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

position conferred on We be tn con-
sticootion,' I says. 'On'y.' I says, don't be
too free I says. "Th' freedom iv tn likes
Nv We is a good thing an a little iv II goes
a long way l says. An iv 1 liver hear iv
We bein' Prisidint Nv tn United States I
says. I'll AXE me whitewashin' away firm
ye'er father, we excelsior hair. poached-egs
eyed. projiny iv tar 1 says. fr me Anglo
Saxon feelin' was sthrong in thin days.
...WelI, / used 10 hear iv him afther that
defndin' coons in tn polls coort' an now
an thin bein' mintioned among tn scat
therin' in Republican county con-vintions,
an thin he dropped out Nv sight. Twas
years befure i see him again. War day I
was walkin' UP tn levee smokn' a good
tin clint seegar whin a coon wearin' a suit
Nv clothes that looked like a stained glass
window in tn house iv a Dutch brewer
an a pop bottle in tn fr-ront iv his shirt,
steps up to me an he says: Hod dye do.
Mistah Dooley,' says he. Don't we know me
-Mistah Hicks? he says. SNOWFALL? says
1. Step inside this dureway,' says l. lest
Clancy. tn polisman on tn corner take me
fr a octoroon.' i says. What ar-re ye do
IMP says /. How did We enjye tn prisi-
dincey?' says L. He laughed an tol me tn
SlOIl " 4lc AC ~ va
an found his on'y clients was coons an
they had no assets but their vote ut tn
prim'ry. Besides a warrant fr a moke was
tn same as a letther ~ introduction TO III
warden iv tn pinitinchry. Tn only thing
left FIR tn lawyer TO do was TO move fr a
new thrile an afther he'd got two or three
he thought OF things was tn best an ye
do well to lave bad enough alone. he got
so sick iv chicken he cudden't live on his
fees an he quit tn law an whit
into Journalism. He r-run "Th' Col-i
ored Supplimint' but IL was a failure.
tn taste iv tn public lanin' more 20
quadhroon publications, an no ma-an that
owned a RESTRAINT or theaytre or dhry
| goods stored put in an adver-tisemint fr
fear tn subscribers'd see it an come
ar-round. Thin he %attimpted TO go into
pollytics, an tn best he cud get was car
ryin' a bucket iv wather fr a Lincoln club.
He thried to larn a thrade an found tn
on'y place a naygur can larn a thrade Is In
| prison. an he can't wurruk at that without
commitin' burglary. He started 10 take up
subscriptions fr a sthrugglin' church an
found tn profession was overcrowdeo.
'Fin'ly,' says he. twas up 10 me 10 be a
porther in a saloon or go into tn on'y busi-
ness he says. in which me race has a
chanst,' he says. What's that2' says 1.
Craps says he. I've opened a palachal
imporyium.' he says. where he says.
''twud please me very much he says, me
! OF Abolitionist fri'nd.' he says. If ye'd
dhrop in some day. he says, an I'll roll
tn sweet, white bones fr ye.' he says.
Its tn hope iv me people, he says. We
have an even chanst at ivry other pur-
SCOT he says, but it's on'y in craps We
have a shade tn best iv it, he says.
so there We ARE, Hinnissy. An what's
it goin' to come TO. says YEP. Faith. / don't
know an tn naygurs don't know, an be
hivins 1 think if tn lady that wrote tn
piece We used 10 see at tn Halsted-sthree
Opry House come back TO earth she
wudden't know. i used TO be all broke up
about Uncle Tom, but cud / give him "A
job tindin' bar in this here liquor store?
/ freed tn slave, Hinnissy, but, faich, 1
tbink twas like tur-rnin' him out iv a
| panthry into a cellar"
well. they've got TO take their chances"
said Mr.. Hennessy. "Ye can't do anPy-
thing more fr thin than make thin free"
I've can't" said Mr.. Dooley. but whin
we tell thin they're free they know we're
on'y sthringin' thim."