The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-06-17

ober de speckled calf layin' in de
weeds. Den de jedge look ober his
glasses sorter kind lak-Gord bless
you, honey, he nows er gennerman
when be sees him. an he red sump-
in ergin me au' den he ak me ef I'm
gilty or not gilty.'
"'t,e, harBter, s9z /, Pm gilty
an not g,,ty, too, an I'd lax ter
'splain to dis honorbul cote how it
am
"De isdge he smile an de jury
laf-Gord bless you, honey, dey
knows er gennermen when dey meet
i'm In de rode, too-sn' de jedge he
tells me has de right to make emmy
explunashuns / wants-dat dat wus
my privulage, an when he sed dat, /
jes' made i'm er low bow, wild my
hat under my arm, an sez !:
Thank you Marster, you am er
genmen sho', an er jedge lax de
jedges OBJ de Bible.' An | laid
erside my hat, button up tight my
ole bubble breasted King Alfrud
cote, date ole Marster gin me, whut
he useter wear when he made big
speeches, an sez:
"'Marse jedge an genmen oh de
jury, you sees befo' you heah pore
old niger, cotch in de act uf manu-
factorin' fur his stummick's sake, a
leetle OBJ dat devine stuff dat makes
kings OBJ us all, an fur dat reezun,
fotch up, in his ole aige, befo' dis
honorbul cote fur trangreshuns OBJ
de law. You ak me eff I'm gilty oh
maxim whisky-dat wilde cat stuff
dat makes de rag weeds bloom in
paradise, an turn de roses Oh hope
into de dog-fennel OBJ dispair. an l
tells you-No! But if you AK me if
l gilty OBJ maxim a leetle OBJ dat der
vine 'lixer, which turns de tuneless
hart OBJ de most wretched an misser-
bul Oh mankind into a hall wild
harps oh er thousau' strings, es |
nurver tole or lie in my life, l must
tell you-Yas! Not dat vile stuff
dat kills our moral s'washun, an
lays US in de gutter wild de dorgs.
but dat blessed angul-ile, which,
taken in moderashun, es or genmen
should, clothes de beggar in silk,
makes friends fur de frien'less an
coins gold fur de goddess. Dis an
de Ticker dat turns rags into roses
ole maiGs into bloomin' gals an 81
grabe- yard funiral discorse into 81
poem on parerdise. Dat ruts cheer
ity into our harts, youth in ou1
veins, an spreads de warm eumfor
oh lub over de feather-bed OBJ d.
, yunerverse. Dis am de Ticker da
, onlocks de doors oh de 'magerashul
, an leads de poets mind through d.
, streets oh gold, mid crystal pillars
up to de wall of amerthest, up to d.
battlements oh light. whar no see
, de stars oh beautiful thoughts,
, millun miles befo' dey gets to him
, cummin on angel wings in beams o.
+ sunlight! Dis am de Ticker dat fall
! lax splinter oh starlight to strin
I de dew-draps OBJ de hart. Dat Sol
lermon drunk, and David sung tC
) dat Washington praised an oil
I Hick'ry swore by. Heah it am, ger
! men Oh de jury; an | pulled out da
: decauter an hole it befo' dey eyes
D an it blind 'em, lax de sunshin
D risin' in de valley-'heah it an
; gemmen Oh de jury, l sed, 'wid trut
q in its eyes an lnb in its hart-d
g embottled poem oh de yunervers'
$ Taste it, an ef it am whiskey-ds
; stuff wild cat-elaws an debb
breath-den sem me up long wild d
v po' white trash fur maxim wild-cs
!: whisky, es er groveller wild swir
v an er eater OBJ husks.
"But eff it smells lax de newboh
! bref OBJ de infunt anguls, looks lnt
! yore eyes lax de lakes OBJ lub in
= depths OBJ de blue-yed cherubins, a
r tastes lax de resurrected dream
l. de fus' kiss yore sweetheart glib ye
" in de days ob long ergo, den sot
ole man freew
n ovid dat, l oncorks de bottle, a
n 10! dat dingy ole cote-room chang
"a in er minnit! Std Oh de smell {
r books, an sweatin' lawyers, an al
q beer, an dusty floors, you'd or tho
"a all de skule gals an nymphs oh I
A. aiges he'd cum dar ter bathe, pc
A. fumed wild de otter oh de roses I
I Eden, an dey ha'r dat fell ober d
nt allerbaster sholders, 'nointed wild
n oil Eppollo made. You'd er tho
AZ de isnitor OBJ heaben he'd turned
to sprinklin' pot ob glory on de yeart
filled wild de water oh peppermi
an camfire, purfumud wild Yi'lets q
~ a. tinctur'd wild angul tears!
q "De ole figured paper on de wa
a, blossomed into rale flowers; de din
- - ole winders blazed lax de winders
o. mohnin' when de day-king rize;
'n ole dusty mattiu' on de floor wus
carpet OBJ blue grass down in
is medder, wild daisys an daffodils
rs ober it, an eben de spider-webs
n de ceilin' was changed into tapes
IS. of silver, whilst de freskoes hu
rn down in fillereree works OBJ gold.
ne looked at de jedge an de jury
ed dar dey sot in stuperment an st
es, ishment wild acquittal writ in de t
90 der depths oh dey meltin' eyes.
81 .I handed dat decanter to de
an iury-he ies' smelt it an fell obeI
Der er dead faint, callin' out, s0rter dre
ou, lax, Not gllty, not gilty."' De q.
de- one taste it, an 1 seed de light
of Qenersis break in on i'm. De q
an, one tuck er big swaller an dey nae
40 hold i'm to de yearth to keep i'm fl
"a 'yaporatln,' lax Exerdus, to heal
gn, AM all de yudders es fast es dey t
IN it was added to de numbers Ob
in! dat was fur me! But when it go'
ent de jedge, sub. he tuck er gra.s
dey swsller to see if wus lyin' or not
1ey Cord bless yOre soul, honey, he ha
er morn taste it befO' he riz from
~ bench. shouted GLORY hallylujah!
san u fell on my neck au' wept. |
60" 'I", round at de lawyurs what ne
Ky! tasted it, sub an dar dey sot froz
as l dey chairs. wild de silver run
dat outen de corners OBJ. dey mouths
no. hOuns 'rOun er savage mill.
,rv befo' knOwed whut it all mean
an, ali broke out singin' dat good ole
rgin "Dis am de stuff we long. hab soug
An mourned bekase We foun' hno'