El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
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tetch-en-go. mum. wild i'm. 1 tell you.
So he spuk moughty humble IN
feeble lax. en- say. 'Wuz dar two err
'em?' Well, de wu'd want mo- dan
out er his mouf, wen he seed 'twan't
no use projeckin' wild Marse Lord,
kaZe, 'Twixt de Bug en- de Bee-martin,
faint hard ter tell witch is gwine ter
git kotch'. so he up en- tell all bout
hit, how 'ticular he wuz. how he sot
bOfe er 'em down tergedder, tetchin'
wunner-nudder, sides by sides, en- how
he e long den. 'tendin' ter his
yudder biZness, en- how dat wen he
come long back ag'in ter fetch EN-
bofe Gis lax he WIZ tole) dar want
but js byarly one ter behole, en- he
low dat he wuz gwine ter keep on a
lookin', dough, ontwel he's foun' de
ed.
Den Marse Lord loo %'dignant,
he voice roa', de earf shuck. en- he
'spon' out loud: 'Gabe. Gabe. go
fetch dat yudder missin' one Den
Marse Gabe say, jis lax de pate
roller wuz behime i'm. "Yas, sub.
gwine ret long, sub, en- he huddle
he wuZ a dodgin' sump'in', en went
long back en- tuck all de pains ne kin
He look first one side IN den de yud-
der. den he bat his eyes en- hong his
haid down moneful en- perfected. en-
wuz js gwine ter gin up de s'arch, en-
hump hisse'f en- glong back Zen git
wat he knowed dar wuz fer 'im), wen
he onbat his eyes en- drapped 'em down
en- looked, en- lo-en-beholeS! dar
crouched all up in a lump ker-fap pom
de groun' wuZ dat yudder missin' one.
Wy, a liz mo- en- he'd a trompled on
i'm.
Den he 'skivered dat he wuz
bu'nt brack ez a coal, mouf wide open,
wife teef a shinin' en- jamby a poun' CT
wool on his naid whar de sun lone al
kink up. Fas' asleep. too. 1 'clar ter
erasmus, sezzee. 1 s'pose he'd dom
git ter noddin' en- fall ober, er he
mought er git kotch wild a emptiness
in de pit er de stummuck a hoaning
after sump'in t'eat. But anyhow, dar
he wuz. jis lax 1 tell you en- IL
folks do "a dat OATS de 'kazion er
niggers bein' so sleepy haided ter dis
DAY. dat dey wuz NEXT dat-a-way at
frs. Well. Narse Gabe. he krope
down on his all-fo's en tuck de po'
brack ting up en- put i'm in de w'eel-
barr. en- amble off ag'in en- kyar i'm
long ter Mars Lord jis ez fas' ez' he
kin trot, ca-pluck-a-te-pluck. ca-pluck-
a-te-pluck.
Now, den. wen Marse Lord DOL
en- seed dat His wuk wuz all spilled Ell
ruint. dat de sun had dun en- bu'nt
hit eZ brack eZ a charcoal, He shuck
His haid IN bat His eyes en- tu'n ZIP
His nose a kinder d~isgustin' LAX 'cn
say: He amt wuff foolin' away my
time wild. en- a boder1n' ODER. SO TEX
i'm. Gabe-tek i'm. ell g'long en- fling
i'm In de Miz'.
BY dat time Marse Lord wuz done
n th'oo wild polishin' up en- puttin'
BRET in dat frs one. en- you know
mum, he wuz a%-stan'in up dar long
side er Marse Lord a lookin' pariently
lax he thunk he WIZ in a crowd. wild
his hans in his britches-pocket-hat
cooked on one side-smokin' a seegyar.
En- he wuz talkin' moughty uppity en-
moughty familyus lax ter Marse Lord,
too Vas. sub! jis lax he wuz some
body considerbul already, a putin on
airs en- a wigglin' de ashes Off de
cen er his eegya wild his liz finger.
En- mo- dan dat, sub; he TUX en- boz
d~aciausly open up de confab hisss'f wild
Marse Lord Cbout his po' punt pard-
ner what WIZ a lynn dar in de bottom
er der w'eelbarr' en- whar in a mint
mo- Marse Gabe would er had i'm
flung smack In de MizO. en- spuck up
en- say jis' ez 'sumptious, too. ez you
please, bowin' en- a smilin' en- twistin'
his merstach: All! 'skuse me. Lord
'skuze me- sezzee,-'but, ah-doan'
SIIoy I'LL, pIcdSc, uOdu uluS iii III
de Miz," ah-go on-go on en- finish
i'm UP en- gi' i'm ter me ter wait on
me- I
EN- so de Lord did. He retcht ret
up, IN gin his kya'vin' knife down
agin, en- kya'ved of'n de looses' er de
bu'nt po'tions en- den tuck some san
paper en- polished i'm. en- fix i'm up
de bes' he kin out'n a bad job en- gin
i'm ter de wife man ter wait on i'm.
Dey named i'm Niger (dey spuck
de Greek loren langwidge in dem days.
en- brack wuz 'niggero. En- Marse
Lord gin dis niger In-iz-Image ter de
wife man ter wait on i'm den in de
b%eginnin' en- he's been a waitin' on i'm
ebber sence, fun Hat time forre'd on
twell dis presen' day. En- hits n er
desc yer jobs waits gwine ter last a
long ime-y sub, jis' ez long ez de
Ham-begats kin Ham-begat mo Ham
begats, en- doan' you fergit dat off yo'
mind. needer. Hits 'bleeged ter be
dat-a-way. 'Twan't none err we-all'S
choosin'. We wuZ boun' ter mex de
bes' er hit. De moon may shine, but
a lightered knot is moughty handy ter
hab roun'. en- Cord knows. chillun, hits
better ter be sump'in' dan muffin. En-
hits all jis' lax l tell you. honey, en- dat
is dis-Ef it hadn' been fer de wife
folks dar wouldn' be no niggers-dat
is. dar wouldn' be none ter year tell on.
fer dat frs niger In-iz-Image would
er been flung In de Miz.'" I
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