The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-26
UNCLE MING0 ON THE
PUNISHMENT OF SINNERS
BY w. 7. Williams.


It'll you" exclaimed the waiter with
exaggerated emphasis on the you"
1--WE is comm down on de sinners again
dis time good an hebby"
so we is for a fac" said Uncle
Mingo; I'VE will show desc weekt an
ongodly people dat dare amt no res
Cor dem cen dis worI. nor neider cen
de mex, unless dey walks up to de
cap'n desk cen de meantime an come
across cen proper an becomn' style"
DE cote is sho got it cen for de beef
men an de gamblers, said the waiter.
Oats right" said Uncle Mingo.
Gentlemens,' say de cote, we is goin'
to keep hghtin it out on dis line if it
keep us all de summer an also all de
winter It's lucky, gentlemen he say,
dat we has dis line, cause udderwise
deere wouldn't be nothin' for us 10 DO
Dis town he say tanks to de able
performance of de jury wot jis gone
befo you, has git to be so moral an
so Wirtuous, dat dey amt nothin' lef
undone 'cep' de punishment OBJ de beef
people an de milkin' of de gamblers.
Sich a ting as KILN an shootin' an
cuttin an stealth an Robin an all
like dat has now become quite unbe
known cen our 'mongst. Now gentle
men, he say, de law is dead against
all dis fo'stallin' an regradin OBJ all
desc games o chance, an likewise de
gamblin' cen beef, pok, mutton an
SIGH an de rentin' OBJ a shop for de
carryin' on OBJ de onholy traffic, wedder
de landlord don't know nothin' bout
it or not. But you know, gentlemens,
he say, all desc is got we'll cen han
Ia mi "a ~ IL ct oh oh
de cote to stop dem, but only to chas-
tise dem a little, milk 'em a little as de
'caSion require, make 'em promise not
to do so no mo-, an den turn dem
loose. Cose,' he say, wen dey say
dey won't do so no mo- we got to
bliebe dem. If de Teller wot rent de
place say he nebber know de place
was use for no such purpose, we re-
fuse to bliebe him; we mus use de
proper scrimination bout who to be-
liebe. But he say, de fellers for you
to get at now is dem wretched crirh-
inals wot cen de secresy an seclusion
OBJ dere own home an fireside,
tinkin' dey is deere all safe
an secure form diskibbery an OBJ
servation an punishment does. wild
malice an collision afo' tonight, en-
gage or allow udders TO engage cen
de nefarious game OBJ wis or euchre.
or seben up, or ole maid, or domino
or anything else, wedder de prize is
a seegar or a glass o. beer. or so much
money, or a genuine antique modern
French pocelain clock from de ten
cent sto', contrary to de peace an good
order oh de state an county, an de
statutes made an perwided afo'said.
Dem he say. is de people for you
to git at; cause ontell dey is stop dis
city is but a howlin' den, cen de will
derness, an a by-word an reproach
'mong de nations"
'"Derefo' -. continued Uncle Mingo,
wen one oh de leaders OBJ style an
fashion set down an take up de gol'
pen an gilt-edge paper an purfume
ink an write L shill be please to had
de pledger OBJ your sciety at little an
formal game O. dis. dat or de udder, at
SIGH an SIGH a time, lit her pause
an chaw de en- OBJ de pen, an con-
slider. An wen de udder lady set
down likewise 'mongst all de orna-
ments oh wealt' an luxury an start TO
write back, L shill be phase to 'cep'
OBJ your VERY kin invitation for So
an'-so,' let her also beware! Little
does dey tink dat de eyes OBJ de in
dignant cote an OBJ de outrage Jaw is
fasten on dem; dat dey is boun to be
haul up befo' bar of jestice an dat de
latter en- dereof is de penitention an
de chaingang."