The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12


King. he say he don't know de King an
do Ktng don't know him.
Den dev say dat he de vc'y man fer ter
settle a 'spute what dey been havin'. an
den dey AZ I'm what he think Nv a King
what wanter g. his daughter ter do man
what kin clean out his stable an sweep
out his back yard an all up de dry well.
Mack AZ Of anybody Is ever tried Ter
ter do al dis. Dey say dat hundreds 81
folks Is tried. an como way widout doin'
one or de yuthsr.
Den Mack low, he did, dat de King
Is smart man, kaze he huntin' fer somebody
what kin do better dan anybody else. an
he say he gwineter take de job. an see Of
he can't show de King how ter clean up
things at his house.
We'll. de word went round dat young
man FUN . fur country is swineter try his
han at cleanin' out de place whar de King
done his kingin', an bimeby It come ter de
year or de King. an he des lay back on his
th'ons an laughed tell he can't laugh no
mo-; an den he call In his daughter an
toll her dat dey wuz another fool comm
fer ter clean out his stable
He broke out In q hoss laugh, but de
gal she amt see de joke dis time. She
sot dar an twis' her apronstring, an vow
dat she amt gwineter play no sech game;
she low dat blmeby some good-fer-noth-
in1l come an do what nobody else can't
do. an den she'll halter marry i'm whedder
er no. She say she done make up her min
what ter do an she gwineter do 1t.
$50 she went an fix herself up like one
er de per ft ks. She shuekcd her silk
duds an all her fine Gle 70, an come out n
her r. ON kC kin fer all de worr like abe
b'knged ter de peer white trash. an when
Mack como walkin' 'roun do yard ter do
house whsr de kingin' wuz done. she wua
walkin' 'rom' do yard barefected, an
outer de Tagtag.
Mack say hGwdy, an tuck Oh his hat.
De gal low:
.'Yeu couldn't do no mo- Of wus do
Kings daughter
Mack say. I bet you er lots purifier
dan what do Kings daughter is
De gal make answer. I amt no pulitzer.
an amt get no fine cloze. like de King
daughter. What you want 'roun' hero,
anyhow
Mack low. I may want you TO git
thoo. but what want right now Is fer
somebs dy ter run an tell de King dat dey's
q man out here what want ter do some
cleanin' fer i'm
de gal went 'roun' de back way. an
bineby &c neb dy como ter do deer. an
AZ Mack what he want. Mack says he des
wanter DO &C me cleanin' fer de King. Scme
I'm dc ne tor i'm, he say dat de King want
his stable cleaned out, an his back yard
SWEEP
de doorkeeper run an toll de King. an
be tr J. um fer ter ehow de feel In.
$50 Mack, he went in whar de King wuz,
an be seed mo- fine DE- ms dan he ever see
befo' In all his bt IN days. lie mircd up
In de kyarpits. an &C me mighty nigh walkin'
hesdio 'mest in . big hokin' glsss on dc
wall.
Bout dat time he gun ter feel shaky
an he &C. dc dee dat maybe he d &C me ter de
wrong place. But lie belt up his head
dc in's all his life.
'Bimeby de house gal come an tor i'm
dat de Kingd see i'm, an she showed i'm
inter q. great big room dat kick like it'd
hor hui died ,o ks. an upon a natfcrm
set de King. lie had his handkcher en-
his mouf fer ter keep FUN laughin', an
eve'y once in a while he'd mighty nigh
strange hisself wild ooughin'.
MACK toll him howdy az polite ~ he
D1n De King say dat d. folks what toll
m dat amt no liz an den h went on ter
say dat he b en- tryin' fer ter long OF t;r
git som body what kin cl an out his stable,
sw,6p his back yard an fill a dry w II.
Mack low dat he try t,,r do De b. st hc kin.
toll i'm dat az he dom d. job. he mought
marry his daught r, an # he can't do de
job hc'n hattor 60 to jail fer a sp II, an
a h. sont fer d. earring driver an toll
i'm t show dc young man whar de stable Is.
wus Il Z lin shaky, an I he could a back d
out or dom dc job he wouldn't a gone
nigh da stablo. but dar he wuz an be
couldn't g out'n it. So dar hc wux.
sHo look d in de stable an II wuz mighty
nigh chock full or dirt an straw. But be
shuckrd his coat an got i'm spade an
sNow DIN. when Mack TUX Oh his coat
his ring drapp d on da ground closc by,
but he amt miss It. He des grabbed do
spadc an went TER work, but fer evo y
shov-l full he ,th'owed out. seven shovels
sHe work d on a while, wonderin' how
high d. Jail wuz, an d. n all nv sudden
he missed his ring. He knowcd h. had 1t
on VIII n he CIV. mt ter pull of his coat. an
90 s he hunt be m SSut Kim Z, A. sim' BY he
Bout dat time de gal what he soed
In dc front yard or de Hinge house come
can't rim long. an AZ him how he gittin'
long. Mack gay he gittin' long purity
W. II in spite er DE- conf RIM nts.
sDen de gal tell i'm dat he'll halter marry
de Kings daughter ef he do all dat he cot
out ter do: hut Mack. he say, he did. dat
he'll not marry de Kings daughter while
de gal he wuz talkin' wild wuz on top er de
ground.
sDis make de gal blush. an she az i'm
how come he'd ruther marry her den ter
marry de Kings daughter, an Mack up
an cay dat he done seed her. an he amt
never seed de Kings daughter. Den de
gal say:
.'sposen she lots purifier dan what I
ist'
Mack low. he did. dat abe kin keep
her purity fer some un else. Den he tell
de gal dat he'll marry her ef she'll have
i'm, but she gay she amt nothin' but q
house gal, an abe don't wanter stan In
his way, kaze he mought be sorry he married
her stidder de Kings daughter.
But Mack cay he amt gwineter have IL
dataway. De gal amt say nothin' ter dig,
but she look mighty willn'.
Den Mack. wild his ring on his finger,
went ter work cleanin' out de stable, an
de way he made de trash an dirt ny wuz
plum sight ter see, De gal say:
lyon come de King an den abe made
hsrsef skace.
swell, de King come up. he did. an he
wuz 20 'stonished dat he can't say nothin'.
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