The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12

des went an got in de dry we'll by it
self, kaze when he flung one shovel
full in, forty wheelbarrows full would
foller after an fab in de well. An
'twant ten minutes TO de well wuz
full up ter de top.
Mack went on up ter de house, an
de king, settin' on de porch, seed i'm.
He low, speck de we'll wuz too
much for YOU Mack say, No, Stree:
1 fulled it up wild de dirt flung out'n
de stable. 'Twan't no trouble tall
De king look at i'm right hard, an
say, 'looky here, young man, what
kinder chap is you, anyhow Mack
low, I'm des a common, everyday
chap what amt skeered er work.
What l does I does so easy dat 1
don't charge nothin' fer it, De king
front yard fer ter clean up. Mack
low, IN lay off ter do dat ternight
when de dus' won't bodder nobody.
''At dat de king laugh loud an laugh
long. Mack say, You must sholy be
tickled.' Dis make de king laugh
louder dan ever, an Mack went off an
sot down in de shade an wondered
what make de king laugh so hard.
He sot dar, he did, tell he got ter
noddin, an den he fell sound ersleep.
Whites he wuz sno'in' de gal come out
long 'fo' she foun' i'm, an den she
stood lookin' at i'm kinder smilin' ter
herself When her eyes fell on de ring
she flung back her head an grinned.
She thought ter herself dat he gwine-
ter marry her anyhow, an 'twouldnt
he no harm fer ter take de ring onbe-
knownst ter i'm. So she crope up,
easy ez she kin, an slipped de ring
off'n his finger, an went flynn ter de
house.
After so long time Mack woke
up an missed his ring, an right den
an dar he had sho huff trouble in his
min. He amt got no fdee whar de
ring is. He knowed he had it on when
he sot down dar, an he couldn't make
out what had gone wild it. Bimeby
de gal come out fer ter see eff he wuz
wake, an what he gwinter say bout
his ring-you know how gals is. Well,
out she come, but Mack, stidder talk
in bout his ring, tot de gal dat he'd
halter go back home. He done had
dream dat his nanny wuz sick, an
while he'd like ter stay on count er
de gal, he wuz bleeze ter go back
home.
DE gal look sollum when she hear
dis kinder news, an when she talk
she had a kinder ketch in her google.
She say: I'm mighty sorry you gwine.
after what you tor me, but eff you
gwine you better not tell de king Den
she look at his han an say: Law!
whar you fine ring? Mack low, I
done lost it, an l can't fin it nowhar.
Dat ring wuz my fortune; 1 can't do
nothin' widout it. l laid off fer ter gi'
you de ring that my nanny gil me
when / started on my journey, but
faint no use now; wild my good luck
ring gone I can't never hope ter git
you De gal say, When you gwineter
start?' and he low dat he gwineter
make tracks fun dar des ez soon ez
night come.
DE gal say she mighty sorry an
Mack say she cam be half ez sorry ez
he wuz, an not nigh as lonesome. De
gal sorter stood 'roun waitin' fer
Mack ter say sump'n, but he wuz feel
in too bad; he des hung his head an
sot- dar wild his mouf shot. Den de
gal ak i'm not ter go tell he see her.
an he promise dat he won't eff he kin
see her TO night.
well, des TO night sfelI, here come
de gal wild de ring. She amt tell no
tale bout it; she des JPN say dat she
tuck it kaze she wanted it. She low,
After what you said down yonder in
de boss lot 1 felt like 1 had ez good
a right ter dat ring ez any udder gal
an OATS why 1 tuck it, Mack say
he amt blamin' her one bit, not one
grain, an she look SO nice when he
say it dat Mack feel his heart go
| fiippity-fap. She come up close ter
him when she gil i'm de ring, an put
her han on his, an 'twuz sech a soft
little han he can't hep squeezin' it a
little bit. But when he went ter put
his arm 'roun' her. she broke away
fun i'm an run in de house des like