The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-02
AUNTY SMITH

dUnc Deen mahled fo' times.
Yassum! BY de preachah ebry time.
Dey couldn't hab no foolishness wild
dis chile. My first husbands name
was Ctpsah Mahshall. He b'longed
to Kunnel Mahshall, who at dat
time was courtin' my mastah's
daughtah, Miss Betty, an oh course
Cesah he spen' heap OBJ time
round dar. C@sah he likely boy,
an all de gals tort dey gwine to cit
him, but, laws, i knowed he didn't
keer for none OBJ dem niggals. Il
did keep mighty Keen eye dough,
Oh Lize. She a yaller gal allus
a-rollin' her eyes an tossin' her head
an thinkin' herself good as white
folkses, one oh desc yer sly kind,
too, a-sayin' hatterin' things dat
make man think she a-dyin' for
lub oh him.
II glib her mighty little chance to
try any oh her sassy tricks on Ca-
sab. Mems dat powerful vain-you
dcs know it's SO, honey-dey swal-
lahs ebry soft an sugary speech OBJ
de female sect as eff 'twar de libin'
1rufe. But C@sah he wouldn't hab
no one but des me. He sayed ] was
like Solomon's wife dat de Bible
tells OBJ, black, but comely.' [ ak
de preachah once eff Solomon was a
cullud gemlan. He looked scared
an sayed lie couldn't splain dat tex
to an ig'nant pusson like me; sayed
it didn't mean what it sayed, but
was yaller glory bout De chu'ch.
Preachahs don't, know ebrything
more'n we uns, an what's de use for
twis' de words oh de good book diff
f'rent from what dey~is?
"Well Cnsah an me we done got
mahied an lived in q little cabin
neah my mastah's house, cause I
had to work hard waitin' on ole mis-
It's an de young ladies. Dey wore
heaps OBJ fine muslins an lawns in
dem days, an no one could do de
washin' an i'nin' to suit dem but
4 me. But / had little time in my
own house, an Cesah he come Of
ten. I was dat happy I went roun'
4 .singin' from mawnin' twel night,
4 neber tort bout the mex day an
what it might bring fo'th. Eff I
q was too happy with de things oh
q dis worl' de Lawd knows my heart
i been heavy dis many yeahs to pay
Y for it. Pears like all dat's happen
H1since has des teched de outside oh
my feelin's an lef' all de heavenly
OBJ dat time shet off to
I6iself.
E SeDe time went by twel one mawn-
lin in de summah Casah he a-gwine
-Eio come an tote de chile ober in de
NAills to camp meetin'. She was
1.-Two munce old, an I hadn't neber
Mad her way from home befo'. Dar's
ho tellin' how proud we bofe was oh
Pet baby.
"Dat mawnin' I. dress her, an I |
kaited. De people roun' de place
hey get ready an go. None OBJ dem
Hopped to talk, but / 'membered
ft'wards dey look mighty queah at |
be. Lize,. dat yaller gal rs tellin'
ho oh, she run back an hug de
hby. Yo' pore critah, I thought,
Pd glib all dat fnery for siyn a
Pneydrop.
can / waited. Plenty things |
| light. OBJ happen for to keep Cmsah
/ Pay, so I sang Rosy to sleep. Den
Hmehow5I gan to member de looks
81 q de whispers dat hadn't noticed |
de time, an it seem to grow dark,
hugh de sun was a-shinin', am de |
Bills crep' ober me. Ole mistis'
4.@ . AclsI AAclsi1I & bird mp at de big house, i
II it did sing I 'spise d ,nockin'
d eber sence. I waited, an aft
Ele ole mistis come walkin' down
nj hh paf: She was sbawns an raieed in
nawf, was ole mistis, an neber;
s5 bred to like de black people She
4 berry sharp eyes, bout de color
81, de blade oh yo' new razah, sab,
Hwhen she come close an 4 look at |
felt as eff dey cut me clean
She hab a soft voice, an dar |
little smile Son her; II sHlss;;il ken |
sE / toIe me she ttole ii she |
Ech up am pick some $yaller roses /
sj p de bltsfl dat grow d dslober de |
sS:. lam she say dat EFF ISapect to git |
kmp lneetin better be a-gwli,le;
rs I'd hat to pack de chile de whole
sss for Cgsah he fur ,nough; offf off / /
She tols y me he been sold
so1if f,Swhar he'd s8Sbe 'bliged ,tgl
OR. cotton an git obers SOME OBJ hia
otions
1,t hen shs we're; ,1,s gone way Il tore