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

Watts ole hDun Juno, who sides
being de meanest tempered dog in
de worl des naturally spised niggers
and Jim in portickler. Well, Juno
she ris as Jim did, give one yelp
and as Jim was bout to straiten
ont for de do, she made one swipe
at him and snatched mouf full out
Of de behime part Of pore Jim's
britches, and dang my pictures. Of
she did't pull bout half yard ov
shirt widit, but de shirt bein sorter
new not more d . year ole hilt its
own and des streamed out behime
him Ikea rudder, Jim want carein
nothin bout dat dat do be amt had
no time fur ter scusin his back, his
bissness being 70 git away frum
dar des as fur az he could, and he
dun il too. He Civ one jump, land
ed outside de do; annudder one
cleared de steps and drapped him
rite by ledge Thomas, who made q
grab OF him and hollered Here,
you black rascal, what's de matter
wild yon Is you crnzy2' But Jim
was gour. He made break fur de
fence. be did. but pears like he 50
scared and mixed up 10 bis mine dat
be hliue, sab, fur he busted inter
dem beehiyes, scatterIn dem every
which erway. sashayed inter de
fence, carryin o whole panel befo
him and TUX ont thu dat terbaccer
hel like do debbil was arter him.
Well, sub, you dess orter seed de
way dat Niger den tore up dat ter
baceer. reckon he nuss er split
bout an acre. fur at every jump be
give de air was green wild terbaccer
leaves, and when he flung dem big
feet ov hissen ter de groun and
smashed inter dem plants il sounded
| like dozen trees a-ialIin Ia bout
a mint, he wnz thu de teabaccer iiel
and dem struck dc corn, which de
corn was above his head and hid
him. De last we saw ov Jim he wuz
dess a-teariu up dc yearth, wild his
head rared back, dem long legs and
arms ov hissen workin furious and
dat piece ov shirt atiirtin ont oehlne
u every whirl iii il give a las flop,
as much as 70 say good bye, and
| Jim was gone. But do we couldn I
see him we could hear him and see
whar be was, fur do noise be made
arippiu thu dc corn fiel could be
heard mile and wher be was trav-
o.liu dat corn thrashed bout like
whirIwin was dar Il didn take
Jim long 10 git thu de corn nuther
we all on de porch had dess drawde
breif fur anndder langh when We
could hear Jim acovortin thu dat run
so natural dat We could almost SEQ
de water and do mud hy. Well, but
dat want all. slider Boss no. sab.
For dar was Callinc, what Jim bad
dan knocked down, aud you better
believe she didn's stay dar. Jim
had scacely struck de terbaceer Gel
befo CalliBe, yelIln at every jump
like she was crazy, whirled out do
lido, missed her lootin on top o. de
steps. ruled all do way down and
brung up on her hans and knees at
de bottom wild her head dess ezzacly
| 10 the middle ov ledge Thomas
/ stnmmic. De ledge let 20 all holts
and drapped immediate rite spang
| inter dat afr whitewash bucket what
uncle Ab'rm dun left dar, as | tole
you. Course de bucket upset, and
wus'n dan das, fer as dat gal riz, dc
ledge, he made grab at her 70 try
and save hlsseiT, and boss. ifyou be-
leive me be pulled dat Niger woman
rite down ON him. Den deere was
trouble sho nugh Fer 81 dere was
anythln on de face ov de yearth dat
de ledge hated and spIsed il was
one oy desc yere black, greasy mig.
ger women, and Calline ID particu-
lar, and el deere was anybody in dewhole
county dat callinc was altered on II was
ledge Thomas Lord, Lord kin shet
my eyes and see EN- now Dere was d
Jedge Fat NV his back a wraslin IN d
whitewash and everlasten slammir
dat gal over de haid wild de whitewast
bresh which be had grabbed up wild bill
rite han, and every lick maxim whit,
, streak on her black face and head and h,
J a cussin frum away back, hollerin to hel
J Ter ter git off'n him dat mint, awda
! cious black hussy," and der was CalIin'
! wild her arms actual rounde Jedge'snecl
a sQuallin at every lick, aberryin her fac
inter de Jedge's neck tryin to dodge eacl
crack ov de bresh and a waving her Tat
black legs Ii de air most scanlous an.
one oy dem same legs mos white whar |
: dun waiIered in de whitewash whichhaI
. run an over the place. At las Callne Civ