The Florence daily tribune., 1902-02-12
Fitting Of the Barber.
BY CHARLES HENsLEY.


SIN. das what | wants ter do, l
wants ter stick my knife down the
th'oat er dat vilyun, er dat scound'el-
My, sez Mandy.
"Yas'm. .twell hit 20 ri down though
de middle er his black heart. Das
what | wants ter do. En- when / git
hit dar | des wants ter tu'n dat knife
roun' en- roun', twell l cut dat black
heart er his'n inter chitterlins.
My sez Mandy you suttinly is
savage
Oar sez 1, 'dar, you done said hit.
When you sez savage you dos spells my
name. I des SO savage dat eat dat
vilyun's heart en- drink his blood en-
des not bat my eyes.
What make you SO savage agin dat
barber sez Mandy, what he bin dom
ter your
What he bin doin' ter me? He bin
doin' des plenty. Amt he been
trapesin' roun' wild de oman dat es
good es belong ter me; dat bin prom
fsin' desc days en- days fer ter may
me? En- now he got ter shove his
ugly SET 'twix' me en- her, en- try en-
keep cump'ny wild her,
EN- what de name er dat lady dat
you speakin' err SCI Mandy.
Hit deE fool oman er de name
er Mandy ,en kase she des fool oman.
en- amt got so vey good senses, dey
ain't nuthin' dat kin do ter her, 'ceB'
en- savin' des ter drsp her, en- dat
reckon / got ter do; fer by desc ways
er gwins on she show dat she little
better'n hussy. But fer dat barber.
l des suttinly takes hit outer him.
des bruck his back en- knock de ugly
head clean offer him, das all.
En- dat lady you speskin about7'
sez Mandy, Il des kin tell you dis; she
got senses enuf ter do heap or tinkin'
befo' she ever may wild a trifin' vii
yum like you is; wild yo' big mouf en-
yo' big tales, en- yo' knives en- yo'
weepuns, en- yo' hussies-hussy yo'se'f,
sub
"Das all RI, das all RI Yo' des do
wild yo'sef what you tink de bes' ter
do, en- ef you like ter keep somebody
else cump'ny better'n my cump'ny, you
des keep hit. Hit don't matter ter me
of de yeth des syspe open en- swsller
you up. But sfler dat amt swine save
dat barber. Dey amt no use er yo'
crytn' en- whimperin' roun' me; dat
barber = got ter die.
I I wo'yin' about dat barber
sez Mandy I amt sceart a bit for
him. Dat barber des twioet de man
dat you is. Ef l do emmy cryin' hit be
fer you, you misubble scound'el. Dat
barber des cay pocketsful er knives
On raxors roun' wild him aller de time
You go foolin' roun' wild dat barber On
he cuts de lights er life outer you. Rf
you tackle wild dat barber you better
git you a dray pin fer ter hit him wild,
fer ef he gifts clost ter you, you des es
good es dead en- gone en- mos forgot.
What Mandy sez about dat barber
diden suit me so ve'y better / know
myself fom what yere fom dis one
en- rom dat one, dat he a bad man, des
a teh'bls man; fightin man rom
yere come yonder. He des boas es dat
enduin' er his time he kill mon ten
men; en- wild one er EN- dat he cuts
out piece er his heart en- toas'ss hit
over de fire en- eats hit wild pepper on
hit; en- wild anudder dat he plarnt
vines on topper his grave en- eats de
berries offer dem vine, des ter
strenken his heart. / des sholy got
ter watch my cornders wild a man like
dat. 1 tink en- | tink. Fus' tink er
one way en- den / tnk er anudder. One
time hit look like a good way des ter
stan behinder cornder twell hs come
by en- den ter swat him wild dray
pin or crow bar. Das all ri, ef |
dom miss my lick; but sposen dat
does miss my lick. dar l is wild my
lick done gone en- he on topper me wild
his razor En- den agin | tlnk dat he
got ter cross de bayou on one er dem
bridge, en- l might des sot up dar ON
one er de beams twell he come under