Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-13
Uncle Moses Views of the Grin.

written for The Evening Star
Sitting alone at my sewing the other day I
was interrupted by the entrance of nv servant,
with. the announcement that Uncle Nose. our
man-of-all-work, had returned. after an alb
sence of six weeks. caused by the grip. / told
the girl to usher him into the sitting room,
which she did without ceremony
How you do, Miss Mary" broke from the
old mars lips as he caught sight OF me- Lord.
chile. Use SO glad to see you agin, isr'
Why, Uncle Nose" said /, from your long
absence you must have had very severe spell
of sickness.
Lord, Miss Mary, leetle more'n would or
died. Dis yer disease whut dey calls de grip
obertuck me n de ole CONAN too. an'-wefI
Use ninety-tree vars ole dis yer comm july.
but hits de fust time / eber wuz cotched by
SIGH n miZble disease. l declar didn't know
whar hit hurt de wust--fust my head den INV
po' ole bones-and de po' ole cretur home-hit
done her wus'n hit done me, fur her head is SO
bad dat Use gwine to de 'spencerarv on NV
way home dis yer very day an git some kinder
mediceen fur her. Po' ole soul, she suffers
nightly Miss Sallie, deed she do
Uncle Mose I'm very sorry Won have had
such hard time with this awful grip. Where
on earth did it come from? To think of the
trouble it has caused is dreadful"
well, now, Miss Mary, jest you wait tell
yer subjec' powerful hard, an Use done con-
clusioned dat hit sent yer to show des yer mill
ionairies dat dey can't take all de money frum
de po'. but de JUS God say Now YOU Sc OATS
rich in dis yer worrs goods an bows down IN
worships de gold money, jes like dey did de
gold calls just as the old ulan was getting
warmed up to his subject my twelve-year-oId
came in from school and let go across the door
lizard which he had previously wound up.
'Fote de Lord. Mars Henry DUMPING up and
cracking his heels), whut wuz dat yer thino2
Fo' goodness sake dom you let dat ting come
nigh de ole man agin. Use too weak in de back
to be skeart wild desc yer Yankee contraptions.
Well, to be sho (on seeing that it could not harm
HIM, whut nexty"
He then resumed the thread of his discourse
but evidently had forgotten where he left off
for he said: "Why dis yer grip dey calls
hit faint no mo- nor less dan de han oh De
Lord punishin' de whole yearth fur de sins of
amt carin' whedder de pc gifts any food to eat
or no. OATS hit, dey amt carin' fur nothin,,
only dat gold don't yer see, chile, dont yer
see? Do Lord he done say: 'You'se all tink
Gaze hits yourn you can turn def year 70 de
po' n press EN-, but de Lord say: I can act
jest as well as you, an SO you see how many is
gone, Miss Mary. but me n de ole CONAN is ief'.
We's a leetle de wuss fur wear. but we kin do
right smart knocking round yit. Miss Sallie.
dc things you sent help de ole folks nightly.
tell you, dey did indeed, an wes 90 much
erbliged. deed we is
given me Ifeei quite ashamed of myself to
think have not done more"
Now chile don't you take dat to heart; YOU
knows Use talkin' bout dem millionairies vEuts
'pressin' de po'. I'll he on ham de fust ting in
de mornin' il de good Lord spar me. He's
mighty good to po' ole Niger like me. and
after few more words he left. his burden be-
ing to get something at the ''spencer.ry" for
the poor old woman at home, but it set me to
thinking!