The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-27

--.Mornin,,- Miss Sallie. Yes'um, de
fire shos feels good. De norf win jes'
nacherly suched out de marrer in my
bones as rid over muleback.
Nome, dey amt nuthin' so bad hap
pened but whut it could'er been wusser,
bless de Lam!
jes' thought I'd come over an let
you hear how things are gwine since
Miss Elnore an Mars Jim an little
Ellie an Mr.. VIII went on dey weddin
tower.
doan see nuthin' to laugh at, Miss
Sallie.
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 chill went on her we'd
din tower, why, dey wus jes' er g"lne
ter enjoy de tower dey had put OF
twenty-edd yeahs, OATS all.
Nome, | amt been lonesrm. speshully
since you saint Johnny-boy over 20
stay wild me. De mornin' he coined |
wus er drinkin' er little coffee in de
kitchen, an he come er tarin like er
tsrnado an Skeered me so bad l drapt
de cup er hot coffee in my lap. Fore
l thought Nv myself I'd upt an boxed
his years. Dat 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 an wires
all ODER de house while his Aunt Ell
more WIS erway. | wush you coulder
heerd dat boy talllin' erbout de cum
fort Nv havin' 'lectric bells. He over
suaded me an WIS err stringin' up wire
in less'n an hour.
I had had my doubts as to whuther
Mars John wus altogether right in
maxim Johnny-boy study ter be er
lawyer ergin his will. but my doubts
serted me after hat er hour Nv de
boys tungue.
By-an'by he got to workin' so hard
he didn't hab much ter say ter me,
onless twus when he wus er eatin'.
Las week he come er walkin inter
de kitchen wild er cullud pusson fol-
lowin' him. Givin me er wink. he sed,
He says he had de pleasure Nv formin'
your 'quaintance in de Jail de time dey
saunt you thar fer dismercatin' Naciss'
teef.' l wus 'voked wild de boy. but
sho huff dar stood de trusty whut
Snow Gu me dS SpttLul IhNSHtfcfiS W "Nhi
l wus in dat 'niquitous hole Nv er Jail.
Course he knowed all erbout yC'.,
kase in de Jail he wus err wishin' he
mout git er chance ter turn me Outen
dar, an toll him not ter specify emmy
trouble to his min on my count, 'kase
my young missus husban' knowed her
too well not ter look after me. If he'd
jes' git me sumpun fit ter eat ter keep
me er Twin fer .er day er so. I'd be salts
fed. He toI' me how sorry he WIS dat
he WIS born after de wah an didn't
hab no good white folks, an, Miss Sal
lie. l felt fer him. Whenever he
wusn't busy he'd hang around an hor
my han an tell me ter look fer him
sho when his time WIS out.
So as soon as Johnny-boy went back
to de wires de gemman fell on his
knees an took holt er my han an
sed he wus as good as his word he was
here in the doah an WIS my slave. l
felt kinder quare. but 'monstrated
wild him about de difference in one
ages He tuck off his hat, an called
on de Lawd ter witness it warn. his
fault dat he wus born after WIS born
He didn't wan ter rush my fections.
but would do odd jobs 'roun de house
tell Mars jim an Miss Elnore'd come
home. He could clean de silver an
look, after Miss Ellie's .weddin' pres
ents fer me fer his boa'd. l toll him
fat l couldn't boa'd nobody. He sed I
wus cruel, but wimmin' allus got hat
way wIut stayed widders; that 'twus
right an proper ter mahy, Paul had
sed so.
A man ought ter tote er woman
| burdens fer her, dat WIS whit dey vus
made fer. Now. Miss Sallie, ycu'se
allus had Mars John ter pend on. an
you doan know how curisum it makes
a wilder feel when somebody wants ter
| tote her burdens. De upshOt Nv de
mattah wus | morn hat way promised
| I'd take him when Miss Elnore'd come.
De udder mornin' Johnny-boy slick
! ed hissef up to go over to Mars Hal