Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-10-11
"tOh, dat won't do, weak pusson.
You couldn't fling me in or hunnud

gay pusson begged.
:" wall, jest fur fun, ter keep my
han' in l will try you ergin.'
"He tried him ergin an flung him
widout no trouble. De gay pusson
went erway, 'peerin' like he was puff
feckly satisfied, an de greet rassler
didn't 'speck eber ter see him ergin,
but one mawnin' erbout er mount
later yere he wuz ergin.
"'Fur grashious sake, whit do you
want" jim he axed.
al wants jest whut l allus want
ed" de gay pussOn Flowed. Il wants
ter rassle wild you
Go on, weak pussCn, an quit yo'
fOolishness. You KANT do nuthin'
wild me-
"'Wall, but you won't mine tryin'
me jest fur fun, will you? KANT do
you no harm
Now, femme tell you,' SEE Jim,
Il has been foolin' wild you long err
huff an now eff you 'sist on me ras-
slim wild you Pll fling you an fling
you hard; yere me?" ~
ooh, vas, I yeres YOU
"An' still you wants ter rassle?"
"Dat's whut / does
"All right, I'll gin you all you
want A-.'
"Den he seized de gay pussOn and
flung him kerwhop ergin de groun'
and it peer like dun bust him open,
but de gay pusson he git up an go
on erway. OAR SEE jim, Il bet you
neber will bodder me no mo-. l neb-
er seed SIGH 'bitious pusson. He
has yered folks talk erbout whut er
great man l is, an he amt got sense
ernuff ter know dat he KANT rob me
o my gre'tness. But l reckon he
dun fur now
"It wuz quite er little while befo'
de gay pusson come back, but one
day yere he come. 'Whut on de
yeth kin you want dis timer de
mighty rassler axed.
81 wants ter rassle wild you, sah.'
snow, look yere, eff you doan go
way frum yere an quit bodderin'
me Pm gwine hurt you. l amt got
no time ter fool wild you. l rassles
wild men,
"'Tm man. say de gay pusson,
"Now, look yere, eff l grabs holt O.
you ergin you will wish l hadn't, full
1 gwine hurt you an hurt you bad
81 wanter rassle,' says de gay pus-
son.
"Den Jim he grab him an bless yo'
life da had quite tussle fore Jim
got him down, but he flung him al
last and flung him monstus hard
"Now, I reckon he dun got ernuff,
seq jim, am lay you doan see him
roun' yere no mo- tryin' ter take my
honors 'erway frum me-
CAL de folks ergreed wild him bu
ble;s yo' life, de very naiXt mawnin
yere come de gay pusson.
"Whut, amt you got ernuff?" SCI
jim.
"No,' seq de gay pusSon.
"Now, yere, if you 'sist on me ras
slim wild you ergin III fling you an
break go naik, shot,
81 wanter rassle," seq de gay pus
son.
"Jim grabbed holt o. him and dt
went at it. Da rassled an da rassled
an sometimes it would peer like jim
had him, but de gay pusson allu
flounced rOun' somehow an covered
de vantage dat he had lost. Ate
while, when everybody thought ola
Jim had him sho, de gay pusson gil
or student flounce an down wen
Jim kerwhOp. De gay pussOn hur
ried erway, an de folks stood waitin
fur Jim ter git up, but he didn't. ID
went ter him, an whut you think d
seed? Da seed blood runnin' outer
his eyes, an ola seed his face swellin'
De manwuz dun dead"
"But what was the name Of tn
gay pusson?7 one of the student
asked.
"Chile, de name O. dat man WI
whisky. You is all fiingin' hin
monst'us easy now, but keep on ras
slim wild him an he gwine groy
stronger, and one deze days whe
, somebody go ter help you up da'
find dat de gay pusson dat kille