The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-26

liorse lot an git some dem beans an
toast 'cm, an mako coffee for supper.
Den / say: Dat look mighty curious,
ole Mistis, giitin' coHee out do horae lot
pahsturo; 1t do dat. Furst thing yop
know You, gwlne TO get pisined deE fol-
lowin' artcr olo Mira. Standard. She
mint no quality lady no how; always
calls black folks 'servants' stead OF
women and men like old Marster nj
ways says. II won't do 10 follow arler
haif.strainers, old Mistis.' But old Mis-.
lis mighty scrumptious bout having her
own way; nm she sorter IT. up herYhead
high an say mighty softlikc, like she
always did when sho gittin' sorter out
done: you will do, Cinds, Jane, us |
qiestod you, and prepare dc coilee beans
for our evening meal khow'd-Eb bet
ter shut up when ole Mistis'go to talk.
In bout evening meal so gran like,
stid talkin' bout supper like slio most
ways did.
$50 I got dem old coffee beans,
CROWN out in dc palisturo on lemo old
cotleo weeds what stink so. Den | toast
'em, an 1'groun' ON, mn | billed 'em In
do big coilee bilcr, an | cleared EN-,
wild white oh do egg do ole dominique
hen lay. Jcs' bout time TO toto in sup
per q olc C~onicdric man come long. Ole
Mistis sot heap oh store by nan what
wore gray clothes, an ole Clndy Jane
did too, case my ole man, Pitt.an'-Fox,
done gone TO do war in ole Furginny
long wild olo Mists' son, Mars Beverly.
So AFTER do man ax Tor drink OBJ water,
ole Mistis walk out on de gallery an ak
lin to lite an take tca-had ole
wild bean outen de pahstnrc.
Dat mar want no quality folks
Of no did hab on gray coat; hs old
covite, dress UP like somebody. lie
come slumicking into our dinin' room,
an he talk on: so loud an'he look so
sassy l know he aint no gent'man. /
knows quality folks, | does. Ole Mlstis
knowed' em too, but she m~adoiout like.
dat man was gentman case lie got on
gray coat. Shc'rites him totakoi a cup
OF coffee, an he taste hit, an den ho
choke sOber hit, 'sorter-like. Den no
splits it out, splash splash NIL ober
your mas carpet, an the quality folks
7 ond old Furginny. Den no say: dis
yer substitoot is dc nastiest substitoot
dat cher was substituted for dc genuine
article in desc yer Confederic' states, an
dat hue come l jes' footed it outen my
mouf, ants gwino to substitoot dis yer
chaw Of terbNcco."
"Deh ole Mistis turn mighty red in do
face; she did dat, an she didn't know
which way to look. She so shame case
de man amt got no manners, an he set
tin dar in gray coat. like her bag wear
in,'in ole Fureinny. Dat what was
hurtin' OBJ olU Mistis. She didn't shy so,
but Cindy Jane Snowed her. | tell you
I know'd de inside OBJ ole Mistis. | did
dat. When she cit scrumpturin' dat de
time she git SO polite, an talk so easy,
but L know'd de way ole Mistis' eyes
shine and dough she got heap OBJ wrin-
kles, and mighty old, dc tilno she git
lustercated, little red spot come in ole
Mistis' face. She didn't say nothin' but
ALLOW me 10 help you to q. piece OF this
broiled chicken Ole Mistis didn't wan
hear no more bout substitutes what
| growed in de horse-loS pahsture; she
didn't dat.
"Arter supper sot downinde kitchen,
AN l throw'd my ole white apron up
ober my face, an l larf'd an 1 larfd an
l iarf'd. Den I said to myself, Oats
what ole Mis- is got by followin' arter
hali-strainers.' Quality folks an hall
strainers crayntwork in desame plough;
dcy craynt dat! Ole Mistis gwinc listen
to Cindy Jane next time, stead oh list
ening to Nj. Stareboard.sss
Now dat's do Gods trufe ole Cindv
Jane'sa tellin' you. Ak your ma lit
amt.
But I better be totin' my things
home, an'buyin'of a chicken for tocook
for the BAPTISM whar dc, folks git de
aims washed away in de; sucarnatchce
ribber. rn,@NSSs-s
$50 Pm agwinc. 'Mornin' 10 you all
Ell YOU doe, larf at Cindy Jane, she's n
quality oman. You ak Miss Susan eff
she amt"