The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-05

CHAPTER II
We wuz married / tuck her ter nv cabin
an err bright light fell on my hearthstoue.
She wanted ter hep me in my wuclf o.
'swadin' folks ter do right. II know" she
said, ''dat folks all er round us will be max
in mo- money den we is, but money doan
water de flowers o. de heart, nur broaden
de 'joyment dat comes ter de soul" lubed
her deeper after she said dat, fur | seed dat
her natur want vain nur her heart set upon
de flesh pots o. de world
doan know Wuder | preached better UT
not, but know dat wut | said gunter hab
mo- 'duence, an dat folks gunter come FUN
fur erway plantations ter we're me. NV
wife's folks moved away, and wien l axed
her ef She didn't feel like she aughter go
wild ZEN, she smiled at wut she called nv
foolish joke put her arms GROUND my naik
an said:
Dave, wen goes erway fun you I'll be
toted twixt men dat viii walk slow"
Two years passed erway-two o. de hap
pies years o. my life. One day dar wuz
some bills stuck up 'nouncin' dat Andrew
Hennifen, err colored politician dat libed in
town, would on de naixt Friday make err
speech ter de folks Err campaign wuz on
han an greet intrus wuz felt in de outcome.
Wen de day come de weather WIZ so show
cry dat da couldn' hor dc meetin' out dos,
so some O. de men come ter me an axed me
eff da mout meet in de church. didn' much
think dat it wuz de right sorter meetin' ter
be he'll in dc house o de Lawd, but seein'
dat da wuz all so anxious, tole 'em dat da
mout Den ia aXed me ter go ober an lis
sen ter de greet speech wut de generman
wuz gWine ter make. didn' like de idee
o. settin' in my own church and lissenin'
ter de slussion O. dc erfairs o. de worl, Den
Frances spoke up:
"W'y Dave" she said, "If we air gwine
ter lib in de worl we mus take some intrus'
in de erfairs o. dc worr. Eff 81 man hab got
any thing wuth yearin, doan see WV we
aughtenter go an issen ter him. Eff we
finds dat wut he says amt fit fur US, wy
den we ken come erwayn
'Wut you says is true, Francis | replied.
San you mus scuse me eff is holdin' YOU
back in any way. Err ole man loves wild
jest ez much wa'mth ez er young man does,
an it is er pity dat he doan Tub wild ez much
Judgment.
''You mustn't talk Cat way, Dave" she
said wild er laugh, s'fur in lovin' me yo'
Judgment amt made no mistal1e.n
Hennifen Wu5 er tall, yaller man, an wuz
much younger den 'spected ter fine him
In his speech he used er good deal o. strong
talk, an called err lot o. folks dat Want
present, liars an thieves. didn't like dis,
but er man dat set naixt ter me tole me dat
it wuz all right, an dat eff de speaker didn't
do dater way de folks would think dat he
wuz erfeerd ter 'nounce his principles
After de speakin' wuz over de speaker come
up ter me- hill out his han an said:
"Mr Summers, has often hearn o. you,
eoh anil to1- l;e - -
wild you"
Wen had shuck hans wild him, he said:
sis dis yo' daughter wild you?"
''My wife, son." said I.
"Ah, Use pleased ter meet de lady.''
We walked on outen de house, an Hen
nifen wuz so busy talkin bout de greet prin-
ciples o. his party dat Re didn't seem ter
notice dat he wuz walkin' erway fun de
croud wild us. Alter vile he stopped an
said dat h e reckoned he better go back
won't you walk on homo wild us2" my
wife said.
Il thanks you kindly; blebe WILL" he
answered. 81 would like ter see de inside
o. my 'stinguished 'quaintance's house."
maxim or sideways motion wild his head at
me, 'an' sides dat Use got er little bizness
ter talk ober wild him"
''You will see er lowly household" said |,
''fur 1 amt been gagged in gederin' de
shinin' goods o. de yeth, but at de do you
will see or vine dat is watered wild truth an
dat blooms in contentment."
''Dar amt no reason why dar shouldn' be
some o. dc shinin goods o. de yeth in yo
house." said he 'De fack dat da is o. de
yeth doan meek 'em none dc less de Iawds
an bein' shiny doan' meek 'em de property
o. Satan"
l seed my wife look at him wild err quick
glance, an knowed dat she proved o. wut
he said. l seed mo- den dat-I seed wut
until dat time had escaped mel seed dat
de man wuz good lookin'. felt er pang o.
oneasiness, an cleared my froat deep ez eff
| would rasp dc pang outen my bosom.
! Wen we got ter de house. he set down in
er rockin' cheer an made hissef look freer
an easier den had cher felt in any house
'cep' my own. Frances went inter de little
shed kitchin' dat fined de house an cooked
dinner. 1t struck me dat shc tuck or heep
o. pains, specially wien she fotch out er
! table clof dat didn't know she had After