The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15
A CASE OF HOODOO.
Jeff Tells About the Hoodoos and the
Coolers.

Jeff Tells About the Hoodoos and the
Coolers.
what are coolers. eh?" asked the
Mayor. gruff1y.
Laws. Mars Shallow" exclaimed jeff,
'no niger needu' try to tell you nothin'
bout hoodoos and coolers. You knows
niggers down to the groun', and In course
you knows WI hat coolers is. rs monst'ous
scared O. coolers. l is; and when this hyah
Niger say what I done tell you, says l,
What you ak fer it alp He ups and says,
DE contemp'ous and redc'lous fee o. two
dolvahs.' And [ say. Two doIyahs! No
YOU don't. nary time! III gin you fifty
cents says |, 'pervidin' you'll 'Suah my
life, WI healf and plenty all my days
Then he lows. Niger, YOU wants too
much for too little. S'arch yer OF close
and gimme dOlya5 and half. and all
you ak shill pc yOurn.'
Hurry on" said the Mayor, sharply.
"Yas. sah," responded JEFF, continuing
his story. 81 war monst'ous jubrous l
didn't have dat much capital bout me at
jist dat particular moment Ob time. But |
shuck myself, | did, and l scratched my
pockets twell l managed TO scrape up in
nickels and SIGH one dolyab and thirty
nine cents. And den | handed de money
to dis hyah niger. and | saws, 'Perceed to
purjeck! Says he. 'Ben' it's you, pard,
I'll do my bes' endeavahs for you; come
one side wi me into dis alley
well, boss" jeff went on, "dis iden--
tic'lar niger tuck me into de alley, and
we s0t down side by side on stone OAR.
He takes my money. he does, and den ne
look at my lei han. AS soon. sar' as ne
begin to read my ham he rouse my SOL
ciOns; fer, says he, Dis hyar line running
right cross your palm '-WheD, s"i,
wa'n't no line, On'y crack IN de or, anu
al IA
l tole de niger so-hlyan! n,yan! 10y
a-ahv And jeff roared with laughter.
"Silepcep' Numbered the Mayor red
der than a beet. "What do you mean, you
rascal. by laughing in court before me,
in this manner? ,,C,,, >,
$50 hep me gracious. Mars shallow,
said jeff, in solemn se,d"ushe9s'
end nothin' but de TRUE, and declah [
ianoh iis pintedly dat way when dis niger
hvah mIistuck de crack III de DIRT fer line
Don't give me any more of it. sir" said
the Mayor. fierceiy' ana now nnishyour
tale quickly"
well. sah." resumed jeff, ''dis Niger
hyah den AK me 10 wash my hams, and when
/ he'd done and done and done done it,
"What?" the Mayor interrupted.
'And when he'd done and done and
done done it," repeated jeff with great
dignity of emphasis, 'dis Wash Webb be-
gin to ag'in circumspeck my lef ham; and
says he, 1 finds sickness and deaf all
roun' you; yer granny'll soon die; yer
aunts is IN duckline; yer brer can't las
long; and yer wife But jist dar |
'rupted him, and says 1, Niger what 1
pay you fer, hehP wants TO know what's
gwine happen to me. and hyah you Is
a-teilln what's gwine to happen other
folks. don't want to hyah my relations
fortunes; l want to hyah niue"
Al this one of the lawyers present
snorted suddenly and loudly with sup
pressed laughter.
who was that?" shouted the Mayor.
But nobody answered
The next person who laughs in this
court to-day" announced the Mayor,
sternly, shall go to Jail, If he can be
identified. Contempt of this court is grow
Ing daily, and must be checked, On with
your stuD rigmaroe," said he 10 jeff,
and be done with it.'-Lippincotts.
One-third of the earth is controlled by
the ADRlo-SaXon race