The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-10-20
"UNC' P'TROOSHO."

"Wha' 70 dey calls me Petah P'troo-
shol Ain yo' nebah year datf
"Marse Gawge CUB me dat name,
down in Faginny, endu'in wah time.
Marse Gawgo greet man ter glib we all
moo names. had mon 1eben. / guess,
only P'troosho do on'y one sides Petah
dat stick ter me. Wen Miss Alice CUB
me suit en- Marse Gawge's clo'es, wild red
necl1tie an plug hat. Marse Gawge he
laf an say he gotter call me Boobrum-
mi. and 30 he do TO long time eb'ry day
dress up Den, one time wen gwine
to mill, do oil bosses dey git scarf an run
plumb ter mill an back ergin; an after
dat, eb'ry time Marse Gawge see me wild
do bay team, he hollah, 'Hullo, Gipingr
"Nodah time, wen | bin fussin aroun
In de garrit, foun or oil muff, wha' oil
miss done frow erway, an AK Miss Alice
kin hab IN, case It jes' do ting wen
halter go set b Pomp, do dribah, on col
days wen Marse Gawge an Miss Alice
go dribin. Miss Alice she say kin. so
nox' col day. wen dey halter go ter
Marse Willio's. war do muff. N
Marse Gawge, he seen m, an say; HUI
10. Rushinbowl Wen you come I'm
Francer
"But wy he call me 'P'trooshoY |
dunno, 'zackly, but Marse Gawge do.
He kim ter me one day, an say, 'Petah,
whuffer yo' don git merried erginy
Marso Gawge allus sayin tings right
plumb out ter we all. jes' lax dat.
IAN say; 'Marse Gawge, | ain
spealxin no names, but does yo' mem
bah or suttin pusson dat am now gone
erway I'm dishey vale Of teahs, an
whatter misable tempeh dat pusson hadi
An do yo' 'membah dat wen dat suttin
pusson was libin. folkses dat libed wild
her gotter stan roun? No, sab, doesn't
CATER any mo- tank yo'. Marse Gawgo.
Sides, rze ergettin too oil TO SIGH non
sensical tings'
"Marso Gawge no lah. Wy Petah.
he say. 'yo' is on'y bout fifty 70
young man yit Now, me n Miss Alice
bin tinkin dat 'twould be nice ting ef
Cl'rindy n you'all d git married
Twould sorter mex it mo c'nveeniunt
an all dat.
II dunno whatter say ter dat. Dat
Cl'rindy was lady lookin an right smaht,
but she got jes' sich tempah as | done
had 'speriunce wild. SO | look I Marse
Gawge an say, Mil Golly. chile. dat
niggah wuss'n do odah one done men
shun. How yo' spose kin stan datT
"Marse Gawge he stop n tink fer vile
Den he say; 'Petah lzo feared yo' done
let yerse'f DO hainpeck'. Lemme tell
yo'. Petah. dat dc only way ter be boss
am ter sort yo'se'f an don let no woman
mex yer stan roun lax Aunt Debby
done. Dey was er man oncet whar name
was Proosho. an he right smaht man.
Well. dey merry him ter gal wha' got
mo tempah n er settin hen. My, she
war tur'ble SO P'troosho. wen he git
all hitch. gin ter train dat oman.
"'Ef she git mad he git mad, too, r
tend dat he is, an he jes raise dc oil Nick
wuss'n her. III she say II col day, he
say she lie dat de day am mis'ably wahm
OF he don lax he dinner he tex n frow
II on de fioh an bre'k de dishes. He hol-
lah at dat oman an boss 'er roun an
bullyrag twell dat oman don know 'er
name. BY m by she git so dat wen
P'troosho tell 'er in broad daylight dat
de sun am de moon she b'liebe i'm, an
willin ter sw'ar ter 1t. IF he call 'Kater
she mos bre'k 'er naik comm ter see
whuffer he call
"Now, Petah, OATS de way ter do eff
or fool oman ac' lax dat. In dat way
yo' kin bro'k 'em OBJ DER tricks in bout
two days.
II fought erwhile an mex up my min
dat war gret scheme, so | say ter Marse
Gawge Marse Gawge, Of yo n Miss
Alice scsso, do dat an see how yo' plan
wuk.'
80 wen Christmas kim, me N Grin
dy stan mp in dc pollah Oh de big house,
an de wite FASHION merry us. same LAX
he done Marse Willie an Miss Blanche
an after dat we all hab big time in de
hall twell mos mawnin."
IL had err house back b dc cookhouso
whar me n Dolby done lib fer mon
twenty year. an me n Cl'rindy we mobed
in dar. Marse Gawge done CUB us new
cheers an table an stobe, an Miss Alice
she let us hab new cyarpet. wha' she
don want in up staihs hall no mo: so W.
all was fixed up right smaht
| ~ ithul war jos SWEETS u summons
TO mon or week. Den one day she xii
outer de bald wrong way, an wen look
I her | know dat omen is mad. | din
lax dat. case hab my min all mex NJ
dat wen she 'gind at mad b'sniss she got
ter hab less'n. an | don lax ter Cub il
ter her. But don say muffin. on'y mel
up my min ter let 'er go twell she gi
sassy. den shek 'er off'n dat high boss.
wen we waitin on table at dinnah
Marse Gawge he kin see dat Cl'rindy an
hot. an he wink at me, LAX dis Attic
dinner. wen he cotch me erlone. he say
Well. P'troosho, is yo git de sho
tamedy Den he lah.
II say, What shoe does yo' mean. san
, | don't know muffin bout no shoe
"Den Marse Gawge laf some mo-. ri
! say. 4 din say no shoe, Petah. mean
is yo' had ter gin Clrindy's less'ns yitg
kin see she mad wild something.
II tell i'm ain staht trainin yit. bu
; it look lax hah ter right quick.
? q 'Petah. Marse Gawge say reel sol
] lum. don vase no time in disher 'ffaih
; De moment de trubble ssahts in "
] staht in too An say viii But De
am no row dat day.