The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-12-02
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man Not in 1.-THE Duchess in Disgrace.
''Say, We remember me tellin ye bout de
auchess-Miss Fannie's French maid-w'ot
turn me down jess as / was giUtin stuck on
meselfY Well, say, she's chin dandy,
and dat goes. Seer
.sVelI, de odder day Miss Fannie she
sent out ter de barn, an says she wants 'er
cart sent roun, an dat was to go wild 'er.
'sDe cart is a little Vaughn wild only two |
wheels, an rides up behind wild me back
ter de boss an Miss Fannie she drives. |
Saw. mebby We t'ink she can't drive. wy, |
she drives out er sight-up ter de limit, IN |
tellin ye! Well. as was a-holdin de boss
i'm front Of de house out comes Miss Fannie |
wild de duchess, an dey gifts in de front
seat an / jumps up behind. Say, was
tickled ter deaf, fer we was a-goln out ter
a 'ospftaI beyond de park, an / t'au't I'd
CIT eF change ter kiss de duchess wen
Miss Fannie goes inter de '0spital Wld nice
grub fer de kids w'ot as queer backs an
crooked legs. See?
"WelI, wen we gifts ter de 'ospltal
Jumps down ter hold de boss, an Miss Fan
ME She gifts outer de cart an tells de duch-
ess ter chase 'erself in wild de grub.
I'Say, / fink Miss Fannie was dead onter
me game ter kiss de duchess, an OATS Wy
she chases Ter in DEF 'Ospitat. But de nqch-
ess she's fly, she is-fy up ter de limit-an
she leaves one of de bundles OF grub IN de
cart Pretty soon she comes chasing out
after de bundle w'ot she left, Rn she gives
me err wink an says, wild Ter dago talk-Le
kind eY daCo French folks talk wen dey
talks English an she says, says she,
'Cheemie,' she says. yer leetle brute,
she says, like dat. See! Yer leetIs
brute
s'Say, wen she says dat knOw'd she was
less givin me song an dance bout me
bein a brute See! know'd from de way
she says it, an seed dat she foun de bum
die. but wasn't breakt9 Ter neck a-chasin
'erseIf In wild It, So says, says !, Ouch
ess.' says. purlite as could be, says l.
Duchess, if dere was no mugs aroun 'ere
I'd give yer kiss | says.
well, she kinder laughs IN says 'Mebbe
deere won't be no one roun wen ye brings
in Miss Fannie's rug wot I'll leave in de
cart wen we'se git 'ome,' says she. Den
| she chases 'erself in de 'ospital.
well, jess as she made 'er sneak mug
comes along on hossback, an e kinder
i1,ues off dc duchess, an den &c pipes off me
| aud den p pipes off de cart, an wild dat e
| stops lis boss,
| tDe mug was no dude, | Gonld teH dat
but e kinder wore close like er DUDE.
gwen 'e stops e says ter me, says e,
Whose groom is youses'
'' Il amt nobody's groom | says. i was
| hired for a footman. OATS wot Miss Fan
| ME saws an wot she says goes, l says.
rgay, WIEN ] says dat e kinder looks
| uueer' an 'e rides off an den e rides back.
| / was dead crazy cause couldn't git onto
| lis curves l WAS jiss tinking Of truning
| a rock at lis boss wen e says, 'Ere's some
| thing fer yuse.' e says, an . gives me a
plank, w,
Don't yer kaqT wot PUNK ISL Wy.
it's a case, err dollar. Say, yGse amt as ny
| as taut, surel
well. as was a-tellin We, 'e gives me a
| piunk. an den e gives me a letter an tells
me ter give it ter Miss Fannie. De letter,
! mean.
"Den | was worse off is curves dan be-
fore. but de mug was a gent or I'm farm
err, so / jiss says, Tanks, boss an e rides
off. See.
''Well, / taut I'd keep de letter ter give
ter de duchess ter give ter Miss Fannie
yesee, women is queer folks, an dey allus
is crazy ter be let in on der game, woteveI
It is. an | taut if I'd give de mugs lette
! ter de duchess first it would make me solid
| wild her. See?
"Well, wen we gifts home de duchess
leaves de rug in de cart, like she says she
would, an chases in wild it from de barn
| De duchess was waitin fer me an gives el
| de letter Say, she nearly had ut: sure
She made me tell the whole snap over 4
tonsan times, an den wot do ye tink she
doneP She trup her arms aroun me nj
gives me "a hug an kiss dat nearly dom
me. Den she runs away. Say, I'm teIllI
, va straight I was SO dead stuck on me
self dat | began doin dance right dere
: But. holy gee! A mug wOt thinks 'e's In /
wen lis duchess jollies i'm fer dom some
2 ting she likes, dat mug is dead farmer
II amt youse volts in il, it's wot yous
8 done volts IN it. Seef
ssIn less n no time de duchess comes chas
D ing back wild er cheeks aflre, an weeps IN e
: ewes, an she gives me crack in der Jaw
!. | wot knocked me silly.
o "Den she gives me back de letters a
: | gives me anodder crack.
"'Dat's wot got she says. How yo
like imp
"Den she tells me de mug is a gent wo
Miss Fannie's fac ser, lis whiskers, We kno"
4 is dead sore on, but dat Miss Fannie sh
/ was dead stuck on i'm, but us whisSer
J. wouldn't have i'm dere. DE mug 'ad bee
n away in form parts an jess come back. ID
4 duchess taut Miss Fannie would like d
n letter, bgt she was dead sore on de duches
e fer giyin il ter Ter, an Rp9ldn't open 1t u
r. | read wot was writ on de inside.
a stDen she's dead sore on me, too, says
n swell. wot de yuse tink? De duche'
% said she never give me away ter Miss tal
d | ME, sure. Dem women folks as curves
? | der brains !. mug never can tumble to- A
- dat goes De game Is too slick fer chimm
!, Fadden, sure. gets q letter from a mu
90 wot Miss Fannie likes, an gives 1t ter
e ducliess. De duchess gives me Kiss 4
\ oivin Ter de letter, cause Ter maid ALI
- stands ;.I wild de mug wot de ladder is so
Z ON I'm on ter dat much. Den Miss ia
= ME she jumps de duchess fer giyin
. de mugs letter, and de duchess she jun
y me hut she never queered me wild Mi
y Fannie by tellin dat ] was de mug "
= collars ne letter She DOES Din me IN ?,
- Io,,e,bl an dat's wot setsIne crazy. Sc
sS,.v Pm tinkin women alters does til
es cause dey don't want ter, or mebbe d
Id don't want ter cause dey can Dere curV
in a. too much fer farmer like me-
~ ''weIl, so long. I'm goin ter a cruz ao'
"a 5ere ter take dat letter back ter de mug:
se ,s,andsr viii e want dat plank back. We
ed 4 plnnk aont &C. sees"-New YORK 81
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