The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-18
DID NOT BUY THE RATS.
Prince George County Negroes Offer
TO a Cbinamnn.
From the Washington Post

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over IN Frihee Nt'fSe's county lew
miles from the district line, Constable
Artv S,iit the terror Of MARYLAND male
l'cloiS' mas ' Ois '''i III, MS must ''U'
Die I'VE stock are game chIckens' ana mere
is always sport of some kind on the car
net Whom a thief hunt or a chicken fght
Is mo- on 'he oos'U7' O0'S'aoie sun Neep'
things livery by his propensity for practical
Jokes and often DEVELOPS from small be-
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7''''''i'7' " i0''"' '''N '"' '''' ''
playing on the creduAly or superstition
of the oiG-time darkias who inhabit the
neiobborbood
a tl" no ae0 ''iiYN a. " d 7iI0u
"" 0iie 80 an - a w lui &c
% ~, - - a 'u'i '1''igi nm
ca nearly d h"iuIe e" 'l me Ioue utS d ,ney
sOuSH' " o9Oale I,OlI 'iielI '"il"iiIS "oll-
i,"e, -AS 5'io 9Gi' SlOO" saIiils ."
'He ntdP Vi "eao a. ''i'0"' an "" ualhE
VIZ Ha9 NOi H'N ~ sue "t'OiI9 Oi ne
9ultS' came dioHs d"u di9o IooASu WIN
interest Oh me az ou' "a" cHdnCe
10y JOKE anu salu' nan 20 himself pu' III
zone lAa' simon couiu near.
Flty we maven sol these rats IN town.
gay money ION 'HeIl rats, MIs'an An
"? whose goth 10 ouy rats l IKE 70
know 2! asked Sihon, turning MS eyes
with aston-shIneht on ms employer
WY lhe OHlhdiilSH' Oh course, 1hey
pay cents apiece Iof 'heHl anu IL you
PICK out dozen NICE Dig lat ones tuey
VIII give you 10 cents dozen lot theti.
They cook rats and eat them. answered
the slaple' pultlhs on an expression ol
regret az the waste u alieseu maj he'aoie
game lying on the ground.
We'll. did enybody ever! exclaimed 81
mon Iegardlng the rats with ne" inter
est. Done near these Ahaoosty hlgsers
taking nout ChlldthTh eatlh IaLs' put
thought they Wuz Iylh' as usual seventy
hNe cents dozen ION 'neih nasty Pis-peh
rats!
Constable SUIT saw that the SEED had
taken root ana moved away from simon
who soon atterWaru came GOWN 10 MS
employers once with WE'VE OF tle Dig
gest' giayeSt ials tleu py tneIr 'aIIs III
a Dunch. Inc Dunch was WRAPPED " pa
per by SUITS advice. simon drives one OF
the Suit teams, which IS hlred TO CON
tractor in washington ana ne look me
rats with MN Wheh ne went TO work, art
er getting the location OF ChlheSe lduh-
dry from the constable
A trlend OF ouil Keeps d hFsiy s'aoie
next to the laundry 10 "hlch simon was
directed ana Wheh TINS man mex Hlst the
constable he hao story 10 teii. oilnon
droves|S TO the iauhdry door plckeo up
a package from inc moor Oh the wagon
and entered the laundry Two MINUTES IA
ter he came out on run IoiIoWeu py ny
ing hatirons' three CHlilaliieh plo"lns ~
lice whistles, ana iaI6e p1per covered re.
package winch SPeu - 'o 80, wy az
er the fleeing negro ana lel' IA we ililG a1,
of the street. AS II diu 50 ued" ia'9 nc"
in every dlreclion. c... 1900. -, .
The Cinnamon ehaseu oiiloh across wy
street and stood on tiielr own sue loi ton
minutes SHAKING men ASts az nm al an,
addressing hun IN Chihese, when was evl-
IDENTIFY anything Dut Haoter:1s III us mean
ing. simon was scared uauIy, uho w19
half an hour alter the iauhar men ndu
returned to their work. flnaliy ne went
around the corner ahq secured 'he ser
vices Of small negro boy VINO aroVe inc
team from the danger zone 70 the refuge
of the frightened simon
When the Old dacKey returned 20 me
farm he waited on constable sun ana re-
ported his troupes' GU su'tlnly Hohe