''
Yes"
"Dat's too much. Say four dollars.
'.Well. four, then"
Now we'se gettin down close ter de
worm rail. Four dollars jes fur dis lit
tie advice" again measuring. "Got no
pity on er po' man, is yere"
"Yes."
'Doan peer like it. Say. didn't l
heah er white pusson say dat yerse'f
WIZ er canerdate for office?''
al Ipn'f Gpn1v xyhathar r-nt, IiH nr
not"
..Rut yer is. amt yer9''
"Well. we'll presume that ! am"
'.Ah. huh; On. yer ken hit it putty
nigh every time when yer say dat er
white man is er canerdate. Ter tell Yer
de truf, | has had my eye on yer fur
some time"
'.You are an old liar. and You know
it,
"COse eff Use er ole liar knows it.
Would know it ef WIZ er young liar.
"Now here, get down to business or
get out. I've got no time to fool away
with YOU"
How much yer gwine charge me?'
"Oh. confound it, 1 won't charge you
anything if you'll get through as quickly
as possible"
"Talkin' now. sho's yer BON yer is.
Wall. I'll come right down ter dc pint.
KANT er man. when he sorter gifts in
er pinch. make ober what he owns ter
his wife?'
YES"
can will De law perteck him in it?''
"Assuredly. Have you some proper
! ty that you want to make over?
Better lemme state the sarcum-
stances. Sometime ergo er man come
| ter me an axen me whut 1 would
| certain ermOunt o work in his cotton fier
tole him ten dollars: told him furdermo'
dat needed money nightly an dat eff
he would gin ME dc money l wour SEN
de boy ober early in de TO part o. de
week. He greed ter it. drawed up de
papers an gin me de money. Ez tells
yer wuz needn' money powerful so l
spent de ten dollars. Bout dis time
skivered dat needed de boy at home,
when de time come. didn' SEN him.
"Yes. and what do You propose doing
| nOw2 Make over YOUR cattle?"
mo. sab. l wants to make dat bOy
ober to nv wife so de man KANT git
him. Oh, yer needn't to laugh, tur dat 5
whut | wants ter do"
You are foolish. You can't do any
thing like that. The boy is already in
the sight of the law, as much hers as he
is yours"
mo, he amt"
"Why so?"
Case his muder was my fust wife.
Now, l wants to make him ober ter her
so he'll be her son. Den she ken hor
him when de man comes arter him."
'Go on away, you're foolish"
"Wall. tell me whut yer'd do"
II don't know"
..Doan b'lebe I'll gin de ten dollars
back"
Very well. keep the money"
Mus I?''
"Yes. so far as am concerned"
''Thankee, sab"
"Why do you thank me?
Case its yer own Oberseer whut
made de contrack. TOle yer I'd had
my eye on yer." he exclaimed as he
clapped his hat on his head. Good day
ter yer. Er, haw. haw. "-ArkansaU