The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-07-20
THEY WARMED THEIR TOES.
Uncle Jube Explains How Mister
Shifts Chickens BOOSTED on
Ills Plank.

"That's what said. ms war
rant is tor your arrest
Eyes, sab ; but whut for, sab, Il
you gwinter res meE'
Simply for stealing chickens.
presume you think that 1t is hardly
a sufficient reason Tor arrestlng ;
man?
Deed I doesn't think muffin O
the sort, sab. Ever man dat stea.
chickens oughter be tuck up, black
an white. Howsumdeyer, | amt
stole no chickens, sab"
"Whose chickens are these tied
by the legs and lying here ~
''Dey is Mistah Smif's, sab, !
s'poSe, sah."
what have you tied their legs
for?7
Il is tied um, sab, to take back
to de 'sponsible Ownah, sab"
SHOW come they here ~
"Well, sab, OATS monstrous curis,
hit is. En- sorter funny, too, ez
you mought say. My ole 'oman,
she's the uotionlSts pussen you
evah seed, sab, but she mighty nigh
alters has her say sab, and when
she tell yo' Uncle Jube to do dis,
dat or t'other, rs not gwine ter
stan hagglln' wild her but mighty
little. 'Tain' nevah gwlne ter do
TO be projickin wild her, sab. An
it take a Niger dats got to be mo
focety den | is to do it. Aunt Han
ner, many an many time, has tole
me to 90 and do sOmpen er nuth-
er dat | can't see no caSlon fur, but
hit pooty nigh alters comes out fur
de hes. She got a mighty long
head, Aunt Hammer is. Las night,
sab, Aunt Hammer, she say TO me,
she do, LOCKER heath, Jube, you
take dat ar plank an heat er on de
stove, an den you go oyah yander
in Mistah SHIFTS orchard an stand
onder de Tree dar till | whisselS fur
you to come, and done you drap
dat plank needer,'"
IL none dis var was m%onstrOus
foolish in Aunt Hammer, but | aim
say nuthin, kase | know dats er
waste er time, Aunt Hammer so
headStrong an sOt in her ways. |
did sorter ject some, kase | ain see
no reason for sich karn's on eZ dat,
but Aunt Har.ner she snap en- flash
her ewes and say, 'Doan you heah
me, you brightly niggahP"
"Cose | done heard her, an wild
dis | struck off wild the plank wlut
Aunt Hammer had done heJ herself
on de stove. An she lowed I'd
bettah mosSey, en- | did.
81 gifts dar whar she told me to
90, an | stood onder der tree, | did,
an | was monstous glad | had dat
het plank on mer shOuldah, for de
night was tOlable raw, If you heah
me blow my hawn. | am stud dar
MON 70 er fl minmt till dat ar
plank hit git so heavy dat | come
monstous nigh finging it down.
Jis den | hears Aunt Hammers
whissel 10 come IN, an l wuz glad
huff to dance.
"En | tell you whut's de fact,
Mistah Ossi(er, when | gifts home |
fines dat plank jiS' loaded down
with Mistah Smii's chickens. Dey
rooses pooty low, deem chickens
does, en- when dey feels dat VAIN
plank onder der toes dey JUS steps
down often de limb en- settles avn
de plank. OATS de way dey come
hyar, sab, en- now PSe- gwinter to
take um right back to Mistah Smif.
I amt got no use fur chickens. Spe-
cially that many chickens. | doan
take to chicken meat nohow."
"Yes, that is a very nice story.
Where's Aunt Hanner?"
"Lawd knows, sab. l amt seed
Aunt Hammer dis mawnin,"
well, you had better come with
me-"
"Wharfo ~
"The Judge wants TO see you.
Come on, or I'll put the nippers
on you"
"En you amt gwinter GIMME no
chance TO liver Mr.. Snit's chick
ms 2"
CPL see hal the chickens are de-
livered.'
"Looker heah, Mistah Ossiier,
dis vars karin things wild a high
han. III hlah a lawyer en- see Ell
a pc niggah's gwinter be posed on
dis var way. Yes, sir, Use comm.
You needen' be 50 mOnstous brash.
Eff OATS law in de country Use
gwinter have it an a heap of it, too.
Come pullin' a man off to de boose
lis kase er lot err fool chickens
wants to VAIN dar toes at his ex-
pense. Ispec some oh desc var
DAYS culled people be rested in dis
fercinity Jls for shoutin to der
What spendthrifts of time we
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