Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-02
HE LOVED THE NEGRO

condiments. ''Will yum heN sOinog
OF course when Uncle Reuben, cook and
fudge, says n thing OF that kidd you al
ways take what he prescribcs So l or
dered the shccpshead, and Uncle Reuben
went to the kitchen to prepare It, Whom
the fire was hot and the fish was cooking,
he came back to me in his old way and
sat down on the other side Of the table.
"Doin uh pownh Nv lynchln down thai
these days, he said.
"Swecping some Of EN- of, Uncle Reu-
ben
Didn't ncvah tell yuh bout thu time
they lynch .TeueY Didn't nevah tell yuh
bout thai oh. tina was uh time Yuh
see, Jenc was thu meanes' niggnh In west
Ten sec, EXahbody say tina bout him,
lie was too mean faw thu buzzads tub pick,
an thn sho bad, Jeno was one NV us
thn' is, he was one NV thu family an
raised In thu house wiz thu othah good
niggahs, but Jenc was mean LAX nobody /
knows
Somehow, Miss Chnity think whole
lot NV .Ienc, an she try all she kin tub
make him good But .Iene is jus 80 nachul
bad he kahn be mado good. Miss Cha ity
she try an try an do all she kin, but .Iene
kahn DO saved. He DIES simply ain no
good. He got mixed wiz uh bad bunch
an bimchy he gifts intuh II balm burnin
crowd Yuh knows bout balm burnersS
1heys sho bad folks. .lonc got mixed
wiz ON, as I'm sayin, an than was hand
times faw uh nlggah.
''Thah was dies one thing tina KEEP .Icne
fun boin hung, on tina was thu love what
Mstah Harry had iaw him. Yuh sec,
.Ieue took lScer NV Mistah Harry and Mis-
tab Harry, bein uh gemmen WINS pow
full fond NV Jene. He save Jene's life
onct
lone night NIL thu folks they's sottin
out on thu front po'ch tall,in when uh lot
Nv men they rid up tub thu front gate an
ask faw Alarsc Tom Bnxtah hinrsc Tom
was sottn wiz thu folks an not thinkin
nothin wrong, an Mistah Harry, whut
wa mt mo- an 10 yeahs old, was settln by
Marse Tom When thu gemmen rode up
tub thu big gate, Mistah Harry he got all
tub onct interested Marse Tom he 10
down tub thu big cato tub see thu gem
men, an Mistah Harry. bcin small an not
much noticed followed long aftah him.
When Marse Tom met thu genmen, they
say they want Jeno-
'Wha faw say Marse Tom.
Fnw burnin uh balm, say thu gem
men.
'Jcne been burnin uh bahn9 say
Marsc Tom.
Marsc Tom he kindah mournful lax say,
'Geminen, | rochin yuh have tub take
him.
Little MistAh Harry he hcarn tina an
he slip away fun thu crowd an he go run
min todcs thu house. He kcp goin roun
tub whah thu niggahs live an he sec .Icne.
Soon as he sec thu niggah he say. 'Jene,
they S done como faw yuh, yuh bettah run
Take ma yellow pony an git outen thu
county.
"Jene he's so slieered he don know
whut tub do an TO ho kin git outen
sight 'roun come Marse Tom.
HE says, 'Jene, yuh been mighty good
tub Harry, an want tub save yuh, but
youse uh bad niggah I'm evahbody knows
bout 1t LEI save ytih fun thu mob, will
yuh do whut ! sayi
NV cosc, .lene was willin tub do any
thin tub git away So Marse Tom he go
down tub sec thu gcmInen ut thu gate an
he say: 'Gcmmen, Jenc Is up Mt thu house.
Suh kin git him Of yuh wants him Nuh
knows l done raised .Iene in this family
an | kindah hate tub have him hung
Now, of l promise yuh tina win take
Jeno outen thu county tuhnight an tina
he won ncyah come back no mo-, will yuh
let him goi'
well, thai WINS uh lot NV talk, an bime-
by thu lcadah he say: 'Mistah Tom, Wen
take yo' word. III yuh Il move him intuh
ArhahsaW an proiiiise 'Ni county NO II s'ay
.,aii' w. icV MN on On 20 hooouiiV,
Mhrse rom ne CIV ms "oru' wn"U was iak
uh pohu III Una county, an 'hu hioD 'ney
roue away
futty soon narse rom ne kuih uowh
tun thu sVnole ana nc say Sauule up
queen an NighV' mem I Ii oea TWO
hosses We gov ID uhu Dahii, Mnen | gu
EN- sauuleu, nc say, "hah 1ehef RYAN
pody go ioohlii Jaw Johe' we KAN nm
III h9whnh' hafse rom mes sho "or'
fled, Ease ne uoh9 81 saiu NO move MN OUT
en- thu county nhhh was thii hosSes s'"i
died an MhrSe Ioln an ready put thah
wa no 'ehe We look an IooA an We
oon I'M MN nHrse ION - uoS reauy Jun
Guhs Wheh somebody say' "hah aAiSt4h
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an theh nc Wai' ihtuh thu nlg mousse KIN
ohn SLOW ihh nc Jon wan Jun 60 nhu'
yum IeoAlhi marse rom nc wen. rlBh'
Oh tuh "hah M's'ah iiir pih sieepin
seieo nc was piS housh tuh hieop ny ms
Be an th'ih 'hey was Mist'h iihr y Whiut
mn sweet, uh YIN IN pea WV MS arm rom
Una wutilless nlsgah 'eh% IN "eiio un
shorih lax uh sich moss
Maise rom nc io9k at EN- iylh thah SC
sun an ineh ne hihunh "lpe ms eyes an
ne grnb ,ene ny thu arm an pun MN out
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