The Russellville Democrat., 1891-05-14

world. He HInlIk ~ sed prap6 WHs rzte, tho 1t WAS ellermunts instid of eller- funts that he was alludin to, & axed me what was my prinserpulss
 Fl haint gut emmy, sed I--' not prin- serpuI Ime in the show biznis The man in black close, will hear obsarve, seemed to be as fine a man IS ever was in the world.
 But sez he. syou hay feelins into you2 You cimpathixe with tho nisfor- tunit, the 1oly & the hart-sick, don't your He bust into teers and axed me ef saw that yung lady in the sect out yender, pintin to as slick loolrin gal as ever seed.
 Sed I, 's2 be shure I see her--is she mutch sicky The man in black close
 was apparently 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-
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 "Wall, whot upon arth duz she doc it furr inquired
 ''She kant hell. |. seG the man in
 hls.eess.zz ,nle;ssss. ,nle;ss. Its the brand of Kane"
 Wall, she'd better stop drinkin
 Kane's brandy" replide.
 Il sed the brand of Kane was upor her--not brandy. my fren. Yure very obtoose."
 was konside-bul riled at this. Sez 1,
 My gentle Sir, Ime nonresistanter as ginral thing, 6 don't want to git up no rows with nobuddy, but kin neverthe les kaye in emmy mans he'd that calls me obtoos," with which remarks kom- Inenst fur to pull orf my extry gar nsints Cum on. sez I--"Timel hears the Beniki Boy fur yer & darnced round like poppit. He rig up in his sect and axed my pardin-sed it was all mistake-that was a good man, etset- tery, & SOW forth, & we fxt it all up pleasant 1 must say the man in black close scanned to be as fine man as ever lived in the wurld He said Octoroon was the 8th of negrow. He likewise statid that the female he was travlin with was formurly slave in Mississip- py; that she'd purchist her freedim 6 now wantid to purchiss the freedim of her poor old muther. He sed he knowed the mint he gazed onto my klassic & beneverlunt fase that I'd donate hbrully and axed me to go over & see her, which accordinly did. sot down beside her and sed "yure Sarvant, Marml How do yer git alongT
 She bust in teers & said, 70 Sur, I'm 50 retchid-rm poor unfortunit Octo- room"
 .'So larn. Yure rather more Roon than Octo, 1 take it" sed I, fur never seed puttier gal in the hull endoorin time of my life pittid the Octoroon from the inmost recusses of my hart & hawled out 50 dollars ker slap & told her to buy her old muther as soon as posser- bull. Sez she liking sir mutch thanks" She then Jade her he'd over onto my showlder & sed was "old rats"
 Ser I "Marm, I'm trooly Sirprized."
 Sez she, ''git out. Yure GAe nicist old man I've seen yit. Give us anuther 50w Had seleck assortment of the most tre- menjious thunderbolts descended down onto me 1 couldn't hay bin more takin aback. l jumpt up, but she ceased my coat tales & in wild voise cride, "No, ne never desart you--let us fiji together!''
 Sez l, mot hutch we won't" and l made a powerful effort to get ava from her. "This is blade 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 6 the gentle munly konductur rusht to the spot, & don't think l ever experiunsed sich rumpus in the hull coarse of my natral dase. The man in black close rusht up to me 6 sed 'sHow dair yu insult my neece, you horey heded vagabone. You base exhibbitter of low wax figgers-yu woolf in sheep's close," & SOW 4th.
 was konfoozed. The konductor kun to me & sed the insultid parties wood settle for $50, which immejitly hawled out, & agane implored soInebuddy to state whare I was prinsipully, & if shood be thare grate while myself eff things went on as they'd bin goin fur sum time back then axed if there was emmy more Octoroons present, "becawz," sez 1, .'ef there is, let um cum along, fur Ime in the Octoroon bizniss." I then threw my specterculs out of the winder. smasht my hat wildly down over my Ise, larfed highsterically 6 fell under n sect. lay there sum time 6 fell asleep. l dreamt Mrs- Ward 6 the twins had bin carrid orf by Ryenosserhosses 6 that Baldinsville had bin captered by army of Octoroons. When I awoked the lamps was burnin dimly. The on prinsipuid Octoroon 6 the miserbul man in black close was gone. & all of sud dent it flasht ore my brane that rde bin swindild.