Sunday Washington globe., 1902-03-23

OBJ how dar come to be er white race an er
black race answered Aunt Sally, "an' -
here she rubbed her woolly head for few
moments with one of her large black hands,
as if still perplexed over what Harold had
told her-"if de good Book had not said
dat adder way Mistah Ha'old dis chile
would lis nat'ally be WINGED dat de way Use
gwine TO tell yo OBJ how dar come to be er
niggah was cut'ny de way dat black pus.
sons come to be hyar, she added
''Well. what is your version?" asked Har-
old as he finished glueing two sections Of
bamboo rod together aud paused in the act
of inspecting the same to ask the above
question.
''I don spute what de good Book say"
replied Aunt Sally ''but dis am de way dat
/ alters heerd tell OBJ how dar come TO be
sep'rate races. In de fus' place, she con,
tinued, de I.ord done mex two men out OBJ
clay; after he finished his labors, he done
lay de two fggahs OBJ clay in de sunshine
to dry awhile, befo he put 'em through de
mex process"
What was the next process2" laughiugly
asked Harold
dat ar jist what l Is gwiue to tell yo'
bout" answered Aunt Sally; after de
hggahs has dried 'nuff to suit de tastes OF de
Lord, he dun took down his trumpet and
blowed it good an hard, fo' to info'm de
6ggahs dat de mex process was ready TO-
'em; an dis hyar process was de changing
OBJ de color OBJ dem two 6ggahs from
clayey color to a snowy white" explained
Aunt Sally with her eyes fixed on the
smiling countenance of the boy But,
sab, " she continued, when de fus' peal of
dat trumpet smote de ar, only one OBJ de
fggahs riz up an went down an got made
white"
"What was the matter with the other2"
inquired Harold
"I'le tell yo' bout de udder ter reckly,"
replied Aunt Sally, when de Lord he sot
dem two fggahs oh clay up 'gainst de fence
rail to dry, he done no sooner tu' his back
pom dem, when one oh dem gwiue fas
Sleep but de udder he ken wide wake so
when the Lord he did blow his trumpet TO
de white process, de wide wake one riz' up
quick an went down an got made white
Now de udder one 4" continued Aunt Sally
went from dose into ar deep sleep, an
when de trumpet wuz blowed he couldn't
hyar it, and de Lord he blow, he did an he
KEEP BLOWN, an all dis time dot ar 6ggah
was ar sleepin' away an didn hyar moth
in, an at de same time de hot sun was ar
beamin down pom dat 6ggah an ar burniu'
oh it blacker eb'ry mint. Still dat 6ggah
KEEP snorin away an de sun KEEP burnin'
it away, an de Lord he kept ar BLOWN
away but de fggah nebber woke up till it
wha clar night, an when he pursented him
self to de Lord fo' de whitenin' process de
Lord couldn't do muffin tall wifi him, as
de sun done burned him black so de
Lord glib him ar lii lect'er 'pon de folly
Oh sleepin' ober de time an tuned him
loose 'pon de world, an dat" said Aunt
Sally, "am de way dat heerd oh how dar
come to be niggar pussons III dis hyar
world But min yo' Mistah Ha'old, Use
nut 'sputn' wha de good Book done say
bout desc currence," she continued. y
don't say as that story bout Ham an Noah
amt so, but nebber heerd oh it before,
dat am all, " she added, as with elbows
akimbo, she stood regarding the boy, and
as if still deeply puzzled over the good
Books version of how the negro come to be
created.
TTHR END