The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12

trhe story.Teilng Machine In the house p y.
/. 81 Waily Wanderoon, the little old
man who Is looking for tho Good
rines We Used to have. having pro-
VI duccd several stories which are va,
riously received BY Wally Wanderoor,.
Tho children and the story-tcllcr him-
self Drussiila tells tales that arc real
q stories according TO her tnind)
There was silence for little while.
and then Wally Wanderoon pretended
to wake Up with a snort. Are you fin
ished I" he asked. ."Aro you right GER
tair, that you didn't lcaveyout sixty or
seventy chapters7 We'd like to have It
4 ALL, Il, .i "a 8ite
IL "..Not mel" exclaimed Drusilla. "Nuft's
5nuft, an too much Is a plenty. ! bet
you / XIII tell you one dat you'd like ter.
hear; anhtain't no Niger tale mother, MY
granmammy tole It ter me an she said
she got It rum do white folks" 4. @ 4
Drusilla picked at her frock O moment,
! as IL trying to recall some OF tho incl y.
dents Of the story, and then began, As
II must have a name, It is Just as we'll to
call II
MACK AND HIS MAGIC RING. i4
Zone time dey WIZ man what had
sech a big family dat he WIZ hard hare
pushed fer ter feed TIM MI. Ho had thir-s
ten childun, an de biggest want mon
fifteen. Doy wuz SO many Iun um dat
dey took turns at gwine ter bed hongry.
an den. bimeby. dey come bad crop
year. De season wuz SO dry dat dey cant
even raise tatars. Dey scluffol long de
best dey could, but It go 80 after 80 long
time dat sumpn gotter be done. an do
Oldest boy, lle up an. say dat he gwine
somcrs whar no kin arm his LYNN and
maybe hep his daddy an nanny
s We'll dey wuz great ons when do tiinc
come fer him ter go way Dey al cried
an cried an cried. tell 1t look Ike deyi
WIZ gwinter cry der eyes out.
'Ef you'll take notice. poor folks Ike
der families heap better. dan what rich
folkes does. Anyhow. OATS what my
granny say, an she sho did know, kaze
she wuz mighty nigh a hundred years oil.
8an she had seed sights In her day an
time. 5 z. x. 4G53
Dish yer boy wux name Mack sumpn
er 5Notl,or--I done forgot Y whnt--so I'll
des call = I'm plain Mack. an let It go a t
dat 'rain't gwinter hurt i'm. kaze he
done dead BY dis time; my granny say
he dono kick loose fun his troubles long
80 wuz born. ~ 3a55 NJ
well. his NANNY, she packed up De
a bag an inter de bag she slipped q few
taters. an a little rusher or bacon, not
mo n nun fer ter last n hongrys man i've
nl!nnits. An dat ar Mack. stidd er walt Z,
In tell mex nlornin' like he say he gwine-,
q tor do slung his bag on his ba ok. got his
~ Ia, Hk1c n a
sompn wuz after him: he didn't wanter.
tell um all goodbye But when dey fin
out dat he done gone, I bet you dey wuz
wheepin' an whalin' in dat house-ef you
kin ca i'll IT q house. 5s f
whites all dis wuz gwtne on Mack.
he wuz polln' down de big road. 81 no
didn't cry II WIZ kaze he amt got no
pockethandcher. He went on. he did.
an bimeby he come ter do place whar dc
road forked. He knowed dat ono er do
roads led ter de town, kaze he had been
darH wild his daddy. but what do yuther
roea ed e hs alat as nS no ann Ssn er
He stopped, no did. an study; an whiles
l1o studyin'. he got 4 notion dat some un
4 wuz talkin' ter I'm. Den he look all
'roun,' an dar Under troe wuz little
OIL man. he WIZ barchcaded an bare
footed, an he ain got no coat.
~, Oar he stood shivcrtn' an shakin' un-
der de tree Den Mack wuz mighty hold
up, kaze dar wuz q man wuss on dan
what he wuz-colder an hungricr an
npkedcr. an he never spected FOR ter see
sech q sight. De little oil man low, NY
head col loan me yo' hat. Mack say
1T amt much w er nat oue w my , cey
OIL man say, My body col; loan me 70
coat, Mack low, Eff my coatll keep
YOU warm It's mp dan It's done fer me;
But your mo- do n welcome ter IT, De
little oil man say,t'My foots col, loan me
yo' shoes.' Mack low. Take UNI; u dey
dey'ye done fer me- Dc little Oh man
say, I'm hongry. gi' me what vittles you
got Mack low, IT'S little nun, but ]
speck It'll do you mo- good dan what It
will me, an Wild dat. he gun de little
or man all de yittles he had @'cep' one
piece er bread.
Der. l,e ak de man THAT road he shill
take, an, de man say Luck Is alters close.
Yer do left ham. SO Mack tuck de left
ham road, an he went along baretooted.
bareheaded.3 un wild nd coal fer ter keep
de col out. He went long tell he gun
ter git hongry. an bimeby. ne sol down
9 ON a log by do side err de road. an mur.chr4
ed his piece or bread. s III
.'EIa Amt been setttn' dnr long TO- he
hear q noise, an when no look 'roun'. dar
wuz de little OF man settin' on de yuther
en- err dc log TIe WIZ all draWed up
an 2WlveIed, but no nad " p's ouHuid
in his han. an he wuz des ez clipper ez
jay-bird. He gIggled like lle wuz mighty
j nigh tickeld ter death. Mack amt say
not him. but he look ut de man mighty
hard. q Bimeby, when de little Of man
got over his giglin, spell |. he look q Mack
mn low. now den. young man, you dor,e
IL nc purity nigh everything you had. an
now I'm gwne ter pay you back, Take
dish yer bundle nns open IT,
80 said. so don, Mack opened do bum
die, an dnr wuz a good suit or cloze,z q
! rice pair or shoes an q hat; an dey wuz
nh bran new, Mack went In de bushes
mn put um on. an when no come back
you wouldn't hardly 'a-knowed him, no
looked 50 fine an clean. IIe said thanky-
do ter sse man. an made his best bow.
Dan de mar. 81, i'm a ring. He low, he
did, dat do ring WIZ tor big fer Mack's
biggest finger, but anyhow. he must keep
il on his flngar, kaze eft no lose u he'll
(be onIucky; but of he don't lose It. an
keep it on his flnger-de big finger or
his left ihan--he kin do anything he Try
ter do. 4.
an whom he turn 'roun fer ter say thanky
ter de little OIL man dey wasn't nobody
dar. lie look an look. but dey amt
5nohody in sight @an' 1t make I'm feel