The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-01-16
REV. EVOLUTION WHALEBACK.

vol find dis ere sayin, "dar war wah's
and room fer wah's". Now / spects
dat ar sayin interludes to jest SIGH
times as dees ere wot weir libin in.
Oars been wah's cher sence dar's bin
eny body to make wah's, an all de his
try am auspiciously silent OH dat pint.
l recon dat chen Adam an Ebe had de
usual number OBJ family missunder-
standins for de final settlement ob dat
mountainous question as to which was
boss OBJ de garden an de fiat irons an
rOllln pins an instruments of more
moiern inwenshun, rs boun to BELIEF
dat Ebe made it interestin TO de old
man all de same. Den de next two
folks in de world, Cain and Able, da
had er scarp bout lightin er fire. Oar
want any split matches in dose days as
| done tole 20 all afore an it pears like
dat desc we're boys pended on de Lord
EN- wanted his fire Lit fust, but Able
was err good boy an spect dat he had
provided de dryest kindlins, anyhow
Able's fire was lit fust which made
Cain so mad dat he jest nacherly ged-
him, an dar war wah's and room fer
wah's al dar's bin wah's from dat time
til now. In dose ole ole times, de men
wot went to wah, fit wild stones an
clubs, err else da lit inter each udder
wild dar fists, but as mankind got ter
be more sibelized an lightened and
learned more about de spirit OBJ friend
ship and brudderly lub, da invented
better tools fer de sternlination OBJ dar
erring brudders, an it pears de higher
de plain OBJ sibilisation wot we reach,
de longer am de range OBJ our canons
an de more times da shoot in er minet,
an eff dis thing keeps Oh cOntinuatin rs
| feard dat de stermination business am
gwine ter git de best oh de bargin. I
spect dar's mighty little difference
tween de wah's in dem ole times an de
wah's in desc ere times. De men wat
makes de wah Amt neber bin de men
dat fit inter de wah, an de soger wat
gifts de biggest pay an de most hOlOrs
am de one dat stays de furderest in de
rear OBJ de skirmish line, and de man
dat lows he knows de most erbOut mil
linary strategy and how to handle big
armies in de field is ginerly found in
gineering de mules wOt hauls de bag
gage wagon. In de good old days fore
de wah, de Orneryest niger in dis ere
croud would brung seben er eight
HUNDRED dollars, yes sab, dem war de
times when cullard folks war up in de
world, but sense de wah we all Amt no
more count den de poo white trash. Yo
see it war dis way de secessiOners want
ed more liberty so da could take dar
slabes whar eber da danted to an de
abolishoners da didn't want EN- to hab
so much liberty, but da war bound dat
all de niggers should be free, an tween
EN- boff da done brung on de wah an de
wah done wipe out wat Brer Beecher
call de twin relic Oh barberin. Now it
tuck me er powerful long time ter
study out wat Brer Henry Ward
mean by dat sayin, but rs come to de
inclusion dat he intended to conway de
idea dat Whin de niggers war all free
dar WASN'T nOthin to hinder EN- from
goin inter de barberin bisness eff da was
er mind ter. An when dat wah come
on, de fellers wat had bin hollerin de
loudest an de longest an spressin dar
willjnness to shed de last drap OBJ blood
in dar body, took mighty good keer to
keep outen de range OBJ de bullets.
Sheadin de last drap ob blood didn't
worry EN- half as much as did de idea
OBJ eber gitin whar dar was any danger
OBJ dar sheddin de fnst drap, an er heap
OBJ EN- dat was so mighty peart fur er
battle before de wah begun, done dar
foutin trough de megium OBJ er substi-
tute as did de present ineumbus OBJ de
presidential cheer. But de men wot
had less to say got to de front when de
time come, stood shoulder to shoulder
on de field OBJ battle an carried de ole
flag to victory. An dem same men
whose patritism blood all sufferin done
sabed de life OBJ dis ere kintry ar now
slowly trablin down inter de valley an
de shadder wild plenty to holler fraud,
coffe cooler an dead beat. Da men wat
staid ter home an made de biggest pile
| OBJ stamps Outen de wah am now shout
in de loudest bout bankruptin de ma
shun wild de nOrmerosity OBJ de pension
payments. An now ergin dar's room
fer wah an de air am full OBJ de Wen
zuela racket an de Monroe doctrin. I
neber did rightly understand wat dat
docterin war dat Brer Monroe used ter
preach, but it don't make no difference
weder it was free SLIDER doctrine, de
gold standard, limited coinin OBJ SLIDER
stificates, de intermission OBJ riginal
sinners or de doctrine ob de revival OBJ
de fitifide, dar's one pint OH witch dar
amt no chance fer de Britishers to max
any mistake bout his meanin, an dat is,
"hands off, er fight" Dis amt no new
thing, dis question was comm to de
| front fore Grover went duck huntin
| wild er lighthouse tender, an [ spect
Brer Olny writ dat message, while de
chief executor was earnin his salary
| wild er two barrel shot gun. But Gro
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dOckiment an send er in. De message
done tech de patriotism OBJ de meriken
peple, an congress did de rest, an de
Who'll kentry am ready to back up I'm
Gle Sans ultramarine to JOHNNY Bull
dees fellers wots bin cussin Grover so
long, git up now an sing hozaners to
his naim, 1t minds me OBJ de man Mr.
Byron writ erbout II don't know we'd
der dat was Byron Phelps, de mare OBJ
Seattle, Byron Barlow er Byron who)
but he said dis man would "Leabe er
short hard name fer enudder time dat
had one single virtue an ten thousand
crimes" Eff dar does come er wah, yo
gwine ter see lots OBJ desc here fellers
| whats shoutin so loud now an spilin
fer er chance ter wade in British gore,
dewelopin symptoms OBJ cute rumat1c
newrolgy OBJ de diagram, er lapsus lin
gus OBJ de steriopticen, err a confound
fraction OBJ de basin profuddis. De price
ob stifikates of inibility will advance
three hundred per cent OWN to de
supply bein disadiquated to de demand,
but dar am heaps OBJ brave boys who
amt sayin very much erbout de wah
er spresin any great anxioushess bout
shedin English blood dat wont be ct all
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