The morning times., 1896-01-02
LEAVES FROM THE CLASSICS.
Priam and Venus, by the President of the
DarktowD Literary Club

Priam and Venus, by the President of tn
DarktowD Literary Club.
Marse PeIeus he war dead spo'te sho'
And so he come down TO dc seasho' whar
he gwiDe to shoot craps wild de uade
| spotes dar'. So one chem when he war
a sauntcrin' long de beach he spies Mis-
| Thetis sho' Duf.
So he JUS up N axed Mis- Thctis woult
she be lis Ole CONAN. And Mis- Thetis
she soEter look shy Ike den she say i aoali
kecr + do Ben Marse PeIeus he say
he take Mis- Thetis fer letter r wrsser
Decd, chile, Marsc Peleas lie war Il game
! spo'te.
SO dey says dey's gwine ter get splicctl
| and dcy axed all de ladies' ter ccr.c 10
dc Weddin', all 'ccpt ole MIS- Dscord.
cause she aliur's kickin' up cr row wi.ar'
soinever she go, an Marse Peleus lie doan
pose ter have no raZzers TO his wetio IN.
Den ole Mis- Discord She got hot an she
say she Swibe ter ma ke hit mighty lively
to Marse Pcleus' weddin', cause ste non-
strous 'veDgfuI, ole Mis- Discord is, an
she got money ter burn, too, deed she have,
chile.
so Mis- Discord she go down 10 &c JURY
mans sto' and aNed him for ter ma he a
goFen apple sho' nur. Don she tell de
JURY man ter put er 'scripticn ON de aIpIe.
an she say fer de 'scription ter he Ter Ge
pu,tlest CONAN Den Ole Mis- Discord
she go home an she TecSOns she got dem
sho' nuf now.
So. bics you, chile, when dcy's all in de
ineeun' house waitin' fer de bridegroom
comm, ole Mis- Discord, she creep up under
de winder an sh eshied dc a pple rig mt in de
mcetin' house 'mong de ladies. She suit
tenly war monstrous riled. an ole Mis-
Discord war bound ter git eben.
Ole Ms Minerva, She picked up de apple
lust an war u reatiIn' de 'scriptiun when
MIS- Juno, who war a sitlin' in de seat
behind, leaned ober an when she see de
writin' she say it war hern, an Mis-
Minerva she say hit war'nt, an den der
war tussel an de apple hit rolled under
de seat whar' Ms Venus she war a
sittin'. An Mis- Venus she say hit had
come TO de right place, cause Mis- Venus
she war suttenly powerful good Iookin',
speshully when she Wore her back hair
down. But all de rest dey war monstrous
Jeius o Mis- Venus, an dey say hit aint
hern nohow an dey all have mos powerful
scTappin match right dere i'll dc meetin'
house.
Ole Marse Jupiter, he JUS Up an howl
mighty savage, but de wimmin dey JUS
keep on pullin har. So narse Jupiter. he
had ter SEN fer young Marsc Priam Young
Marse Priam he war great fer settin'
scrappln' matches. Now ole Marse Priam
ne thought young Marse PriIm war
hoodoo, cause when young Nj rseP riain war
a Kid some low down white trash NV er
fortune teller he tell ole Marse Priain dat
young Marsc he goin ter hoodoc de town
when he grow up. SO ole Marse PrIam
he take young Marse PrIaui up in de
mountains whar' he chuck dc kid down
bchin' stone an go long an lef hHn.
But young Marse Priam, lie war foun'
by de shepherds up dcre an dey takes care
Nv i'm an lie grow up ter be powerful
fine young white man. An dars whar
he war when Marse Jupiter sen fer I'm
ter come TO de mettin'-house. An when
he come dere dc wimmin' war still
scrappin' bout dat apple. All de time
ole Mis- Diseord, she suttenly war a
laughin' like sin.
When young Marse Priam steps in Mis-
Juno, she say, she make Marse Priam Il
apple. An Mis- Minerva, she say, she
-'"H' hii hi"hSb"s "'se' an Mis- Neiius-
she say, she make i'm a present Nv de best
looking wife in de whole world. So
young Marse Priam, he knowed Mis-
Venus orter have de apple anyway, an he
war a thinkin' about gittin' married,
too, so he says de apple b'!ongs ter Mis-
Venus.
ben young Marse Priam. he go a
courtin' 'roun' Missus Helen, an sho'
nuf she fell dead in lub wild i'm. But
Lord bles' you, chile. hit war monstrus
hard on Missus Helen's ole man, fer she
war already. done married. But dere
warn't no Edmund's law den, so Marse
Priam. he sailed right in ter win, an he
'uttenly did git 'er. An bles' you, chile,
ole Marse Helen, he suttenly did git
eft. sIEGEL ROUSH.