The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-19
SAW AND BUCK.

"Dar nowl knowcd you'd come arter
me agn!"
1t was Uncle Andy, who spotted the re-
porter rs he rounded a corner near his
| cabin and made straight iorhis door. The
old man sat in front, his chair leaning
against an unsafe post, his legs crossed,
and hc appeared TO he at peace with him
sell and all the world The smoke rose
lazily from his pipe and Characteristic lips
as he slowly emitted whil- drawn through
the well worn cane-root stem.
eyes, you're a pretty good sort Of fell
low, anyhow, and it's relief 10 hear you
moraizc and otherwise amusc yourself at
least once a week. Now turn your tongue
loose"
"Now, da's jes' like you newspaper
icllcrs. Comes down hrah "a let me NOR
ellie an amusc myself OATS not all.
You can't fool dis chile III you thinks
lse not posted bout what you's mp to, yer
badly lcf. Me an 'LH's jos talkin'
bout il Ills cvcnin'. She don want me to
mix up wild you no noah. She argics dat
Il has q tcn'cncy TO make me common;
makes people b'licvo lsc cranky an dis
tracts from de dignity OF my calm. Dat
don boddcr me. jcs talks on what
knows, an YOU newspaper lcllers has
sense 'nough 10 make de mos OF IT,
don say things fer You 10 print, an don
banker fer you to do 1t, but Of you does
| don kccr."
Better keep yer head shct, niggoh. Dot
mans not ioolin' way his time jcs' TO heah
yer talk. Maybe he's u mighty nice man
an all dat, but does you think he'd come
all lie way down heah ics to lisscn 10 yer
Cab, widout haviu' obipC' ahcad2'
Aunt Eliza had finished clearing the sup
per table before her old man wound up his
last sentence, aud caught his neglige cN-
preston. Without waiting Ia reach the
point where she would have fallen under
the reporters injured and rcproving look,
she fired the uncallcd for warming at his
understanding. But hc didn't seem TO UNI
dcrtand, or II he did lac didn' care, sure
enough, for lac rcioined:
Low de brcczcs a. fan YOU, ole wo-
man, an keep cool. ! wusn't born yistd-
dy, an knows dis worr purity well. III
dis young mans loolin' Uncle Andy, den
lac kin fool lots mooh besides
bats all right" said Aunt Liza, re-
signcdlyi 'cl YOU can stan IL kin and
she pulled her chair out In front and sat
down.
"pc 'cicty had lie adjourn meein' I
tolc YOU bout las week. an what YOU
rcckln Il did2 he committe brung i'm a
report iinin' Sislah jackson $3.50. She
got mp an lowed II Was an outrage. dat
she woui,m' pay IL, an all dat sort o.
stun. As lie prcsidin' officer, riz an tole
her dni ci she didn' pay she would be- cx-
PEELED. Dat seem Ia fall like q tub o. cole
watah ON her She thunk awhile.
scratched her Noolly head, an wanted 10
pologizc. DE 'cicty couIdn' believe she
Nuz sincere, and said the tine mus stan.
Altah q good deal Of useless pcrlayerin dc
p"stlicrous sistah give updc money. an de
affair am settled until de mex clccshun.
Memphis am a right smart town. aitah
all, amt ~ We'sc had nearly every
thing else but u candcrlate Tor de Vice
Presidents cheer and now we've got one
OF dem. What am dis new party what
nominated Manc Jim Greer, cnnylow?
ncNnh hccrd OF no 'mcricn party be-
inah Hccd whcr u TUX him fer lie allah Of
sacrifice. Den ! knows Manc Greer am a
hmmycmt, and not knownuihin'.
Hes too sharp 10 bc caught in emmy SIGH
ioolishncss ~ dat. What's dc use OF a
man wasin' his time an talents an
money on wildcat thing like dat? |
Nouldn' blame de white 'publicans Of de
south fer giitin' into dc fold while dc gate
am open, ease dcy am lookin' round Ter
some place Ia Ian outer dc way oi desc
trillin' niggnhs Who don't know nothin'
but lie value oi dc votes ON 'lccshun dav.
an e. dcman' sheer Of dc Offices. Oi
cuasc dcy don want 10 git In de Dimmy-
crut party ease dcy think Il would be- too
much giyin' up entirely, 80 dcy am ready
to Hop cnnyWhar de- chance comes.
"no ArrEAL come ontcn dat weller
icyah hiyncS wild dc oddcr papers wild her
flag ilyin' high. III people seed at once
what wuz up. II wuE all hcctsc dcy didn'
git IN In time 10 be- Of cncy service. 'Fooh
dcy knowcd what wuE gunc on. dc Ar
rr,i done git II an tell de- public all bout
what wuz gwinc on an dr danger. Talk
bout skccrn' lie people to death an all
Hat siuil, u didn' 10 nuthin' Of lie kim.
fOoh dc facts wuz published, I lidn'
know which way 20 turn 10 keep irnm
hcnrin' talk bout refugees from Flundy.
Everybody said dc town Wuz full Of en-,
an II wuz skccry times. People wuz pre-
parin' a. move cut in hurry. ben comes
de official orders dat Il WIZ all right Ter dc
refugees 10 como an make drnsclycs nj
home 10y rcporiin' at the hnird of health
an sign Ia book. 'Coptn' dc ArrrAt
come out an warn dc board an pcoplc
bout lis sort Of thing, de- Lnwd knows
what would happened. ! seed whar one
paper said lie whole of Jacksonville could
bc dumped right In lie city, and the weller
ic,nh would not spread. Oi all dc IDIOT
slyins In paper, dat vuz the wurst.
Maybe u wouldn', but Of YOU Kin fin a
pussun In dis city what wants the tcst
made, den dcy'd better BE- taken hold Of
by friends ne man what writ dat stuff
needs some attcnshun his.ci. case he must
b. q Nilin'. It's all right 10 Cab an gah,
but dc Atrial brung about dc barriers
aagins, lie icyah, oil lie same, an dc people
knows dat too well 20 he fooled by dc
papers what didn' git In In time"
Loeb gu, tor cholera -Nsguirc'- aepne