The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-25

so when he send to de young lady, and
don't git no answer. l were layin' low
like the coony in de hollar when he hear
de storm gatherin' in de elements but
next mornin' / took a scout around and
were pearin down FUN de upper vyrander,
keepin my eye skinned, when PRESENTLY
here come Gen'l Gary, walkin' slow and
smokin oh his seegar and he hadn't
morn took two turns TO Cun1 Munehau-
sen come up like he were gittin ready to
charge cavalry and holdin' letter in his
hand.
Gent Gary say de cunl. does you
happen, sir, 20 hab a case OBJ pistols and
a copy oh de code OBJ honah in your trunk?'
Z" 4 got a case OBJ poker chips and
pack o. guards say Gary.
Dis amt no time fur foolishness, say
Munchausen, 'ginufn' to bile over. Read
dat note. sah.
"GenI Gary read de note which oh co'se
it were from Miss Pauline, and den he
say, What you gwiue to do?'
What / gwine to dor say de cunI.
waikln' up and down Ike bull tarin up
ground. "A hated rivle hav dared 60
come 'twixt me and de ouliest woman l
ever loved
'whar Is hep say de genI, sort o
smnn
4 dunno. but know whar he will be
Ell i CotCn MN. Let ult itHu AhN
he walked into the barber shop.
dat very minute long come Miss Pau
lire and her mother in irav'iin dress, and
de brass-mounted. white-iivered sarvant
and de maid and de window-mop dog wild
pink eyes, and all goin' to take de bass
fur de cyars and lite out for home. Day
bow 10 Gen'l Gary very high furlutin'
and way day went
"Gen'l Gary say when Munchausen come
f..Yf aolr h.1rR
Mont ole boy, / done had a hand in dis
here piece oh romantics and sides yo own
feelns aud de lady's already done draw
ed bin fur de legislature to change de
rame oh Frog Level TO dat OBJ Cromo and
| amt n pusson to be beat, you jes' leave
IL all TO me
'But dey couldn't find nobody to shoot
and Cunl Munchausen swore he gwine
back to de Land o Egypt and no mo see
his own native land But him and Gary
set TO confabulate on de case. and de gen'l.
he were a gentleman ob big influence, take
and write TO Miss Pauline bout de Kaitif
and what he thunk of Cunl Munchausen,
which he were his favorite officer. Mean
time Bill wilkins happens to ask de cun1
where were de lady and how he ought to
thank him fur sayin a good word fur him.
Gary gin to see how II were, but de fall
oh de year come on and everybody left
fur home.
.'C,unl Munchausen time OBJ de war used
to call me Blond Dan. he say, partly ac-
count oh my color and partly cuz 1t were
de name oh de minstrel oh King Richard
Curry de Lion. so called all along of hav-
in cotched lion and could curry him
same like boss. So ] named my nags
after Munchausen and Curry de Lion and
II were Curry dat won de races at de
Bowling Green, Heltown, and de agri-
cultal far and made so much money.
Folk talk bout Gettysburg, but Nun
ohausen had many a time tole me, 'Har-
per, sho' as yo' bon to die eff de boys
whar found our balloon had took 1t
straight TO Uncle Robert he'd done won de
Confederacy oh which I'd ha' been secre-
tary oh War and you general oh de coli
ored troops.
Il couldn't help cogitatin' bout Mum
ehausen and de times we had together and
specially bout Miss Pauline and her
ma, de brass-mounted sarvant and de
maid wild de window-mop dog and his pink
eyes, which the last l couldn't git off my
mind tell one day way yander In de
spring letter came and in II a big cyard
wild a colored picture. Fo' de Lord, IL
We're Munchausen same like he 'peared at
de fancy ball and on II printed CunI
Mont. Johnson Munchausen, late Pasha
in de service of II. r. II. Kaitif OF Egypt
Sole agent OBJ de celebrated Crescent brand
of whisky
de Cunt have KEEP writln' to me to
come to see him at Cromo, and been lay
in off in my mind to do 1t, fur / know
he wants me to help him on his history
oh de war, fur he say many a time dat
he tired oh all dis foollshnes OBJ history
and want de future generations to know
de truth from his own pen