The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12

HIS eyes. he picked up his fOotS, an
1 bet you he got away fun dar.
He went on an went on, an bime-
by, after so long a time, he come inter
a new country, an in dat country he
hear bout de quare doin's er de king.
Some say he had mo- sense dan what
any yuther king had, an some say he
wuz stark-naked crazy. Mack lis'en
at all dis talk, but he amt say moth
in. When dey AK him bout de king,
he say he don't know de king, an de
king don't know him. Den dey say
dat he de ve'y man fer ter settle a
spite what dey been havin', an den
dey AK i'm what he think Nv a king
what wanter gil his daughter ter de
man what kin clean out his stable, an
sweep out his back yard, an fill up de
dry we'll.
Mack ak eff anybody is ever tried
fer ter do all dis. Dey say dat hun
dreds er folks is tried an come way
widout dom one err de yuther. Den
Mack low, he did, dat de king is
smart man, kaze he huntin' fer some
body what kin do better dan anybody
else, an he say he gwineter take de
Job, an see eff he can't show de king
how ter clean up things at his house.
We'll, de word went round dat a
young man fun a. fur country is
gwineter try his han at cleanin' out
de place whar de king done his king
in, an bimeby it come ter de year
er de king, an he des lay back on his
th'one an laughed tell he can't laugh
no mo-, an den he call in his daughter
an tol' her dat dey wuz another fool
comm ter clean out his stable. He
broke out in a boss laugh, but de gal,
she amt see de joke dis time. She sot
dar an twis' her apron string, an vow
dat she amt gwineter play no sech
game; she low dat bimeby some good
fer-nothin'll come an do what nobody
else can't do, an den she'll halter mar
ry i'm whedder er no. She say she
done make up her min what ter do,
an she gwineter do it.
$50 she went an fix herself up like
one er de poor folks. She shucked
her silk buds an all her fine cloze, an
come out'n her room lookin' fer all
de worl' like she b'longed ter de poor
white trash, an when Mack come
walkin' round de yard ter de house
whar de kingin' wuz done, she wuz
walkin' round de yard barefooted. an
her cloZe looked like dey had been
fished outer de rag-bag.
MACK say howdy an tuck off his
hat. De gal low, You couldn't do
no mo- eff I wuz de kings daughter
Mack say, I bet you er lots purifier
dan what de kings daughter is De
gal make answer. I amt no pulitzer,
an I amt got no fine cloze like de
kings daughter. What you want
'roun' here, anyhow Mack low, I
may want you TO I get thoo, but
what / want right now is fer some
body ter run an tell de king dat dey's
a man out here what want ter do
some cleanin' fer i'm De gal went
'roun' de back way, an bimby some
body come ter de door, an AK Mack
what he want. Mack say he des wan
ter do some cleanin' fer de king.
Some I'm done tol' i'm, he say, dat de
king want his stable cleaned out, an
his back yard sweep. De door-keeper
run an toll de king, an he toll UNI fer
ter show de fool in.
so Mack, he went in whar de king
wuz, an he seed mo- fine doin's dan
he ever see befo' in all his born days.
He mired up in de kyarpits, an come
mighty nigh walkin' headfo' most in a
big lookin glass on de wall. Bout dat
time he gun ter feel shaky, an he got
de idee dat maybe he'd come ter de
wrong place. But he belt up his head
an make like he been use ter dat
kinder doin's all his life. Bimeby de
house gal come an tot i'm dat de
king'd see 'imb an she showed i'm
inter a great big room dat look like
it'd hoP a hundred folks, an upon a
fiatform sot de king. He had his
hankcher on his mouf fer ter keep
fun laughin', an eve'y once in while
he'd mighty nigh strangle hisseif W1d
coughin'.
MACK toF him howdy ex perlite ez
he could, an bowed ez low ez he
knowed how. Den de king say dat
de folks what toll i'm dat amt no lie;
an den he went on ter say dat he been
tryin' fer de longest fer ter git some
body what kin clean out his stable,
sweep his back yard an fill a dry
well. Mack low dat he'll try ter do
de best he kin. ,
so de king, ter make sho er mat
ter, tot i'm dat eff he done de job, he
mougnt marry his daughter, an eff he
can't do de job he'll halter go ter jail
fer a spell, an den he sont fer de
carriage-driver an toP i'm ter show
de young man whar he stable it. Dey
amt no two ways about it. Mack Wuz
feelin' shaky, an eff he could "a back
ed out er doin' de job he wouldn't
gone night de stable, but dar he wuz
an he couldn't git out'n 1t. So dar he
wuz. He looked in de stable, an 1t
wuz mighty nigh chock full er dirt an
straw. But he shucked his coat an
got i'm a spade an went ter work.
W
coat his ring drapped on de groun
close by, but he amt miss it. He des
grabbed de spade an went ter work
but fer eve'y shovel full he thowed
out. seven shovels full came in ag'in
He worked on a while, wonderin' how
high de Jail wuz, an den all NV a sud
den he missed his ring. He knowed he
had it on when he went ter pull off his
coat, an so he hunted bout fer 1t,
an bimeby he foun' it. Dis make i'm
feel better.
"'Buot dat time de gal what he seed
in de front yard err de kings house
came canterin' long, an ak i'm how
he gittin' long. Mack say he gittin'
long purity well in spite er de CONFER
ments. Den de gal tell i'm dat he'll
halter marry de kings daughter ef he
do all dat he sot out to do; but 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.
Dis make de gal blush, an she ak i'm
how come he'd ruther marry her den
ter marry de kings daughter, an
Mack up an say dat he done seed her,
an he amt never seed de kings
daughter Den de gal say, 'Sposen
she lots purifier dan what 1 is?'
Mack low, he did, dat she kin keep
her purity fer some un else. Den he tell
de gal he'll marry her eff she'll have
i'm, but she say she amt nothin' but
a house gal, an she don't wanter STAN
in his way, kaze he mought be sorry
he married her stidder de kings
daughter. But Mack say he amt
gwineter have it dataway. De gal
amt say nothin' ter dir, but she look