Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-10

rastln' wild narvus prosecution. cause
I don't ben bit wild a raddlesnake' an 1
halter took a gill er two er amer go'e
wat de shotercarry-pop riekermen. wen
/ reach de cabin (heuchl heuch! Blame
dem punkinseeds! Oars one stuck in mer
nostrum JUS like a chimney-swee0 PIN
crossways on de rod. HeuchD Well
na'er min dat, Jedgel / war tellin' err
bout de sarcumstanz; 20 see, wen
roach de cabin dar wuz lner wifes gram
mudder wild her 10 darters an DER chill
lens, cum 70 ter spen' Thanksgibbn',
an wen / went inter mer b0wdower ter
go ter bald, yer kin put de gymblets on
me ef dat piece er furnichoo warnt
swarmin wild foxes. Just de same as cat
tcrpillars on n eur'nt-bush. Jecge, ] wuz
irasserted. III I'd ben a aGslcwum
OAR wouldn't ben room TO- mo tor squizzle
inter dat bald Jus den l cum up wild
Mrs Absolom, an says She 'Ab. OARS
mass-meetin we're dis ebenin', ans yefsef
pears ter be In q condition whar you got-
ter nab room ter zigerzag eroun' In, fiia
mo- conweaicnter dat yo' rus-orcotes y
dc backyard. You fin plainly fresh
ar dar. an de clothes line am onocEcr-
pied an yo' kin hang up dar TO- de night
Jedge, imperent as dat prockerm1uon 90
erper. l done glib yO my wud N honah
dat didn' do no kickin. Ter tell de trufe.
mer laigs warn't kackerlated Jus den yer
do no hullsum kckin'. so ! jus ca tsied
ont an 'sco'ted mersef inter de at
mosphere. Wien I roach thar, say l ter
rnerse'f: IIyeuchl kyeuch! Ding dem
pitsl Oars one in mer joogler. Nach!
Thoofl Oar hit comes. Blarstcd ting
mar cum ter choku' meP Wei, Jedge,
l seq ter merse'S, Dis cio'es lines good
enough 10 me- an sho's 20 bon Just
dankle merse'f on &c came.
ledge. Oar wuz punkln layln oar on
de grarse dat didn' see. de OF ladJ zone
put il dar ter sorter sweeten up 10 -'es
In do moruln'. an twarn't long arter l
TUX ter dozln' on dat line. wild mer haeus
and feets sorter tittat-toin wun anudier
I'm a sorter lullcrboy, wen arrycahe
come % an gan ter soup me diser"Ay
an daterway, an right whiles l Wuz mix
No wild a dream erbOut boy-cOnstructor
twin a bow-knot croun mcr stomach,
bleme ef dat harrycaue didn t-(Jedge WIZ
We please take take dat ar pen-yci4er an
nick dis piece er rine outer mer year
Tank yo. Jedge)-blcme ef date ar harry
cane didn' wuk up de mos tosucatin
teeter-torter dat 20 ebber see, am just
shucS me ofen dat line, an i ker1ins.ed
head fust enter dat ar puukin. be 'iecN
wuz unamercJs. Jedgcl Dat punAin wa"
pulyericed. an wen I riz rom de comoer-
cation felt like Ia spilled merset inter
wonncr desc yere mash watts.
"Jedge, 1 haint lowin' dat | wuz proud
er meself JUS den, but done had gump-
tion ernorrh ter see dat Ia bercum
victim ter sarcum stanz.ble eboerdence
ef | didn quit de locaiice or dat punklh'
I hain't no mo- dan mex up mcr mine ter
dat wen I mobes erway rom dat catas-
terrified fruit but de stars wuz ersin me,
ledge. Gaze l haint walk mon ten teets
Wen de oil CONAN come runnin' OUT an
she haint no mon kotch or dat punkln
boIvcoast dan she double up dat ar clo'es
line an lams inter me. Jedge, she did
JUS ebberlastin'ly- uttatoo mer meyer
logicum 'tweu l could Almost feel mer
witals dancin n cowtiilion in mer wesu-
bule. il war JUS like bein IN oner desc
we're terbacker house, an hayin' dc raiters
drap I'm on yer, an wen she done got froo
I could feel mer bones kinder reachn'
ont 70 some place whar dcy kin res dere-
SETS. OATS de cashion why ] wants a
'vorce, Jedge, an wants hit mighty so0n'
femme tell yo."
The old man paused. rubbed himself
against the barrel, prospected around
among his ribs as n taking account or
fractures. and then looked up appealingiy
as he swabbed the pumpkin waste from
his fadade with whiteWash brush.
The Judge eyed him sympathizlugly a
moment. and then, with judicial dignity
said:
"Absolom your case IS hard one, but
the Court cannot at present see ITS way
clear 10 relieve you. In this state we can
only grant divorce for certain reasons;
you must either prove conviction of an
Infamous offence"
"Imperdent erfence? Say, Jelge, ef 20
dom call It or imperdent erfeuce TO-
wife ter larrup a husban wild err clo'es
line, den / haint know de mcanin' er
imperdence."
keep quiet now, Absolom.' resumed
the Judge; Il am giving you the law.
You must either prove the Aforesaid con-
dition. or habltual intoxicatiOn-"
Il kin probe dat, Jedge. 1 VIZ 'tosu-
Gated al de time"
every likely, but the proof must be
against her. AZ 1 say, you must either
prove one or the other Of the offences that
l have named. or confinement IN the penl-
Tertiary for two years
"Dars me, Jedge! De she'rf II tesserfy
ter dat"
"Oh. ushaww exclaimed the Judge
peevlshly; there's 10 use wasting any
more words on your case. IL the grounds
were such as 20 prove
"De groun's. Jedge," eVcitefly broke IN
the persistent petitioner ode grouns?
Well, saint Ef yo'n jus run Ground dar an
look at re groun's. an take notice er de
way deyre ripped up To- erDOut fo'teen
Yards. an cast yO' eye oher de busted
punkln an de ha'r an Fragment or clo'es
am cuticum lay In dar, an says dem
groun's don probe de case, den go haInt
nuttng but er ringwu'm on de Judicum
or dis cote. Yassir Jedgel Yo' jus 80
look at de groun's. OATS all ! wants. Go
look at 'em; deyll probe de case" and,
with a sanguine shake OF the head and
a rheumatic salaam. Absolom drew his
frittered presence from the temple OF JUS
tice. WADE WHlPPLE.
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