New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-26
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G. NJ Winter in Woman's Progress
w. bi, WIZ yeah funny. but we WIZ cousins
anyhow an dats one ting sho But twas mighty
cur Gus. mighty $500, - .,a
old incl. Moses leaned back comfortably III MS
chair looked thoughtfully into the hr' anu Inv"
rrock.d IN. ashes out OF his pipe. by when Khe"
ne was thoroughly wound up. ana Ill s'orS -'e'''"s
humor. -
..yass" ne repeated. hit wuz mighty cur GUS
honey an dunno ter dis day ef Use rish'ly ""'o"
or Moses" Seeing look Of astonishineht on MY
face ne chuckled a little and finally said: i reckon
I thoughts we'll begin at de beginnin an peria'e
all de circumstances oh de case sos yo KIN Jeuse
f.. vo's.n how hit feel like ter spectacle" cuilui
nusson not t.. know ef he's his own self or his
cousin.
''Wcli hit wuz dis-a-way Me an Aaron WIZ
cousins Yves daddles wuz brothers an ives mann
mics WIZ; twin gals wot worked In de gret house
Laundry When We wuz horned we wuz jea much
alike 80 II we two twins too. 80 dey dun
chrsten us Moses an Aaron.
INT wuz ',ons erbout lie time when we WIZ To-
feas Cn COZ dun recolec' all dis. but Use been
performed oh hit by SS s r%ssGms se Wo a
!'Yo. See sun maasa he allus guy big, feas
Ev'ry niggah on de plantation would jes go crazy
Ike. an lose he head when de cotton t"ns I0e
ob de wimmin folks. Deyd jes' go VIII like. de
.wrli' hone. de gret day come at las an of
.y nof. went TO even de fus' banjo SCUM. Dey
l.f NJ i'm de ped In Aaron's mammys cabin. an in
COS dats how come We got mixed. When dey
ann return which wuz mighty late. dey jcs'
down an Ian an giggle twill We claim dey're
't.nton by Dustin out er cryin den dey pick us
M an 80 on a-aiiin. twill Aarons NANNY OBJ
sIrb da' my nanny got her chile. My nanny
1sh. name Lily clare dat Is her own chile. an
remark dat she dun fink Rose ldat Aarons mann
mv's narne) he'd maybe taken er little too much.
;.Dcn RIOS she riZ up ies' es mad or hornet,
an she sass her back an tell her she fool mig
onh Fl she amt know her own chile. While dey
Sill 'sputin' de pint. Pete dats my father come
i'm ter XII he wife an clare out home.
'Wot's all dis-a-here rumpus bout" say he. Den
Rose she up an tole him that Lilly he'd took her
chile an would persist hit were her'n
reckon | know noown SON Jes' yo' han ovah DAT
baby now Lilly. ! spect de feas dun turn yo'
''The wife D'gin ter cry but 'twarnt use. de
chilluns wu7 shifted, an she went OF cryn' VIII
tofh.r baby. Well mex mornn Aaron's NANNY
INK she perceive somethin curious bout her chile
I'm CO.'S she 'shamed ter say anything bout hit
bur she feel mighty sho' dat her chile Aaron neber
roll he eyes up twill dey dsImpear In he wool like
DAT an she certain he neber yell all night like er
live torn cat SO she insdered an medintated
Ter scuse her, an dat twas her chile after ali
che dun got bout half way, when she spy Lilly
invancin ter meet her. ;otn' t'other baby.
Lilly she wuZ reel mad inclnrin' her child neber
he'd de cole how. an er lot mo. But dey settled
hit M Las. an shifted us crgin.
well, tings went smove TO bout er monf twill
Rose she positive she see er insemblance tween
tother baby an her husban: so after some mo-
argufyment. dey dun go home VIII din runt chill