The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-24
THE ADVERTISERS DAILY SHORT STORY

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 "Mornin' Miss salne Yes'um, de fire she feels good. De norf win jes' nach- erly suched out de marrer in my bones as rid over muleback.
 Nome. dey aint nuthin' so bad hap psned but whut it could CT been wusser, ! jss thought I'd come over an let Mics Elnore an Mars Jim an little Elne an Mir. Will vent on dey weddin' tower.
 | ioan, see nuthin' to laugh at. Miss
 You well knows Miss Elnore an Mars Jim didn't hab no weddin' tower when dey was mahd; and as dey went off when dey gal chip went-on her weddin' tower. de lower dey had put off r' twenty1oSd dd yeahs, dat's all.
 Nome. I aint been ionesum, speshully since you saunt Johnny-boy over to stay CT drinkin' CT little coffee in de kitchen, an he come CT tarin' like CT tarnado an skekered me so bad I drapt, de cup CT hot coffee in my lap. Fore rthought uv linn of Satan jes' taught at me, an sed as how you'd .saunt him ober to min me an. me to min him. Den he let In ter suade me ter let him put 'lectric bells Aunt Elnore .wus CT way. wush you could'er heerd dat boy talkin' erbout de cumfort uv havin' 'lectric bells. He over-suaded me an wus CT strtngin' up
 I had my doubts as to whuther Mars John wus altogether right in makin' Johnny-boy study ter be CT lawyer ergin his will, but my doubts serted me alter
 BX-an'-by he got to workin' so hard he didn't hab much ter say ter me. on- less 'twus when he wus CT eatin,..
 Las week he come CT walkin' inter AA lad fgNt lowin' him. Givin me CT wink, he sed. Nanny, here is CT admirer uv yourn. He says he had de pleasure uv formin' your 'auaintance in de iail de time dey sho nun dar stood de trusty whut showed me de spechul intentions when wus in dat 'niquitous hole suv CT jail. bowed an scraped an ast alter all my white folks wid as much feelin' as ef would been his white folks.
 Course he knowed all erbout you, kase git CT chance ter turn me outen dar, an 1 tof him not ter specify enny trouble to his min on my count. 'kase my young missus husban' knowed her too we'll not sumpun fit ter eat ter keep me CT Twin fer CT day CT so, I'd be satisfied. He tol me how sorry he wus dat he wus born alter de wah an didn't hab no good
 
 him. Whenever he wusn't busy he'd hang anround an hof my han an tell me ter look fer him sho when his time So as soon as Johnny-boy went back to de wires de gemman fell on His knees an took holt CT my han an sed he wus as .good as his word, he was here in the flesh an wus my slave. felt kinder, quare, but 'monstrated wid him about de difference in our ages. He tuck off his hat, an called on de Lawd ter witness 1t warn't his fault dat he wus born alter l wus born.
 he's got good learnin' an he minded me how much trouble he'd save you all by readin' de good Book ter me hissef. lie sed 1t looked ter him lak I'd wanter Ellie looked as she went CT way Mir. Wilrs bride.
 He didn't wan ter rush my factions. but would do odd jobs 'roun' de house home. He could clean dc silver an look after Mss Ellie's weddin presents fer me fer his boa'd. I tor him fiat couldn' boa'd nobody. He sed wus cruel, but wimmin' allus got that way whut stayed widders; that 'twus rieht an proper ter mahy, Paul had sed so.
 man ought ter tote CT woman's bur dens fer her, dat wus whut dey was was mads a aG Mars John ter. mend on, an you doan know how curisum it makes widder feel when somebody wants ter tote her burdens De upshot nv de mattah wus mor'n n haf way promised I'd take him when Miss Elnore'd come.
 De udder morndn' Johnny-boy slicked hisse'f up to go over to Mars Hal Read s house-Mars Hal S got some gals yer kn,w--ar' he sed, Nanny, ef you won tell mother rode Tempes' terday l won't tell Aunt Elnore bout de 'ail bird you've caught" Dat wus de first nv my knowin' he knowed it, but as I knowed I'd have ter tell Miss Elnore ef I mahd. so shed give me sumpin, 1 wouldn't make de contract. an he rid or Bess.
 Saturdays story, PIERCED BY CUPID