The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-27

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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
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 waud 1 SEE: You is
him. and dun hides undah de bed
cloze an shakes an shakes"
Yes, yuh see, thehs ben trubble. I
reckun ebry wun hez uh heap o trIb-
BILE, an eff it amt lake my heap, its trub-
BILE les de same. l reckun.
Il wuz jes uh young guhrl an seen
him. He wuz dressed up naiee, an he
had nh mannuhly way-an' so we wuz
mahrid. I amt lake some O. dem
poouh guhrls yondah, fob 1 WIZ suah
married NY cousin, Sylla Pearl, she
dun reckuned it wuz de wuhst wuk
evan dun. 'kase Sylla Pearl she nevah
TUX no notion to him.
well. at fuhst it WIZ Ida heah an
Ida yondah, all pleasant an nice, but
uun day he says: L amt got no mob
money, Ida, an wants oh new pah uh
callusses an uh bettah hat an coat.
Go out an git 'em fob me. What yuh
good foh. ennyhow-' an'-an'-he hit
me, but 1 reckun he didn't mean dat
nohow. Mothah she wuz so gentle an
still kaiud O. an 1 nevah wuz strong.
But pears lake de Lawd knows how Ida
dJn did try to help.
so den 1 dun washin's, an dun
cookin'; fob. eff I do say it. reckun
10 wun evan foun emmy fault wild my
cookin'.
But pears lake he had to have so
menny trinkets, an he TUX all de money
I could git an'-den pears lake lIe got
worse an worse ub drinl1in' an gam
bin, an de ole doctah / went to when /
got so drefful tired an sick he said if
It wuzn't too late fob me he'd try an
save me but mus leave him suah. Den
! didn't know whah tub go, noh what
cub do nex|I reckuned what wus kum-
min tub me-"
Here she stopped exhausted, and gave
smother troubled glance at the uncon-
scious mahogany bundle.
$50 dat kim ole doctah he dun foun'
cut de lady at de aid society what yuh
KUN frum, an she helped me tub git
in heah.
"Yes. 1 want wuk when git out OBJ
heah; only pears lake I'm so tairid like
an de Lawd he dun keeps calm sofy
in muh heartburn, Ida-Kum an
res'-Jes' lake my mothah used tub
say when she wuz hbin'. So I've laid
heah uh studyin' an uh studyin'-an' 1
seq: Eff de Lawd SEE kun, Ida, chile;
KUN an res den whahs my little baby
goin' tub git tux cab o'-an' den de
Lawd he reach down an sent some wun
fob Ida's little baby. So reckun de
Lawd means 1 bettah glib it away"
'Give your baby away!" echoed the
voice by the bedside.
Eyes, miss" said Ida "Yuh see it's
uh gull chile an de livin' image O. him.
so reckun eff she gifts uh good raisin'
up she'll grow up kind an willin' tub
wuk an help long"
"3ut why not keep your baby, Ida,
till it is older, and maybe there will be
a WY opened for you to earn living
for both?"
YES, dun did try tub t'ink de Lawd
neart dat away-but dassen't keep
it, fob eff I dun it, she wud git cunnin'
| an crawl aroun'. an be cute lake, an
den, yuh see-yuh see-de Lawd He
cudn's ak Ida tub do sech hahd wuk as
dat"
Here Ida turned her troubled eyes
away.
But, Ida" said the voice by the bed
side, ''who would want TO take little
helpless baby? How old is it?"
sShe dun KUN uh Thanksgibin day.
Der WIZ uh lady-a young lady, an she
had uh kline, smilin' face, lake she wuz
allus good an happy, she KUN in heah
de othuh day-an' she reckuns she'll
dun TAX ii. She SEE she'll raise her up,
an train huh TO be huh little waitin'-
maid. an SEN huh tub school sum, an
tibet she viii lib wild huh always. OATS
de bes' 1 can do fob huh, pears Ike, an
befoh she gifts emmy cute ways, an be-
fob I gifts too taired like to heah de
Lawd when He calls in muh heahrt:
| KUN, chile. KUN. an res"
Here Ida paused and lay smoothing
the counterpart feebly.
Then she said: Il ben uh studyin'
bout dem good wuds in de Bible-my
mothuh luhned me, bout Thanksgibin'
an pears lake Ida kin luhn 'em tub
say tub de kline Lawd when she gifts TO
His gates: 'Entah-into-His gates,
-Thanksgibin'.' For de Lawd He
| les reached down an smoothed out all
de tangles frum Ida's heap O. troubles
an sent de lady fob huh before she got
any cute ways lake. De lady dun put