The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-09-17

Far brighter than the new ones-good or bad.
my mother made them" and in days now olden,
Old tales rehsarsed, and goodnights sweetly
OH the delights Of childhood's moments golden,
How close they cling and keep the old heart
young.
~ ohm Wentworth, in Good Housekeeping
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was seen standing on thu bank of
river. Certain gestures in. .slying help
lessness and the peculiar tone of his
nutterings proclaiming despair, might
have led one unacquainted with negro
character to suppose that the old fellow
was about to destroy himself; but the
persons who were near knew that
black negro never kills himself pur-
posely, and they were therefore un-
moved.
After awhile the old negro took out
a silver dollar, looked at it moment
and then threw it into the river
Look here, what did you do then?"
man asked.
II flung er dollar in dis yese river,
sah."
''And you're the biggest fool ever
saw"
'"Mebbe amt CT big er fool ez you
think | is; mebbe had er aim in flinein'
dat money erway."
Aim In THROWN it away! Was IL
that you've got too much and want to
get rid Of it?''
mo, bless yo' life it amt De I.awd
knows dat der amt er man in dis we're
'munity dat needs money morn does"
"Ah, and you threw that dollar away
because you thought it would bring you
good luck, eh?"
mo, sab, Gaze 1 I.doan' b'leve in no
sich er 'stition ez dat
"Well, why did you throw your dol
lar away?"
my son." said the old man, 'you
amt ez much O. er foserfer ez is, an
darfo' you doan know de tricks dat
sarve ter turn er way de troubles O dis
yere life. Lemme tell you suthin.
Some time de mine kin worry so long
ober de same thing dat er pusson will
go crazy eft he doan make his mine
change de subject. Now, dat's stab
lished an granted, an we'll git down
ter de pint. Err few weeks ergo got
'quainted wild er lady dat mighty nigh
tuck my bref. You may think dat er
little mouf black bass an one deze we're
spcckled pearches is putty, but dad no
mo- compar' wild dat piece O. human
flesh den er mud turkle would show up
wild er pea fowl. Soon ez 1 seed her.
does you know whut I done?
drapped right inter pure love. My ole
wife had dun been run er way wild dat
yaller barber mon er year, an 1 knowed
dat wus fitten ter marry, 'cordin'
ter de church an spectacle s'ciety, SO
put out arter de lady, 1 did. Iwent ter
see her er good many times; tuck her
hoss apples tied up in er red banker
chuck; yered dat she smoked, an
fotch her some yallcr leaf terbacker dat
raised myself; made merlasses CANDY
fur her; eben went SO fur ez ter steal
er chickin an fry it an take it ter,her;
an now l wanter ak you eff or pus-
son could do much mo- den all dis? She
could see by all deze yere 'tentions dat
wuz ready an er waitin' ter lay down
my life fur her. But did she smile at
me in return fur all dis? Did she take
holt O. my han like she oughter done,
an say: Simon, lead de way an I'll
foller you through dis yere lifep Did
she do dat? No sab, but I'll tell you
whut she done. Wen / called at do
house de las time she wuz settin' in de
do shellin' pease. Sez I: 'Howdy do
MAN, an I set down on de step an
tuck up err pea hull an gunter look at
It like dar wuz suthin' cuts er bout it
She says:
"'Good mawnin', sah.'
'."Taint quite ez dry ez twas er few
days er go, says I.
No, an it amt quite ez wet ez it
wuz while it wuz rainin'.'