The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-04-11

you don't its so good an puore an
ripe it will rise itself sum day
"She kno' dat I wus gwine to stay
in dis JAIL" chucked the old man, 4
didn't make dat whiskey fur my
wife's secun' husban' to drink. Huh!
I had no notion OBJ stayin' heah in dis
jail It'll -grindin' time. Not fur
maxim good whiskey-now of I made
mean whiskey dat I'D been ernudder
thing, an I'd bin willin' to plead
guilty and say FAREWELL" he added.
"Den dey saunt or lettle lawyer to
me an he say he gwi' prove I was er
yallerby-don't your see yo'self I'm
as black es or cro'-an' he say he
gwi' git out er writ of circum cum
! fetchum an ignis fat you-us an abe
ee-de corpus dat jedge myself and l
wus gwi' file er cross-cut saw bill
into dat cote sho.'
"Jes TO de trial cum off I saunt
down to my wife an tole her to dig
up dat gallun I dun berrid down dar
in de medder fo'teen years befo' an
to fill up dat decatur my ole marster
Glib we befo' he die an to fotch it to
me.
"You nurver seed dat decatur is
you suh9
"Oh! I tell you my ole master wus
a high roller an dat decatur wus
er picture in er looking glass. 1t wus
as thick es de roun' pasterR oh er
rase boss, and made oh one solid
piece oh cut glass, carved in canoes
an Greek goddermites an de stop
per itself wus de haid oh de Venus
herself, on or bust-leastwise dat
whut ole master sedan he lowed
she was sho' in de proper place to be
on a bust. I tell you sub when dat
whiskey got in dat decatur it look
lax de grape juice ob heaben kotch
in er dimon urn an, framed in de
classic glory OBJ de ansbunt Greeks.
When de sunlight all on it, it look
lax er big blazin' ruby sot in de
crown OBJ or cherubin.
Il slip it under my coate an went
into de cote room. An dar dey
played or mean trick on me fur dey
sot me dowa in de same pen wild er
lot OBJ po' white rash frum de
mountings dat had been kotch in de
mean act OBJ maxim wild cat whiskey.
| Cord sub it made me mad fur I want
used to 'soshatin' wild DAT kind OF
white folks.
"Torreckly de jedge an de jury
cum in an de lawyer took me off
an say he bin 'ployed to ofen' me.
De jedge sot down an red out New
nighted State ergin Washington
Grundy.'
"'Heah marster,' sez I, and Cord
bless yore soul honey I pranced up
before dat jedge innercent lookin' es
| de new born colt when he pranced
ober de speckled calf layin' in de
| weeds. Den de iedge look ober his
glasses sorter kind lax. He say
| Cord an all dat, I tole him | much
erbleeze ter him but I was gwI 60
| dar an tell de truf and talk too, an
bless yu honey he knows er genner-
man when he sees him an he red
| sumpins ergin me an den ak me ei
I'm guilty or not guilty.
Yes, marster,' sez I. Pm guilty
an not guilty, too, an I'd lax ter
splaln to his honorable cote how it
am
"De jedge he smile an de jury lai
Cord bluss you honey dey knows
er gennerman when dey meet him in
de rode, too, an de jedge he tells me
1 has de right to make any ezpluna-
shuns I wants-dat wus my privul-
tage an when he said dat jes made
IN or low bow wild my hat under my
arm and sez I, Thank you marster,
you am or gennerman sho,' an er
jedge lax de jedges oh de Bible An
laid aside my ole hat, button up
tight my ole double brested King
Elfrud cote dat ole marster gin me
whut he uster wear when he made
big speeches an I sez:
"'Marse jedge an gennerman OBJ
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