Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-12-13
For Princinle.


through his district for the purpose of
stimulating political activity. drove in.
to tho big woods near Franklin. Dis
covering an old negro. who, sitting on
log. was anxously gazing into tall
tree. he called out:
''How are YOU old manp"
'Do. sab; 'bleeged ter you"
81 say. how are you?"
''Fust rate. sab; 'bleeged ter yer.
sab. Good day."
Here. old man, don't want any Of
your foolishness. and do not propose
that you shall dismiss mo with such
unceremonious lodging. What arc
you do ng hereP"
"Wall. sab. Use watchin' fur or
COON"
Where is hep"
up yander in dat tree"
''How do you know?"
Gaze my dog put him up dar 'bou.
two hours TO daybreak
"Havc you been here ever SINGER"
"Yas sab. has dat"
'Where is your dogP"
'De triflin' scoun' ul dun lef NO."
Left youp"
"Yas. sab. lef me. Run de coon
up de tree, staid yere erw'ile an den
went of down yander in dc bone-yard
ter eat some kyarn-some o. de flesh
o. or dead boss. Oar oughter be er
law ergin sich er perceedin' ez dat, too.
l tell YOU. Man RAISE or dog like he
wuz CT chile, an den he 'glcct his biz.
ness an run off after strange meat.
Dat dog mout Ell knowd | wanted dis
yaro coon. but stead o. dat, he traipses
off down wander"
IA Young dog. 1 suppose"
No. lie amt Young. He's plenty
ole ernulf Ter know better den do SIGH
er caper as dis yere. Come liftin' or
man s 'specktations up dat er way, an
den flingin' en- down. 'sp 70 fur any
fool thing ter ack dater way. Eff he d
er staid yare an KEEP his eye on dis
coon coulder gone on erbout my biz
ness, but stead o. dat he got ter go of
down yandor an drag the j. nts o dat
ole boss all erroun.
What do you want with the coon,
old manP"
II wants his hide. sab; OATS whit /
wants"
How much is the hide WORTH"
az Bout twenty-h' cents"
How long have you been watching
this treeS'
"'Bout five hours"
'What is your time worth an hourp"
'Oughter be worth ten cents"
'Well, at that rate vor have given
fifty cents worth of time for twenty
five cents worth of probabilities. d"
"How's dat?"
"Whv. You say that the coon skin is
only worth Twenty-Five cents"
"Yas, sab. "
"And you conclude that the five
hours time which YOU have already
spent in watching for the coon is
worth fifty cents"
"Yas."
well. then, at that rate, even il
you had the coon now, you would
have lost twenty-five cents"
Oats all right frum or money pint
o view. but whar's the principle?"
81 don's see that there is any prn-
ciple involved"
you doan see datP"
mo. do moi"
Didn't my dog tree dc 'coon2"
IL suppose he did"
"Doan de coon know ftp"
Yes"
"Wall, den, eff 60 on, erway an
leave dis coon doan you think dat
cher after dis he'll think he ken out
stick CIR man an darby cause er man
ter lose principleP'
Nonsense.
''Oh. it mout be nonsense wild you
but it amt wild me. IF we gifts er
coon up or tree it's our duty ter sec
dat we gifts him down, dats all"
"Old man. there's AN election to day
and YOU ought to vote"
KANT hop it. sab. is after dis
coon"
IL have friend who is running for
commonwealth attorney, and if YOU II
vo te for him l will more than pay OF
for the coon skin and the time which
you have spent at this tree"
mighty good offer. sab, but de
principle is still at stake"
There is no principle involved"
'Not fur you but dar is fur me-.
Wy, sab, Of / wuz ter go erway frum
yare now dat dog neber would hab no
mo COnlerueuce III NE. he cOulu &c
long er treein' an know dat l nebel
would stav dar but er little while
Atterw'ile he'd fool me jes fur de fur
o. do thing an after err timo l couldn'
put no comferdence in whut he said.
| would like ter vote fur yo' man,
boss; like ter 'comerdate you, but iii:
yaro thing O. principle cuts er mighty
broad swath in our curmunity. Ell
wuz at dc polls I'd vote-wall. give
me three dollars an I'll let de primo
pie 60"
''All right"
'Dat settles it. Principle suffers in
dis yere neighborhood it amt my
fault. "-ArkduSaw Traveller.
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