The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26
powFUL BoSH GINLICK.
WIEN HE RAISED mrs YoIoB IN THE
PULPIT THINGS HAD To COME.

AHutnnt Etu-hIa NNhhNtInttCe " y
Ruin wrought with II hy an AiliGator.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. c.. Sept. 24.-"DIs hyuh
wat I dono gwan to toll yo' boat din happen
down yon in do Cape Fair kontry," said tho
Black Homer Of Jimtown, "kazo duh ain no
'Ratuhs down dab. l doan' 'znc'ly 'mombuh dcs'
whah dis hyuh did happen, but ! reckon 1t bean
in So'th China, or Geo'ga. or 'Weesyanna. or
some o. dem dab places whah de 'gatuhs Is. Ell
duh ain bean no 'gatuhs In So'th China. den 1t
din happen dab. III duh ain bean no 'gatuhs In
Geo'ga. den dat ain dc place wah 1t done hap
pen. / Heah duh bean n right smaht o 'gatuhs
in 'wcesyanna, so des' lack as not one or udduh
dem places bean whah dis hyuh happen. But
even Of dey duh bean 'gatuhs dab. dis hyuh din
happen dab ef duh ain no tahpentine wudes dab,
too. whahov' dis hugh did happen. duh bean
tahpentine wudes an 'gatuhs bofe. HUH 'Peahs
monst'us Queeuh, l CANT 'membuh whah dis
hyuh done happenl i know duh been tahpen-
tine wuds in So'th China an Geo'ga, but l doan'
'membuh eff duh been 'gatuhs dab. Duh been
'Ratuhs in 'Weesyanna. sahtin, oodlee Of EN-.
but can't cudgel up ef duh been tahpcntine
wudes dab. Sho! Reckon some day 1 bean gwan
doun yon long Cape Fair way, an I des' as
Uncle Jopson whah dis hyuh done happen.
'Peahs to me lack 20 doan' kyeeuh to
hank to do 'ticlshs Of dis hyun, sab. Of
20 doan' know whah 1t done happen 7
Huhi Doan' make no difre'ncoi oo'sc It doani
wat de Offence whah 1t done happen. LONG az
It done do happen. an know all do 'ticlahs
boat 1t, des' dc way Uncle Jepson toll mo EN-,
heap O. times. down yon long dc Cape Fair :
Doan' meek q teeny mite O. Offence, subj No,
suhi
"well, sub, I dono spec. rum wat Unolo
Jepson say. dat de Rev'n Bosh Ginlick bean do
pow'fles prcachuh man wat evuh did rise he
voice, or shake he IFS unduh OIL Satan's nose,
sub. Ef evuh duh boan q man wat kin lick dc
devil roun' do stump an give'm q kick at
every jump. dc Rev'n Bosh Ginlick he do des'
natchly bean dat man. Um-m-m-um! how
he kin holluhl An how he kin poun'
de poolpitl Jickettyl Des' luke wat he done
do wild dat weeked nlgguh, Ponce Jeff'soni
Monst'us weeked nigguh. dat Ponce Jeff'sonI
Monst'usl Only one udduh man weekeduh dan
him, sub. down whah dis hyuh happen, an dat
udduh man been he brudduh Sandy. An wat
dc Rev'n Bosh Ginlick done do to Sandy, too !
Fus' place, dis hyuh wat he done to Ponce.
Dat nigguh he din nevuh bean to meetin' In
he life. He git drunk. he lie. he steal, he swah
-um-m-m, he do ev'tinE monst'us. De rivuh
down dab It Jog along des' by de meotin' hoase,
an Ponce Jeff'son he teck he feeshpole ev' Sun.
day an set right dab and fecsh an feesh. an
grin at de Iigious folks wat gwan to meetin', an
mawk do preachuh man, an cut up he
weecked didos till dat preachuh man he des'
natch'ly CANT stan 1t no mo-, sub, an he dono
frow up he Job an leave dab. an l reckon OIL
Satan des' jump up an crack he heels an holluh,
he bean 90 pow'ful tickled. Den dc Rev'n Bosh
Ginlick he kim dab. Fus' Sunday no 60 to do
meetin' hoase to preach; dab he see Ponce
Jeff'son settin' on de rivuh bank. feeshin' an
feeshin, an GRIMM an GRIMM, an cuttin' up
he weecked didos. But Rev'n Bosh he doan'
say a wud. He 90 in dc meetin' hoase, an
~, - -o;,a ',,tn Q - r;aA D1-,. oP,.a. L.
bean ready to mawk dis hyuh preachuh man des'
lack he mawk d. udduh preachuh man. but wen
he heah dat voice risin'. dc grin It leave no
brack face, an he tu'n he head, an he eyes gin
to beige. De voice it done kip on risin'. an
F" "'Jie k try .peahs lack de ain no use tee.hln'
to skeeuh ali de feesh done daid. roun' hyuhi 1
got to move way fun hyuh, OATS sahtin. or /
doan' cotch no jack feesh TO dinnuh dis hyuh
"Den Ponce he rise, an, he jog fas' way FUN
dab low sn de sivgh' He lukipI mighty skeeut.
FUN dab, dough, 'kaze no 'feah'd he CANT cotch
re- sE.i fss al 81! ~ s.t s%h' in He 10 E ss;n, ' way, f %a, dsh
wafio' Ponce he done j"osil, AM Wat sc yo. Ink ! !
preach ,yit, sub! No. subj He only des' sivin'
Dat notice dat de Do'cas s,iety gwan to meet at
Wat a pow'ful voice dat man do have! ~
balr mile and mo-. an dab ho iop down an set
"?'psh!. he say. Reckon dat new preachuh
man CANT n hoil1h Dc ieesh way FUN hyahl,.
at sS$ckis !, tbsss dat d At y, yeif & ! Psia u t $ ZEN s ass;
SSsSiPsses v Sss iGn e VS l's sn' q hs trimb 81 s Iii p sSRs
| ssdaa h o sRfs' ,iS Sen9 shs sTnn b fs k kp1Gt B S.s
Ss% a%#sS : s3HsS! HsGS$!s s. f ss ssf i ss" S f. d ; S'?s;$!
i'm an trimble an trimble. Den no tp'n an
he CANT run dat a-wayi He try. but he CAIN
git way FUN dat new preachuh mans lungs.
DAT feesh.poie, an be done breecik It in two. free
dozen bits, an chuck 1t on de groun'. Den he
done he 'eTIi nI@s Kin TO to dat b %setip Il. house %..s tf 4
s sn' tin %s ds mouths aa PIPE He do SG So. sub 6ifhl An af Rs
des' as natchl as ef he done bean an elduh in dat
roll. sub An dat dah's wat Rev'n Bosh
Ginlick done do to Ponce Jeff'son. Pow'ful
8owfll voice dat preachuh man do have
"Ponee Jeifr,son's brudduh Sandy he heah
boat wat de ReX'n Bosh done do to Ponce, an
he desp't mad. He swan he done 20 to dat
Ponce oat'n dab, an, meek I'M teck he feesh pole
done 90 70 he get dc poWafS. : . '4'A n'
IAN ef DAT now pre- .chqh man shake no ifs
u u SalHH \ nOSc 100 mana, SANDY no De
elah, den ! done shake ny IFS unduh de new
preachuh's nose. till he swah he des' natchly
bmcll de place whah OIL Satan done live
We'll, sub, shu's yo' BON. Sandy he 20 to de
meetin' house mex Sunday. an he wait til
Rcy'n Bosh been wahmed up an been shakin
he ifs Gnduh oil Satan's nose ~dcsp'tes' kyine
Den Sandy he rise an swan ad' holluh:
"tHyuh yo' prelchuh mani Waffo' 20 done
hoodoo my brudduh Ponce Jerf'sonf Waffo' 20
done do III | bean hyuh to snatch dat mar
out'n dis hyuh meetin' house, an / des defy de
powuh to stan .'twix'us! ] defy de powuh!'
An Sandy he kip on swain an hoiluh'n
doan' mine i'm. but des' kip on r!sin'' he voice
an poun'in' de pOolpit. shakin' he IFS unduh oil
Batan's nose. Dcs' wen Sandy he swain an
hollnh'n d wusses', Rev'n Bosh he fotch he ifs
down on the pOolpit so pow'ful convincin' dat h,
split "A chunk olt'n it mos bjgguh dan my haid
euh. Dat chunk it fiew'd cross dat mcetin
holsc lack II been shoot oat'n n gun, an IL plinl
Sandy Jeff'son squLh in he paunch.
Woo.o- oo.f ! Sandy he grunt, dos lack ar
oil razuh-baCk hog skecut by u bah in de swamp
an no Gull up lack II .jack-knife shettin', an
drnp to de flo k'thump! DE brudd'n an sist'I
doy bean desp't wuckup ovuh dis hyuh. but d,
Reyn Bosh Ginlick he kip right on risin' h,
voice an shakin' he ifs unduh Satan's nose, an
bahmby Sandy he done git he brcff back, an h,
rise. lie frow up he hans an holluh:
~ yiol! yiel! yicl! CANT hol' oat nj
mean n, aa, mon,,,u woecRoa DjrraD h, Min,
down and iine de monuhs, an eft do powut
49, I--I - ALL