The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-05-20

the angels from coming for me.
what kind of dress is il, Hubby, and
when do You need it,
BLESS your soul, chile ] bruns it wild
me; | drap it outside De do dar; I'll des
whirl in an unwrop it an let You see for
yo' own se'f.
81 knowed you wouldn't fuse to make
It. an you shan't lose muffin by it. nuther.
lase l been savin' up whole bag fun of
hick'y nuts fer you. You needn't be in no
hurry bout maxim it, des 50 YOU mex
base an sit it done. You see its black.
an ] wants il by de mex fus' Sunday. 1
aiut got no black coat an my ole mans
fus wife's fune'al gWEne be preached dat
day. an you see 1 5 'bleese' 10 have on
mournin'.
ME an him was married here fore
part er week fore las; his fus WIFE, she
died las year watermillyun time, an oe
mex comm fus' Sunday is de day sol
apart to preach her funaal; an ] has to
have de fToCk by dat time, please uc I.oiu
l live so long.
"U'm in a sorter hurry dis mornin', hun;
l des stole de time To run over here; u m
got my hans nifty full er wuck. L DIES
been wantin an wantn' to come 10 see
you. but pears lax amt des zackly had de
time TO spar cndur.n' of de week, an oil a
Sunday / draps off to sleep an over sleeps
myself an dat's de reason amt been here
fore now; faint been kase l didn't want
to come l thinks bout You lots er times
hun, an mos cries to see YOU You puts
me so much i'm er mine er ole mis- today;
you favors her powerful, an you talks des
zackly Ike her. too. IF l hadn knoWed
, she was dead I'd er thought dat was her
in here singin while ago. | stopped Out
dar an listened, an / could des see ole
mis- right fore me; how when you was
baby she use TO rock you 10 sleep via
dat same song. But ole mis- don slhs
dat kin O. song no mo-; sac got peltef
song dan dat now; she's snSIn hallaluJdh
up i'm dem golden streets OF glory.
"Goodby, hun, l bleege to so now
got a big days washin fore me- an eI
stays too long my ole man DC ooiiii"
over here after me-
T .'you didn't tell me your Old
mans name-what's become of Jerry lis ne
dead?" derry was her husband when L
knew her years ago.
.syVbo dead? Dat niger Jerry? Bless
vo' soul honey, no he amt dead; he too
| trifin' to die. Bless yo' soul honey me an
dat chuckle head niger done been parted
! too long ago to talk bout; an he done mar
| ried ag'in. an forgot bout it sence deh'
| Ms here man what I'm married now IlalHe
Brer Burl. He use to long TO dc Jchh-
| sings; some calls him Mr.. JohnslnS' an
SEINE calls him des plain Bur'l. but L alters
savs ePrer Bur,L' kase me an him was
| brudder an sister in de church lore we
was married. shoe! Don't talk bout dat
| niger Jerry! der wasn't no pennance TO
| be put in dat Niger; Std of him 'vidin for
me | had to vide for hirn. Shoe! Don't
| talk bout dat man jerry. took n let' HIM
kase he wasn't no count mellow.
81 'bleege to so now, hun; l got big
DAYS washin' fore me; an dem whf folks
be mad Of | don't fetch dee cloze home
when dey wants 'em. Dey amt like yoal;
dee amt no viii folks like yo'al, nohow.
I never is seed nobody. white nor black,
sence | lef' dis old plantation hat good as
nv WIFI felix's. Umph! How | wish could
fetch back dem gcod old days, when ole
mis- used to give US chilen biscuit an
'Iasses tween meals. Whew! / can des
tase dem 'lasses row!
II STAINS over de washtub sometimes
row an gifts to studin', an stud'in' an
stud'in' bout dem good ole times when |
didn't had nuilin else to do but play long
wild you chlen. an keep you out'n mis-
chief. an not let you wade too long in de
branch, an sit your white apron muddy
wild mudpias, an mud dolls, an things;
an we used to cali up doodle bugs out de
san, an fish for crawfish wd pins. an git
swee' gum an make frog houses wild our
foots in de SAN; an how we didn' know