The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-03-13

mo, Sez L, gettlng up ana lookln
under the sect, "whare is she?"
"It's hear-it's everywhares, he sed.
Sez |, "Why how you tawkr' and
gut up agin and lookt all round. 81
must say, my fren," coutinnered, as
resoomed my sect, "that | kant see
nothin of no lrisis myself" felt sum
what alarmed. g. arose & in stentow-
rian voice obsarved that if any lady or
gentleman in that there kar had u krisis
consealed abowt their persons they'd bet
ter produce it to onct or suffer the konse-
Quences. Several individoouls snickered
rite out"
"Sit down, my fren," sed the man in
black close, ''yu miskomrrehend me. l
meen that the perlittercal ellermunts are
orecast with black klouds, 4boden frite-
full Storm
wall" replide l, sin regard to per-
lttercal ellerfunts don't know as how
but what they is as good as emmy other
kind of ellerfunts. But | maik bold to
say thay is all a ornery set & unpleasant
to hav around. They air powerful hevy
eaters &c take up a right smart chans of
room" The man in black close seemed
to be as fine n man as ever was in the
world. He smilt & sed praps was rite,
tho it was ellermunts instid of eller-
funts that he was alludin to, s. axed me
what was my prinserpuls?
II haint gut emmy" sed I-"not prin-
serpul. line in the show hznis." The
man in black close, will hear obsarve,
seemed to be as fine man rs ever was
in the world.
But" sez he, "you hav feelins into
you? You cimpathize with the misfor-
tunit, the loly Il the hart-sick, don't
your He bust into teers and axed me
eff saw that yung lady in the sect out
yender, pintin to as slick lookin gal as
ever seed.
Sed l, 80 be shure / see hers she
mutch sick?" The man in black close
was appeerently as fine man as ever
was in the world ennywhares.
Draw closter to me-" sed the man in
black close. Let me git my mowth
fernenst yure ear. Hush-sHEsE A Oc-
ToRooN"
Wall, whot upon arth duz she doc it
fur'' inquired.
"She kant help it," sed the man in
black close. "It's the brand of Kaxe."
wall, she'd better stop drinkin'
Kane's brandy" / replide.
II sed the brand Of Kane was upon
her-not brandy, my fren. Yure very
obtoose."
was konsiderbul riled at this. Sez l,
My gentle Sir, line nonresistanter as
a ginral thing, g. don't want to git up no
rows with nobuddy, but kin neverthe
les kave in emmy mans he'd that calls me
a obtoos," with which remarks l kom-
rnenst fur to pull OFF my extry gar
i-ints. Cum on" sez I-"Time! hears
the Beniki Boy fur ye!" g. l darnced
round like a poppit. He riz up in his
sect and axed my pardin-sed 1t was all
a mistake-that was u good man, etset-
terry, & SOW forth, & we fixt it all up
pleasant. must say the man in black
close scanned to be as fine man as ever
lived in the wurld. He said OctOroon
was the sth Of negrow. He likewise
statid that the female he was travlin
with was formurly slave in Mississip-
py; that she'd purchist her freedim g.
now wantid to purchiss the freedim of
her poor old muther He sed he knowed
the mint he gazed onto my klassic g.
beneverlunt fase that I'd donate librully
and axed me to go over 81 see her, which
| accordinly did. sot down beside her
and sed ''yure Sarvant, Marin! How do
yer git alongF
She bust in teers & said, 20 Sur, I'm
so retchid-Tm a poor unfortunit Octo-
room"
80 ! larn. Yure rather more Room
than Octo, take it," sed l, fur l never
seed pulitzer gal in the hull endoorin
time of my life. l pittid the Octoroon
from the inmost recusses of my hart g.
hawled out so dollars ker slap g. told her
to buy her old muther as soon us poser
bul. Sez she "kine sir mutch thanks"
She then lade her he'd over onto my
showlder & sed was "old rats"
Sez "Marm, I'm trooly sirprized."
Sez she, git out. Yure the nicist old
man I've seen yit. Give us anuther 50r
Had seleck assortment of the most ire
menjious thunderbolts descended down
onto me l couldn't hav bin more takin
aback. jumpt up, but she ceased my
coat tales & in wild voise cride, "No,
lie never desart you-let us fiji togetherw
Sez |, mot mutch we won't" and
made powerful effort to get ava from
her. This is plade out" sed, "where-
upon she jerkt me back into the sect.
"Leggo my coat, you scandaluss female"
| roared, when she set up the most un-
arthly yellin and hollerin you ever
heerd. The passinjers & the gentle
munly konductur rusht to the spot, g. l
don't think | ever experiunsed sich a
rumpus in the hull coarse Of my natral
dase. The man in black close rusht up
to me 81 sed "How dair yu insult my
neece, you horey heded vagabone. You
base exhibitor of low wax figgers-yu
woolf in sleeps close" 81 SOW 4th.
Twas konfoozed. The konductor KUN
to Inc & sed the insultid parties wood
settle for $50, which immejitly hawled
out, 81 agane implored somebuddy to
state WHARF l was prinsipully, & if
shOOd be thare n crate while mysalf of