The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-29

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was seen standing on the bank of a
river. Certain gestures implying help
lessness and the peculiar tone of his
mutterings 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 a
black negro never kills himself pur-
posely, and they were therefore un-
moved
After awhile the old negro took out
silver dollar, looked at it a moment
and then threw it into the river.
Look here, what did you do then?"
man asked.
Il flung er dollar in dis yere river,
sah.n
And you're the biggest fool ever
saw"
"Mebbe I amt ez big er fool ez you
think is; mebbe l had er aim in iingin'
dat money erway."
Aim in throwin' it away Was it
that you've got too much and want to
get rid of it2''
mo, bless yo' life it amt De Lawd
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?''
''No, sab, Gaze doan' b'leve in no
SIGH 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 l is, an
darfo' you doan know de tricks dat
sarve ter turn er way de troubles o dis
yere lie. Lemme tell you suthin.
Some time de mine kin worry so long
ober de same thing dat er pusson will
go crazy eff he doan make his mine
change de subject. Now, OATS stab
lished an granted, an we'll git down
ter de pint. Err few weeks ergo got
'quainted wild err lady dat mighty nigh
tuck my BRET. You may think dat er
little mouf black bass an one deze yere
speckled pearehes 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 L seed her,
does you know whut / done? /
drapped right inter pure love. My ole
wife had dun been run er way wild dat
yaller barber mon er year, an knowed
dat l WIS ftten ter marry, 'cordin'
ter de church an spectacle s'ciety, SO 1
put out arter de lady, did. went ter
see her er good many times; tuck her
boss apples tied up in er red banker
chuck; yered dat she smoked, an
fotch her some yaller leaf ter hacker dat
raised myself; made merlasses candy
fur her; eben went SO fur ez ter steal
er chiekin an fry it an take it ter her;
an now l wanter AK you eff er pus-
son could do much mo- den all dis? She
could see by all deze we're tentions dat
wuz ready an err waitin' ter lay down
my life fur her. But did she smile at
me in return fur all disP Did she take
holt o. my ham like she oughter done,
an say: Simon, lead de way an FL
foller you through dis yere Gfep Did
she do dat? No sab, but, III tell you
whut she done. Wen l called at de
house de las time she wuz settin' in de
do shellin' pease- SEE L: 'Howdy do
nam an set down on de step an
tuck up er pea hull an gunter look at
it like dar wuz suthin' cuts er bout it
She says:
"Good mswnin', sab
"''Taint quite ez dry ez twas er few
days er go, says L
mo. an it amt quite ez wet ez it
wuz while It wuz rsiDin'.'
''She sorter cut her eye up at me an
smiled, but she shut off de light dat fell
on me by Iookin' some whar else.
"'Whut's de reason didn't see you at
church yeste'd'yY asked
al reckon it wuz beeaze didn't GO
'.She flung some more light on me an
went on shellin' pease-
'''Bruder Jasper lowed dat he missed
you nightly lowed
WHO, dat ole fool?'
IAN l missed you mighty, too
Who. you? She stobbed me wild er
dirk o light an KEEP on er shellin-'
Vas says /, an ef | wuz ter be
snetched frum dis wor' an tuck ter
heaben an didn' and you dar I'd be so
diserpinted dat I'd say take me way
frun yere-'
Indeed she said, an she sorter
wrirkled her nose but she didn't look
81 me er tall
Vas, honey, an I'd not only tell
EN- 10 take me er way but ef da didn'
60 il I'd jump out'n da- Ike er steer"
w 40 you calm honey" she axed
Who's yere wild me9
al isr
"'Den Use calm You honeyr
Fool she saws