The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-18
A VISIT FROM UNCLE MINGO.
The Old Man Tells the Chi1dren
About Captain WagstaR.

About Captain WagstaR.
Uncle Mingo came to town the other
day, and in the evening called at Mr..
Efingham's to pay his respects and
bring the children a bundle of sugar
cane.
And such cane! Striped with bril-
liant, variegated colors, and with such
big, fat. long joints No cane like that
could be found at any of the Greek
fruit stands, or Latin ones, either.
Mr.. Effingham invited Uncle Mingo
to come in and speak to the "Missis,"
who greeted the old man cordially.
"Sit down, Uncle Mingo" she said.
Uncle Mingo turned toward the SER
want girl, who stood grinning at the
door.
81 wonder" he said, "wot make &c
cullud gals has all git to be so TO
count desc days! Wot you stan dere
gigglin' for stead o runnin' down
stairs an fetchin' up de kitchen chair?
How you speck me to sot down cen de
Missis' from parlor chair?"
But the lady laughingly told him 1T
was all right, and so he sat down, re-
marking in a barely audible voice that
he wasn't no Booker Washington.
Uncle Mingo told them about his
home affairs. about Aunt Chloe and
how his crops had turned out. Mr.. En-
fingham STEPPED out a moment and then
returned wrapping dark bottle in
newspaper Uncle Mingo's kindly eyes
sparkled as he received the bottle, for
well he knew the stuff was good.
20. Uncle Mingo," said little Miss
Bessie, papa has just been telling US
about that poor lady way over in Eu-
rope who has been stolen away by
the wicked robbers. She is mission
airy, you know; she breaches to the
heather and teaches them Sunday
school. And the bad men won't let her
loose, unless somebody gives them, oh!
ever so much money! More than
hundred thousand dollars. Isn't that
lot of money!
yes" said Uncle Mingo, sit is
good deal. It's mo- dan wot L makes
cen a whole year"
And Just to think how she must
be worrying about her church and sun
day-school, while she isn't there to
look after them! Amt it dreadful?
Eyes, so it is said Uncle Mingo;
but I speck she is mo- worried bout
herself dan wot she is bout de church.
Nat reminds me-" he added. as he
rose to go, bout de story dey use to
tell bout ole Capt. Wagstaff. out to
Postum Hollow"
Tell us about it," cried the chill
dren.
ut amt VERY much OBJ a story,
said Uncle Mingo. You see, de Cap
tain was big stout fat man. an were
ebber he gone he always take long two
young niger fellers name Caesar an
Pompey to wait on him.
lone day he gone f1shin' cen de Ia
COON. witch IS a big water cen de mid
die O. de swamp A tree had fall down
cen de edge O. de water, an de Cap
tain walk out on de log to fish, an lean
agin one O. de limbs.
"Bumbye he git big bite. Den
vile he was pullin' at de fish. he mus
a lean too hebby gin de limb. Any
how. de limb broke, an down come de
Captain, rod an ALL cen de water ker-
snlash!" ,,,
breathlessly.
"Well. de Captain couldn't swim
VERY we'll wild all his close on. so he
come up putin an splashin' an blow.
in de water out he mout, WHO'D! whoo!
like dat.
1.-THE fish he perceed to sail or via
de rod, an Pompey he call out to
Caesar. Catch de rod! Catch de rod!
"De Captain he come up putin.
Contour you! he say, WHO'D!
WHO'D! you black rascal you eaten
met"