The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23

! true" said Buster Jonn scorniuiiys
Shed run me or'n de place ef sne
knowd / wuz runnin' on bout oil tunes
here TO you all. La niggers Is fools mo
spechualiy when dey er wimmen folks'
| Il reckon she's about right, saiu n~in-
| bler vawnIng and stretching himself
"What kinder cu'us fuss Is dat dog
makin'?'' asked Jemlmy seeing Aaron anu
the children laughing. Il ain never sec
no dog make fuss like that. You all pet
ter watch dat dog. He so oil, dey AIN
| no tellin' when he'll so raVih
you told mamma she was going to the
big woods" said Buster John. py way
| of n reminder. -, -,...,
| Jemimy II say You amt gwine after no
flowers. You er gwine over yon er III de
hig woods She ak me what she gwine
| over dar fer. | say. 'You'er gwine dar
kaze YOU speck you'll strike up wild dat
ar Dave Henry Wyche.' Man sun she
] blush I'D twel It look like you kin see
plum thoo her ears. dey got so red. After
while she axed me who toll me dat. an
1 say. How cum my eyeballs amt big
| nun fer me ter tell myself?
I'VE rid long. an rid long, an den
! birneby she low dat Mr.. Wyche des ez
/ good ez anybody else, ef he amt got ez
| much Drop'ty ez some er de res. say.
4 amt 'sputin' dat, but how cum you
call i'm Mr. Wyche now. when you been
calm i'm Dave Henry .yever since he
toted yo' school bucket when you want
knee high to a goslin'?' Den she say it's
kase dey done got older dan when dey
useter wuZ.
1--WE rid on. an rid on. an bimeby we
come ter whar de big poplar grows dar
in de woods. Right dar she w'od filly, an
tol me ter jump down, kase right dar
whar she gwne ter git some will flowers.
/ hilt de boss. / did. an she lpt down
same 81 a bird off'n de bush, an den she
TUX de basket an went sa'nterin' 'roun'.
II low, IF you gwine ter git any
flowers right roun' here. you'll halter dig
i'm de groun' after EN- an she say ]
better be 'tendin' ter my business, an
hoV dat ar hlly so she won't break loose
an run away. Well, dat sorter brung
me 'roun'. kase l skeered er HOSES any
how. but hilt on ter de bride relns' an
YEN one eve on Miss Rachel an de
olTor ono ON de- FLY. Miss Rachel, she
went on thoo' de woods sorter humInih
ono or dem ar OF time chunes, an L
folIer'd long after de bes' way | could
lasa skeer'd dat ar hlly gwine ter walk
IN behine me an tromple me blheVs
500 somebody gwine long thoo de WOODS
ia a oun | look right good, an den
l,novv'd 'tvuz Marse Dave Henry "ycne.
s,yyeu sinh YOU dunner how quare lolhs
&c Miss Rachel. she seed I'm mos u'"o
AID an den she stopped ana I.tcneu -
little sauall. des like she diah 49,
all de time he wuz gWihe Ter " 10 H.
da, Narse Dave Henry, he stopped IKE
~ - stouished. an tuck off his nat IKE
~ ,tn,t seed Miss Rachel In mont (,
c,,,Iavs Den dey shuck hens an stoou
-. an, talked an talked. | dunner WHAT
~, cav hut one time Marse Dave hei.y
W. ..i "a iauoh an look down at his ioots.
W., 5en Miss Rachel she'd smoker an
tlush Dev wuz gwine on dat way "nsn
foel de- tillv pullin' on de roins an den
,,,hen | look at 'er, she had her ears so'
forrerd. ike she wuz lis MN AZ sum- -
pen | hear houn's a-bayin' an ues w.
dat time / hear de bushes shaAiu az
somebody come chargin Iohs ""'u
he kin come an al. hook an r'ar.
80. eutng onter de bride reln' di,
III. y,,oa an den bimeby she oau'
vi suh dat ar somebody chargin lohs
NM va, INK A'on dar De dogs WIZ
gainin' on i'm eve'y jump lie seeu 10 -
6aehoI an Marse Dave Henry stan III
a. an he went up ter "hat uey W.
on, cav. "You see what / git Ter tenn
Won las night Marse Dave henry .o~I
4 wish ter God l could help you. "s
Rachel riz on her tptoes, an slIe.cn W.
her han an say, Take oar my ua' 90,
ride her homo fer me- She i ," a. ,,S
higoer dan what Marse Dave henry uiu'
7 tel Won. now. when you git de Aoer-
crombie blood stirred up, you better go
off somrs twel It cool of. $1,000
.,xvou INK A'on dar. he fetcheu
,,,,on or two an jerked de relhs Out Il
nv han. an lipt on de My pach ",
, hina ge side saddle, now, mind you-ah
bit her wild his heels time er t"o' an
u,nz done gone 10 / could git up Oh Il
de eroun' whar I fell at Den Ma, ,.
pave Henry flung his gun cross ms lel
arm an put some fresh caps on H. al
dar he hilt H. ,. r,o,, called
,-o,,n' an, sailed 'roun, but dey couldn l
90 no fudder. Den here come dat oil MI.
Gossett hope he'll go ter heaven pue
never shill blieve II twel see I'm oar
lie come a-follerin' long after de uoss'
ITa rid up an tuck Off his nat "heh ne
eee Miss Rachel. But naer one uh UNI
do Ike dey know he's Twin; MISS hache'
che look at Marse Dave Henry an MATS 80
Dave Henry, he look right stalsht At Vi
Mr. Gossett He sOt dar on MS hosS an
ioois M nm. an thump de pummel er MS
Idle ike ne studyin' bout sump'n way
or ,ou'er-an' den he spied me. lie III
his hat agin. Ike he teilin' um good-Dy'
an den he rid up by me. lie say, Gal
ia you seed any niger man runhih lons
by hereg I look at Miss Rachel an sno
drant her eyeleds. i say, 'Yasser.' lie
saw. which away wuz he gwineT look
al Miss Rachel, an she thow her eyes
over ter de lef', an l pint dat way an
low. Gross yon'er.' He sot dar. dat ar
white man did. an look at me n thump
do pummei er his saddle, en- den he broke
out in a big laugh an rid on. l tell you
now. OIL Nick wasn't no sharper dan dat
ar white man.
"Alarse Dave Henry made motion Ike
he wuz gwine ter foller on after OF Mi
Gossett, but Miss Rachel, she laid her
han on his arm an dan we all walked
back home. De las word | say ter Miss
Rachel-an she'll tell you so herse'f-wuz,
i toll 20 you want huntin' no flowers
an she low. How kin anybody hunt
flowers when de woods Is full er run
away niggers an dogs? an | say. You
amt call de name er all what de woods
wuz full Nv, an she low et don't hush
up, she'll DO mad wild me all de balance
er de week. an den hushed up"
Jemimy paused, looked all around, and
then turned 10 the children:
Don't you dast ter tell yo' ma dat
been gwine on wild all dish yer OF time
foolshness kazs ef you do, she'll take me
out'n de kitchen an SEN me ter der cot
ton patch. an I'm doin' mighty well whar
IS"
Then, after telling Drusilla not to be
a hn