The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31
Mirandy on Love


| Sis Maria TOmpkinS. Desc twenty
years Sis Maria is done took in washin'
an supported him an all dat he doea
is to set in de shade by de tubs in
summer an by de kitchen biler in dc
winter, Whar Sis Maria is bendin'
over de dashboard, a expostulatin' to
her about how devoted he is to her,
an how he loves her better every year
dat goes by. An den, when he gifts
tired a-watchin Sis Maria work, he
puts on de clean collar dat she done
irOned an starts down de street, a-tell-
in everybody dat he meets, bou how
he's a-feard lat his dear wife amt us
strong as she used to be, an how it
s%uttinly would kill him if de dear
LaWd was to see fit to rob him of his
treasure.
AN all de women dat hears how
beautiful he talks about his wife says
dat he sho'ly is a pattern of devotion,
an none of EN- don't think dat hits q
mighty po' love dat takes hitself out
in talk. lake one O. desc here fire
crackers dat fizzles an sputters out
wild a great big noise, instid of hittin'
somethln' lax a rifle ball.
For Brer Moses love amt strong
! enough to make him 80 out an git a
job so dat Sis Maria won't have to
work herself to death. | specks he
will mourn sOmethin' grand at her
funeral, but hits a lot easier to shed
tears grievin' fora pusson dan hit is to
shed perspiriation workin' for EN-.
An dere's Sis Samanthy Jenkins.
She's one of dem women dat totes a
lock Of her husbands hairBini q bag
around her neck, an wears a life-sized
portrait Of him pinned on her ycfrst,
an sets up by de hour an tens you
how she WOrShips him, an how she
amt never happy out Of his sight, al'
dat she amt never been parted from
him a single dayssence she's been mar
ried.
Hit sho'ly does uplift you to hear
dem noble words an see such a grand
image OF devotion until o happens to
cast your eye under de bed an sees
da. de floor amt had no acquaintance
wild de room in a eats age, an dat
de dishes is still a%-standin' in de sink,
an dat dere amt nary q place in de
house dat amt all gumed up wild whar
de chillen is done smeared bread an
molasses, an dat Sis Samanthy has
been too lazy to clean UP.
Den hit sorter dribbles in on o
dat Sis ~Samanthy's love is all wind,
an dat real love would make her
roll up her sleeves an git a room an
a mop an make dat house so clean an
comfortable dat a tired man woul
have some place to rest in when he
come home, an somethin' ftten to eat
on de table.
An dere's dose folks wid-red-haided
tempers, dat is always ~a-sailin' into
each odder, an maxim remarks dat
cuts to de bone, an dat den, when
dey cools off. has de gall to talk bout
de way dey love.
Huh. Dey don't love but one pus-
son-an' dat's deirself Whe we'Se
got anything dat we thinks a lot Of.
we don't go lambastin' hit bout.
We takes keer of hit. done heard
bout desc here men dat comes home
all tanked UP, am beats DER wives
an den tells how doe love ,on,. L,,+ Y
takes notice dat you don't near of
none of dem men gittin' drunk enough
to beat deirselfs.
'NaWm, love amt talkin'. Hits do
H., an ontel a man is smittea wild a
desire 70 work for a woman instid Of
holdin' her hand an quote noatrv
DOCKS TO her. he incident worry bout
de state Of his affection. An neider is
a gal got any cause to wonder if her
true o is hove in sight ontel she