El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29

rOllt up His SleebeS en- SLobed His hat
pack off'n His forehead-tuck a chaw
er terbacker Ell went ter wuk. En-
den en- dar He meked a couple er In
iz-Images. meked 'em jis' lax de one
he seed Elected in de well (He alters
meked two er de same kline er ting
you know en- he meked dem In-'iz-
Images perzackly fer de wurill jis'
lax he wuz Hisse'f-jis' ez- purty-en
lis ez fat en- plump. Ell jis' ez lakly
lookin' too. Kaze de Lord amt sgt
mar sumptious, ~stingyfied, jealousome
bone in His whole body.
"Bimeby, after He git thoo,H He call
Marse Gabe (dat wuz his oberseer,
de haid man bout de place wa boss es
de han's) en- toll i'm ter g'long fotcn
de w'eelbarr' en- tex bofe dem dar H.
'Iz-Images en- sot EN- in de sun whar
dey could be a dryin' darse'fs. Dey
want name mems wen Marse Gabe
frs seed 'em. dey wuz name In-'iz-
Images. you know, t'wel after dey'd
dried darSe'fS.
open His eyes en- mex 'miration Wen
he seed wat he did see, gin i'm pop
eyes fer de res er his life. but he
knowed his place, dough, en- he 'aint
say muffin. sep'n jis' ter totch his hat
en- scrope his foots en- bow his haid,
kase he wuz moughty aspectful. en-
say. seZzee: Vas, sub; vas sub.
"Den Marse Gabe TUX up de two
In-iz-Images jis' eZ keerful eZ he kin,
but he wuz skeered err 'em, dough. en-
fairfield widin a inch er his life. leas-
wise his knees wuz moughty sheky en-
he had a moughty funny feelin' in lie
naDerhood er his giZzard (ef he want
skeered en- tarrified), but he TUX 'em,
l-..- - H. 49, ~--- $1,000 -.,l~
in de bottom er de w'eelbarr; den he
spit in his hans en- amble off n a kind
pluck-a-te-pluck, ontwell he coined up
long side err de apple dryer. whar de
sun wuz hotties. Den he TUX 'em out,
jis' ez gingerly en- keerful eZ eff dey'd
a pyar er sneks. en- sot 'em up
'g'Inst de behime side err de apple
dryer en- lef' EN-. den went long
'boutn his yudder bizness-a sorter
foolin' en- dallyin' roun' ontwel he
Marser lay down ter TEX His nap Oak
He mos gen'ally do ebby ebenin'-)
His Marser wan feared er obcr-
Hisse'f needer. No,suh. He
knowed p'intedly dat he wuz gwine
ter week up perzacckly ter de ve'y mi,.-
1T dat his In-iz-Images WIZ dry huff
fer i'm ter wuk on ag'in, witch he did,
huff.
Den he call Marse Gabe en- tole
i'm fer ter g'long en- fetch dem In-iz-
Images fer i'm ter put some BRET inca
finish up. Marse Gabe tuck off his hat
pull his fo'lock en- scrope his ret
foots backards en- bow low. jis' lax he
did 10. en- say, Vas. subj IN amble
off ag'in wild de w'eelbarr, ca-pluck-a-
te-pluck. But Law's-er-mussy pom
Wen Marse Gabe git ter de place
he knowed he lef' dem In-iZ-
Images, dar want but one err 'em dar.
look ebbywhar, but faint no use,
he kyan fine but jis' barly one dat
seed wen he frs driv hisse'f up.
look en- he look en- he look, den he
his haid en- study, en look
agin, monst'ouS pestered 'boutn hit,
too, en- a wukkin' his thunkin' ma
chine for all he knowed.
He fotch bofe, en- der want but
one-en vile he wuZ a k~alkulatin'
how dat could a poserable happen,
some er dem varmentS, er
beasteses, er kropin' things, dat wuz
dat same SADLY mawnin' could
kotch de missin' one. en- wuz a
ter hisse'f en- sayin', dat folks
alters p~esterin' en- bodderin'
long wat amt arr en- wat dey haint
got no bizness wild, ought ter nebber
ter no good end, en- needer ought
en- varments z ter dat, no
mo- dan real p%ussuns, Ell vile he wuz
a jawin' en- a lookin' he yeard Marse
voice a calm out loud:
"'Cabe, Gable, you-u-u Gabe,
long dar wild you, you lazy los
kali youi Wat o tromplin' long
dar fer. sub. a was'in' all my time?
You gwine ter TEX all day ter fetch my
ter me, sub? You better come
Io-r 20, r0n 6od ont uho &c w'iah on
is whoi'
"Marse Gabe tromble all ober lake a
askin leaf. but he know he amt got no
time ter foo long das losted one no
mo-. he knowed he was 'bleeged ter
git up en- git. So he TUX de n dat
wuZ lef' en- tuck hisse'f off en- kyard
long jis' eZ fast eZ he iii trot.
wuz fyarly kivered wild mud en-
moughty nigh out er win w'er he
brung uD long side er de wuk-shop
en- hist i'm out.
EN- / tell you he lay moughty low.
haint say nuttin' tall bout de
one whar he couldn' find kaze
thunk mebbe Marse Lord mought
err fergit hisse'f bout dar bein' two er
EN-. but he didn'. No nun. dat he
didn'.
wy dey say dat Marse Lord is dat
'~tickular. dat he tuck a count er all de
en- number de ve'y hyars er
dar haids, wen he NEXT EN-. En-
wen he zee dar want but n er de
Images whar he'd lis done en-
he klared up his th'oat. IN talk
.biggerty. jis' lax he did once TO. long
after dis time do. Dey WIZ out
doors den in de garden. in de COO
er lie day. en- twuZ dat same a dey
said dat Marse Adam en his wife hid
darse'fs. en- dey say. too. dat dat time
you could year his voice a walkin'.
well. he crowded his eyebrows up
sorter shet up bofe eyes
kinder survigrus en- fierce lax. en- said.
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