The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-24

mighty peaked and Weevily, an
nounced Mirandy, as she sank into u
chair, Gaze Use been wrastlin' wild de
chills an fever an | done come out
of dat 'sperience wild what Brer Jen-
kins calls a chastened and humble
speret
"Yassum, / reckon eff dere's emmy
thing in dis worl' dat will take de
dander out of a pusson hits one OF
desc head agueS dat starts or kinder
trimbly, den plays leapfrog up and
down yo backbone. and ends up by
takin' you by de scruff of the neck an
shakin' you tell yo teeth rattles,
an den drops you down wild a ache
an a pain in evry bone in yo' body.
An dat amt all. l had one of dem
| kind of bilers dat you calls a cow
| buncle on my left shoulder blade. Vas
sum, / sho' is been trompin' thro' de
| low ground of sorrer an tribuiation,
an eff Job was f1icted lax / was hit
amt no surprise to me dat he TUX to
cussin'. Nawm, dat hit amt Dere
wus times when / felt lax it would be
| a sorter eased my feelin's an a-been
| a comfort to me to done hit eff l had a
knowed how.
| You know Use always been a
mighty peart an healthy woman
whut amt had no pussonal acqualnt-
ance wild sickness, an so in dis las
wear or two l kinder segasuated off
wild de mind cure. Hit looked heap
cheaper to me to believe dat fokes's
| pain was deS a error OF de magma
/ ton dan hit was tC send for de doc
| tor, so when Ike got a misery In ms
chest or de rheumatic in his laig, l
| tried to buck up his ,sperrits, an
make him see hit warFt nothin' but
kinder notion he'd TUX up. Yas-
| sum, when hit comes to bearin' her
husbands sufferin' a woman sho is
got de fortitudt of a martyr.
| "Howsomever, hits a different tale
when de pain strikes you good an
| hard, an when dat cowbuncle began
to draw / des strolled aroun to Sis
Tempy, who prognosticates dat mind
| cure doctrine, an | tole her dat while
my faith was strong hit looked to
me dat my mortal mind was wukin
overtime Gaze dem jumpin' pains wus
mighty lax de real thing. An Sis
/ Tempy she spoons dat | must go nome
| an gaze at dat biler a$ say, j nave
| no cowbuncle. Dere's no pain
Now. you know | is a fat woman,
wild short neck. an de only way /
could git a glimpse of dat biler was
by proppin' myself up on cheer on
top of a table befo' de lookin' glass
an des about de second time | fix my
eye on hit an say:
"Dere is no pain. l have no cow
buncle'
/ Down come de cheer an de table,
an / lit right on dat biler, an you
better believe, dat dat fall busted all
de mind cure out of me.
| "Yassum, right den an dere l
backslided, an since den l don't took
notice dat most of de folks which Is
4 strong in dat doctrine is healthy men
an women. De sick ones still pins
dere faith to de doctor, an de pill
bottle.
..Yassum. you sho' does learn a lot
of things when you is sick. Now,
/ dere's Ike He's fiicted wild whit
you calls de chonics. Eff he amt got
i one thing, he's got another, and he $
a-kicker. Dere amt nothin 'gwine
round from de measles to de yaller
| fever. dat Ike don't take, If he gifts
chanst | bet Use made enough mus
/ tard plasters for him to pave de town,
an eff he had all de money we is spent
on neuralgy linamonts we'd be ridin
roun' i'm one of desc heah mobile
wagons.
/ NOW all de years dat we'Se been
i married and / been a maxim poultices
for Ike an a rubin his head, and
heatin' hot water for his feet. | been
a-thinkin' dat eff l ever got sick dat
he would pay me back, an l sorter
had a vision in my mind of me a
lawn up in de bed kinder pale an
holdin my hand, an maxim love to
/ me, an begin me to git we'll Gaze
he couldn't live widout me.
| "Yassum. dat was de way | thought
i hit would be; but bless yo' life, all
i Ike done was to come in, an cas- one
Il look at me, an den SAY as ne packed
i towards de do:
Use mighty sorry, Mirandy, dat
| dey amt nothin' / can do for you, but
I reckon you better jest keep quiet
an not talk to anybody, an you'll be
better in de mawnin', an wild dat he
sasshaied off to de crap game.
| "Yassum dats de way Ike nuSsed
me when ! was sick, but what you
think he would do eff / was to do him
dat way when he is a-layins up a
moanin' an a groanin wild de misery
in his back?
Il specs, may be, l mought aided,
dough, eff hit hadn't been for one
thing. was mighty weak, an
mighty low down in my mind, an
one night / calls Ike to me, an lteils,
him | don't think Use long for dis
worl, an dat Use tried to make him
a good wife, ami dat doIgh ] hopes
he'll miss me- / don't want him to
1 spen' his life a-grievn' after me, an
dat he must git him another Mirandy.
"An' wild dat Ike fetches groal
an says dat he don't want another
Mlrdnuy.
Dat sound mighty Gurus topne an
whilst ] was tryin' to figger out what
j he meant by hit, l hear dat May Jane
i Jones, what's always a-castin sheep
ewes at Ike come to AK how / is.
81 hears Sis Mirandy is a mighty
sick woman says she.
II thanks We fer yer sympathy,
spoons Ike in holler tone OF voice
lax de mourners uses at a funeral.
| Va haar va 6ictinnC wild
Christian grace. goes on May Jane
| Jones.
DE Lawds will be done. says Ike,
| an wild dat l took hand in the con-
versation.
Il amt gone yit,' says |, an | was
/ dat mad / got right up outer de bed,
| Gaze hit looked to me dat Ike was too
/ reconciicG.
j AN here / is.
/ "Yassum, / been mighty sick, but
i I'm gwine to take care of my health
now an keep well, Gaze dey amt no
encouragement for a woman to be
II sick Nawm, dat dey amt.