The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-13

She's all right on bakin' beans, soWin
buttons. patchin' britches, settin mems an
all them quiremcnts OF wlfeoiefBy' An
don't mean no harm by what III soih
ter say right here. an tell the tooth.
but Sary Jane amt no statc-man an
patriOtcrcrat les mO'en she am no pol
ertfcun. She had CT III 10 near biyhns
at the far grounds, an l los er mole
day curryin' Carline down TO look spec
terrible ter take her thar. an 10 an behoie
the swinglc tree bus an flung Us IN the
ditch an sprliued Sary James Knee an
she hadn't got more'n done quarrehn
for bein' courced outen the speech when
the landslide come an caught Mr. Bryan's
tribe. an if the moon don't change soon
she's g0in' ter be a howlin' lunercrat sho
nut The fire broke out fresh this way.
sary Jane had 'buscd me terribly since
she got the fall. an make all sort Of small
or me fer bein' so fool as ter say Mckiu-
leys would wipe up the earth with Bryan.
| believe she doW gone an fix up her
ole silverwar ter ship of ter the Guy
mint mill TO git II grOun' into dollars
pleased ter feel pity FUR Sary Jane. fur
she's n good wifeOcrat when fOolin
doont git I'm her head. So l comes over
ter hear tine lection news | got back
bout two OF the mOrnln' full OF viciry,
but wouldn't ar tOle Sary Jane her tribe
WIS showed under fur a dollar Bof Of
Va eat breakfus' IN silence. she wus
Dustin ter ask me crbout the thing an
fusin with compressed 'thusiasm an fred
ter let it out Presently sary Jane ses:
"Ahem, Hear any lection news?'
Lots SEES ].
what IS it?" sos she with tremblln
mugwumpian emotions.
"Jes es I said" ses T. "an' Bryan an
hi7 tribe amt got or SMELL
Wen. eur, Of you could nave seed that
look OF a double cross twixt or buz saw
an a camp meetin'. or a Niger hally-
luger corus an u tom cat serenade yoy'de
wanted air an a open back gate. Sary
Jane got choxod with "a herrn' bone.
jumped up an 'noekcd the biiin' coffey
pot in her l1p. scaldcd her sore knee, up
sOt the clothes buor on the stove. an
/ f0un' myself under the wreck Of broken
china am table legs. There WIS mendin'
an silence AFTER awhile size lit up the
nood-gate Of wrath an scd rs how the
British lion WIS ag0in ter swallow this
whole lan' Hn how the nigsers WIS on
TOP. an account Of cocrciunism an gold an
foJi holt Of Gratis. ] didn't push the cues
ton then cause the temperature wus too
hot. am ! bid ter enjoy my victry all
by mfIs TT. Eut 81 rfYuAF ! ventures Ter
remark "Slry Jane. what's the marter
with Hannah" She newcd OH the helye
Ike or house. adre. an sei mark Hanna
shuInt black my shoes an no decent
man would vote that crway. an whar will
you De in the perade when the niggers
has the iCilerfcrCauun?' Scs /. maybe at
at the pint whar you am Mrs. Lease would
ar bin am Ancrcrat Most an the other
Hers ~ Byans had bin 'lcctod like you
said You read The Times. Sary Jane, an
eit lghfcnmint. an keep p0stid. an you
won't come ter grief so often An then
She bus loose an bluhhered am sod I
didn't treat her right an SO thlrs trouble
IN the camp tiu yit. But # Sary Jane
viii jos let me run the polc.tics Of the
firm and She do the domestic ack or -
she will read The Times We viii cit
straight yit. an dwell In hiss an quie-
tuis. I'm let YOU know how things wuS
ont. but in the meantime I'm swollin' up
with cOmpre sed emotion Of joy over
the big yiciry OF common sense over
prejudiccs. am reioicin' that / don't vote
at Smitherscr precinct. As sed tofore.
Sary Jane she's an right exceptin when
she eit9 discomfudlIglted on things out
side her sex. an she'll come Ground all
RIGHT certainly hcfo' 1000.
Yours I'm the faith am begin 10 excuse
po' wrtin' an pronunciation,