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

oc snVS ues his question even more en-
h".;n.i,,, 90 Iardon's evident satisfaction.
s snS ,ba ia,ter having informed us that he
ead "hrackf,Is yistiddy mornin' ana thsI
his dinner bell ain Iupg yet, we s'eslcu
Al once for the Captains. wnere oorupn'
! having done justice TO an ample ineai' ''-
| gan his story.
JOINED JUBILEE TROUPE.
"Welr bosses. dis IL the way ~ twuz:
Bout-why faint been no iohgeirtn , uous
fonT months ago--I declar ! thought t"uZ
NON that hut den or heapr 'sperepces
ban crowded into dat time er day stretched
| II s'pose en- make it seem longer.
| wall / WIZ waiterin at de hotel IN
| Rionmon' en- er eret big fat man come dar
one day. He had on er broadcloth suit en-
shiny beaver, en- he toated sgole-heade9
cane en'r big COLE watch en- cnai1 louhu
mid i'm. En- altogether he looked Ike ne
wnz mighty well OFF. All ] see him do wuz
eivjn' de boys and gale quarters fur ter sing
| bimr sonp'r two. en- come ter md out ne
wanted ter git up er troop Of colored jubilee
| singers TO trable in Germany. lie wanted
me 10 Join. but tole him nor, nor. diooen
| kere about it and tried TO git MN or on
! Shaky Mike. He wuz at de table max 70
mine en- had'r bass voice: mines er tenor.
| Rut he wouldn't gimme no res he wuz ali de
time AZ me tellin me bout de pller money
| ia make. en now we certny would sing Iote
| do Kaiser en- all de princes, en- promisln
ma de fines kindr time. He KEEP Oh gu
ken on tell at last he got my hade tuIneu
en- sed I'd go. If. -.
when tole Susie dats my, VIE, wnst
| + Vnz pwine to do. / thought she'd cry her
ewes ont. You knows Susie. boss. 10 Null,
pretty waller gal wild heapr hair, l knows
Won knows her She's good gal 100. EN- )
do hope she aim gone en- TOOK up via mar
mother Teller; 't'ould serve me rilght mo
cos lef' her mighty free en- Win IKE;
Poor thing. / reckon she had to scuife roun
right smart to feed dem two cEilIun' Gu
mother one'r comm too:
well 10 cit back. Him en- me. we went
'roun' en- gagged er troop; we had four VIM
min en- seben men sides me. ! wuz de
leader. OATS how come TO have dis coat en-
hat. dey wuz my stage clos. We pracuceu
for three weeks en- we got Roll, jordan.
en'r whole chance more songs down bout
fine ez dey could be got; den we started:
I'm twuz er greet cOngregashin down al
deepo to see US OFF, en- de fellers Nuz
tellin' de gals gret tales bout whut dey
wuz gwine bring um when dey come back.
But oh Lordy. Use mighty 'fraid dem
roosters be plenty thankful 20 git back wild
dey skin en- bone. / reck'n dey be wlllln
20 leave deg flesh behine like me. Sab 2
Nor. sab. / don know WHARF dey IL en-
mighty glad / don't"
ALL SMOOTH SAILING AT FIRST.
IT won say nothin bout de ocean voy-
age. though / might say'r heap. We start
ed de ball rollin' in Hamburg, en- fur one
week we had crowded houses; aft dat we
went on de road. We WIZ in Berlin, too
en- done right well, but we didden' see dc
Kaiser. De, Hair Director-dat's whit he
call hisself time we got TO Germany-said
he wan thare. en- as we didn't GIT INTRO
duced TO none'r de princes Is pose dey wan
thare neither. But / wan bothered bout
dat long en- we staid in big towns. 'Iwuz
80 much 10 see en- evythlng wuz 50 new dat
il diddeni make no difference; sides dat
dey has somer de fines kind'r cham ber-
maids at de hotels pretty, plump and tuiir
fun. Dey amt down on you. neither,
count of your color, long ez you is polite
and agreeable. en-well. sab, wuz enJoyln
life pretty we'll. Yaas, en- | want thinkin
bout Susie none den But Use thought
bout her or heap since though. tell you.
boss. hard times is whit make you tne out
who tits you RELY does love. do hope de
gal ain done gone en- lef me. Maybe she
done save up'r little money 50 ken git me
some clos. COS ! can't possible 20 'roun' az
home in desc tings.
well TO git back. We got further en-
further into Germany, en- do towns en- do
awjenoes kep'r gittin smaller en- smaller
Dat made me feel or little Uneasy, cos we Wus
TO draw our money at the de end OF de toor-
git il all in'T lump so it would do us some
good, de Hair Director sed. Fore long we
stopped in'r little country town, 'twan much
mOrn'e or village, close to Switzerland. We
wan goin' 10 give no show thare. but wuz
Jess layin' over, 'spectin TO go into Switzer-
land in de mOrnin'; We 'spected to do good
bizness at somr de waterln places dey has.
So dat night asst de Hair Director, by way
of feeler when we wus gOn' to sing tor do
Kaiser He lated real pleasant like, en- top
me that wuz all right; I'd pretty soon have
chance of comm fore de Kaiser.
He seemed to be in splendid sperrits.
locked arms wild me en- ast me to come and
take'r drink wid i'm. / wuz agreeable en- We
went into de only saloon in de place. He
called fer de drinks en- de waiter brought
two big glasses of beer en- two little glasses
of 'schnarps,' OATS whisky made outr pOta-
toes, en- set en- on de table in front OF us.
De Hair Director sed de way 10 do in dis part
of the country wuz 10 drink de schDarps fuss
en- den put de beer right on top un it. En- 1t
makes a powerful drink, boss, a powerful
drink, shore.
TOO MUCH LIQUoB.
81 took sevrul of um in dat way en- begun
70 feel pretty happy so much so dat at do
neix roun', instld'r drinkin de schngrps
fuss en- den de beer, poured de schnarps
die finger. ] members dat. l know. too,
dat drunk dat glass, cos | members stop
pin hat way TO take'r Tess. But den comes
er long blank. De naix thing / member
twuz er mighty storm, en- ] wuz out IN 1t
all by myself, wild no shelter nowhere to be
foun. Only thing could see wuz'r whole
CHANGER dem little wind-mills dey has over
here. All 'roun'. everywhere l look. l see
oner dem mills.
FRS dey seem way, way orr en- looked
real little, but ez dc steam commenced
ragin' harder dey come closer en- closer On
got bigger en- bigger. an de sails on UNI wuz
whirin rouu' 50 fas' it made my hade swim
TO watch um. Prezny il 'peared like dey
wuz mad wild me, on dey commenced max
in faces. De mos horrible faces | ever did
see. One minnit dey wuz big ez or barn
door ell de naix minnit small ez or wunnut.
| wuz so skered, took out en- run. en- deg
right aft me hard eZ dey could. madden n
ever, holler'n out to me dat | had LATED at
um en- dey wuL goin' 10 pay me back. En-
so | had lated at Urn when | fuss got TO
Germany. cos dey 'peared so comical TO
me. Well. / ruined en- ruined. but 'twant
no use, dey got all 'roun' me inr circle
lookin' furious mad en- tryin' dey best 10 hit
my he'd with dey sails 'Twa'nt no 'scapin'
um all / could do wuz to dodge. / lodged
en- lodged. 1 lodged dem sails. sab, tell
broke oTt in'r col SWEET, en- den ! must'r
| tainted, COS after that comes another long
| blank.
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.
DE naix thing members my tooth com
menced hurtin' me, en- | didden know whut
| 10 make Of it. COS 1 amt never had no
toothache since l commenced chewin' bac-