The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-14

Copyright, 1901. By
Honey, why 20 tease NANNY so
much ter BE- allus tellin' 20 bout ole
umes2 70 Lbs IN de vance & an
ought ter be libin' a mighty good life,
too, cause how 20 know 20 won't
hab great-gran'-chillen pryin' inter all
20 a%ctions2
"Yo' doan' wan ter hyear bout 20
gran'ma, but wants me ter tell 20
bout ma III Clarissy? Bless 20 heartl
honey, OATS De oae thing I lubs ter
talk bout, doe Il almos' snaps de
strings oh mammy's po' ole heart cherry
time she chen thinks OBJ her.
DE night Clarissy opened her eyes
on dis earth dar wuz a consumptious
ball goin' on at de big house, TO de
quality, in honor oh 20 gran'ma, who
20 gran'pa, ma young marse, had
fetched home as his bride.
Il could talk bout ma mistus all
day, but 20 wants ter hyear bout
Clarissy. Well, I'ze leadin' up ter her,
honey. At de time / am tellin' 20 OBJ
she wuz jes' on her way inter dis
worP OBJ trouble, an / forgit all bout
her chen den tween thinkin' oh de
gran times at de big house, which Sis
Kitty wuz 'monstratin' bout, an listen
in ter de squeak oh Uncle Jerry's I'D
die at de Quarters.
Tween de squeaks l hyeard him
hollO' Git 20 ~pardners fer de kwat-
tilonl Raise 20 feet high! S'lute 20
pardnepsl Fo'wa'd foah an back aginl
LET han ober right han back!' Dem
what TUX me, he jes' shouted, Judy,
cum back hyarl Doan' yo' know 20
right han from 20 lef'? Yo's spilled
de whole set. an Tze hat a min not
ter let 20 shuttle no mo- ter ma fddlin'
ternight. Yo' think Miss red sash
makes yo' fine, but lemme tell yo' gal,
de fines shuck ofen hides de meanes'
nubbin in de row!'
81 wuz mighty pleased ter hyear Judy
publicly 'buked, cause she wuz dat
airy since she TUX ma Hosea from me.
She not only TUX him, but got herself
a stiferket in a goI frame which said
de law had glib him ter her! Dis is a
mighty quar- worl', chile. In de sight
OBJ de Lord, Hosea wuz mine; but
cause de law could write on paper it
could DIVORCE me an glib him ter her
wild a ticker ter prove it. In desc days
dey is changin' de Scriptur' fashion,
dey buns de stiferketnsnaps dere fin
gers at de public, buys de law ter do
dere way, an breaks dere 'legiance wild
de sight oh de Lord.
We'll, chile, I'm d~eviatin' from de
pan / wuz treadin'. When Uncle Jerry
holloed out, Make 20 steps an sho'
yo' style! an All hans 'roun'p I fer
got ma Fiction. l forgot eberything.
an Hoped right of ter be in at dat oc-
cashum. Sir Kitty cot me by de arm
an dragged me back. She lowed Ag-
gle, yo's crazy, an I'm goin' fer de
paterole.' Dat settled me.
"Jes' cen de clock struck twelbe, an
de strikes wuz mos drownded by de
noise from de frecrackers an gun at
de big house an de hurrays from de
Quarters. Den l knew 1t wuz Chris
mus mOrnin', an ASIDE las cheer died
our ma liz Clarissy Gun, for ma Chris.
mus gif, i knows it wuz onchrischun
lax an an owdacious sin, but l didn'
thank de Lord as much as I ought fer
His present. cause l KEEP thinkin' how
dat same present had cheated me out
OBJ bein' 'mong de fust ter slute ma
new miss an join in Uncle Jerry's
All hans 'roun'.
"Whar did / get de name Clarissy?
Now, Tze goin' tel tell yo' how ma
Fiction brought me 'onor.
"Yo' dear gran'ma named dat chile,
an lowed she wuE ter be raised an
edicated at de big house. Dat made
me mighty proud. So, when 20 ma
wuz born l TUX Clarissy an went ter
de big house an nussed 20 ma till dey
put her in de col groun'
"Doan' get so impashum, honey; I'ze
goin' ter tell 20 bout Clarissy, but
jes' kinder laks ter put 1t OF as long as
l kin.
"Clarissy hadn' no face ter be
'shamed Of. She wuz dat tall an
straight, wild smooth brack shiney ha'r
1t din kink none-an' her eyes wuz
ies' lax de deer's, an her skin wuz so
sof' an yaller dat l called her ma
yaller rose. She warn't neber strong
lax, an wouldn' go wild de niggers at
de Quarters. Sometimes she chen
seemed 'shamed OBJ her ole brack man.
my, but / didn' min dat, / wuz so proud