The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-03-24

talent an stsndin' in DER profession. You
smell Cd mewels an it'll faint our cookln.
"You bluhber-lipped nggeh ~eZ he,
raiSiu' de butt OBJ his whip, "whatd yo' do
II yo' diddent hab mon like me tuh haul
yore grub up tub your
You've all right in yOre place, SEE 1,
picl1in' up fryin' -pan; but yoTe place IS
wild de mewels. We hab tub hab 70 same
as we hab tub hab de mewelS an wagons
tub bring dp de raw materials, but it re
cures men OBJ Brains tub make de stun nj
tuh eat"
He done made pass at me wild de whip,
but ketehed i'm on de ear wild de fryin'-
pan. an Napoleon BOnypart. de Surgeon $
cook, etched i'm in de walS-band with dc
end OBJ a tent pole. an we managed tuhi
preserve the 'scluSiyeneSS CD our SOCIAL
circle.
Put I'me wanderin' agin. Dey let me
stay 'roun' de horsepiStle awhile dreSSIn
Mstuh JOS wounds. an gittin' i'm little
things dat he wanted. Il wah awful hard,
for MiStuh Jos temper Wah bad. lie
couIdn' do nothin' tut lay dab ON his
back an cuss, an MiStuh 10 knowed all
de cuSS-wOrdS dat ebber wan invented:
But when he wuZ feehn' better he would
say dat wah de greatest comfort tuh I'M,
an he couldn't git along wIddout me- DIS
paid up foh il all.
Bimeby, Mistui 10 he got well enuf tub
sen back tub de horSepistleS up NORTH.
an my heart wah lest broke bekaSe dey
wouldn't let me 90 long wild I'm. But one
Oh de Doctors TUX me intuh his office, tuh
help s.rouTi' Dan wah a good deal 90
whisky as well as udder things IN MS
office an de OsSjferS an udder Surgeons
would come in dab tub TEX quiet drink. :
1t wah part OBJ my business tuh look out :
fob de glasses an wash dem arter dey
wuZ froo wild DEM Deyd often leah a
little OBJ de .lillker in de glasses. 1t seem
tub me sin tub frOw SIGH good hlzf1er
away, an | got in de habit OBJ drinkin'
| what wah left.
| Wun day | went intuh de office an foun'
! wun glass bout quarterfull. | thought
/ heared de Doctor a-comin' so IeS dOwned
| it, washed de glasses out, an went out tuh
| cut some wood fob de fire. 1t seemed a
new kim OBJ hkl<er, but / RAIDER liked 1T.
| 1t seemed tub hab more take-hold about 1T.
| 1t bit my tongue, an tore at my froat, but
| it made me feel RAIDER warm and comfort
| able.
| Bimeby de Doctor and two or free udders
cum a-runnin' out widOut der hats De
| Doctor he rushes up tub me, an sezzee: q
| SNOWFALL did you drink what wuZ IN
dat glass on de broad shelf
| Yes, sab" seq !, SEEM dar wah no use
1 lynn. 81 wuzzent feelin' berry well dis
| mornin', an wanted something tub brace
| me up, an | thought it wah sin to row
| away good hlller and"
Don't yo' feel nothin' stranger" axed
de Doctor, lookin' mighty anxious.
| mo, Sah" seq l. beginnin' tub feel
| little tremby myself, "cept dat I've no.
| ticed dat every time | wipe my mouf on
| my Shut-Sleeve dis away, / burn hole In
| my shut wild my BRET"
| De udders dey ies' yelled wild laffin':
Doctor, yo' couldn't kill a young niggeh
if you tried" dey said. He's proof agin
you, if a white man amt.
Snow ball." seq de Doctor, mighty
! serious, dat glass had aqua fOrtis in it.
which I'd poured out tub use on de Quar-
| termaster'S boss. Come right in de Office,
. dis minnit, an let me treat yo'.
! He TUX me in an poured chalk an
water down me, an pumped me out agin,
| an bamboozled wild me, until i wIsht
wah dead. / wah so skeered dat j could
| hardly breathe. II Wah all blimmed nom
sense too. Me an the aqua fortiS wah
gittin' long all right, if he had only let US
| lone.
| diddent want no more fOolin' 'roun' de
hOrSepistle and as soon as | wuZ able tub
trabbel, / went back tub see how Caliber
! IS wuz gittin' along.