Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-07-31

he say, an, leu mo hab llung AT
dat big red appul, all, kaso l'ze
sartin | Gin fotch hit down do fuss
pull, ah- 4 po', hongry lookin'
chap standin' dar ah, wild bis
mouf awaterin' like d gash Oh a
broad ak in sugger tree in de
spring ob De year, ali, say No yo'
can't, ah, but | kin, an is guinc ter
Jess rs soon as fine somethin' to
knock it down wild, ah. While
'sputin' about dat big red appul,
alb, dar come nudder feller wild
| his sleeves rolled up an club in
his ham, ah, a follorin' after de
front Oh a par OBJ britchcs, ah, to
tell dem he's comm too, ah, an
he say, all, dat big red appul ann
mine, ah. Den dey all get ter
'sputin', all, among dem-selves,
ali, and while dey am a quarrolin'
about dat big red appul, ah, dar
comes along slick feller
on de back Of de orchard, ah, an
he sees dat big red appul, ah,
and obber de fence he gifts, an dat
big red appul am gone, all. By
um-by de big fat feller looks away
up in dc top ob de tree, ah, an he
yell, hoo's got my big red appul,
ah. Den de hongry lookin' chap
looks up in de tree too, all, and he
yell, hoo's got my big red appul,
alb. Den de udder teller he looks
up, an he yells, hoo's got my big
red appul, ah. Den dey all look at
one a nudder an yell, hoo's got
my big red appul, ah. An dar's a
'splosion, my bruderin' and sis
term. ah.
An he rolls sin under his tongue
like sweet morsel.
Yes my brederin' and sisterin',
de debel knows what will fotch the
best oh yo' down, ah, an dat at
de leas cost, ah. He sizes every
niger in dis congregation an
knows what he's wuff to de lass
cent, ali. Ef yo' is a minner, he
puts minner bate on his hook,
ah, and ef yo' is a big fish, he's
guine to catch yo' all de same, all,
kase he knows what sort oh bate
will fotch yo', ah.
An he rolls sin under his
tongue like a sweet morsel, ah.
~Yes my bredrrir' aid si-ear'
ah, some oh yo' he make so rich
an fat, ah, dat ef de eye oh de
needle be big anuf, ah, for a Taxas
steer, horns and all, to jump
through, ah, yo'd be too big a
camel to squeeze into de kingdom
of heaben, ah, Yes brederin' an
sisterin', alb, yo'd stick agin de
gate-posts oh eternal bliss, ah,
like POI pig in de crack ob de
fence, ah, dat didn't kalkulate dc
quantity Oh slop he'd guzzled
down since de lass time he went
troo dat crack. ali.
AM he rolls sin under his
tongue like a sweet morsel, ali.
Yes my brederin' and sisterin'
ah, dat am de way wild some foxes
in dis nation, all. Dey am SO big,
ah, dat hit would be fun for dem to
be cast into de sea, ah, like Jonah
ah, kase dar's not a whale dat
swims de doep, ah, dat dey can't
swallar widout a winkin' of de
eye, ah, An mo- dan dat, ah, dc
whale would not come out de same
way he went in, ah, like Jonah,
did, all.
An he rolls sin under his
tongue like a sweet morsel, ah.
Yes my brederid and sistorin'
]
ah, dc debel takes from one an
gibs to nudder, an dat am de
way he wucks his pizcn all aroun',
all. De man he takes from gets
mad, all, an says dar's no use
trying to be good, ali, and de man
he gibs to gets proud and pulled
up, an de debel say, my homie S
I'ze got yo' bofi, ah. But he was
a fool when he struck brudder Job,
ah. He tuck away all oh Jobs
property, all, his wives an all,
an 'nicted him wild biles an
sores, ah. But Job remained firm
in spite OBJ his losses an his com
forters, ah. Right here, my bred
erin an sisterin', ah, de debel
made 2 fool mistake alb, kase had
he luH brudder Job his wives, ah,
dar mout er bin a nudder tale
about de patience oh dat good
man, ah.
An he rolls sin under his tongue
like a sweet morsel, ala.
Yes my brederin' and sisterin'
ali, yo' must bar in mine, an,
dat none OBJ you are Jobs, ah, and
ef yo' don't look out de debel will
hab yo' sho', ah. When de debel
was monkeyin' wild brudder Job,
he was jess tryin' his han wild de
Lord, ah, an he foun' out he was
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