The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-12-01


/ Rayly, de mewel hab noah pride anC
| vanity dan emmy pc cock what ebber spread
his curtain-kaliker tail in de sun, an
lifted his saw film squawls in praise oil
his own beauty. Most people doant be
| leab dis. Dey links wen dey sees a
mewel wild one OBJ his large, voluptuOus
eahs wilted down backwards an de uddel
droopin' forrards, an his big, soulful ize
turned meellly tuh de groun', dat he is
| humbly meditatin' on de low dOwness oh
mewelS as mewels, an de tough luck dat
gabe him fadder what Won't own him
| an a mudder what's ashamed OBJ him.
| Dar's whar deir Ignorance sticks up like
de humps OF cameFs back. De
proudes', vaineS' Niger is not de one wild
a Klondike diamond ring am cross
| barred pants, but some white eyed mol<e,
what alters hollers out in prayermeetin'
dat heze de chicfest sinner in Isrul.
Nobody can't tell me muffin erbOut
| meweIs Oars not a kink in der para
bolic nachurs dat habbent studded wild
thoughtfulneSS an prayer, an datS one
reezun why Ime still here, while so many
OBJ de udder heroes OBJ de wah git flowers
laid on dem Decoration Day No common
dumb niger could hab assoshiated tree
months wild Caliber 65 widdout bein' fixed
out foh harp an hale.
Caliber 65 got so stuck on hisself on
battle OBJ Gettysburg dat Oar wuz no mo
libin' wild dat fambeyant Elewel He
plum refused tub tote de Mornin' Glory
Mess's tings no mo, an wood fill de
whole naborhood 'roun him wild his heels
wen he see me cum nigh wild camp
kittle or a blanket tub strap on. De only
time he'd let me cum near wuz wen had
curry comb or brush in my hand. Den
he'd let me, clean him off, in conde-
scendin' way, as if hit wuz de proper ting
foh gentleman oh quality tub hab a
kullud valet. / done stood hit all, foh
rayly dubbed dat mewel in spite OBJ his
highfalutin airs and graces. He wuz
good mewel at heart. Den he wooden
take his meals wild de udder common
plugs, but must eat wild de Ossifers'
hosses, an go TO drink wild dem.
De funniest ting wuz tub see him try
tuh neigh an snort like a hoss. He'd
start in all right, but break down in
regler naewel squeal, dat'd make de udder
hosses look 'reun' in s'prise, an say tub
one anudder, ''Waat dat low w-dewn
creacher doin' heah 'neng quality folks"
You can't change a mcwePs voice emmy
mon you kin take de kinks outen a.
niggeh' wool.
But de udder hosses stood him right
along pcaceably. Dey'd bin so long in de
ahmy dat, SO long as de grub an drink
dey ct and drunk. wild. Gittin' enuf an
good wuz a great deal mo tuh dem dan
stile an company.
But de rijimint made up pu's an sent
off tuh New York an bought de Kunnel
de finest new boss dey Good fin in de
State He wuz young Morgan, wild a
pedigree printed in books, an runuin
back tuh de Revolushon. He wuz high
stopper, tell you wid a neck like rain
bow an q tale like q WATERFALL an he
put on mo stiIe dan de ringmaster oh a
circus. He simply didden see a common
M al npyb
Dat brash Galiber IS, like de born fool
dat he wuz, coodent see dis, an KEEP
crowdin hisself onto the new hoss's no
tice.
One hot day all the saddles an brides
wuz tuck of de hosses, an dey galloped
down tub de cric< tull drink. s.Caliber 65
he done bolted right in mong dem, an
stucklliS nose intlIil de water next tuh de |
Kunnel's hoss De Kunnai's hoss jest
lifted his head an dun tuck q long look at
him outen his big ize. Den he reich ober
an tuck Caliber 65's neck in a bite like a
wise. De Maiah's hoss
y heeled an planted both hind feet in
aiber 65's side so hard dat he caved in
TWO ribs. Den de Surgeons boss let him
have hit benin an knocked i'm ober
intuh de crick Den all de hosSes snorted |
out laffin, an galloped upde crick little |
ways an drunk deir ELL.
] dun went an. fished Caliber SIS out, an
wiped him off an tuck him back whar he |
belonged, an fixed i'm up, an gin i'm a |
good lecture on de sin oh not KNOWN an |
keepin' de place tub which he wuz born. |
Fob a full month arter dat Caiber 65 |
yuZ de best mewel dat ebber libbed.