The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
.Drusilla Entertalns Witt, the
Tale Of How the Sun s IN
Took a Holiday.

81 ByJoEL HANDLER HARRIS +
Copyright, 1908 BY S. mcclure Coz
n A US III ~ Wy TX. M a ~ III rs tSo N
The storytelling machine In tho house flelN''
sof Willy Wanderoon, tho little old
man who IS looking for tho Good l't't'l
Times we Used to have has told sun
dry tales that do not entirely please,
swhereupon Drusilla scornfully tells
what sho considers real stories worth
listening to. FL ~ an
..rhnt talo,,' romarked the professional.
us evidently Gaelic legend, and and y
Ssho VS. A = # 4 sg a II; y VI
"stufr ana nonsonscl exclaimed Wnlly
yyandoroon. eve don't care what y
shows, SO long as It Is q tale. It ls too
short to tire nybody. and that is moro
than can be said for some tales | have
heard-if you'll excuse my frankneess.''
& II see you have taken up the idea that
can't tell short tale" said the pro-
fessional story-teller MY views VIZ : are mr.
different, I am cor tain can shorten
them to any length that suits you. The me
only reason spin them out Is 70 SATISFY
the demands Of art.
More nonsonse.'', exclaimed NYallS
wanderoon. what docs parcel OF
boys and girls care about what You call
art If you make your stories snort
enough, and give them pitt and point,{
youth do we'll enough, Just tell the
story for its own sake. and lot the art art
take care Of itself, Amt that 50 =" he
asked turning to Drusllla
at dunner no mo what you taken bout
don de rest er do chlllun. But = pet
vi, I know d tale none I'm you air't nev-
er hear tell us, less'n you lived Wid col
ored folks Dey won't tell IT ter nonody
dat dey dwon like, an dat don't llKe
dem. g3 & u a. S. IS u. !, !, q, )
ed. 95i Sg X Z, 4 - ~,
~ don't spcck you is,''6replied Drusilla.
.1<aze It's kinder 5tetchous. De I. coioreo
folks amt got no call fer ter tell 1t ter.
white chillun,E kazeY when de chillun grows
in dey'll toll 1t roun', an den eve,y
| hndyll know why de niggers Is black S
| 4iSyell why do you want to talk about
1T now?n Buster John asked somewhat ma
loftily. ..5,-
s"Kazo we er free now, an talnt no
use fer ter keep It hid, ~ Drusilia answer 'l
| ed, s;f Il, 3. \. !, !. 4, Z. !, ~, 1
IL, said Sweetest Susan, because ~ is
4 time to go. Mr.. Bobs will think that ~
tie Billy Biscuit is lost, .
i EnWell. eff we all alnt los l dunno de
reason" remarked Drusllla.
Let us have the tale" said the pro
i fessional story-teller. II venture to say
i can give shrewd guess as e. to ITS Or Or
's"Tut tut!'. exclaimed Wally Wan Wan
4 deroon. There you go again.
4 TSDrusilla reflected a moment, as y try
i Ing to get the thread Of the story straight
N'' THE SUN TAKES a HOLIDAY.
1 "You know how OIL de sun IS sne
said by way Of Introduction. ~ ell en- y, ~
dat he got tired, an dey come time
4 when he want ter know what kinder
i fnlks he WIZ maxim light fer. Long o.
1 lie been up dar, an bright ez he shine
| he ain never got quainted wild dem whal
I he shine fer, an so de time come wher
de Sun feel like he des bleeze ! ter see
4 how ev'ythlng glttin on down hero whal
folks live at. a{}$s ~. III ,,
"Dey want nothln' ter do but ter make
4 ,raugcments fer some I'm fer ter keeI
house whites he gone. He made inquire,
7 ments an found dat de Moon amt go
nothin ter do in dc daytime, an. dc
Sun AK Ter eff she won't be SO good ez
4 fer take his place for one day, an de
Moon say she'll be glad fer ter CONNER
wei, dey fix 'pon a day, and whcr
dc time como dar wuz de Moon ready
fer business. SO dc Sun toll her goodbye
an swung hsse'f down ter do groun'
Dey wasn't nothin like de Sun SPECIFIED
, ter fin It. He ain't like de looks er things
He walked loun' right smart, an bimebs
he got tired an sot down by de side e.
de road fer ter rest. He sot dar, he did
kinder dozin' on wonderful how come d
!. warl amt no better dan what It's an
n bimeby he fell SCUM asleep
4 Nov dc folks an dc creeturs WV
'stoniahed kaze de Sun sot SO soon da
i day. De folks wuz a-workin' In dc feel
| an a-jowerln' in her houses, an de cree
q lturs wuz a-cavoorin' In de woods an
: swamps, when fust thing dey knowed d
Sun quit shinin an de moon come out
~ !Well, dey all scooted ter cover, kaze de,
amt know what ter mako er dat kinde
Il don's. Some err de oil wimmen put OF
! der specks an tuck do alrnonac ofr'n d
rail whar twux hangn' an hunted nbou
liz 1t fer ter see what all dis mean bu
dey amt fin nothin' In de book. an al
dey kin do Is ter vow an declar' dat de-
ain't never seed de beat er dat sence de
been horned inter de worl'
Nov, whites do Sun settin' dar fas
) asleep, here come man poin' long, ar
what should do man do but run head
foremost right inter de Sun. Dis wax
i'm up. an he say ter dc man dat fe
I, what he done he got to stay black a
\ Ihis born days, him an his family. at
2 al, dc balance or his tribe. an NIL err dor
. what come after i'm. De Sun say; 70
= amt only is ter be black, but you'll hate
: work hard all day an walk fur at night
= an FUN dat day tor dis all dat man
8 kinnery is been black, an 'dey work har
& all day an walk fur at night.
g ''pen, whites do Sun WIZ tryin' hi