The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-24

change bout me- Well, sab, you ought tore
seed how dey faces all broke out into smiles
at dat. Yah. yah. dey sed, en- motioned me
into de back room.
DE ole lady she set right bout maxim
corfy. En- lemme tell you how she done II.
Fuss she hung er little pot wit water on do
hook: dey didden' have no stove. Den she
poured in some m'lasses. den some milk.
en- den er piece er mock cory. | look at
her en- say TO myself, She right she put
fec'ly right 10 take mock cory: it's cheaper.
en- den If dat de way she gOin' to bile II 1t
don make no difunce whe'er she take
shore 'nuff cory or mock CORY. de tase Do
split ennyhow.' AZ she'd fixed de corfy
she took up'r gret big loafr black bread. en-
layin 1t up ergins herself bout dar. WHARF
low make dresses stop shown, she cut OFF
one tremenus big slice fur each pussun.
En- boss whutcher reck'n she smeAred on
dat bread stidder butter :"
Goose grease" suggested the Captain.
Nor. sab; lard, en- sprinkled salt on top
un it," and Jordan made the motion with
his fingers. by de time she got through,
de ole man he come in wild severul chunks
or middlin' in his hans en- put one chunk on
each slicer bread, en- dat wuz de breok-fuss.
Well. sab, ise done eat heap'r eatins in my
life. on one time when hadr lazy fit on me
on couldn' work | lived on hoe cake en-
whut little catfish could ketch in de canal,
but dat mock cory, raw middlin' en- black
bread wild lard wuz do hadest meal / ever
did put into me. made haste en- got
through. sed 'Darnky' ell roun' en- put out
ergin.'
TIE SINGING TOUCHED THEN.
MAX day wuz Sunday, en- bout o'clock
in de ebenin / came in sight of er little vii
lage. Dey wuZ'r whole chance'r folks out
in err garden roilin' ninepins, en- dancin' en-
drinkin' beer. Dey wuz latin en- shoutin'
en- drinkin beer en- joyin' deyselyes. en- de
sun WIZ smilin' down on um. en- all Ground
wuz still. Seemed like dey had dc whole
worl TO deyselves. Lookin' at dem / got
mos up to de house fore l see two chillun
playin' in do road, en- / wuZ Jess bout 10
say Essen when dey took out runnin' 70
de folks in de garden, screamin' all dey
could. Elm Mohr, Elm Mohr.' | thought
dey wuz tellin' de man At DO key to draw
elm more beer fer me, but / wuZ mighty
mistaken. | foun' out afterwards dat 'Mohr'
is do German word 70 culiud folks.
We'll, dem chillun's cry raised a mighty
commOtion, do Enjoyment WIZ all stopped
en- dc folks come towards me mighty keer-
full and timid like. One ole gent'man say.
'Yahverraftig, elm Alohr;' or ole lady shrink
back on say. 'Guttdy gereokty. elm Mohr,
en- one ole man. look like he wuz de head
Of de village, come up real close en- brave
like en- say. 'Keek, elm Mohr.' Den dew all
come roun' me- en- look me over like | wuz
or wild beast in'r menagerie. / felt 30 lonely.
30 mean en- got de grins SO bad dat had to
do somethin'; eff | hadn't my heart woud'r
busted. So standin' jess ez | wuz in de
midstr dem people. wild my hands hangin'
down by my side en- de tears rollin' over my
cheeks, | bust out singin':
Roll, Jordan, roll,
Roll. jordon. roll.
Fl you want 20 go TO Heaven when you die,
Roll, Jordan, roll.
Dat teched dey hearts. on when | got
through dey all clapped dey hans en- took
en- took me over into dc garden, on had ali
de good time wuz able to injoy.
HOME AGAIN.
I'm, bosses, OATS or sample OF how Ise
been gettin erlong. Sometimes 'Arbite2'
would bring me in somethin' en- eff il did
den Essen? wuZ shore 10 do il. whilst
'Darnky' or Roll Jordan or dc Swanea
River paid de bill Now dat it's over
don't mind 1t 30 much, but dom want no
more of It. Fur ez I'm concerned. Germany
is a mighty good country 10 60 way from.
En- now, Marse Null, whutcher Roin do wild
me?"
What part OF Virginia were you born in.
Jordan" asked the captain.
"FluvannA county. sab"
why, that's whore that boy of mine"---