The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-24
UNCLE MlNGO ON FORESIGHT
AND HINDSIGHT.
By VIM. T. Williams.

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q amt got no use for desc here fel-
1ers wot always come back at you vic
I toll you so edible time a ting don't
pan out like you spec Dey always
knows so much mo- afterwards dan wot
dey does befowards."
Thus remarked the waiter at the ter
mination of a tale of woe which he had
poured into Uncle Mingo's sympathetic
ear.
Oats a fac" said the old man; lit
is sholy aggravatin'. 1t does seem dat
mos ebblebody amt got no sense cen
dat way nohow. De hinsght an de TO-
sight make all de diffunce cen de worf j..
IF deere is a lection, all two sides is
sho to say Yves boun to git cen. We
has got it figure down to a fine pint,
an dere amt no chance for de udder
fellers to win Den after de lection
one side say we nebber low for dis,
or we nebber look for dat De udder
side say we toll you so!
de mornin Oh a big prize fight de
papers will hab de claims OBJ all two
de sluggers. All bot O dem will say
dey is sho to lick de udder Teller. 1
js can't lose. he say; 1 is cen de very
pink O. condition. | is spilin for de
mill he says, an I'll sho glib dat big
mout' bragger a dose Wot will be de
creates plenty. Wen, de fight come
off. an de chap wot couldn't by no
possibility git licked, gifts knock out
cen bout two roun's an a half. Den
he change his Chune. 1 wasn't cen no
1T condition to fight he say; L has
been off my trainin for de las two
weeks. F'urdermo,' he say. L sprain
my wis las week, an it was so So
] couldn't hardly shet my tis'. Besides
he say, i had a very bad case oh toot-
ache an de doctor tell me I was
t'reaten wild a tack o. 'Dendicitis an
heart disease if I gage cen too violent
exercise. But mex time he say. III
trim him proper. "
Oats so, Uncle said the waiter,
''dats jis' how dey does"
"Cose 1t is. said Uncle Mingo. Take
anudder case. De porter cen de bank
borry a hundred dollars from de bank
widout no permission. He S goin' to
speckerlate cen cotton an make big
money, den he'll put de borried money
back an nobody won't be no wiser.
Cose he can't lose, oh no! So he go an
buy de cotton an mex day Mistah Nc
Neil oh London or somew eres say de
crop is goin' to be sebenteen million
bales an a half. Down go de market
biff-de porter git swamp, de money
los Den de po debbil gifts arrested
an away he goes to de penitention; he's
dam rascal.
de cashier OBJ de bank he likewise
borry a hundred tousan' dollars wid
de same objec'. He go an buy whole
lot o cotton an mex day Mstah Nc
Price O. Boston or somew eres comes
uriI do ct lot do
squirls is stealth de cotton to make
DER nes' outen. Up jump de market;
de cashier clean up bout two million
dollars, an put de borried money back
Den he is all right; he is one OBJ our
mos successful business mems; he shell
out de money to de church or de suck
erlatin' liberty; he's a shinin' zample
for de young mems to copy after.
"Nebberdeless, said Uncle Minso, 81
considers he is a hundud times wuss
dan de pc debbil oh a porter wot git
cotch."
"Cose he is" assented the waiter.
"A very funny ting happen wild de
kunnel las fall" resumed Uncle Min
go.
"One mornin' he dribe up to my
house.
'Mingo,' he say de riber is right.
an If you amt busy, I'd like you to
paddle for me-
Ivy. Kunnel, l say so long as
you has use for de ole man deere amt
no udder busy for me; ebbleting else
is put one side. But l say, 'Kunnel,
wot de matter? You don't pears cen
a very cheerful humor today
No, Mingo. he say; I is little put
out, an OATS wy 1 fought l would like
to go fishin'.'
him.
90, no he say; 'nothin' particular.
You know he say, de Missis is de bes'
oman cen de worl; but once cen a
vile. Mingo, he say, she kin git VERY
proWokin'. Las fall he say, L had a
little money to ris' so l gone cen a
speculatin' business, an dog-gone if 1
didn't make bout 'leben hundred dol
lars. Well he say, wen l tell de
Missis bout it, an tell her now I Kin
glib her de new pianner she been want
in so long, an likewise SEN one o. de
gals to bodin' school. she was delight
ed. She say dat was a great help.
She say man wild all de good bust
ness sense I got ought to be dom dat
all de time; she say l owe it to my
family
Well, Mingo,' say de Kunnel. dis
fall l tried it again. l had six
hundred dollars from de crop Cose.'
hS say uG lebell nuDu1eQ was all dow
ed cen long ago. Dis time tings went
de wrong ways. an l los de six hun
dred an some two hundred an odd he
sides. l nebber want de Missis to know
nothin' bout it he say: but she git
rummagin' roun an fin de paper any
how, an she study it out.
Dis mornin',' he say. she come at
me wild de paper cen her ham an she
want to know if dat mean l had been
speckerlatin' some mo- an los all dat
money. Cose / had to say yes. Den.
Mingo. he say, she glib it to me good.
Wot right did had to go an trow way
cen dat gamblin' business all dat
money, an it so sca'ce, an my family
cen need. I didn't describe to hab no
family, an if l amt got no mo- sense
dan dat, l ought to be sen somew'eres
Were l could be took care OBJ, long
wild de udder lunatics, an idiots. Ohi'
he say, she was hot.
So. Mingo,' he say, blame If I
didn't walk out de house an slam de
DO. So come on, an less go fishin' -