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

,xrss case ever is had: sick-don't say er
word en- de sun shinin' right down In my
face. too. lay dar right stih stnnyin.
studdied or little while en- den sea 20 my
self umph. humph, dem WIN mills wuz IN
s;dar vo' he'd. en- my ole hade felt Dig enun
;as hint dan To 'commodate err whole
aanr.n "a nm studded or little while
100, az / sed en- the schnarps en- beer
,o ,,k a. rsised de storm. Den slowly but
shnraIv aa horrible thought crawled cross
nv mind dat he Hair Director nsd done
sI,pned. De more thought OF 1t de shorsr
/ got 'twuz jess Ike MN.
ma BAD FIX
.ws,l soon az nv head got light enough
J.. ,ova I cot up en- went down TO de
Saano~ de place he'd dropped me IN wuzr
little kind'r pasture lot.
I'm twuz less ez I'd thought; be .wuz
oone' en- all the other niggers en- dc Dag
GAGE mine too, long wid I'M. gone 10
switzerland. In dar stood. er stranger IN
ar strange IAN in'r beaver. er sweueT telieo
coat en- not'r cent III my pockets. Den ior
de frs time thoughtr SUSIE. -,
t,lL,, little English. en- be tot me de bes'
thing fer me to do WIZ to strike out Ter bre-
man en- work my way cross on oner de
shins Dat / determined TO do. You see
corpa Ia de 'clusion dat de Hair Director
wnz ooin 10 drop dem other niggers soon ez
he could. en- if wuz 70 go foIlerin' MIN
might meet some'r dem long on de road
sonewhere en- dat would be shore TO be
onnleasant. COS dey'd certny blame me fer
pittin' nm into SIGH er scrspe, bein' ez wuz
De leader en- de smartes' one OF um all So
TO keep peace / 'cluded 10 start dat same
ebenin' en- had to take dc country road.
COS dew don't letchu walk on de railroad
tracks over here:
so / started out. en- boss, Travelled
through Germany on three words Arbite
Essen and Darnky.' Arbitef dat mean
Boss. is you got air little odd Job you
wan have done?" ESSEN dat mean,
'Mistiss. cantchu please main gimme er
little sump'n to eatI' Dsrnky? dat mean
'Thanky. sab. much obleeged to you
"De road wuz mighty straight, wild trees
on each side standin' like soldiers in'r line,
en- my load wuz mighty light but; an my
heart wuz heavy. In l couldn, help
thinkin' bout de happy times when |
walked long de twistin' en- turnin' roads Of
Ole Viroiuia wid'r heavy load but'r light
heart. Dey's err heap er difunce tween dc
two.
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIoNs.
II turned in fer de night aionside Of er
bavstack. en'r spider crawlln' cross my face
walked me up soon naix mornin'. l pushed
or head en- 'twan't long fore l come tor
farmhouse en- feeling er little hungry.
thought I'd try my LUCK De house wuz
built Hker barn en- had'r straw roof. At
one en- er couple of rooms was partitioned
OFF for de family, de other part wuz fer de
cattle en- dc crops. De folks must'r jess got
up. Dey had opened de big door to let de
cattle out. en- ] couid see some chiiun
washin' deyselyes in de family part !
looked in de door en- see er whole chance er
sarsiges en- midlin' hangin' up long de raj
ters Den / knocked. Dat brought de
boss en- his wife en- prezny four or hye
ohillun came en- hung onto her dress. In
if / had been de devil hisself dey couldnt'r
looked more 'stonished. Well, | turned TO
de ole gentman, took orr my hat en- sed.
'Arbites'
He look at his wife en- commence ta|kin' I.
En- sich'r tak-twant nothin' but one broad
cackle. liker passel'r ducks; datis you know,
boss. twuz German. but twant high German,
twuz dishere low Dutch. Den he shook he
he'd, de ole lady she do de same. en- de chill
lun dey do de same. Well. de frs word ain
brought me nothin'. sed TO myself, goin'
see whut de naix word do. So / put on er
right good smile en- turnin' TO de ole lady,
sed. ESSEN at de same time | turned my
britches pockets wrong side out, by way Of