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

ilef people 10 marry an raise chiilcn,
kase ehillen proputty in Gem DAYS.
Bless de Lawd, / didn't has no mo-
cliillen fer her to cnnnt as I DO dc
pigs.
cat las / mahied Big Tom to git
shet OBJ him, butNI done miss it, fer
shore as yo' lib dat crittah tuck de
kinsumption. He war De mos mis-
able, no count niggah I member
to hab knowed. I waited on dat
man night an day an like to run
my laigs of; tried to be as good to
him as eff he were de light OBJ my
eyes, but muffin pleased him no
ways. One day he SHE'D q fati'on at
me an cut a cash ober my lef' year.
De scars dar yit. Ts pow'ful mad
den, an says I, tOle man, We kin
cough yer liyah an lights up for all
me, an de soonah de bettah.'
"'Bout dat time mastah done
send him down de ribah on some
business. Tom he were mastah's
right ham, an mastah didn't pay no
'tention to de kinsumption dat he
say allied him. Well, de steamboat
blowed up, an I s'pose To1a done
get blowed up, too, for rs neber
seen him since.
"Aft' dat n spell 1 mahied Joe,
kase he was lively an KEEP us all
a-laughin' with his jokes. He play
ed de fiddle like an angel, too, an
when I sot an listened seemed as
ef could see beyond de stahs cPar
into de New Jerusalem. But Joe
didn't have good judgment bout
some mattahs. De wah was a-gwine
on by dis time, an muffin would do
but Joe he mus go with Kunnel
Mahshall down into Jawgy for to
jine de 'federate ahmy. De kunnel
was his mastah, but he didn't hab
to 60. He was a-gwine to be a
drummah an was dat needless he
nevah Elected dat he was on de
wrong side. Reckon he nevah s'posed
dar'd be anything else but playin'
on de fife an drum. In de berry
fust skrimmage dey had Joe was
killed. Might "a knowed he'd had
bad luck, an I tole him so fore he
went. Joe had a good heart, dough,
an / don't spect de Lawd will be
hard on him for habin' been bawn
50 giddy.
''Aft while, when de prockelma-
tion set de culled people free, de
family bruck up, an I went up to
Louisville for to get washin' an
inin'. Oar / met Mistah Smith
at pra'r meetin'. He were pow full
in pra'r. an he seem struck with
my 'pearance. I had on my violent
dress for de fust time. At de sec
ond pra'r meetin' he tole me he'd
had hebenly vision which sayed I
was to be his second pahtnah.
Course I couldn't STAN out 'gainst
de will oh de Lawd, an dat's why
I's now Mrs. Smith. His name
was Obadiah, but he 'quested me for
to call him Metal! Smith; sayed it
corded bettah wild de condition OBJ
de woman to be 'spectful to de hus-
BAN, man, he say, bein' 80 s'perior.
sMistah Smith an me we done git
along comf'tably till he died, which
was des befo' I come heah. I nebah
had no fault to fine, 'cept dat he
did talk too much bout de fust
Mrs. Smith. rs had a heap oh trou-
BILE wid dat boy OBJ hers, but rs tried
to do my juty by him. rs whipped
him once week reglah, kase he's
pow'ful bad, but he's mos too big
for me now, an rs 'fraid de deb
bill I'll ketch him.
\ "What IL I do in heben wid so
many husban's? I won't hab but
one, bless de Lawd, an dat's Casah. I
Tom he won't be dah. Joe he'll he
SO tuck mp s#sIEsd. s#sIs. dc d hhaFps an; de BAN /
jos dat he won't think OBJ muffin
else an Mistah Smith can 10y his
self wild dat fust wife. 5..5
sG'll hab Casah, am I'll hab Rosy,
an well hab aslittle mansion with q
passion vine am roses ronn' de do,
an we'll be happy for ebber an eb- 1
ber. Glory! Glory r
s. The light that shone on the black
face as she turned away was q token
Of faith and hope, an outward sign
Of an inward grace the The y j hiittest Of us /
seldom wear. ,..t.
aUARANTESD ]CA'rARRH CURE. q