The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-05

eve WoTu you near me say bout de
King I'll say ter his face; an mo- dan
dat, eff he wuz ter fool wild me I'll pull
his whiskers fer him. 1 has done it
TO now Wild dat he gun his own
whiskers a twitch.
well, Miss Liza she fetched a gasp
an stood dar lookin' at de man. She
low, Does you mean ter set dar fiat
footed an tell me dat you done pull
de Kings whiskers?' De man make
answer, OATS what 1 said, an eff you
don't blieve me you fetch de King
here whar 1 kin git my hands on him.
Miss Liza eotch her breff ag'in, an
stood dar lookin' at de man. She
wuz done struck dumb by de way he
talk. Den she happen ter see dat man
han wuz bleedin' an she whirl roun'
dar an fix him up a little flap or
leather fer ter fit de pan err his han,
an whilst she wuz bout it she showed
him how ter use de awl an de ham
mer, an how ter put de hog bristle in
de thead. an how ter make de holes
fer de pegs.
DE man wuz a King but dat amt
bender him fun larnin fer ter be
shoemaker-it mought er help him on.
Miss Liza never had larnt, an yit she
could set right down an make a shoe
wild de best un UNI. De new man,
which wuz de King, he AK Miss Liza
eff she show all de yuthers how5 ter
make shoes. She toss her head an
stick out her chin, an ak de man eff he
amt sorter weak in de head. Den she
laugh an run out de room.
when dinner time come, all de
yuthers stop work an tuck der bas-
kets an went out in lie yard an set
in de sun an ct der dinners-all cep
de King. Not bein' used ter dem kim
der doin's he had come off widout
fetchin' his dinner, an so he sot der
an hammered on de shoes whilst de
yuthers wuz 'joyin' deyse'f. Miss Liza
settin at de table hear de hammer
gwine, and she ak her daddy who
wuz dat workin' when dey oughter be
eatin'. De OF man, he Wag his head
an laugh, an say it mus be de new
man.
Miss Liza, she jump up fun de
table an run an peep thoo de shop
door, an sho huff, dar was de new
man peggin' away at de shoes, an
Workin' like some I'm wuZ driVin' i'm.
Den she went in. De King hear de
noise she make. but he amt look up.
He des went on wild his work like dey
want nuthin' in de warl' dat smell
like dinner. Miss Liza, she say, why
don't you eat yo' dinner wild de rest
un um?' De King, he low, 'Dey amt
none un UNI AK me- Den Miss Liza
say, 'Whyn't you fetch yo' dinner?'
De King low, Why, I come off dis
mprnin' an clean forgot it It's a
wonder Miss Liza say, dat you didn't
forgit yo' hat. De King laugh, an
den he low. Dat des zackly what l
went an done, an had ter go way
back after it; dat how come 1 wuz SO
late! He looked at her an she look
at him, an den he laugh, an dis look
oft cd in do
"She say, You got mighty brazen
eyes. He low, You got mighty purity
ones She say, Don't be impident.' He
low, "A hungry man'l say mos any
thing Wild dat she whipt out er de
room, an bimeby here she come back
wild a tray full er vittles, an sot it
down by him. He look at her right
I'll make you de Queen Well faint
no mo- dan 1 speck,' she say, 'kaze
fortune-teller to- me one day dat eff
I'd be good an quit my circumstances
I'd marry high an live well. She say
dat my OIL man would be a good per-
wider an gi'me nice cloze ter war.
But 1 tell you right now dat I amt
gwineter marry no shoemaker, kaze
ever sence 1 been born 1 been smellin'
leather an shoemaker's wax, an mo-
dan dat, l been heerin' dem shoe ham,
mers tell it look like sometimes dey'n
run me crazy. No, stree! no shoemak-
err fer mel
DE King he ct his dinner slow, an
smack his mouf He low dat he amt
had sech a good dinner sence de day
befo', an Miss Liza, she look at him
fer ter see what he mean, an he look
back at her tell she halter break out
in a big laugh. She say, Whatever
you is er mought be, you amt no shoe
maker, kaze you dunner how ter make
a shoe. Purity nigh all de work you
done dar is totally wrong, an it'll all
halter be ripped out an done over
ag'in. Mo- dan dat, you amt never
done no hard work, kaze yo' han soft,
an yo' finger nails look like you got
somebody fer ter take keer I'm um.'
DE King, ne ct mis- vittles an smack
his mouf, an den he look at Miss Liza
an she look at him, an bimeby she
hear her daddy calm her ter dinner.
De King he low, you'll halter scuzen
me fer keepin' you fun yo' dinner; I'm
mighty sorry Miss Liza, she toss her
head at dat an say, Well, you neenter
be sorry I hope you amt got de idee
in yo' head dat 1 was stayin' out here
kaZe YOU err here. Eff you is, you git
you a fine-toof comb an git it out De
King, he low, oh, no; l amt got no
idea like dat 1 don't even b'lieve dat
you fotch me any vittles out here. 1t
WuZ fer some un else. MISS Liza, Deln
kinder highfalutin', want use ter dat
kinder talk She start fer ter say
sump'n sassy, but des den she hear her
daddy call her, an she says, 'Yasser,
I'm commit an when she turn fer ter
look back de King wuz des a-laughin'
fit ter kill
'eWhen she got back in de dinin'-
room she ak her daddy who de new
man is er mought be. Her daddy
make answer dat de new man mought
be a heap of folks, but he amt. Den
Miss LIT ak what de new mans name,
an her daddy say dat so fur as he
know de man is name Bobby Raw.
Dis make Miss Liza laugh, an she
say ter herself dat she'd tell de yuther
men bout de name an see eff dey
can't have some fun out er de new
man. which he know des ez much
bout maxim shoes ez he did bout
maxim moonshine.
"But she forgot about 1t after din
ner, an she forgot about it de mex
nornin' De new man come, but still
he amt bring no dinner. Miss Liza
ak him what de reason he amt fetch
his dinner-basket De new man low
dat dey amt no use fer ter be fetchin'
vittles ter dat house whar dey wuz a
soft-hearted an purity youn' oman
ready fer ter fix up dinner fer whom
sover mought be hongry.
miss Liza low, Well, OATS whar
youer much mistaken. I gil you yo'
dinner yistiddy kaze I wuz sorry fer
you but amt gwine ter gil you none
ter-day, kaze you done had time fer
fer make all de 'rangemenfst' De