The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-26

whats goin' to happen to tn naygur:
asked Mr.. Hennessy.
"well., said Mr. Dooley. he'll ayther
have to go to tn North an be a suoJick
race, or stay in tn South an be an obJick
lesson. Tis a har-rd time he'll have, amy
how. I'm not sure that I'd not as lave De
gintlv lynched in Mississippi as baten 10
death in New York. If I was a black man
I'd choose tn cotton belt in ~prifrinoe to
tn belt on tn neck firm tn polisman's
club. / wud so.
I'm not so much throubled about tn
naygur whln he lives among his opprissors
as L am whin he falls into tn hands iv his
liberators. Whin he's in tn South he can
make UP his mind to be lynched soon o.
late, an give his attintion to his other
pleasures iv composin' rag-time music on
q banjo an wurrukin' FIR tn man that used
to own him an now on'y owes him his
wages. But tits tn divvle's own hardship
FIR a coon to step out Nv tn rooms Nv tn
S'ciety FIR tn Brotherhood iv Ma-an, where
he's been r-readin' a pome on tn Future
iv tn Moke,' an be pursooed be a mob Nv
abolitionists till he's driven TO seek polls
protection. which, Hinnissy, is tn polite
name FIR fracture iv tn skull.
81 was FIR sthrikin' off tn shackles Nv
tn slave, me la-ad. Twas thrue L didn't
vote FIR il, bein' that / heerd Stephen A.
Douglas say twas unconstitutional, an
In thin days ! wud go 10 tn fiure with
amy ma-an FIR III CONSTRUCTION. I'm still
with ii, but not so sthrong. It's movin' too
fast FIR me. But no mather. Anyhow.
xr.~ e. no "a, - Ira4I N FREQ M
though I shtud be tn South as a spoortin'
proposition 1 was kind iv glad in me heart
whin Gin'ral Ulyss s.. Grant bate Gin raj
Lee, an tn rest iv tn Union officers cap
tured Jiff Davis. / says to mesilf. Now,
1 says. tn coon'n have a chanst FIR his
life,' says /. AN in due time we may injye
him. 1 says.
IAN sure enough 1t looked good fl
awhile. an tn time come whin tn ocras'nal
dollar bill that whit acrost this bar on pay
night wasn't good money onless it had tn
name iv a naygur on it. In thin days they
was a young la-ad-a frind Nv wan iv tn
! Donohue ~boys-that whit to tn puolic
school up beyant, an he was as brIgh. q
la-ad as ye'd want to see in a days walk
The larnin' iv tina la-ad wud sind Father
hSDy DdCk % UlS grammar IL "a SpSl
to make a hare iv tn hedge schoolmasther
he was as quick at figures as tn ddycateC
pig they showed in tn tint las week ir
Haley's vacant lot. an in joggerpby. as
tronomy, algybbera, jommethry, chimis'
thry, physiojnomy, bassooph.y an frac-
tions 1 was often har-rd put mesilf 20 puz
zle him. L heerd him gradyooate, an hi:
composition was so fine very few cud make
out what he meant.
81 met him on tn sthreet wan day aftheI
he got out iv school. What ar-re we goin
to do FIR ye'ersilf. SNOWFALL says Ibis
name was Andrew Jackson George Wash'n-
ton Americas Caslateras Beresford Vanilla
Hicks, but 1 called him SNOWFALL hin
bein' as black as a coal, dye see-I says
to him: What ARE We goin' to do FIR ye'er.
silf?' L says. I'm goin' to enther tn pro.
fission iv law he says, where be me
acooman an Industry L hope he says,
fnr to rise to be a judge he says, a con-
grissman,' he says. "a %sinitor.' he says, AN
p'rhaps,' he says, "a Prisidint iv tn United
States he says. Theyse nawthin' to pre-
vint,' he says. 'Divvle a thing says L
'Whin we made we free says i. we opened
up all these opportunities to ye,' says l.
Go on says /, an enjye tn wealth an