The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29

Black Homer of Jimtown, " 'kazo 'peahs to me
lack dey des' natGb'ly can't have no conscience.
Decd yo' ovuh lose free dolluh, subj l Gone
lose FREQ dollnh ono time, an waffo' 20 unk l
doan' fine IN 'Kase I bean doe big enough
fool nigguh not to know whah to luke 70 dat
FREQ dolluh till IL bean too late. OATS wano'
I doan' fine 1t, sub.
'Ono time, long sence dc wah, when ! live
down yon long do Cape Fair RIvuh, q cullud
man kim pegcin' long dab wiz only one laig.
Peahs lack he luke desp'rit sonk down in he
hnht an pow'ful hongry.
"'Rcckon yo' dohh kecuh boat gtvn' q
gommuui sum- to cat, does yol' he say.
" Why. shu'lyi' l say. Come In dc hoaso.'
do man he kim in do hoase. an de woman
abe done sot him oat sufiin' 10 eat, an he done
sot 10 an swamp IL, sub, lack he hahn sock he
teef In muffin lack dat dab dis long time.
'Whuh yo' done cum fumi' l say.
""Loosyhatchy,' he say.
Huh. buh,' I say, but ] donn' know whah
Hospitality been no mo- dan ef it doan' bean
nowhRh Den bahmby l say, 'Loosyhatchy.
huhi Dat bean fair
"'Fuh! do man ho say. 'Co'se dat bean
fahi Dat bean way down In Flah'dy. Coso
yo' done heah bout do Daddy Dick family Of
'Loosyhatchyi' he say.
"'Nevuh decd heah boat 'em at all I say.
"'Sho'' he say. Dat bean monst'us queeuhi
Ncvuh deed heah boat de Daddy Dick family,
wat dc 'gatuhs done bean 30 pow'f ii fond of
Dat monst'u US queeuh! | bean mos do has
mcmhuh dat dab family. ] done lose dis hyuh
laig case I bean one dc Daddy Dick family.
Duh ncvuh wuz no family long de l4oosy-
hatchy wat de 'gatuhs bcun 80 fond Of "a
dey bean OF dat family Of ou'n. Why, de ga
tubs done bean so pow'ful fond o dat family
dey teck my OIL faddah all TO dcy SETS, an dey
teck my Dir'ninny sisflh all TO 1py=pfs. nm
dey done try to teck ME, but al I kin spah to
'en des bean dat dab laig. Den dey hankuh TO
my brudduh Lem, an dey teck so much of him
dat he DE- nat'R1lly pine nwny an do1n, Gey ,n,
stu, queeuh yo' nevuh deed heah boat it,
bo an tel De n man ! d PG" hnan SORRY 9rGy, but ut, l 6 Saia,t
Dick family. Pc man no LOOK lack he feel
hut: but 1t d2a9' te,k he appetite an bahmby
ne " H29s set snh az he hey say %I@ w sm afH } ds cor postum
of p hi Shq ,Ynv T how DE- Dat of fslnS 81 he So @t" vase ct a SS"g
beto' dem 'Loosyhatchy 'gatuhs!'
DE dc man he tell US boat it. 'Peahs lack
dat tamb'T bean happy in dcy cabin as %pottidse
one day 81 Daddy Dick he tcck he pole an go
2at To, de ,Loo.yhntchy 10 co ch q ress Q feesh.
he su.puh, and dey go ont 10 look whah he
bean. Dey nevph did aae whah h. hean, bYt
bank. Dat bean all.
Il l bean in dc cote houso on my dyin' oaf
tat dan minute, dis hynh man re say, an uC
yedsc done ask me whnb / ink NY fAiduh j.,
des Aatchly. say lie bean snooLin' on de atdge
q 'gRtuh! OATS at ] ansuh,' dis hyuh man he
ray. 'kasc dat b,un de troof. shu's 20 bo'nl
"'lt ain, bean long at,ui NV oil radduh he
] got nome one day an dab r'Rtnmy She done
sni lie n"tch'!y be'!ul L huh eyes ~. out'n
"Waro' 20 dono helluh'n, mammyr' 1
e. "Yo' little ststuh Eo,yHcll he done gone
wurro'I beIuh'n!' she say.
"r,i%tuhst, say. ..o
done teck huh homel
,peahs, Nanny Dick she done bean down to
Bahmb@ Nanny Dick 'mcmblh She to'eIt
attuh 1t. When she seet back 20 de riyuh dun
amt 40 iittl. s,stuh dan, ;'nt g sand long de
nSHn,my She Inow a 'sa,uh done c"me oat. an
he bean so fond o Rosybel he des' CANT cave
hun gah. an done eek huh way wiz him,
onelais man he say. an to,e i, NV me when /
go ice HIN. but one day wat. 70 spec done
bean 50 dJesp'iriit fond o d. t%a!nhly, an ! drap
asleep; dos lack po OF daddy done do! Bahni-
by suf'tn' week me up, an l oye my eyes to see
bean a Of 'sA,uh. an he have DAT dab !Aig stun
away to Scet de res o me! see he done gwan
30 10 DO III SlG rs, ! 70 , Sr ! d /. ,Tci hump mysS s1 a" r.
'gatui Lp tug, an when he sce he CANT gt' de
res o me wiv"ut he wuck mighty hahd, he dos
home In dc riyu!. Den | de7' kiow'd dat dem
Loosyhatchy ,gg.nh. dGy done have de hoo
noy',h 80 long dc riyi.h no mo wivo"t free
ba!hs olt'n u wife boss tail an "A rusty horse,
siT goo n", me- my m DUfhG M; = G TS d "a" ~ Int t"I my
hrudder Lem he done DAN dc 'catuhs to golinI
him, 'kasC he dOan' leesh only lam he o. canoe
! reckon he boen monsl'us souy 70 dat nov
one day lie fceshin' IAN he canoe, an two biz
,ga,nhs dey Jump on it nd upset II in dc /
m h pull To- dc sho'. I bean dab ~fecsl..n', an
l tink Lem he rich dc sho 10 dc 'satuhs don,
git him, hut dsy kim reohin' a!tnh him wiz dey
Jaws flung wide open. an deS' Lem he gwan
to pull hesett oat on de bank, dsy give :
lie laigs an teck en-. Oats all dey kin Gcct q
he.e,r an, do 'Satnhs dat he pine an pine he
.Ain IN dat dab de pititnIlos, ting vat 70 Y
huh, too, long 10 dis hyuh time IF she doan
H sSS sar way ,He Know De Dada. ,kpo, Ef@E my de- sH rs she ., do S
family dey done. gone 10 Heaven, an she b.
moIstus glad to jins EN-, but he spy he doan
'gatuh line. 50 she done go to huh brudduh
: way OF fun dah, an nj % ! nSsH mo de La
, up an down de wide wul. wivout no home, al
. only one ,alg,''
a l tell H2 h'm rec e. " ";"y d"S i % :, " Iwo :" free t%s" day y
M res hose!f, an cheeuh '!escf up. lie don
T., stay. We feed dat Cul!uh lllsson on DC lat {
i dc Ian. an he clleeuh up powfullos' kyine 1--WE
o free d,yJ. Den he reckon he cot to wanduh !
dc wide WI ug'in, an 'wuv he peg duwn Il
road. an VIC ucvuh did see HIM no mo-. Alta
o Ito bean gone, long kim sandy Mckrevul, 4!
he ha'c u nice lat ,hoIt he want to sale {,
free doIluh. ! tink ] buy dat shoat, an 20 i
dc house 20 git free dollrh " at bean in my o
jacket hanGin' On do kitchen do. DE fire
q dol'uh II duna' be dab, an cHin't fine II II,
wnaa. can't tink whah | kan lonu "a, t4t
: d,!ln, but 1t done been los. c.in't buy i
n shoat. an Sandy he feel mighty bad an go bac
home. Sex day strange wife man kim ri,
!, ""Nmybohy done seen a onc-laig nigsuh 'roul
desc hynh piahntationsf he say;
o 81 tell him dun wus u culiud gcmman bea
O stoppln' dab two, heo days, an ne on.y hay
ona inlg.
'Loosyhntchy, Flah'dy,' ] say, m den
ia done tell dc w'ilo man boat dc po' cullud gen
- m,n an how he bean mos de las mcmhuh |
70 tnp'hly. wand'n up an down de wide WI, ",
If bean so fond O he iambly. Dc vito man /
only dcs' grin, an den he say:
u Las spring, up yop In te Drowndin' Cree
- 'em, an he sot a trap TO 60 oh dat bah, Ne
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