The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-18

know she ain gwine to let him do muffin for her
.sTeI her Won rot friend oh her husband to
get de man wait for he ntrus' till she pay
he say.
to see what kin do bout de mawgage an fool
roun' dar all day. JUS to mex belieb, an when
come home | tell her done got it al fix. "Who
fix it2r she Ak anxious like
"a frien' of Mars Harper say.
ssBut what frien', she AK.
Den | say plump ont dat Is free niggah. an
ain gwine 10 tell her nuitln' mo-. She order me
an my ole man off de place den and dars but
when mex ike [ ewne to lef. she t'row her
white arm roun my neck an kiss ms an ak who
she got lef' in dis worl but
aim know den how much it cost Wintah to
pay dat intTus' but foun' out alter while dat
eff he ain bin smat he loss whole yeh. but
dat by bad study he only loss six mont; for TO
offs
But he Queen amt satisfied bout dat intrus
YET, an mach of to town an AK de man dat belt
de mawgage who it's hat pay de monah. He say
it Wintah Pegrum. When she got back home
tired IS she was, she sail inter me wild her
tongue like she done wild her fngah nail when
she was chill.
.'Whar ye pride to let dat Pegrum pay de det
OBJ CastIeton2" she AK.
''W intah Tub you say, San dat why low
him to paw de intrus'.m
tink she gwine crazy when toll her dat. she
mad; but after she stop trimnliu' huff to hoi'
her pen study, she set down and wrote him a
note dat mus hab mex him feel like fool She
toll him he Amt got no right to call hase'f her
husband 1rleu, ana uaL WnfI0 she cayu gle
him back de mouah he pay ont for her she wan
him to know dat it was mo- oh a insult dan a
kindness, an DAT he blige her eff he will min
his own business after dat an let her fair lone
She talk mighty big. but I kin dat she
worried mos to det' Wintah ain sent her no
answer Co dat note, but it hut him wuss dan a
cowhidin'
One eb'nin' she tex her boy. done erowad TO be
big Ill man by dis time an walk on de road
twori' de town bout de time she know Wintah
comm home Sho 'nuf dar be come bar foot
an in he shut sieeo. She hoi' her head up high
an mex like she ain see him. Wintah heP he
head high, too, an ain gle her chance to cut
him to MIX frien' nuddah Eff he keer he
ain snow IT. but kin see dat it all put on he
Queen part an dat she wuss skeerd OBJ hersef
come back she fin dat ring he gle her in Vlr-
ginny an hang it roun her froat
by ribbon. when she tink ain see her. an,
den NOPE bout de house for tree whole day
like she gwlne to gle up for good an all.
Mon yeh go by den an she say mus go
town and fin out bout de intrus. tell her she
kin fin out widout sendin' all de way to town,
an when she how, tell her to sem me to
ak Wintah. She shut up den.
By dis time Wintah war good clo'es an hab
plenty oh monan. Ebrybody say he be sma'tes'
young lawyah at de bar, an gwine to go TO ds
Legislature. I know dat when he dress IN he
ain LOOK like none oh de res OBJ dem simlim
(squash) headed po buckra.
'Fo' long dar come lettah to he Queen from
Mars Temple in Sout Amerikah. an when she
inside: an he say in de lettah dat he gwine
sen her five hunded dollah ebry six mont alter
dat
When he Queen read dat she get M an clasp
her ham an say. 20, tang Gawd. tang Gawd.
done delibah at las'.n
what you mean by data" I ak, cause done
know what she mean already.
dat Gawd done dsbah me ont OBJ de ham OBJ
Wintah Pegrum.n she saw. lookin' so'tah wiz
You better pray Gawd to deliban, Wintah
Pegrum into yo ham, an dat right quick, eff yo'
amt wan to loss him for good" I say, soium
like.
She look up quick when say dat, an ak me
hat hxyC Y1ah
s.Ax yo' husnan' sistah. Mss Helen Logan, eff
you wan to know. say; but she low dat she
Amt keer huff bout it to nobody All de
same, de mex day she wen TO town, an Cinthy
tell Afterwards dat she see be Queen an
MISS Helen waikin' togeddah an talkin mighty
ernes, Mex ebnin' she lef de boy wid ole
man and tex me wild her down de road When
Wintah come long she walk to him like she
feard of he fine clothes. Den she han him TO
one hund'ed dollan bills an say bashful like:
81 very much ooeege TO you fer 20 kindness.
Capn Pegram.'
/ hope de Lawd will strike me dead in my !
track eff he ain 'zamn dem bill cool as Of be
use to em ebry day. en- put EN- IN he pocket wild
a stiff bow. an mach right on widout speakin
wud: but dat night he did hab de manner to
sen her receit in full for de moneh. he tank.
Well dat all he Queen kin do for she, an [
ain blame her no mo; but l feard she done
wore her Tub to rag an dat Miss Helen gwin to
get HIM after all
Wen, mos yeh wen by after dat an mo-
moneh come from Sout Amerikah. an he Queen
pay de intrus hersef
Now he Queen boy mos five yeh ole, an still
he ain got name.
.'Why ain you name yo' chill nuttin2' her
Il done got name pick out for him." she say,
wild Gurus smile ain understan; an when de
right time come ne 2wine to nab 1t, but not be-
fo."
when dat time COMMIT" I ak.
ttWhen Gawd will, she say, lookin' like she
see sumpn bout five miles off.
1'Ebrybody call him Bua now, an eff you ain
min it gwine to stick to him all he life" say;
but she ain say muffin, only an easy TO hersef,
like she know what she dom"
He spen' so much OBJ he time wild Wintah till
he done jus like him. Why ain you call him
Wintahr l ex.
She blushed up so hot when ak her dat till
I ain know what to tink, 'erpt Cat know ain
mex her mad by what / say
Well, he Queen begin to spruce 40 an try to
look purity agin but whenebsr she met Wintah in
de road. he pass herby like,he ain neber tink OBJ
a oman in he life. an den sho Miss Helen got
him for good an all. When he Queen fin out
dat he ain gwine TO motifs her at ali. she gle up
meetin' him in de road. an took to watchin' him
he come home from town. know dat Win
tab been courtin' me all he life for he Queen.
but when I fin out dat he ain keer mo- If ne
please me or no. feel like it de very wus kind
OBJ sign for her.
Ore Sunday bout TO- clock he Queen tex her
boy for a walk an ain see I'm mo- for bout
ha er nour. Den hear her gin screech DAT
mea my blood froze in my an right after
dat hear de below oh a bull. Lookin' out de
do de boy runnin' Tor he life Gross de bot
tom, big bull after him full tilt. an ne Queen
standin' stone stiil wild bofe nan rz up like dis
see at once uaL dc quiz gwlne 10 keGn De boy
TO he kin git TO de fence an JUS as oout
close my eye TO shet out de sight see Wintah
comm cross de bottom like de win'
He reach de boy fus. but KEEP right on trvln'
TO tun de brnde debil out he track; but de bull
blood up, an he only lower he head liz mo- an
bus right into Wintah an trow him ober he
head. and KEEP right after de boy
But Wintah ketch on he feet an start back at
de bull. hollerin an cussn' ike he blood IN too.
De bull ain wan to min him dis time. but Win
tab fas dat he stop, tun roun' run at |
him, knock him down. an den start ag'in.
But tain use, fur de boy done scramble |
ober de fence an safe on tudder side.
When look to what become OBJ Wintah |
dat he still lynn whar de DULL lef him, but |
he Queen was OAR de groun' beside him. call |
in sto him to come back-as IF she ain hab him /
had an fas'. wild bofe her arm trow roun' he |
neck.
After an my ole man douee him wild pail /