Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

SHE DUN KUN UP THANKsGIBIN'
DAY"
spoke in the softly modulated voice Of
her race, but sadder, more monotonous,
troubled tones one seldom hears.
She smoothed the Counterpart with
i her thin, black hand slowly as she said.
'.Yuh see dis is how it is, lady. I'm uh
hidin frum him. Ebry wun dat kumz
dis-a-way in de wand / SEE: You is
him. and l dun hides undah de bed
cloze an shakes an shakes"
yes, yuh see, thehs ben trubble.
reckun ebry wun hez uh heap Z
BILE, an ef it amt lake my heap, L.. Il ~
BILE jes' de same, l recllun.
II WIZ ies uh young guhrI am / seen
him. He wuz dressed up naice, an he
had uh maunuhly way-an' so we wuz
mahrid. ! amt lake some o. dem
poouh guhrls yondah fob / wuz suah
mahried. My cousin, Sylla Pearl, she
dun reckuned it wuz de wuhst vul1
evan dun, lSase Sylla Pearl she nevah
TUX no notion TO him.
We'll, at fuhst it wuz Ida heah an
Ida yondah, all pleasant an nice, but
Wun day he says: L amt got no mob
money, Ida, an l wants oh new pah uh
gallusses an nh bottah hat an coat.
Go out an git 'eln foh me. What yuh
good fob, ennyhow- an'-an'-he hit
me, but | reckun he didn't mean dat
nohow. Mothah she wuz so gentle an
still kaind o. an nevah wuz strong.
But pears lake de Lawd knows how Ida
dun did try to help.
$50 den l dun washin's, an I dun
cookin'; fob, eff l do say it, I reckun
no wun evah foun emmy fault wild my
coolSin'.
But pears lake he had to have so
meniy trinkets, an he TUX all de money.
| could git an'-den pears laii-r !. or
worse an worse ub drinkin
blin' an de ole doctah wcr !
got SO dreiful tired an Sic
it wuzn't too late fob me a.. .y an
save me but mus leave hi a4ah. Den
J didn't know whah tuh 60. noh what
tuh do next reekuned what wus kum-
min tuh me"
Here She stopped exhausted. and gave
another troubled glance at the uncon-
scio's mahogany bundle.
so dat kim ole doctah he dun foun'
cut de lady at de aid society what yuh
lsum frum, an she .elped me tuh git
In heah
Yes l want wull when Git out oh
heah; only pears lake Pm SO tairid like
--an' de Lawd he dun Keeps calm sofy
in muh heart-'Kum. Ida-Kum an
res'-Jes' lake my mothah used tub
say when She vuz lihiu' So I've laid
heah nh studyin' an III studyin'-an' I
SCI: Fl dc LaWd ser KUN Ida, chile:
kum an res den whahs my little baby
goin' tub git TUX cab o'-an den de
l.aWd he reach down an sent some wun
fob lda's little baby. SO reclxun de
l.awd means l bettah glib il away"
"Give your baby away" echoed the
voice by the bedside
Yes, miss" said Ida. ''Yuh see it's
uh gull chile an DE- lyin image O. him.
50 | reckun ef she gifts uh good raisin'
mp she'll grow up kind an willin' tub
wul< an help long"
But why not keep your baby. Ida,
till it is older. and maybe there win be
a way opened for you to earn a living
for BOTH"
YES. dun did try tuh t'ink de Iawd
meant dat away but | dissent keep
it, foh ef | dam it, she wud git cunnin'
an crawl aroun', an be cute Lake, am
den, yuh see-yuh see-dc Lawd lie
cudn't AZ Ida tuh do sech hahd wuk as
dat"
Here Iaa tnrned her tro,,blea .,os
away.
Put. ida" said the voice II, 4ha bod
side. who voula want ~ t,i.e 4 ls,tIe
HELPLESS baby? How Old Il rs.
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