The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-09
HE RESTED UP.
How Old Uncle scip Usually Goes to
Work.

How Old Uncle scip Usually Goes to
Work.
Prom the Detroit Free Press.
IL all the darkys are az lazy MS thosc
with whom have had dealings, ! don't
wonder that the "cruel overccr' was
necessity on the plantation or that he used
his rawhde with such freedom. My last
experience was with n little, robust old
darky known in our town rs Uncle Scip. |
hired him TO spade up my wiie's flower
garden, a task any half active man would
have completed in half n day.
Uncle Scip said he would "drap round"
and ''irow up da, dirt in bout io'ty min
nits." lie didn't know but he'd come
around and do il some morning beio'
brckfus, Jess To- de exercise.
lie came instead at $50 o'clock one
morning when everybody else had their
seeds in. | was doing some work at home
that day, and said
"Hury up. uncle, my wife wants TO get
her seeds in the ground today
Eyes, sah; yes, sahi III hab 1t done
In less n no time now.'
Half an hour later went ont and found
the spade sticking up In the ground and
three or four shoycls Of dirt thrown up.
Here, Uncle Scip' said, this won't
do. YOU must work faster"
"Yes, sab; yea, sahi was Jess rcs'n up
aspell.
lie seized the spade, made the dirt fly
while | was in sight and in ten minutes
was lying flat on his back under an apple
tree.
p.,;.... ,,,. ....,,,, ,,,,,o ol,pn I o.l,,1
suddenly appearing.
ayes, sab; spIdlu am moustous hard
work; fellow has to res up good dca
vile he's ut hit
"wcl Il You don't hurry up YOU won
get II done this day
"Huh, sah Guess yo' don't know old
Unc' Scip, does YOU I'd go hide my lac,
II ] oouldn't spade mp dat little garden spo
IN VA hour
At the end II an hour be- had spadcd {
space Of about six feet square, and WA
sitting down with his back TO the fence
tanning himself with his hat.
Get ~ and 20 10 work there ] crioC
out ol q window.
"lcs, sab, yes, sab; soon's ! res up {
bit"
lie spalcd two feet moro aud hcgai
''rcs'n IN again, this time living flat ul
his stomach on the grass, his heels in tn
air.
"Joss rcs'n mp q little, miEus," he sai,
90 my wife, who went ont Ia see how M
WAS getting along. Don't go glib yo'sc'
no worrymcnt bout Ills gyatdcn; mth b
all spadcd up long Is 20 need hit"
lie rested up steadily until 10:
o'clock. Then a crony, ~ tined as hiu
sell. came around aud they "rcsicd
together IN sunny corner Ul the lawn nj
I'LL II O'Clock. then ! went out and said.
"Sc' here, SCip, either 90 10 work un
finish this spaling clear out and let sou
one elise DO It,
"Sho" he smiled, "vha' io' yo' mai
sich to.do bout u little job like dat !
Kit dat done Ia lcss'n no time now.
lie scizcd the spade With great alacrit'
spadcd three feet, aud then came 10 III
door aud asked
"Nhat time an it,
- quarter altc, H.
"Wcll, lib ~ iar way guess III hn
60 start home a. dunah now, likes oil
10 res up little TO catin' my dinuuh,'
lie came beck NJ . O'Clock and after II
walk OF eight blocks, had to ms a spcll
lie rested nearly all the afternoon, aud
O'Clock gave him w cents OF the -.
hc wanted 10 his DAYS work, aud 81
him his walking papcrs, and called ~
goOd-siEcd boy from the street. Who spad
up the whole flower gaplyn 10y o'ciO,
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