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

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Mistah Williams, he 'uz very quiet an
very kyine, an he neveh say one word
erbout dat trubble; an Tildeh, she dom
say one word neider, till dem gemmen
wat useteh come co'tin' heb, dey all
mighty kyine an 'spectful tub Mis- Tildeh,
wen dey meets heb ennyw' ers, but dey ane
baig heb to mahrv ane now. Dey too
proud dom yo' see? Tildeh, she thess
nope and pine.
'fBime-by theh KEN erlong dis Mistah
Beecham, er ole fren' OBJ Mistah Will
iamses, an he visit hyeah er vile; an
dose two gemmen dey go out wifi de haouns,
and go fshin', an go squ'hl shootin', an
have nice time. Mistah Beecham, he
ane so old ez Mistah Williams, but he
sho'hly do know how tub ride au' shute.
An Mistah Williams, he ain been so peart
in yeahs, an KANT do ernuf fer Mistah
Beecham.
"Mistah Beecham, he mighty kyine to
Mis- Tildeh. He ain say much, but he
thess folleh heb raoun' wifi hes eyes. He
ben stayin'n' hyeah two or free monfs;
an one day he walk inteh Mistah Will
iamses room, an he say, standin' up
straight, Mistah Williams, seh,' he say, 1
has de honah to ak fo' de han OBJ yo'
dahteh, Mis- Tildehp
"Mistah Williams, he git mighty wife,
an he ane say nothin' fer shoht time.
Bime-by he say, wifi hes hade tu'hn tub
one side. AIistah Beecham, / asshuah
yo', | erpreshuates de honah yo' perposes,
an | shed be mos proud but | feah yo'
dom know all
al does know all p sez Mistah Beech
am an | baig yo' well say no mop
"Den bime-by Mistah Williams he
tu'hn hes hade yit furder erway, an he
say, thank yo' sch; an you has meh
consehnt.'
"Mistah Beecham, wen he done ak dat
Tildeh ergin bout eff she gwine manly
hem. she thess git all wife an frenzy
ergin, an she not mex emmy anseh.
Bime-by she STAN up, an go oveh to
heb desk, an bring oven er lot of lettahs,
an hole 'em aout tub hem, an say, Desc
lettahs, sch, well tell yo' all. Yo' mus
read, befo yo' ak meh to be yo' wife.
An now, 'scuse me, sch, fer l mus go
erway.'
''Mistah Beecham, he thess take dem
lettahs in his han, an he nevah look at
'em onct, but he lay EN- inteh de fahplace,
an let 'em all buh'n up. An he SEE, seq
he: we well anseh all doubts 500 He
seq ct ve'y quite an strong; we will anseh
all doubts sop
"Miss Tildeh, she watch de lettahs cuh'l
up an bu'hn, an heb face done wu'k an
change, an she stan dyah all wife an
weayin' an trem'lin'. Mistah Beecham,
he ain put aout er han tub hole heb up.
On'y wen de lettahs wuz all gone whoof
up the chimbley-aue, he reich out hes
hans an thess ak TO hes anseh, an ak heb
to come; aA' he neveh say er word, 'cep'n'
wifi hes face.
miss Tildeh, she walk toh'ds him, thess
like er lii ba-aby, tekin' sho'ht steps, an
kline er shekky; an she put bofe hans on
hes bres, an look in hes face; an den she
done put heb hade down on hes bres', an
coveh up heb face All Mistah Beecham
he ane kiss heb. ner muffin. He thess
gwine put one ahm erbout heb, an smoofe
heb hath one had, an he say, kline O
quite-like: 'Theh, theh now, don yo
mine! Don yo' mine no mo-
"'Wha'h Mistah Beecham liyeY wy
right daown de le-ane, sch. He done buy
de next fa'hm tub dissheh one But laws
thess erbout hafe de time dat Tildeh she's
oveh hyeah tub show her fadder how dot
ba-aby got ernuther toet er how fat dat
ba-aby 'uz gittin', or how dat ba-aby gwine
cu'hl hes toe up, like no udder ba-aby ane
never done beto'l
"Dat ba-aby pears like it done been de
mekkin' OBJ dat Tildeh. She amt STAN
raound, wife an tiahed now, thess think
in, thinkin all de time. She's full of heb
ole capahs. She thess love dat ba-a-by,
sho'hly
"'N l reckon she done love heb hus-
band, too. He suhtn'g ez kline tub heb,
an she orteh love him; this co'se dey
kahn no one niggah wumman lax me be
'spected tub know erbout dem-ah fairs.
Yessch, l reckon she done thenk herp
of Mistah Beecham.
"Yo' heah dat? Lissin Yo' heah dat
WHSLE? OATS dat Tildeh now Dey-all
ez cummin oveh hyeah disseh night, l
reckon. Yosseh, dats Mistah Williams !;
an dats Mistah Beecham; an dats dat
Tildeh. l elah to grashus she's sho'hly
gwine kell dat ba-aby Thess LUX at heb,
a-ridin' wifi ct up on de sattle in front OBJ
heb, an a wisslin' at ct lax ct c'oun' I'M
derstandin' nothin' aise Yo' dab, Mis-
Tildeh Don yo jomp daown ofin dat
hoss weth dat chile! Shot, 1 nevah see
no sech er gal She thess full OBJ Their ole
Nickl Aim she perty ez er picshah :?
Ain she, now? Dat gal max US er heap
of trubble, but cla'h l kahn help likin dat
Tildehl
"No, sch, set daown! They all u'll be
glad tub see yeh, seh-Isaack, yo' good-fer-
nothing niggah. yo' go on daown an tex
dem-ah bosses. Mus L call yo' ergin ?"-
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