Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-11-10

d4fns An as W Talk Why IOA Al
mighty HissefT COULDN'T make Jim
talk 'ceptin twas to say yes sab, or
no sab, or sumkin like dat. But
dar's anudder funny thing too and
dat is dat ugly and scanlous Iookin
az Jim IS, dat gal CalIine des loves
de groun he walks on. Wherever
you fine jim, you see Calline, and
wharever you see CaIline. Jim bound
to be som'ers near. CaIline Is short
md fat and black and smilin all De
time. and dc way dat gal kin talk,
talk. talk to Jim aud Jim be never
sayin nolhlp. but dess rpllIn his eyes
rom everywhere dess like be tryin
10 fine out whar dat soun cumin FUN.
De fact Is Jim all dc time look like
hear sumptin and spicion dat some
body gwine bic him side dc haid.
Well, sub, de ve'ey day dat Funny
graph eume aud artar Mr.. johnson
aud Aiarse Wat fix her up for bust
ness aud sot her up on dc counter
behine the screen in comes Jim and
Calline. | done forgit 10 teIl you
dat dere bad been a lot D cuttin up
and low down doins among some o
desc here good .fer-nothin niggers
roun dis deesirict fer some time and
dc white folks dee dat is some D
dc young men lowed dey did. dat
dey gwIne 70 frazsle out out all 10
no.couni. lazy niggers dey could lay
dey hands on. Nov, as Jim was
bout as no count rs You make utn
an mutually born lazy and gittin wuss
every day and knowed II hisself TOO,
To was powerful Uneasy In his mine
bout an dis talk be hear gwine roun.
Pears ike dat Marse Wat, as be done
toIe as afterwards. had got q piece
fixed special for dat Funpygraph
dat WIS dess as full 81 shootIn an
holIerin and sich like noise as was
ernugh 70 wake the dead. Well,
sub. Jim be cum il, he did, and
walked spang up 70 do counter rite
by dat Eunnygraph and sot hisseIi
down on an empty nour barrel wild
dess q piece . board cross dc top
and most dc hoops buasof. A NIGH
] ~ tlekltsb think anyway you fixes
Il, bat Jim be sol so still when he
anchored hisself anywhar dat he
want carln nothin bout dat. He had
bis back 70 do do and was facIn dat
air machine Rite behine him come
calline, and she took her stan by
his back. IL was ono o. desc hot
days dess ike dis. Over cross dc
road dar by der beehive old uncle
Adam barnes had done tied dat ole
wall .oyed. yaller mrel and Vaughn
D hisn md 10 dc Vaughn he had two
shoats and three geese what he
gwine to take home. Des over de-
fence dar was strip o terbaccer,
and powerful nice growed terbaccer
il was too, cousiderin Of de time o.
year, and beyand de terbaecer dar
was d liel o corn and arter dat dar
was dat measly, muddy run dess dc
same. done iergit 10 say dat bout
dat time uncle Adam, who done all
| de white washin bout hyar, had lef
bis whitowash buckil moss full o.
whitewash an de small bresh In Il
az de foot o de porch steps and
ledge Thomas was dess comm up 70
az steps lookin as cool and slick as
he always does. You know de edge
Is mighty short In de temper when
ho git started, ueve mine 81 be Is fat
ara amilin and sich a puiiic gentle
man. We'll, sub. dats de way things
was Jim settin on de barrel iacin
daf air Funnygraph. CallIne stan
In az Jim's back, dat whltewash
buckif and bresh az de foot Of de
steps, ledge Thomas a-str1ttin up "a
do pooh, dat ole muel leaninupagin
de fence soun sleep cep en when she
wake up and snort and drive way de
dies AID dc shoats giyin grunt ev-
cry nov and den 70 letyou know dey
was dar All Of a sudden MArse
Wat he teched of dat Funnyeraf'
he did. an Lord ! Lord Fittings
didn' begin to move don't know
, nothin boutitl Whendem achinefust
break lose, scared as ] was-fur suit
tinly was scared, boss, wuss'n dat
Twas dess naturally fairfield myself
flung my eyes at Jim and he was
d site suttin and sho His STEW
open, dey did, and de balls popped
: out and kinder wobbled roun in his
haid like dey had gone stracted
: his mouth drapped open and worker
like he was tryin 70 pray, but b
9 never said nothin. He dess nat
1 uralIy riz up, he did, like HI