The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-25

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Us bssb esmMes ~ maAn~s.p ~ Old.
rnhIne ~ Ssst~tooasne fao. "dis bean
gsysssea, - b~sn wesrs Die pan o SHOES
~ ~ IenA time, bot ley 10 wgn 'pow -
sesos 81 found. Y0s don see sav fsreln'
eysh kssh ana wssrsn out dss ley jev
- sams ~ eesw. Fo~, ct ssmmsn, NJ
eysa ~ tessssr. Jfe want everything ~
- en- ~ f1gf ds isas sbiSe Ne ~ RAG.
In ma ~ 10 : Min ~ kAeh ~ wbess :
ssfsssd. NsT msSnIn, Of 9svs him ~
hsnsb-oH. ~ hAer ma bus1 dssn' SO -
1eiG at. fili dan hs~s time n esy 'tsa-
iIen 70 fets~r ssnwsn. On den Ne givs0
me y cents"
rns "a msa vas silent sss . mom.ns.
~ NJ contemplated me vilissn0ps tens
ss1sss u such ehAescssr
An Don. ~ NJ mshss fe9'ias runs. ~
60T even Hiys me- 10 cents, but he sav
.Her time, es0. sivs yoa . austah,' bot
} 00n ~ no anatsh, sbofs ysr baWn, tu
Ne makes ssvrG mo tfItA No, sAh, dom
you fssk isf me loo desc men what weas
dsy s'oes oH dA same I'll 'soua. Day am
pvw.fH mean men. IN no mssssks
Now, ht~h an - hind n shoe I i.hN
Sov see dc one. me- am worn out 81 10
hAsi An ~ ds toe. an worn Nat IN de cen
ian Oh 6e hoof Nov dat semman. MSS
Oh f'sht Ne call me an ne soy. Ole maa,
make down ny bed de- fuss chance you
Gis an den he % an loaf rounf In a.
smoksh tI, told him his bed made down,
~ den ne swing In widout sayH snv-
ming, an fus thing you know ne spun'
sleep No. sab, he don 90 tearin roun'
bout dc thing an dat fhins. ~ faint
tss rGht ne jss say, In his min. you
hnow' Dam De Offence an on he 80 TO
sleep
ibis semman. bs all rishs. TOO. Hs an.
no csh'Iuss man. hut he jes 10 iong AMI
tend his burners widou raisIn' 90 much
cain, an yet he Do mo- In er day den dat
yam feIler he DO in ef month. Nsx' day
brush him on an get done sn' he han
mo ~ qustah while ne finish readiu' he
papah' Dat am Or nee semman, sbo's
ysh bawn.
Tive Msa "a AvsSA.
An den hsshs er mother Kind o. gem.
man, which sometime I like an sometime
DON IKE. You see his shoe. hit am worn
AL Ainds o. ways. Dey am hoiiersd out
hSfe an turned of dare an have all sorts
o. curious bruises. Now dat feliah he aon
e.ve er dam whether he 20 ter bed or not
sometime. an den axin he apt TO sleep
all day Sometime like 20 watch an
see jeS whit he Gwtne do neg, To- he Ger.
NY ANA curious white man. Ef he got
any stun me- jes' apt to give ysh 4 doIIxh
- sr quhth, but den sometime he broke
IN ysh don get nothin'. but ali De same
] like dis gemman. NJ ne SITS mad he
naddsr'n de dsbbai hissoif. but gently he
don care how d. win blow.
DIS xemman I don like neither. No
ssh, dom ike dis ssmman," said the old
man. picking UP another pair Of tans.
"Yrh see DIS heah shosf Hit am worn
out mo- At de toe den anywhas else Dat
man he pow'ful lot o. trouble. lie am
ndHity, an Or hdGity man am wose'n err
fnssy woman, an or fussy woman--snay Do
Lawd sabe me
Dis man he always In n hurry. He ask
me thousand questions. He want his
bed made down bcfo' anybody else an he
want hit made up befo' anybody else. an
all endvin' Oh de night ne ring!n' TO- De
potah. Dere he go now: heah him? Let
him ring. I done been dsre sew tines.
an he don want Gawd's blessed thing
with notein'. when he nish whah ne
soin' he 20 mighty 20 get OF da, he fo'xt
ev'ryh!ng eise--foG4t his grip an mis-
waikin' stick. en- he neveh falls ter dis
remember dat ron done wait on him Ike
er dawg all night. OATS Dc msanesf' thing
bout dis heah ndgfsy semmaa. sops
he dosn ~ on my cyah no mo- dis sum
nah.
SsnaA Man asA Dsls.
But heah's sompin don like. HSAh's
one 81 dem Jonah Shoes. You ask any
po'tah an he tell you dat dis kin or shoe
mighty nigh bring Or wreck er sompln'
ASfse
sab. SEQ dat ier heel EyAh sec any
thing like ~ Hit am worn right ofY'n
one side. How you s'posN dat e~mman
even wesh he shoe OF DAT way, Dom
know? Co'se you dom: nobody else. Dat
man am = Jonah man. she's ysh bawn.
an ! been feeiin' oncomhtabuI evan since
see DAT shoe say 20 myself. Sam.
yeh betAh be pow'fui cahfui ternisht
case dat Jonah man arm on De can. an
! am stiIi pesser'd bout hit Dat man
no curious sho' nun. He nsvsh say nu,h-
In all de time. lie sot stili an look out n
de wsndef. an now an den when you
pass by. he roll Gem eyes o. hi.'n roun'
at you. an u make youh blood freeze
dat what he DO. ! plum 'fraid o. dat kin
o. man. an nevah do anythin' mon 7
kin help 10 him. No. sab. wou,Sn' Z
touch dat man wild my broom To- sev'nty
Eve cents, sab.
''Heah am er mother kin a. shoe I con'
Ike. Look ~ II. Hit am narro' nil err
long an fat a. er pancake. wia n short
toe. an hit am worn down on de inside
Of de from sole Dat am er dude Ally
body kin see dat. lie 9Th de po'tah q
heap o. trouble an pow fui little OBJ any
thing else. iemms tell you He cali me sr
de mawrin' an he say 'Po'tAh. po'tah
eid sou poiish--he alters say poIIsh-di1
you polish my shoesF Den gins ter II,
mad. but kssps polite. an say: Yes.
sab, ! SHRED EN- but ~ say Wen.
dey DON look like H. wish you would
take them hack ard 20 ovah them agin.'
An den take dem back an sot down IN
the conan 10 er few minils vidous -
much as ioHcntn dem. an when TAX.
dem back he hook rewfui pleased. 'rase
ne think ne xo,n' ter Icok fr~r'n anybody
els~. lie take up mo room IN the smokah
dan anybody. an he fool sroun' an comb
his hair an fsx his sie tell De ainsn' car
am pulled Of. an den he aiinos break his
heart case ne miss his o-eaksss."
Mea Whe Wear Bracelets.
Rrsrese;-w~ssing man are sais 20 be 90