The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-11-26

TO cud tell him erbout my rumatiz
he bust out an say: 'Whur is vi'let?'
ST say, 'Marse Bob Lee, she in dar,
but wut yer done wild yer paw?' oh,
1 come on de airly train and rode ober
wild de Jestis er de Peace. Paw'll find
out at de station I'm already come. 1
mus er missed him on de road kase we
come by Bill Stallin's. Whar's Vi'let
did yer say?'
81 felt it in my ole bones dat sumpun
turrible uz gwinter happen wen dat
boy see Henry Gay wild Miss vi'let, so
1 follered him inter de parlor fer ter
see. Soon ez Marse Bob Lee see dat
low down Henry Gay, he looked
s'prised lax an den step'd back an say:
'Scuse me, didn't mean to pertrude
mersef.' An Miss Vilet she run out
in de hall an max out lax she mighty
glad ter see Bob Lee, but he tole her
ter go back ter her comp'ny; dat he see
her after dat man wuz gone.
"Den Marse Bob Lee he follered me
inter de kitchen an I showed de pie an
de possum an all dem udder good fings;
but, law me, dat boy nebber pad no mo-
'tention to dem v;ttals danif he didn't
know w'ut dey uz made fer, I know
den dat derei wuz trubble er comm,
do he tried ter look kinder unconcarn.
ed lax. 'Twarn't long 10 he heered
Miss Vi'let say good bye, Harry an
Bob Lee turn pale as er ghost. He
went right out an stop't dat man as he
went out de back gate not fur FUN de
kitchen to whur his boss uz hitched to
ar hick'ry linn.
Hold on dere, Mr.. Gay, 1 wants
ter speak to you,' Bob Lee called out
kinder cu'is lax, an den he walked
right straight up an say, Wat you
doin' in er gent'man's house, you low
down houn' dogP'
"Dat man Henry Gay turned er hun
derd colors an den he spoke up an
lowed, Use just as much er gentleman
ss you is, an I'll come here when 1
gifts ready kaze Miss vi'let axed me-
SIT uz done 90 quick I nebber seed it,
but de fust ing knowed dat low born
wretch w er lynn on de groun' an
Marse Bob Lee he uz er stan MIN dere
waitin' fer him ter git up SOS he c'u'd
knock him down ergin. l saw by de
cu'is look In Bob Lees eye dat he
gwinter kill dat sneakin' Henry Gay
jes ter erlieve his feelin's. So Irun up
an kinder pushed him back an say:
'Marse Bob Lee, you'se erbout ter fer
git yer raisin'. Don't you know y0' paw
allus taught yer nebber ter sile yer
hans by hitin' er man wut amt yer
ekul? Git erway an lemme ten to
him.
"Marse Bob Lee kinder glib dat air
feller er kertempchu kick wild his foot
an say: "You'se right, Aunt Lucindy.
I wuz erbout ter fergit dat Use er gen.
t'man, an den he slept back an play.
elk wild his fists an lookt lax he sorry
dat Gay man not good as he wuz SOS he
c'u'd hit him ergin widout dirtyin' his
hans. Well. dat man claimed up on
his feet an lookt lax he pow'ful bash
full jes' den, an say: Git outer year,
yer low down, cow-hearted, rabbit-leg-
ged, fox-headed chunk er po' white
trash TO lams yer ober de head wild
dis broom Marse Bob Lee he gun
ter laff an he says: Lucindy, you'se
too good ter hit him wild yer han's.'
{. "Henry Gay he gritted his teef an
say he got mo- money dan de whole
Reebes family an dat he uz better dan
all Nv 'em put tergedder. 'Twain't nc
'sputtin' bout his money kaze his dad
dy'd stole so much endyorin.de war,
but when he said dat erbout being bet
ter dan my family 1 c'u'ddent kertrol
merself. Use not er venomous niger,
but 1 jes' had ter hit dat man. Dey
amt no tellin' how hard did hit him
wild dat bror m, an 'twan't none er desc
new-fangled brOoms needer. 1t uz one
er desc year broomsage brooms wild de
broom straws tied tergedder wild white
oak splits, an I hit wild de hard end
| right smack on de jaw. He kinder fell
back an cotch onter de fence an I'd eI
finished him right den If Miss Vi'lel
hadn't come er runnin' out an ermos'
skeered me ter def. Git il dat kitchen
dis mint, Lucindy,' she said, an
| went, kase she wuz er terror when she
had er dander up. She warn't lax dc
| woulder gin up Marse Bob Lee fol
L Gay du LIE LuOuCys
| "She turned roun' ter Bob Lee an
say, is yer satifed?' an Bob Lee he
smiled kinder sad lax an say No
Vi'let, nebber will be satisfied till Use
dead Den she tole him dat she lub
bed Henry Gay an went erway wild da'
man an lef Bob Dee er stannin' dert
wild his face as white as er cottor
patch wat hain't been picked in 81
long time. went out to him an tried
ter cumfut him, but he shook his heaC
mournful lax an said Lucindy, Ist
gwine back ter Savannah. Tell paw
had ter go back ter mar wuk.' An b,
uz done TO Marse Claib got back fruu
Marietta.
"Marse Claib uz de happiest man WI
ebber libbed when he come er runnin
in an axed whur uz Vilet an Bol
Lee. 1t mos killed me ter tell hin
dat dey bofe gone, fer he'd been 6nkin
all long dat dey gwinter marry fo
Marse Bob Lee go back. When l toll
him dat Miss Vilet done gone off wit
dat Henry Gay, Marse Claib mos
tainted, kaze he dunno so dat, de,
knowed one ernudder. He went int,
his room an sat down an put all da
dinner an stuff on de table.
"Bimeby l went out dere an rappe'
soft lax on de do an say: 'Marse Claib
dinners ready He wuz er sittin' der
wild his eyes er starin' at de wall an b.
Jumped lax he uz scairt when spoke
4 don't want no dinner he say, an
ak him w'ut 1 gwinter do wild all da
turkey an possum an de lax. He say
You an Nose IL hab ter eat it kaz
dere shan't nebber be nary nudde
Fanksgiben dinner in my house. Cos
wuzen't gwlnter eat dat stuff, kaze
peared lax cunjered vittals ter me al