The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12

she oughter done, kaze she'd been
raise right, an knowed what she was
don'.
When night come, Mack got i'm
big brush broom, an started ter sweep
de trash an dirt out'n de yard. He
seed TO de sun went down how bad II
needed cleanin', an he say ter hisse'f
dat he don't wanter marry de kings
daughter eff she amt no better house
keeper dan ter let de front an back
yard stay lookin' like dat. He skacely
knowed whar ter begin at, but when
he did start in high wind come up
an blowed de dirt an trash way ez
fast ez he kin raise 1t wild his brush
broom, an bimeby he amt had ter
sweep tall, kaze de win got stronger
an stronger, an it des pick up de
trash an dust an tuck 1t clean away.
DE king he heard de wind, he did,
an he AK what all dat noise is. His
daughter say it's his son-in-law doin'
work dat he amt got no business ter
do. De king say it's big storm COM
in up. an de gal low dat her sweet
art done called on Brer Wind fer ter
hep i'm sweep de yard.
"De king had de idee dat his daugh-
ter wuz gittin' mighty uppity,. but he
amt say nothin'. He deS went inter
his room an shucked off his buds an
went ter bed but de gal crope ter her
winder, after putin out de lights, an
looked out. BY dat time Mack had
done finish de job. an de yard wuz
clean as de floor eb de house whar de
king live at. Den de gal, she went
ter bed an dremp dreams dat she
amt dremp befo'.
DE mex mornin der king sent out
an ak Mack fer ter come inter brek-
kus, but Mack answer dat he done
had his brekkus too long ter talk
bout Dem what do de kingin' don't
halter git up soon in de mornin. an
dey eats der breKkus late. Dish yer
king what I'm a-tellin' you bout want
no better dan any err de rest I'm um-
He had late brekkus, an he put on
airs, an sassed evey body when he
feel like it. But he come out after
while. an he come mighty nigh faint
in when he seed how clean bofe his
yards wuz.
He low. 'Whar did you pile de
trash2' Mack say dat he don't b'lieve
in doin' no halfway job. so he tuck'n
tuck de trash off whar 'twont poster
nobody no mo-. Dis make de king
scratch his head. He bleeze ter stan
up ter his promise, an so he ak Mack
in de house whar he do his kingin
at, an AK i'm ter take a seat an make
hisse'f conf hubble. Den de king clum
up on his th'one an sont out fer his
majers an his cap'ns, an a whole lot
err yuther folks what he knowed right
well. When dey all come de king low
dat he done promise fer ter gi his
daughter ter de man what kin clean
out his stable, fill de dry well an
sweep de front an back yard. All er
you'all done try it an can't do it, de
king say, AN a. whole passed. of folks
fun way off yon, an dey amt none
I'm UNI kin do it but dish yer young
man fun de country. l got ter keep
my promise de king say.
wild dat dey all hung der heads
'cep' Mack. He des sot dar thinkin'
how he kin tell de king dat he don't
want his daughter widout maxim i'm
| blazin' mad. Bimbey he gun ter think
bout de yuther gal, an he got right
up ar top de king dat he amt charge
i'm nothin' fer what he done, kaze he
| done gil his promise ter mother gal.
"Dey all look at i'm like dey think
he done lose his min. De king say
dat his daughter is a mighty nice gal,
dat Mack will sho like her. Mack say
i he don't 'spute dat, kaze wild such a
nice daddy, she can't hep bein' nice.
De king low dat Mack had better see
her befo' ne fuse ter have her Mack
say he'll be mighty glad ter see her.
| but he done make his promise ter
| mother gal. Wild dat de king sont fer
| his daughter, an when she come in
| Mack seed dat she want nobody but
de gal what he done STRICKEN Wild
| rs that all?" asked Sweetest Susan.
"'Tain't haIf,'' replied Drusilla.
EFF I wuz ter tell you all dat Mack
| done wild dat ring, I'd keep you here
a week er mo-"
| (To be continued.)