The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-08-22
Hritteu By E. Hough.l

"Won't yuh light daoun, sch 2
asked the old colored woman, who sat
in front of the house before which
paused one pleasant evening, in the
course of my ride through the old Vir.
ginia neighborhood where my parents
were born, and which / had not visit
ed for more than twenty years
Light an tie yo' boss BY de gate, till
| fine dat Isaac. Yessah, dis wha'h
Mistah Wilyam Williams live. He's
oveh to taown, sch; he ez, but he'll be
hyeah bime. by. Well you tex cheah
sch? Pow w'ful wahm, ane ct? Yo
| Isaac drap dat quinsh, an 60 tex de
gemman's hoss tub de balm. Move
erlong, yo' po' yallah face, spingle-laig
chile yo'! Wat yo' doin' out hyeah
in de night aih wifout no hat on ? Yo'
knows yuh ben tekkin med'cin dis
day! Cla'h out O hyeah, yo' Boze
Don't reckon disseh ma an goin' tub
hut yuh, ner yo' gwine tub hut hem
Git on raoun de haouse, yo' or'ny,
long yeahed howlah. Yo' heah me
Cla'h out -
"Wh'ah Mis- Williams? Wy law
| sa-akes, ma an, she dade.' Done dade
ten yeahs, sho'hly. Mistah Williams,
he lives hyeah by hisself 'cep'n de
dawgs an de hosses, an me an de
chillen, an de hans; an cep'n dat
Tildeh. She done come hyeah right
sma'ht.
"Don' reckon you live raoun hyeah
does you, sch {? Yo' foxes ustoh own
de fahm down by de Feh'y! Yo' is
Mis- Lida's chile! / cla'h tn gnodnis
'Scuse me sch tex dis fan, vile | run
in de haous an git er pitcher butter
milk
"Who's Mis- Tildeh Yo' don know
who dat Tildeh ez? Sho' now Wy
dat Tildeh, she's Mistah Williams
dahteh, hes only chile.
Like Mis- Williams? No indeed
Dat Tildeh ane much like her NAV,
sho'hly. Fo' de Lawd, Misteh We
all done tink dat chile gwine to be de
def OBJ us, sometimes.
"Ferty? Dey ave no pic'sheh hat
so peaty ez dat Tildeh. She thess ez
perty ez Mistah Williamses chestnut
runnin' NAH Jeurn! An vile Vile
ez er mocker bird Thess as inperdent
an full de debbel ez ermocker an she
sing des dat sweet!
"Mah'red Din you know dat yes
sab, dat Tildeh she ben manfred two
yeahs now, mah'red Mistah Beech
am, f'om oveh tn de Point O. Rocks.
He's nice ma-an, sch.
"Since dat 4ildeh wus sixteen yeahs
ole, dey uz string OBJ hosses out tub
de hitchin' log ez long f'om hyeah tu
de gate an | cla'h tub grashus, ef
ev'ry one OBJ dem gemmen ane fa'hly
baig an berseech dat Tildeh tub
mah'y 'em Nice gemmen too, sch
Lawyehs an doctahs, an sto'-keepahs,
an fahmahs, an mos ev'rybody ailse.
Pears like dey are no gel raoun heah
gwine tub do fo' none OBJ dem all fell
lahs cep'n jes' dat Tildeh.
"Tildeh, her NAV she 'uz dade, an
Tildeh, she ane got noboddy fer tub
talk wifi erbout desesheh tings. cla' h
l fa'hly pity dat chile, she need her
NAV dat bad. She usetah come tuh
me an she say, oh, nanny, l thess
don know wat tub do wifi all desesheh
men! kahn keep um erway, an 'dey
all, dey won talk nothin' but thess
mah'y, mah'y. mah'y all de time an
I kahn NAH y dem ALL
"'W'y ane yuh gwinei peck out Ell
nice, nice gemman fom de lot an
mah'y hem, chile ? sez l.
"'Well, but wheich one, nanny
dat,s wot l wan ter know sez Tildeh
'Well, now, honey, chile, tell yuh,
sez I. Yo' don wan peck out ne
fellah wat ane er gemman,' sez |, Io
thess look erraoun an peck out ell
gemman Vat kin ride eny kline of el
hoss, an wat allus brings de patritche;
back wifi him eff he goes out shutein
an wat eff he afraid of de debbil hissef
an wat eff he start to jump er fence hs
sho'h gwine to jump it eff he break hes
neck, an wat eff he say he gwine do
sure so he gwine do ct ct it take he.
las dollah OATS de kin of er ma al
for yo' to mah'y,' sez I, 'an' dom yul
go an mah'y no 'odder kline Don
mah'y no fellah fur wat -lilsmlnnys b,
got; fore bime-by, 'spo>in' he gwin
bet all his mummy ON de wrong hoss
den wha'h is yeh p
"Den dat Tildeh, she come put he
hade in meh lap, an she seq, yer.
sollum, sez she, Nanny. l sho'hl,
gwine do one OBJ two tings one or d
bofe' t-ks.
"'Wat dat, chile ? sez |. !.
"'I sho'hly is gwine to mah'y all lden
men /; ailsen I'se gwine drown mehsel
in Goose creek 7 Den dat Tildeh sh
laf, an run ON erway, an go cut pape
dolls, thess like er lil' chile. But sho
/ know dat Tildeh ane gwine draow
hersef in no G"ose creek an it cla'h
Iy are posserble she AopesgNfNe tul
mah'y all dem-meas sSkeA AtllAs8 sprs
jeckin' wifi me
"But now, dSes yi9.. Ahow wat da
-Iildeh finely do? Out OBJ all der
nice men wot .-come cOtin..4heh, ~sh
thess turn. in an tex up wifi de. ver
pores in de lot. Er rsg1ah no counI
trif1in' good fer nothiin' shota! Er. Ii
bit of er peaked, spindlin' felfah, wa
cou'n' kerry Mis- Tildeh over er mud
hole not tuh save his neck lxf4e lc6u'1 1
shute, he cou'n' do nothin'. Wy da
ma-an he counIgo ketch <erl mess e
suckers wen de spring run wuz on b