The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-06-24

gyarOin palms. An when l seed
she he'd beat 'im | jes' turned sum-
mersets all ober de groun' an walk
on my hans an hist my feet under
dem common niggers' noses. An
ebery time | turn er summerset an
kick my feet sing:
POssum up de gum stump,
Fat hog in de waller
Ole Mistis gin herself a hump
An beat 'em all to hOller.
0 my ole Mistis! My ole Mistis.
Whar you gwine? Whar you gwine?
o my ole Mistis. My ole Mistis,
You kno' you amt haf tryin'.
An den l riz an turned ernudder
summerset an cracked my heels in
de air, an gin 'em ernudder one
'kase l wus SO happy:
Jay-bird took de hoopin' cof,
Kildee took de measle,
Ole Mistis took de money Off
Pop goes de weasel.
o my ole Mistis. My ole Mistis.
Whar you gwine? Whsr you gwine?
o my ole Mistis. My ole Mistis!
You knO' you amt ha'f tryin'.
But when | riz de- next time liked
ter drap in my tracks! Oar stood
ole Marster an er whole crowd er
gemmens lookin' at me an lsffiu',
an when he seed seed I'm, he cum
up tendin' like he was mighty mad,
an sez: You imp of a nigger.
Whut you cum outen dat stall fur?
Pm or good min ter fay you erlive!u
An' l drapped on de grass at his
feet an sed: 'Ole Marster, kill me
beat me to deaf! l kno' l deserves
1t, but I've seed de bes' hoss race in
de wurl, an ole Mistis has won it.
Thang God! I'm reddy to go!' An
whut you rscon' he dun, niggeri
Ole Marster! Right dar in dat
crowd! He jss' pull out er ten dol
lar gold piece, an laf an sed:
'Heah, you little rascal! Ef dat
mair hadn't heurd you er hollern' on
de fence | don't bleeve she'd eber
made dat squirt an won dat race.'
An de folks all round sed de same
thing. Take dis money he sed.
Now, 60 an help rub her off, Fur
or fac he did"
Jake e-e! Oh, Jakey" came a
terrific voice from the back porch. A
glance by Brutus showed that it
emanated from the center of a dark
moon, while a deep circle of red
bandana-not unlike the rays of the
sun creeping over its edges-shone
over the northern hemisphere. Be-
meath this cropped out a tuft of
corded hair, not unlike the peaks of
a lunar mountain. The moon was
evidently in state of activity, how
ever, for from Brutus' distance the
terrific 'Jake-e-e! Oh, Jakey!" which
continued to pour steadily forth
seemed to come out of a volcano pit,
situated near the southern extremity
Of the satellite. The sphere seemed
poised on an object, which, from the
barn door, was not unlike a noun
tain weighing some three hundred
pounds and decked in a blue check
ed homespun, girded round the cen,
ter with a string. At the sound of
the voice-for such it was, and it
came from Aunt Fereby, the cook
the small braggart ceased his nara
ton as suddenly as if he had met
the fate of Ananias. The fat person
in the porch became greatly excited.
Shading her eyes with hand cover
ed with biscuit dough, she looked
intently at the barn door, as if it
were the object of her wrath, and
screamed:
Don't you heah me calm you,
yer raskil7'
"Unc' Brutus," said the small per-
son, now considerably ratified, ''is
dat nanny calm me7"
"YOu kno' it is" said Brutus, as he
went on with his rubbing, while the
virago still held her hand over hel
eyes with look of vengeance in them
"What am she doin' now" asked the
tanner of oxen, in the hallway, "eDy
thing 'cept hollerin?"
"Sbe's gethered up her cloze to bel
knees" said Brutus, as he glanced up
an she's cummin' t'wards de barn
wild er brush broom in her hans
You'd better git" he added, signifi'
cantly.
But Jakey needed not this admoni'
tion. He had already departed at tht
rear door of the barn However, hi
, called back: "Unc' Brutus, don't for
git ter soak de bandages in armies
water afOre you put 'em on ole Mistis
legs. You kno'-"
"YOu git!" said Brutus, picking VI
stout cob. Git! Does er ole ride
like me want eny tellin' from kid o
: yore stripe?" But Jake had alread!
hurried out of the rear of tie barn, in
} tending to keep On down the rocl
} fence and turn up suddenly in tn
, kitchen with bundle of "sage-grass
in his arms, as evidence that he hat
=. been on the errand on which he ha'
!. been sent. But these tactics mus
have been played before, for the part,
l armed with the brush-broom darte,
( around the rear of the stable, instea'
, of the front, and Immediately after
o ward the jockey rubbing off the gra,
i mare heard painful collision, follow
\ ed by yells from Jakey, and the regu
= lar shewow, shewOw, shewow of tn
switches as the current was turned or
A few minutes afterward the noun
tain and moon was seen hurriedly ad
vancing back to the kitchen, holdin
l her youthful scion by the ear, whil
It the boy half ran, half jumped, wit
l. now and then yank in the ear frol
+ his mother to help him along, was gel
ting the benefit of the after-clap-
>; tongue lashing:
+ "Dat's de way you am" she said ,
l he went along, "spendin' yore life, al
q spilin' yore chances for usefulness
2 dis wurP an helm in de naixt, fooli
It wild dat low jockey crowd down dar ,
Is de barn, an me wurryin' myself tt
"a death tryin to raise you right. {
10 do
:, "A thankles' chile am sharperi'n sui
y pent's tooth'-(yank! yank !)-onl
10 YOU amt sharper 'tall-(a vigoro,
It TWIST amt sharper huff to hide in
sr hay loft when you heah me CALM "
i stead er runnin' out dat back do
i when you dun dat trick three tim
N befo' an think 1 amt got sense nuff
~ kno' it! (Yank, yank, yankD But
needn't spec you to do muffin right