The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
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y sa W i a.
han at elehnin' out Dc place whhr dc
king don8hls kinEln' an bimeby II come
tor de year or do king an no .des lay
back Oh hls thoro an laughed tell he
cant laugh no mo nm den he cali In his
daughter an tot her dnt dey wiz On.
other fool comm fer ter clean cut his
stable. He broke out Il, a boss laugh. but
do gal, she amt see de Joke dis time She
sot dar an twis' her nproi.strihg, m
vow dat she amt gwinteri play no scch
game, she low dat bineby some good
fer-nothln'llS cone an do what nobody
else can't do, an dcti she'll hatter mar
Try I'm wheddcrfc or no. She say she done
makeup her min what ter do. an stle
gwlnter do 1t. ~ Y FIX 4 i5 is IS NJ ~ ,ttss #
81 So she wont an Tx herself UP like one
ser de poor folks. She shucked her silk
buds an NIL her fire clozo. an come out'n
her room lookin' fer all de worl like she
Belonged ter de poor white trash, an when
Mack come Walkn't'roun do yard ter de
Walkin roun' do yard barefooted, an her
cloze looked like doy had been fshed
outer dc rag-bag
Mack say howdy. an tuck OF his hat
Do gal low. you COUNT do no mo- ef
wuz de Kings daughter. Mack say,
+ bet you err lots purifier dam villa de
kings daughter isr Do gal make answer
aln't no pulitzer, an AIM got no fine
cloze like do Kings daughter. What you
want roun' here. anyhow Mach. low,
II may want you To- I cit thoo, but what
I want right now Is fer somebody ter run
an'atell de king dat dey's q man out here
what want ter do some cleanIn fer I'M,
by somebody coma ter de door, an Ak
Mack what he want. Mack say he des
Swanter do some cleanln'{ fer DO king. Some
I'm done tol. i'm, no say, dat dc King want
4 his stable cleaned out. an his back yard
gswcp'. y De door-keepcra run an Z toll DC
king, an he toll Jim fer ter show dc fool
In. Wei K "a x y S {a.. * s.
80 Mack, he went In whar do king wuz
an he seed mo- fine doin's dan he ever
see befo'in all his born days. Eie mired
up III de kyarpIts. an come mighty nigh
waikiki headfo II, big looking glass
on dc wall. Bout dat time he gun ter
feel stalty, an he got do idce dat may.
be he como ter de wrong place. But he
helt up Ills head an make like he been
use ter dat Kinder doin's all his life.
Bimeby dc house gal come an toll I'm
dat de king d see I I'm. an she showed I'm
inter a great big room dat look like ia
hol hundred folks an upon !. i l,s t.
on his mouf fer ter keep FUN IlaughiE.'
an cvo'y onco in while he'd mighty
nigh strange hisself wild coughin'
a MACK toll him howdy ez perlite ez ne
could. an bowed OF low ez he knt,wed
how. Den de king say dat de folks what
toll I'm dat amt no lie; an, den he went
on ter gay dat he been tryiE' fer de
longest Kind OF a time fer ter git some
body what kin clean out his stable sweep
his back yard nm I'LL a dry well. Mack
low dat he'll try ter do dc best he Kin.
so do king. ter make sfo or matter.
tot, lin dat ef he done do job. he tnought
marry his daughter. an eff he can't 40
de Job he halter go ter jail fer spell.
an den he sont fer de carriage driver an
tor I'm ter show dc young man whar de
stable Is. Dey ART no two ways about
II, Mack wuz feelin' shaky, an ct he could
a. backed out er. dom de job he wouldn't
"a gone nigh de stable but dar he w,lz
an he couldn't git out'n II. So dar he
wuz He looked in de stable. an 1t WIZ
mighty nigh chock full ers dirt an straw.
But he shucked his coat an got I'm a
spade an went ter work, 2Ss}
Now, den, when Ma ok tuck on his coat
his ring drapped on dc groun close by.
but he amt miss It. He des era bbed de
spade an went ter work, but far eve y
shovel full no th'owed out, seven shovels
full came in az In. He worked on q
while. wonderin' how high de jail WIZ. an
den NIL NV sudden he missed his ring.
He knowed he had It on when he went
ter pull OF his coat. an so he hunted
bout fer 1t. an bimeby he foun It. DIS
make I'm feel better.
4" Bout dat time de gal what he seed