The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
BY w. T. Williams.

Dy w. l. w AildiIS.
81 wonder" said the waiter, ivy so
much rich Yankee gals is marryin' de
Count Dis, or de luke Dat, or de
Prince De Udder. rom ober cen Eu-
rope"
Il Dunno said Uncle Mingo, but
de felIers from Europe does it cause
dey wants de money. You see, dey
is pretty much all dead broke. One
day de missus come to me lud an she
say, 'Look-a-'ere, Edward, she
say, de las money you glib me is all
gone; we has got to pay de rent an
de baker, an de butcher, an de grocer,
and de icewaggin, an de washer oman,
an also de ole niger oman wot sell
vegetables cen de street WON'T glib
no mo- credit
"'My! My!' say me lud, 'wot shill
we do?'
ct can't tink OBJ nothin', she say.
'cep' we make Cholly marry a rich
gall
"'I has been tryin' to turn dat trick,
me lud say, but 1 has fail to succeed.
l fought he say, I had it all arrange
wild dat red-head daughter OBJ dat rich
barkeeper on de mex corner, but he
tell me he Is lookin' mo- higher for his
daughter; he say he is fiXin' up a
match twix' her an de son OBJ dat
wealthy plumber roun' yonder on Hole
een-de-Wall street.
TOO badl' she say; 'wot den is we
to do?'
az don't see no help say me lud,
but for you to take cen washin', or
-. Aw.az. IL -
marry a rich Yankee CAL
ME lady fall back on de cushion
seat of her sumptious, dough faded
diwan, an call de footman to hurry
an bring her vinegar bottle.
'Merciful goodness she say, is it
bad as dat! A Yankee gal, wot use
dreadful langwidge, talk troo her nose,
chew gum, eat pie wild a knife, an
drink tea wild a nose like de las OBJ de
water runnin' out de bathtub! o me!
o mv!'
But dey is foce to conclude dat
dere amt no udder hon able cose, cause
dey is too proud to beg, an too lazy
to work. So dey packs Cholly off wild
stric' orders to bring back a rich one"
81 see dey had anudder one de udder
day." remarked the waiter.
''Dey is comm all de time" said
Uncle Mingo, IAN Wen a boat load OBJ
'ern is comm cen, dey always fms de
w'arf line wild rich Yankee gals, jis a
waitin' for dem. Soon as dey gifts close
'nough for de gals to 'stinguish one
from anudder. dey begins. I pick out
dat tall one wild a glass eyer And l
picks dat chunky Teller wild de hook
nose!' MOI Hawknose is mine-I see
him fus'i an so on.
"Dey had quite a little fuss at one
O. dat kin O. weddin's a few days ago.
De mudder O. de gal some little time
back had 'nounce de proachin' mar
riage OBJ her darlin' chile to de Juke of
Yardmout.'
"Ge! wot funny name!" comment
ed the waiter.
Il lows it refer to de size of his
mout'," said Uncle Mingo. Anyhow,
ma was proud as Lucifer an pleas as
Punch. All dis talk she say, bout
de luke marin for money is a vile
SANDER My daughter say de Jukess
dat is to be. has make a reel Tub mar
riage. Her an de dear Judke,' she
say, had tumble head ober heels cen
lub wild each udder befo' dey had eb
Der seen one anudder. My daughter,
de Jukess dat is to be- she say, is
goin' to make a little present OBJ fibe
tousan a year to de dear luke, her
husban' dat is to be. De noble-min'
Juke, she say, was VERY reluctant to
glib his consent to 'cept OBJ SIGH ting
as money from my daughter, de Judk-
ess date is to be. But. she say, my
daughter de Jukess dat is to be, was
VERY insistin', so at las he yie'. How
sohmebber,' she say, de dear luke say
he only 'cep' it as a mark OBJ his hub
an 'steem for my daughter, de Jukess
dat is to be; an he says dat all de
forchune OBJ my daughter. de Jukess
dat is to be, shll be settle on her out
OBJ his reach, an wen she, my daugh-
ter de Jukess dat is to be, dies 1t is
to controwert to her family
"All dat SCUM very fine, an ebble-
body say how touchin'! But finally,
at las, de fateful day come roun'.