The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-14
UNCLE NOSES TELLS STORY

Now, chilren, lie gwine to tell
yom de story of de Goblin an de
Good Boy. an 30 kim see dat no Good.
Boy need be tail afeared of ghosts,
COLLINS and haunts-
DE name of dis Good Boy was
Reuben, and he dun had a pore old fad
der. same as me. Reuben heard a
heap O. talk bout COLLINS, an he was
skeered to go out nights. He was
dun told dat if a Goblin cotched a boy
out at night he grabbed him by de
ha' an. flew away wild him an broke
his neck. an, he took powerful good
keer to be in de house after sun
down
zone night bout ten o'clock Reu-
ben's ladder was token wild a chill.
His feet got like chunks of ice, an de
shibbers went I'D and down his back
like rabbits runnin' across the fields.
He wanted medicine, but dar' was
none in de house an no money to buy
any.
der weepin' an Reuben had his eyes
full of tears when a sudden thought
cum to that Good Boy. He would go
out an look up an down de alley fur
dime Heaps O millyonaires was
passin' frew the alley all de time, an
it was only nacheral dat sum Of EN-
should lose money. He 'spected to
meet a goblin, but he dun braced his
self I'D an sot 10th. He was skeerceIy
out doahs when suah huff a goblin
stepped up to him an said:
'Bub, whar 70 gw1ne to dis time
o. night?'
g Please. sab. but cum out to look
for dime says Reuben.
What 70, gwine er do wild so
much money!
q lie gwine to buy medicine fur my
pore old fadder, whose got de shakes
:" Oats good O. yo', sonny. AIlus
be good to yo'r fadder an mudder an
yo'l cum cut all right lie a goblin,
/ mn n nd 70 FarrA
harm a Good Boy or gal. It's only
bad ones I'm arter, an try to make
4 it mighty hot fur EN-. So longs 70 n
good yo' kin walk around cherry night
1 in de var an mot be afeared O. me.
/ What ails yo'r ladder is dat his sys-
/ TEN has run down fur de want O. lux
uries. It would only be throwin'
money away to buy medicine, an be-
sides, dere hain't no loose change lynn
around in dis alley. YO' cum along o.
''Reuben dun went along wild dat Goblin.
chill en-, an he nebber chen trembled- He
wasn't any mo skeert dan If he was sit
tin home home and eatin a turnip an
playln wld De cat Dat Goblin, had eyes
! of fab an purred like lion but no Good
Boy need be Uneasy Bimeby, arter walk
/ In ABOUT half a mile, dey stopped jest
whar' bag was hangin' on de fence. an
de Goblin says
g. Put dat bag on yor shoulder bub.
an run along home to yo'r shfbberin'
fadder.. It will stop his shibbers quicker
Reuben shouldered de bag an started
off, but he hadn't gone ten rods when a
purleeeeman jumped out at him an called
him a thief an said he would hev him in
jail in ten minuits. De boy was so skeered
dat he most fell down, but long comes
dat Goblin an grabs dat officer an
throws him ober the alley fence an
breaks his laig- When Reuben got home
he found de shibbers wlss, but arter ne
had cmptied out de contents of de b7 2
I dey stopped wild a bang Oar wus luocu-
ries in dat bag-luxuries to beat de band,
an Reuben's ladder got right outer bed
an whooped and hoilered an went to
stuffin' hisself In half an hour he was
a well man-de wellest he had biz in a
year.
so chilTen, 20 kin see an I want 20
to know, dat 20 long as yo' aIu good an
dom all 70 kin FUR yo'r pore Did fadder,
COLLINS hain't gwine ter hurt 20 tall
/ On de contrary, dey am gwine ter be 20 r
/ best friends an watch ober yO' an see
dat yo' cum to no harm.
Oats all tonight an you kin now
/ go to bed. an If yo hear me uD in de
night yo' needn't open yo'r eyes shall
simply be eatin' de last wing OF flat
chicken we had fur dinner. an dar' won t
be any left fur 20 if 20 call out cher so
loud"