Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-20
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"Yas, an cu'is ter say, dc cullud
folks is gcttin' dc wo'st o it,"
cam dat er fack ?'' asked the
preacher.
eyes, an da say shoat dis sorter
weder knocks CT man sideways; but
| kain't hep dat, fur dar amt notbin'
dat fits my appetite like cr baked
shoat. Wife, she's in dc kitchen dar
now, moppin' one"
'I 'grces wild yer, Brudder Dave.
Shoat fits my appetite, and rs
gwineter cat it sun or no sun"
eyes, | spcck so. Dc great doctor
whut | wuz rcadn' crbout in de
paper dis mawnin' said dat he ncbcr
did sec dc sun rech ober am hit
down i'll sich cr awful way, an er
strange fack is dis: Er man fust
feels it by or burnin' on de top o dc
head. De burnin' gets wl,ss, an eff
he's gwine to die putty soon, he puts
his ham on de top o his head an
fins some little red stuff Dc doctor
says dat dis is sun dust"
eyer doan tell me so p the preach
cr exclaimed.
ooh, yas, does, an its awful bad,
too. Er pusson doan know when he
gwinc ter git dat sun dust on his
head. Er poor man stopped heah
day aforc Yesterday am axcd fur n
drink O. water Taxed him ter come
in, an jcs' artcr he drunk de water
he put his ham ON his head an
planned. Putty soon he rakcd off
somethin' red. | ncbcr did see sich
or look Ell come ontcn dat mans eyes.
lie run outen dc house am toted
hssc'f off in cr hurry. Scncc den
hccrc dat de po' man wuz dead am
dc red stuff wuz sun dust. Say,
Bruddcr All, while Iiza's cr mop
PIN dat shotc wild cr mighty fine
gravy, s'posc we step down ter dc
lot an look at de blooded calf"
The preacher agreed.
"Ncbcr mine yer hat" Dave
added.
Nas, yer better git it, fur dc suns
awful"
The preacher put on his hat and
walked along with old Dave, and
had not gone far when he remarked: !:
"Niy' head i sortcr smartin',
Bruddcr Dave"
ooh, ! reckon not. 1t mus be
yer imagination. Da say dat when
tie sun dust comes de bcs' thing is
exercise, bat b'Icbc dat when it do
come cr 'pusson is putty nigh gone"
They had walked Il short distance
farther, when the preacher stopped
and said:
"Look a-heah, I b'lcbcs dar is
'uthin' dc mattcr wild me, fur my
heads or stingin' like flyer
81 rcckons not"
"But ! knows it,"
lie took off his hat, passed his
hand over his head, looked at his
nand and exclaimed:
ooh Lawdy.'
"Whut's dc matter? Lrmmc see
l)inged ef it ain't sun dust -
"Oh ! l.awdy," again exclaimed
ise preacher, and lcaping over the
>rncc, he rushed into the woods.
Old Dave shook. He took off his
nat, shook his head, and as he saw
,hc preacher leap over II log and dis
appear, he said:
at am cr pity dat or good man
ike dat is SO badly 'llictcd. Ef dat
sun dust keeps on or sallin' round
Acah no niger ain'S ywinc ter be
safe, CT haw, haw! Fust thing |
knows mout be racin' round like
n deer, or he, he !"
When Dave returned to the house
iis wife asked:
"Wllar's Bruddcr Alf?"
"Oh, he said dat he had some
business ter ten ter, IN dat we mus
scuZc him tcr-1ay. tried Ter
Suade him ter come in an eat or
snack, but he said he WANT hungry"
"Didn't yer say suthin' ter hurt his
,cclin's, Dave ?"
"No, bless yer"
"Wall, yer musn' treat him wrong.
tolc yer ter treat him wild warm
ship"
"Wall, dats zackly whut done.
rcckons he's MON two mile from
lcah by dis time"
AS Liza turned to place the shoat
On the table, Dave pokcd his head
>ut Of the door and laughed. =. .h'-
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