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

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GSr cicse ter dc stable, an sho nun, dar
twuz. an II look like II wus In about mile
deep. De King. he went on back tSr ae
house whsr he do his hngin' an. Mse h'
h. SarSf e. n a. e: dr. r. rs.. % tuck TX ss
stables des went an got In do dry well by
FUN in, forty whselbarrovs fun would
foller after an fall in de well: An
'twant ten minutes TO de we'll viva fuii up
Mack went on up ter de house, an de
king, settin' on dc porch, seed i'm. He
low. i ,speck de well wus too much
Mack say. No, Stree; fulled it up wild
De King look at I'm right hard. an cay.
chan 1s g yo ae1s; SSSps man. what kinder
day sssp wS. % dss sI WORK
l does doee 50 easy dat ! don't charge
DE king say. Well, der's de back yard
an de front yard for ter clean up
when a. dS. m f Ss S Ter 90 sf
AT dat de King laugh loud an laugh,
long Mack say, You must sholyb tickled.,
Dis make de King laugh louder dan ever, an.
Mack went OF an cot down IN do shade an
wondered what mako de King laugh 30
He sot dar, he did. tell he got ter nod
din an den he fell sound ersleep. While
he wuz sno'in' dc Gal come out ter see
wharabouts he wuz. Twant long 10
she .; foun' i'm. an, den abe stood lookin at
when her eyes fell on de ring she flung
back her head an grinned. She thought
ter hersef dat he gwine ter marry her
anyhow, an wouldn't be no harm fer ter
take de ring onbeknownst ter i'm. So
de ring Oh his finger. an went hyin' ter
After 40 long . time Mack woke
up an missed his ring. an right den an
dsr he had sho nun trouble In his min.
He sint got m, no ides whs S. de ring Vs. Ale he
dar. an couldn't make out what had gone
wild II.
.Bimebv de gal come out fer ter see ef
he WIZ wake. an what he Gwineter say
bout his ring-you know how gals is. Well.
out she come, but Mack. stidder talkn'
bout his ring, toll de gal dat he'd halter
60 bsck home.
.He done had a dream dat his nanny
wuz sick. an while he'd like ter stay on
count er de gal. he wuz bleeze ter 60 back
horne.
DE gal look sollum when she hear dis
kinder news. an when abe talk abe had
kinder ketch In her GOOGLE. She say:
I'm mighty sorry you gwine, after
what you toll me. but ef you gwine 20
better not tell de King Den she look
At h: han an say, Law' whar 20 hne
.Mack low, 7 done lost II. an I can't
fin it nowhar. Dat ring was nv fort une:
I can't do nothin' .widom 1t. ] laid on
fer ter ei' you de ring what my NANNY
faint no use now; wid my good luck ring
gore can't never hope ter get you
DE gal say. When you gwineter start"
and he low dat he gwineter make tracks
FUN dar des ez soon ez night come.
De sh gal she hi, sny s9IT he Ma
an not nigh ez lonesome. De gal sorter
stood 'roun', waitin' fer Mack ter say
sump'n. but he wuz feelin' too bad: he des
hung his head an sot dar wild his mouf
shot.
.Den de gal az i'm not ter 70 tell he zee her,
an he promise dat he won't eff he kin see
.wsll. des TO night fell. here como de
gal wild de ring. She amt tell no tale bout
1t; she DIES up'n say dat abe tuck it kaze she
After what you said down yonder in
de boss lot felt like had ez good . right
ter dat ring ez any udder gal-an' OATS
why l tuck It,; -.
say 1t dat Mack tel his heart 60 hppity-
flap. She como up close tar him when
she ei' i'm de ring. an put her han on his,
an 'twuz sech soft little han he cant
hep saueezin, y little bit But ~ when sn. ne
away fun i'm an run In de house des
like she oughter done. kaze she'd been
raise right, an knowed what she wuz
dom
trash an dirt out'n de yard. He seed
10 de sun went down how bad it needed
cleanin' an he say ter hissef dat he
don't wanter marry de Kings daughter
eff she amt no better bousekeePer dan
HE skacely knowed whar ter begin at.
but when he did start In high wind come
up an bowed de dirt an trash way ez
fast ez he kin raise i wild his brush bro ON;
kaze de win got stronger an stronger,
an it des pick UP de trash an de dust an
tuck il clean away.
'De King, he hear de wind he did. an
he az what all dat noise is bis daughter
say it's his son-in-law dom work dat he
amt got no business ter do. De King say
il Is a big storm comm I'D, an de gal low
dat her sweets art done called on Br'er Wind
fer ter hap i'm sweep de yard.
DE King had de idee dat his daughter
WIZ gittin mighty uppity, but he amt
say nothin'. He des went inter his room
an shucked OF his buds an went ter bed,
but de gal crope ter her winder, after putin
out de lights, an looked out.
by dat time Mack had done finish de
Job, an de yard WIZ clean as de floor er
de house whar de King live ct. Den do gal.
she went ter bed an dremp dreams dat she
amt dremp befo'
DE mex mornin' de King eont out an
ak Mack fer ter come inter brekkus, but
Mack answer dat he done had his brekkus
too long ter talk bout. Dem what do de
kingin' don't halter git up coon In de mornin'
an dey eats der brekkus late.
dish yer King what I'm a tellin' you
bout want no better dan any er de rest
un um He had late brekkus. an he put on
airs, an sassed eve'y body when he feel
like II. But he come out after while, an
he come mighty nigh faintin' when he seed
how clean bofe his yards wuz.
He low, 'Whar did you pile de trashf'
MACK say dat he don't b'lieve In doin'
no half way job, so he tuck'n tuck de trash
OF whar 'twon't poster nobody no mo-,
Dis make de King scratch his head. He
bleeze ter stan up ter his promise. an so
he az Mack In de house whar hs do his