The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-05

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Story o1t'M I Liza and the .
King WhoIMade Shoes. 4
VII. ID i.
There was pause, and then Wally
tvanderoon asked the children, about what
+ they thought OF the story They were not
ss enthusiastic about 1t az the droll llttle
man could desire. Drusllla was especial
4 iy,cool. and she was the only one who res
4 piled to the question. cts d tale, she
said. with something like d sheer.
Fl }".IIuhl' exclaimed Drusilla, "you sholy
don't speck me ter tell no good story IN
Z. backerds an forrods an whar you hat
ter crawl sideways for ter koop FUN fallin'
down hill whcevor way you turn" ss
Drusjlla's desire was to toll no story at
= all, but she finally told one which for
Z many years had boon popular with negro
girls between the age Of Twelve and tWerl-
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MISS LIZA AND THD KING,
nllla Il dy nn nothin tai bout dis tale
but de ts1lin' I'm IT,. dunner whar de
folks i've ct, ner what dey wuz dom far.
& nor Whar dey come FUN, nor Whar dey
y wiz gwine, IN do tale dey''s Q king. but
I dunncr wharbouts he waas d kingtn' Il
Z at.S EFT you want ter know dc name er
( DO country an that kinder folks 'dey WIZ
4 you'll halter chosen O name fer ter suit
you, an figgor all de balance out In
yo' own min / IA
II well, one TINE dey wus q King, an,
Y no wus q mil man.. He 1T here. and
= -. q n
4 twel bimeby Me got tired or strowin' dc
/ face or De yeth with dead folks an ne
\ say ter hisse'f he b'lleye he'll look aroun
an see OF he can't: git Job what dey's
mo- fun in dan dey Is in fightin .sEN 80
he looked aroun', DO King did, an bimeby
\ he ait one or do OIL men bout It. % o..
" man. he sortcr comb his long gray beard
wild his finger nails, an after while he
& ak de King ef he yever think bout larn-
lin, trade. De King ak him what he
mean, an de oil man say dat cordin' ter
4 his notion a man, king or no king can
Il do mo- good by maxim pair or shoes
H dan he kin by KILN man.
DIS made de King bite his thumb. De
Of man wuz one er dc smartost men In
) all de whole ettloment, an when dey wuz
big things ter talk about. he wuz alters
one er de fust ones dey went ter hear
& his thumb. After while he low, How
Il long will Il take a man fer ter la'r Dc
shoemakln' trade 2 De OIL mani dun
y ner what his name wux-he make answer
n dat a right bright man mought Farm 1t
4 In six or sewn mont's, but he speck It'll
4 take de King bout . year. Den de King
i wanter know whar de best place fer ter
- Earn shoemakin, an do Of man he say
i dat he got a shop er his own. an he'll
be glad ter show all de ms an outs er dc
business. ~
But stln de- King bite his thumb. He
low,Yho swineter do do kinEln whilst
s ain't thin kass It's a heap harder fer
n ter make good pair er shoes dan what
y It Is fer ter do de kingin " han dey's SO
& many ter hep I'm. an he say dat It's q
mighty slack waddsd man what can't do
de kingtn an Earn how ter make shoes
j at do same time. So de King he low
dat he'd try his han, ono Whist Of Il
( killed ev'y COW in de bland. gst
" Killed every COW In the island ! : ex-
1. claimed Wally Wand eroon. What on
earth did he mean by that -
& mean he gwlneter Farm In spite or any
thing. Well, do mex, nornin he got UP
bright an early an had soon brekfus,
e an whilst he wuz ptekin' his toofies he
toll his folks and dem what help him do
4 dc kingln' dat he wuz gwinter spen de
day out, AN he wouldn't be home 10
Y night. Den he went In little clubhouse
dey had on de place, an put on a rough
s suit or close an put out fer de shop whari
do OIL man an his men made shoes. y.
when de King got dar. dey wuz all
dar an peggin away des ez hard ez doy
4 an she low, Amt you de new msn what
my daddy gwtnter Earn how ter make
shoes7' De King he make answer dat
he wuz, Wld dat dc gal toss her head
an say, Well, you'll halter git a quicker.
!ick dan dat; Ny daddy ain't gwinter
1T :, 10. n,
Oars yo' bench right over dar in de cor
ner, whar nobody won't bodder you, an
you won't bodder nobody De King he
look asggsie gnl an low. I b'lIeve I'd larnf
twice ca quick eff had you fer ter show
me'--desso Do gal, she make a low bow
showed how 1t was done, and her mtmicry
was so droll and comical that the others
laughed heartily-''de gal she make
low bow an say. thank you nightly, but
ct youth scuzen me- I'll be much err
bleoge! De King. he look at her an.
scuzen her or not Wild dat she fllrted
out, ripe mad an bimeby de daddy come
s in. lookin' mighty sollum
iA HE looked roun',s he did, an low, so
dey all kin hear tm. Some ar you-all
been sassln' Miss Liza, an It's got ter
my onliest daughter, an de mex time
one or you-all sassles her I'm gwineter
eall de King. an boun' you he'll put
Z sSpp ter de whole business, Me an de
King is good frien's. kaze I had confab
wild him no longer ylstlddy.' .
81" I'll I seed you when you wuz confabbin'
wild de King. de new man say. Now
you'all mustn't fergtt dat dish yer new
tman infde shop wuz de King hisself,''
ire marked Drusilla confidentially. ''De
new man say, 7 seed you, an 'low'd
ter myself dat de King aln't SO much
nicer, an purifier dan what some yuther
folks u.s. 5g
"'Dat's ez maybe de OIL shoemaker
say, but of any er you-all up an sassy
Miss Lisa, I'll run right straight an tell
de King
'Ef / wuz In yo' place, de King say.
II wouldn't do nothin' or, dc kin'i I'd dos
sen q man after de King an tell I'm
you wapter see 'im.' 5
's'''cWid date do OIL shoemaker went on In
de front er de shop whar he had shoes
fer ter sell, Miss Liza, she wla lia'ntn'
man taikin % famIllous like bout Dc
King she SAY ter herself dat whatsou1s,yer
else he may be skeersd un. he sholy Amt
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