The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12

yo' bettuh ride her out a spell. Ise gwaA
jackfshin' down Oh de flats
"Kizuh he know what dat mean. an
off he go chuckIin'. an frowin' ham.
springs. Den mahs' he calls two,
free mo- darkies, an way we go TO de
Cape Fare, jackfishin'. When we git
dab OF mahs' he find a nice. easy paint
of de bank, an DAN he flop heself down,
ready fo' TO do his jackfishin'. Den I
put a wum on a minny hook. an frow
ill an cotch minny fish. Den 1 bait de
jackfish hooks wiv minny fish an frow
'em out in de fishin' groun' an set de
poles. Den OF mahsuh begin fishin'.
Bimeby down go a bobbuh on de line,
way out O sight. Jackfish have him,
sho's yo' BON. Den mahs' he fish.
Hi, yo', Tony!' he holluh. Grab
dat pole! Doan' yo' yank him! Dodn'
yo' yank him yit! Give him time, yo'
black rascal! Give him time! Yo' lose
dat fish an 1 SEN yo' home! Hi, dab!
Sam! Dah's 'nudduh one doun!
Whaffo' yo' doan' grab dat pole! Hi,
yo, Joe! Doan' yo see muffin? Doan'
W SCC Id bODDuu uODC SOllC OClO"g
doan' you! Free jocks a goin', an I
bet de hull plantashun O. niggahs L
lose 'em all! Yank yo'n, Tony! Yank
him! Dab! he's a fine one, too. l
cotch one, anyhow! Doan' yo' snatch
dat fish yit, Joe. Doan', 1 tell yo'!
Yo' fool niggah! Didn' tot yo' doan'
snatch him! An hydh yo' go an git
oro.x,y ons cnafoh hin, an + 1nnA lnSo
him! Wat yo' tinkin' about. yo' Sam!
Gwan to let dat jack gobbie bait, hook,
line, pole, an yo'seff, too? Why doan
yo' yank him? Any pusson come long
hyah, now, wat dey tink? Dey tink
[ can't fish nohow! Dab! 1o' might
a snatched him in long ago! See how
he done gobble de hook clean to his in
sides! Sho! No count little one, too!
1 tink 1 gwan to cotch a whale de way
yo' done capuh wiz him!'
"Den 1 bait EN- up ag'in, an bimeby
OF mahs' he cotch mo- jocks de same
way. He a mighty fishuh man, oil NAH
sab wuz! An bimeby Kizuh he come
she CANT hahdly hoI' sheseff. An bime-
by, fus' ting we know, long come mud
duh plantuh from down de Cape Fare,
an 'nudduh n from up de Cape Fare,
an nudduh one from way oruh yop
side de Cape Fare, and dey say:
"'Hello, CunnellI Jock ishin'?'
Den OF mahs' he say: Huh, huh!'
"Den dey say: 'Cotch many"
AN oil mahs he say: oh, right
smaht!'
den bimeby mo- dahkies comes along,
totin' bags lookin' jes' like de n l
tote mahsuh's red roostuh in, an mo
little nigguh boys like Kizuh ridin'
bosses wat jes' natch'ly CANT hahdly
hol' demselfs, like mahsuh's brown tiiiy.
An bimeby dem bags is open, IN NAH
suh's red roostuh an some udduh mans
red roostuh, dey jes' maxim heaps O.
fedduhs fly, an bimeby somebody's red
roostuh it done keeleG ovuh, an den
udduh bags dey done bean opened, an
mo- fedduhs fly, an bimeby nudcah
red roostuh he keeled ovuh, an de Mig
gahs dey mos git crazy, an say dey
nevuh did have setch pow'ful good time
iockfishin' befo'.
"Den somehow dem bosses dey jes'
natch'ly won't hol' deyseffs 40 mo-, an
fus' ting we know, way dey go ovah
dem fats an back ag'n, dem little nIg-
guh boys yellin' dey lungs mos out, an
lashin' dem bosses desp'ritest, Kyine
an some niggahs hopin' dis hyuh boss
he win, an udduh ones hopin' yon colt
it win, jes' co'din' to wevvuh dey want
to stay on de plantation whah dey am