Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-19
"DAT TILDEH. I"

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parents were born, and which had not
visited in more than twenty years. Light
an tie yo' boss by de gate till fine dat
Isaac. Yessah, dis wha'h Misteh Wilyam
Williams live. He's oveh to taown, sch,
he ez, but he'll be heyeh bime-by. Well
yuh tex cheah, sch? Pow'ful wahm, ane
ct? Yo' Isaac, drap dat quinsh an go tex
de gemman's boss tab de balm. Move
erlong, yo' pore yalleh-face, spingle-laig
chile, yo'l Wat yo' dom out heyah in de
night aih, wifout no hat on /? Yo' knows
yo' ben tekken med'cin' dis day Cla'h
out o hyeah, yo' Bose Don reckon dis
sch man-an goine to hut 70, ner yo' gwine
tub hut hemn Git on raoun de haouse,
yo' orny, long-yeahed howlah Yo' heah
me? Cla'h QUIT
"Wha'h Mis- Williams? Wy, law
sa-akes, ma-an, she dade Done dade ten
yeahs, shohly! Mistah Williams, he live
hyeh by hisself, 'cepn de dawgs, an bosses
an me an de chillen, an de hans; an
cep'n dat Tildeh. She done tome hyeah
right smat.
HDon' recon yo' live raoun hyeah, does
yo, sch? Yo foxes ustah own de fahm
down by de Feh'yl Yo' is Mis- Lida's
chile l cla'h tub goodnis 'Scuse me,
sch; tex dis fan while run in de haous
an get er pitcher buttermilk.
'Who's Mis- Tildeh? Yo' don know
who dat Tildeh ez? Sho, now Wy, dat
Tildeh, she's Mistah Williams dahteh; hes
only chile.
Dat Tildeh ane much like her NAV,
sho'hly. Fo' de Lawd, Mistah We all
done tink dat chile gwine to be def OBJ US,
sometimes.
"Perty? Dey ave no pic'sheh hat so
perty ez dat Tildeh. She thess ez perty
ez Mistah Williamses chestnut runnin'
NAH Juern an Vile Vile ez her
mocker-birdl Thess as. imperdent an full
de debbil ez er moeker an she sing DIES dat
sweet
"Mah'red? Din yuh know dat? yes
sab, dat Tildeh she ben manfred two yeahs
now, manfred Mistah Beecham, fom
oveh tub de Point o Rocks. He's nice
ma'an, sch.
"Since dat Tildeh was sixteen yeahs ole,
dey w a string OBJ bosses out tub de hitch
in'-log ez long fom hyeah tub de gate; an
clan tub erasmus, eff ey'ry one of dem
gemmen ane fairly baig an berseech dat
Tildeh tub mah'y deml Nice gemmen,
too, sch lawyers, an doctahs, am sto'-
keepahs, an falmahs, an mos everybody
a1lse. Pears like dey are no gel raoun
hyeah gwine tub do fo' none of dem-all
iellahs, cep'n jes' dat Tildeh
"Tildeh, her nav she 'uz dade, an Til
Il Il IL, Al, l.
erbout desesheh tings. l cla'h, l fairly
pity dat chile, she need her NAV dat bad.
She usetah come tub me, an she say,
'Oh, nanny, / thess don know wat tub
do wifi all desesheh men | kahn keep
UNI erway; an dey all, dey won't talk
nothin but thess manly, mah'y, manly all
de time An l kahn manly dem ALL
"'W'y ane yuh gwine peck out er nice
nice gemmen fom de lot an mah'y hem,
chilep SEE /.
"Weu, but wheich one, nanny ? OATS
wot wan ter know, SEE Ti.deh.
"'Well, now, honey, chile, tell yuh,' SEE
/. 'Yo' don wan peck out no fellah wat
are er gemman, SEE l. 'Yo' thess look
erraroun' an peck out gemman wat kin
ride eny kline of boss, an wat allus
brings de PARTICLES back wifi hem if he
goes out shutein', an wat eff he afraid Of
de debbil hissef, an wat eff he start to
jomp er fence he sho'h gwine to jomp ct eff
he breaks hes neck, an wat eff he say he
gwine do-sure SO he gwine do ct eff ct
takes hes las dollah. OATS de kline OBJ er
ma-an fer yo' to mah'y,' SEE l AN don
yuh go an manly no odder kline. DON
manly no fellah fer W at lii mummy he got ;
fore bime-by, 'sposin' he gwine bet all his
mummy on de wrong boss, den wha'h is
yeh p
"Den dat Tildeh, she come put her hade
in meh lap, an she SEE, very sollum, SEE
she, Nanny, 1 shabby gwine do one OBJ
two tings; one or de bofep
"'Wat dat, chile SEE l.
so sho'hly is gwine tub manly all dem
men; ailsen Pse gwine drown mehself in
Goose creek ? Den dat Tildeh, she laf,
an run on erway, an go cut paper dolls,
thess like lii chile But sho' | know
dat Tildeh ane gwine draown hersef in no
Goose creek; an it cla'hly ain posserble
she done gwine manly all dem men. She
thess projeckin wifi mel
"But, now, does yo know wat dat Til
Deb finely do? Out OBJ all dem nice men
wot come co'tin' heah, she thess turn in
an tex up wifi de very pores in de lot Er
reg'lah no-count, trifin' good-fer-Dothin
shotel Err liz bit OBJ er peaked, spindlin'
fellah, wat cou'u' kerry Mis- Tildeh oveh
er mudhole not to save hes neck He
cou'n' shute, he cou'n' do nothin' Wy,
dat an, he cou'n' go keteh er mess er
suckers wen de spring run wuz on, he
thess dat mis- able, low down nocountl
"Now, dat Tildeh, she thess done took
up wifi dat Booyer cause she pitied him, |
know. She 'uz thess that kyine-hearted,
she kahn bah tub see nathin' suffah; an
dissheh fellah, he done cry an take on so
she les sorry fer him. She 'uz thess like er
mummy tub him. An yit she done let
him boss heb raoun', thess like ez if he
done own heh! Cla'h to Lawd sab, eff |
haven thess fairly bile oveh wen l see
dat LIP, good-fer-nothin' hop O mer thumb
snig a-actin his julius, lordin' ways wifi dat
pore chile; an her dat meek an pale-faced
an tiahed-lookin'
"Tings run on disshet way, wuss an
wrlss, an dat Tildeh, she get so fa'hly in
satcherwated wifi dat no-count feliah she
kahn tink OBJ nobody ailse. All de nice
gemmen W en- dey see how ct w gwine, dey
thess quitely quet an go erway. Dey 'uz
heap too high tone tub mex no COM
pertishun ginst er fellah like hem But
yit, de mos OBJ 'em, dey stays frenzy to
Mis- Tildeh.
'sBime-by, de wuss KEN. Dat Booyer,
he done run off wifi Tildeh, ailse Tildeh
run off wifi him, know w'ech. Dey thess
start of, an neyah say er word to no.
boldly.
HW'en Mistah Williams learn erLout
dat, he so mad l don like to look at hem.
He sattle up ole Logan, an tell Pete tab
follah aftah wifi de cah'idge, an he go fine
off tub de Feh'yl l don tink dat Booyer
cla'hly know'd wat he wuz a-doin'
"Et 'uz more'n two days befo' Mistah
Williams KEN back; an he KEN back in
de cah,idge. an brung Tildeh erlong. /