The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-26

an position conferred on We be tn con-
stitootion,' I says. 'On'y,' 1 says, don't
be too free L says. TIL freedom iv tn
likes tv We is a good thing an a little
Nv 1T goes a long way I says. An " 7
liver hear iv we bein' prisidint tn Unit
ed States 1 says, I'll take me white
washin' away firm ye'er father, ye ex-
celsior hair, poached-egg eyed, projiny
iv tar 1 says, f'F me Anglo-SaXon feel
in was sthrong In thin days.
well, used to hear iv him afther that
defindin' coons in tn polls coort, an now
an thin bein mintioned among tn scat
thrin' in Republican county con-yintions.
an thin he dhropped out iv sight Twas
years befure I see him again. Wan dav
I was walkin' up tn levee smokin' A
good tin clint seegar whin coon wearin'
a suit iv clothes that looked like a stain
ed glass window in tn house iv a Dutch
brewer an pop bottle in tn fr-rOnt iv
his shirt, steps up to me an he says:
How dye do Mistah Dooley,' says he
Don't We know me-NIistah Hicks? he
says. Snowflake? says I. Step inside
this dureway,' says I, lest Clancy, tn
polisman on tn corner, take me f'r
octoreon, I says. What ARE We dom?
says I. How did We enjye tn prisidincey?
says I. He laughed an tor me tn story
iv his life. He Wint to practisin' law an
found his on'y clients was cOOns an they
IldQ liO assets Uub I4lClt FOlG cdI III PHI
m'ry. Besides a warrant f'r mOke
was tn same as a lether iv introduction
to tn warden iv tn pInitinchry. TIL ony
thing left FIR tn lawyer to do was to
move FIR new thrile an afther he'd got
two or three he thought OF things was
tn b. st an ye do we'll to lave bad
enough alone.
HE got so sick iv chicken he cudden't
live on his fees an he quit tn law an
ri1Nt1 into 10
ored Suplimint, but it was a failure, tn
taste Nv tn public lanin' more to
quadhroon publications, an no ma-an
that owned a RESTRAINT or theaytre or
| dhry goods stored put In an adver-tice-
mint FIR fear tn subscribers'd see 1t an
| come ar-round. Thin he attimpted to go
| into pol1yttcs. an tn best he cud get
was carryin a bucket Nv wather fr a
| Lincoln club, He thried to larn a thrade
an found tn on'y place naygur can
! larn thrade is in prison, an he can't
| wurruk at that without committin burg
| larry. He started to take up subscriptions
| FIR a sthrugglin' church an found tn pro
! fssion was overcrowded ly,' says he,
! twas up to me to be a pOrther in a sa-
| says, i'm which me race has ohanst,' he
! says What's that? says I. Craps
! says he. I've opened a palachal lmpo-
| ryium, he says, where he says, tWud
please me very much he says, me OF
Abolitionist fr'ind,' he says If ye'd dhroD
in some day he says, AN I'll roll tn
sweet, white bones FIR ye.' he says. IT'S
tn hope " me people, he says. We
| have an even chanst at tvry other pur-
SCOT, he says, but It's on'y in craps We
| have shade tn best Nv It, he says.
so there we ARE, Hinnissy. An what's
it goin' to come to? says we. Faith, L
don't know, an tn naygurs don't know
an be hivins I think fl tn lady that wrote
! tn piece we used to see at tn Halsted
Sthreet Opry house come back to earth
she wudden't know. I used to be all
broke up about Uncle Tom. but cud I
! give him a Job tindin' bar in this here
liquor store? I freed tn slave, Hinnlssy
but, faith think twas like tur-rnin' out
| iv a panthry into a cellar"
'Well, they've got to take their
chances" said Mr.. Hennessy. I'VE can't
do anything more f'r thin than make
| thin free
I'VE can't" said Mr.. DooIey, but whln
we tell thin they're free they know were
on'y sthrlngin' thin"