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

Den we got me a piece o. candle and
took and ut il in a little block o dry pine
bark. and rigsed dat contraption in a beef
bladder / had in my pocket, whar | had
used 10 float blockade tobacco across de
Rappahannock river tradin for whisky
wild de Union piCkets. So Muuchausen
took and writ note to Genl Lee what
de enemy was up to We cut de bullet
off cartridge and fix de powder to de bot
tom oh de candle so de balloon will blow
up when de candle burns down. And den
soon as night cum down and de wind cum
round due norf we let her go In de name
of de Lord, and way she sailed like a star.
We kalkilate de candle TO burn bout two
hours. and dat would bring de balloon in
side our lines scusin' oh de Yankees hittin
her wild bullet. Muuchausen watch her
wild his double bar'l spygass ill she done
almost vanish. and we take line up in
de hebens from dc Big Bar and de Pinters
down soufward to Jobs Coffin aud we
low her eose were all right
81 ten you we had 10 lay low like a ole
bar when de fox Is on de prowl for his
meat, and we didn't git out tell we heard
de thunder way up 10 Sharpsburg and had
been starved boss and man scusin' OBJ
nice Old Maryland lady takin' pity on US,
All Oh dat tale amt but little OBJ what
we We're into endurin' oh de great war.
"Arter de war | were practicin' my pro-
fessiou one summer az de ole White Sui
phur Springs and jest had pui de fnshin'
tetches on a young gentleman for him TO
go courtin' when / hear my name called
and 70 de Lord It were Cun'l Munchauscn.
So him and me took and set down and had
a talk ahout war times He had made
hisseh such "A hard name dat de govern
ment advertised for him as Cunt Mont
Johnson so what must he do but take
de name Gen'l Fitz had given him. and he
took and light out for de land oh Egypt,
where dere were a war, and got to be a
big officer
You see, Harper, said Munchausen,
I've done got to be pasta and my royal
master, de Kaitif Oh Egypt give me a
symmetry wild de wonderin' lamp oh Alad-
din in dc handle of It, OATS de diamond
had bong 90 be great Kaitlf of Bagdad
a thousand years ago. But you see l sigh
FOR my native land, and come back TO
see my friend, Gen'l Mart Gary oh Edge
field South Callna. just dar by Frog
Level, where / took and bought me a place
on de little lake and call It Cromo in
honoh of Pauline, my bride
YOU married, Cunl?" say I.
"'No. he says, I amt see de lady VII,
butts IL all right. She's darter to de Wild
der Thompkins, where owns de biggest
dlsulery In de country. She'll be here to-
morrow and | spec you to stand by me.
you and Genl Mart. She ain'I never see
Southern cavalier. let alone a Pasha,
and low to take her to de fancy ball,
she 'pearln' as Pauline Lady oh de Lions,
and me in my own character Of Pasha Co
de Kaitif oh Egypt and in gold-mounted
Uniform and warm my symetry and de
wonderin' lamp And | want you to be
my faithful Ethiopian slave, Ben-Hassan
An
i amt never tole a He say I, 'Cun1.
but bein' as it's you low / have to do
IL and trust 20 dc Lord to forgive me in
the hereafter
so, sho nuff here come Miss Pauline
Thompkins and her mother wild a brass
mounted white-livered servant and a maid
ieadin' little dog by a red ribbon, which
de creetur looked like window mop,
scusn' oh his pink eyes. She amt here
an hour befo' she were paradin' and gal
hvantin' around wild Munchausen, aud he
tellin' her all bout Egypt and de Katlt
and de wonderin' lamp
SO de big fancy bal come on and Mum
chausen were got up in all de colors OBJ de
rainbow; and as for me- time / had got
into al dem outlandish close / lest looked
like red and green parrot wild waller
top-knot De band took and struck up
de faVorlte waltz Oh de Kaitif name OBJ de
s'NAfe'f'Ag WntfE lAuntlduEen nA0 iaTngn
de leader De Cunl grabbed Miss Pau.
line and way dey went down the bali
room, de symetry floppn' up and down
and de wondern' lamp shinin same Ike
de ilght OF a railroad ingine Ole Mrs
Inomptlns were Jest as Pleased as Miss
Paullne, specially when Gen'l Gary put
up a newspaper to tell how Il were done
Inside OBJ three weeks cunI Munchau-
sen ana Miss Pauline was engaged and de
Cun'l Civ me a twenty-doar gold piece
wild de picture oh de Kaitlf on one side
half moon on dc other GenI Mart Gary
were nearly as proud as Munchausen, and
dey cooked dey feet up in front OBJ de bar
and smoke and drink julops and low 10
buy Frog Level and Edgefee bofe.
But one mornin Miss Pauline come
down to de spring leadln' de little win
dow mop dog up de pink ribbon, and she
We're just bout to take 3 glass OBJ sulphur
water when coElmon-lookln' man whar
had come here wild Gen'l Hampton's
horses come sidIin' up, and he say:
NORM. miss: / believe you is a fren
OBJ Cun'l Munchausen. De window mop
dog growl and Miss Pauline say very
proud ard a little BIT skeered:
Who is you. man?'
I'm Bill Wilkins oh Frog Level, saw
he, and want TO speak a good word for
my fren'. Cun'l Munchauseu, and hop
in itll be match, fur dere ain't no finer
man from here to Jericho
Miss Pauline take and look at wilkins
all over from head 20 heels and den take
de window mop dog wild de pink eyes M
In her arms and sailed up to de hotel ana
tolc II to her ma, and dey confabulate on
Munchausen and wilkins and Frog Level
and talk up and down de telegraph wire
Bout shutdown come up to give a big bo-
kay oh flowers to Miss Pauline, aud she
say:
young man, how came you to talk dat
way, and you born In de land OBJ Egypt?"
81 say. I dunno bout de land of Egypt
'cept what read in de good book bout
de brethren comm out oh dar under Moses
and ole Pharoh gittin' lost In De Red sea,
and sarved him right fur holdin' 'em in
bondage which, ef he had been q ole Vir-
ginia gentleman dey wouldn't ha' run
away
81 amt talkin' bout no Pharoh and
Moses, say Miss Pauline. lookln mad as
a bald hornet. Is your name Ben Hassan
All and is Cun'l Munchausen your master.
and Is he Pasha to dc Kaiuf Oh Egypt?'
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