The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13

do do open. Pete no keep iayin' low, an won
duh wat dat onrighteons parrot Ewan do.
natchiy drive dem cubs outen dat cabin, peckin,'
,Sm Tive he hook bill an sws ann dor gi9 noe w.
to ba lE 0 .@ny sW off IN IN do HN woods oS run an 'V doy u know
day bettuh novuh como back dab agin; sub.
Den ,Nicodemus he kim back 70 dc cabin, an
bunk an holluh, In he eauh:
Den ,Nicodomus chucklo some mo- an go to
sloep. Dis hyah tickle Peto SO pow'ful dat no
tiinkk mo, ., dat woscked parrot dan ne eyuh
H sips hs Ssn' an Nee Se t doE RS'S h2 he sG gum. to tease
.Tuckgy. Peter Nicodemus say.
doan' go attuh muffin, so Nicodemus he get up
Pete f@, 81 he S stop Si % Tf osR 2 fbGHhn sSis ,SSq Si e lem %' Se
moyc on, lack he doan' keeuh TO- muffin. He ain.
90 sSn e Stc li5tls %a Isili men nm P sMss SGah z ps swq ba i6 an,
hawk It done swup down an gobble Nico.
see him no mo-. Don Pete he DIES lop down an
" I bean do def O. Nicodomusi' he holluh.
4 done do muhduh, an l des go an lot en- hang
Duh nevah boon sotch a streaky man as dat
Mahs MqKoovuh's plantation, down y9n long
Koeyuh he fine who It bean dat Pete done
m@@ 9 , % We sayi' sejuh mon pex,ful bad up
yon in y'ginny, Pete he say, Dis hysh yah
lookin' fcrocious. Dem Yanks ,iey pushin' De
s s9jRS 'T msn. up B .S dI si hSlt' s sS' Vi Yin as d. s' Petu f.
Mhahsuh say: ~ been ss1o to 60 Up ,r. dab ! n an j jim! ID, dc
mighty sight bettuh'n hangin'.,.
"Pcte no t'ink dat bean dos bout do ting.
t sean n 81 p ,S%y tn he . e. az line I'd de- S 5Ino as s" sh %%n
S %s,n . sig yn %SsthS sn1 H. i si,p 81 S,S 3 sn!dss t e.,
him in to die. Dey tote him to n big. toni whah
duh bean heaps. mo- soiuh men wiz Yankee
bullets in EN-, an dey des' layin' Pete on he cot,
wen he heah some un holluh:
""pia ssa ell gSe he ee ana ave Let Sn. Us Iod Rra IN skeoubt
as life sub, an solemn, as a unduhtakuhi Petec
dsid away, he des dat streafy!
How N~icodemus done git dahl Dat bean
b'lieve it. Des' on udduh side dem woods whah
dc hawk snatch Nicodemus up dat day an
s bean h do S St GHssi pia an' s%ah'p be toe ct "a he lq ioIf:
dey, bean de piouses' folks In all dat kentry, an
Mahhs' Craigie he done preach many times;
Craigie chickens. ,des' do same, an Mahs' Graf
gle bean layin' TO hawks wiz he gun. des' wen
ovuh dat away. He up pow'ful high, but MANS.
Craigie he bean a desp'rit man wiz a rife. an
shock. Wen Mahs' Craigie go to pick de hawk
Is claws. Dat, bean Incidents: but eo'so
M n,,s, tSraisie doan, know d9t. He tink de
family dey ali Io.ofin' at It Wen bshmby Nieo:
daid: an dey wait: Bahmby Nicodemus he opee
ion @ I tinss.. 'o Sicod e1" s9 he aim sSa aEs HlI st pin;
al y'f NOBODY %ssn dq ief ta% wiE S sgtn se aes't but an Mans dsy
Craigie, an he have he finguhs stuff way in he
demns S Re q hai,oye Mans aSy, S selfiiai,; fs s%bls da S'S &c.
clnh dat he mus tex dc parrot out in de woods
an shoot it, but he say no. But he done toto
an dab he labuh an rassle wiv dat onrighteous
fowl weeks an, weeks, day in an day out,
an wat yo' spec. done happenf Bahmby one
day Mains, Craigie he kim in an Nicodemus
kim wiz him, De family dey staht to quit do
Nicodemus he hollnh::
",Hallyluyuh!, Let US prayr
Craigie he done labuh wiz dat wrecked Nico-
f fSmb RIs' no 1 mo' q piou auh dam S Sfsn aonH 2 a anF
de ahmy, ho done tcck Nicodemus wiz him,
tent wien doy tote one-Eyo Pete Neafie in.
t,c lIW;e, H. sub ans Pete Pet he dGan, die 2, an , he mighty i;
CANT git de hang O. oil dat piousness: One day
Pete he feclin' streaky. an he say to Nicodemus:
Nie wds g%sn he out sbS as5sf he e fedd 5oiSSay IN an. rlars
he eye. an holluh:
DAM
But he done cotch heseff right dab, an say:
"'Hallyluyuh. Petuh!. Let us prayl'
Dat des' sot Pete to tinkin', an he tink so hahd
an deep ovuh Nicodemus's change o. haht dat
wen he bean ready to jine de ahmy agin he
des' as pious as Nicodemus, an wat yo' spec
Pete done dot Attuh de wah bean done no
des' natchly go to preachin', an de Cape Fair
kentry ain nevuh see setch a pow'ful preachuh
as one-Eye Pete Neaftie. neiduh befo' no sence
dc wah, sub. He des' dat streakyi''