The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-17

that the old wornan bad disappeared, took
Did you speak to me?''
Yes. sir; that woman made a remark
court"
The Judge slowly said giving her a
good chance to get out of the way):
What did she say?'
''Sho said there was no Justice in the
court" -
Ssh. Is gone, SIR"
"Well. let the old Niger go along.
gro when the cd white folks are gomez"
ABSOLOM AND THE CRAB.
The people who live in the upper portion
of Southside. Virginia. knew very little
about the products of the tidewater coun-
try. We would get oysters now and then
from Richmond, but crabs were never
seen.
While stationed at Yorktown In the
spring of 62, Absolom saw the soldiers
eating crabs and apparently enjoying
item. Their looks and the. smell was
such as to disgust him, and great was
his surprise when he saw mern-hgh toned
gehtle men from his MISUNDERSTANDING
about the camp and eating them. He
Wens to 2,h his , master and said; Look ere
ere nasty lookin' things de white folks Is
eatin?''
"They are crabs" said the colonel, land
the. are very fine eating
"oh. gway rom ere, Mars Charlie dey
ain, nothin but great big crawfshes,"
"oh. no. Absoiom. they are considered
a great delicacy, and II you would eat
Nc Stree" said Absolom; "dey's well
come to 'em for my part" dYb
In week or two he came to the con-
Gus on that he was the only man on the
peninsula WHO had stood out against eat
Ing them, and was induced by one of the
men from our county to taste one. On
doing so, Absolom expressed a great Sur
nalf dozen. Going up to his master IN
Shame-faced sort of way, he said: Goa
Mars Charlie, what do you think?c /
done eat one 'er dean old things"
What thdngs?" said the Colonel.
.One 'er dem old crabs" ~
.Eow did you like dt?" tH
wei sun, eff YOU believe me twas de
bes thing ever put In nah mouf."
have been telling YOU so all the time,
yon fool, but You wouldn't believe me-"
aa LG q ,o ERE Mars Charlie. dey teEs me
dem ole things will bite at it, an eff You
Ken spare me for hour or so, | think
sn go down to de York river an ketch
ahead" e' 1o
So, armed with the chicken leg and
string, he started off to the river. The
co'onel called TO him and said
'Absolom, look out and don't let those
things bite you"
Nor sub. dey amt agwine to bite me-
Kaze J m gwhne to keep nah eyes on he
mouf, you hetv' ~
He had been, on the bench but a few
minute9 when he was heard yelling, "Oh
lordy' oh, Lordv!" as II in great main,
The eo,onel called to him, saying:
what are you making al that noise
.pe thing Is done bit me, suh."
~ ant tel YOU they'd bite you. sIr?''
fa-as, sub. ] know You did; but he
didn't bite Ike I thought he was gwiae
to bite me, ! drap de chicken leg down
INTO DC, watah; an TO- It hal been deere a
minute de old thing clamped IL. Den !
step back from de watah on to de san.
he Jumped of ard started to run hack
10 de watch. s.or'er. backwards like, an,
l famine I'm close to see whar de mouf
was. Jeg as soon ez I see he noIif /
picked him UP by the back and he't hin,
in NAH hans, He laid dere AM wieeloj
an wiggled three or four times-I wa1cb
IN his jnouf all de time. D. ftst thing !
knowed TO- Gawd, de ole thing rntnh "A
aroun' an biz me wild every foot he adj
CATCHING A FOUNDER.
The same darkey got permission Of tho
COLONEL one day to go fishing. He sail he
would only be gone about an hour. when
no had been gone away three hours the
| colonel went down to the river IN ca
| what was the cause Of his STAYING so ,o,,s,
On reaching the river AMI basnra &c,