The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-05-17

self and glanced appealingly at the Colonel,
who was regarding him severely-fI jes' said
dat to myself an if it had a bin yo boss neva
would say'd it, deedI neva would in de world"
All right" said the Colonel shortly, Ego
on"
Den. could'n' stan it no longer" con-
tinued the interesting boy AN | run out to
where dose boys wuz an'awhat do you think l
saw"
SyIvester's eyes were big. but as no responses
was made to his irrelevant question he kept
right on. "On dc end OBJ dose strings dey wuz
tarantulas Sylvester called them frGashias) as
big as bof 20 hans put together. Dey wuz, 1
hope TO die dey WHz, an dose little nigga boys
wus ies' a pokin' oh utn wiz little sticks, an
de TRANSMITS wuz kickin' an squirmin' till
70 couldn' see. l ses TO nm, Amt 20 fraid
ob dose things2 Dey'll kill 70 if dey bites yo.'
Dey sed dey wus'n' 'fraid OBJ um, Gus dey
would'n' touch um wiv dey hams, but jes wiz
de sticks. / ask um how dey ketch de transit
las an dcy went on to kotch some mo- SOS to
show me how. Dey had little piece o. wax
tied on de ends oh dc strings an when dey
fOun' Franshla hole in the groun' dey jes'
drap dc wax into de hole an jerk it up an down.
Pretty soon de transh'la be get ma-ad as de
debbil, an he jes' jab he fangseS into de wax.
Don he fine he done do very foolish ting,
cos when he come to pull he fangses out agen
he fine dat he can't do 1t. Den dat make him
ma-adder, so when de boy pull he up out OBJ he
hole, he jes' ms-ad nuf' to chew gum. He fine
he can't leggo de wax to sabe he life, cos de wax
jes hole on to him, sif it groWed dere. ! ask
dc little nigga boys what dey goin' do wild dc
transhla an dey laH an laff, an one say:
'Did'n' yO' nebber sec a t'ransh'la fght?' an
say, No, nebba did Dem dey say, Yo jes'
watch out heah minute an 20 see some ob de
funniest tngs yO' ebba see in yo BON days
$50 l watch, an de little nigga boys go up to
two OBJ de transh las what dey had anchored
little way off from one anudder an den dey
took dc little sticks and pull out de wax frum
de TRANSMITS tangses. Jes es soon as dey
Wuz loose de tTansh' las start off fo dey holes.
but de little niggas jes prod UNI wild dey sticks
an turn I'm 'rOun' towa'd each odder. Dis make
de t'ransh'las ma-Rtrier den ebbs, an pretty
soon, when dey cum up genst each odder dey
make grab TO- de odder t'ranshlas legs, an
70 yO' cud say 'jee whoop dey wuz tacklin'
wun anodder jes' like two bull do-ogs. Dey
tore each Odder an bit an stung one anodder,
| an pull each odder's legs of, and jes fight till
dey bof die.
Den de little nigga boys jes' TEX some mo-
Oh dem transh'las what dey done kotch, an
make um Gght jes' like do fuss ones. Dey wus
ve'y 'culia' crcetchers, dem transit las, Massa ;
| dey was vey 'cuia, TO de LRwd.
+" Den we took two whoppin' big TRANSMITS
into Santas cabin au' we done get un to fight
in on de fo'. Pretty soon &-after dey kill each
odder dey bodies yes lay on do flo, an one OBJ
| de little niggas say to me: q Did yo' ebba see
a-ants in dis yere kentry?' an after l say
nebba did dey say Jes 20 watch fo a while
an 20 see some dat'u make yo' haiah cyurl'
An / watch, an jes es / begin tink little
| nigga a big liah de a-ants done c'mence to come
up 'roun' dose dead transh'las, an deg gaver
| 'roun' dey bodies till dey was a milyon OBJ um
! dere. Dey all ketch hole ob de t'ransh'la an
| pull an haul an pull an fuss ting yo know
! dose dead an gone TRANSMITS begin to move
long, an dose dere aants jes' tote UNI right
| down to wheah dey holes wuz an yank um
| down dere.
Il spose," said Sylvester sagelv, "dat do
aants is fond OBJ TRANSMITS, specially after dey
| is dead?
"WeIl, den, dose little nigga boys, at Ieas' one
| OBJ UNI, said Dind'n yo' nebbg see how we gets
rid OBJ ants in dis kentry?' and when l ses no,
| dey went an got a candle and light il, an den
carry it way from ole cabin and stick it in de
| groun'. Den dey get some moIasses an po' it on
| de groun' all de way from Wheah dc candle was
G-burnin' up to wheah do a-antses holes WAS in
| de cabin TO- and in two, free minutes dat line
| OBJ 'lasses was jes choek full OBJ a-antses jes'
| a-eatin' up de 'lasses. De little nigga boys say
| dat when de a-antses had done eat up ell de
! 'lasses dey climb up de candle, what dey POI
| honey all ober, an when deg get up to de week
| dey ell done get bu'nted up. / watch um an
| dey cat up all do lassss, but dey didn't cline
up, COZ, Pspec, dey done get satiated and, any
how, Pspee dey got Toe much sonse."
Then Sylvester stepped, and, had be been able,
no doubt he would have blushed. For the
| Colonel had fzed him With his glittering eye
and vas regarding him more in sorrow than in
anger. The Colonel seemed panied.
! "Sylyester," he said, /" think that you are
the most Kaleidoscope iag that ever knew"
And then the engaging boy went out to assist
in sitting the awakened infants cries. But had
the Colonel lived up in the BUlla country very
| long he would not have been 80 very hard on
| his faithful retainer. I have lived there, and
give it as my humble opinion that the truthful
| boy gave plain, ungarbled relation Of facts.
RS.
MONTE CEIsTo, SAN DOMINGO, Dec. Is.
M.