The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
He WAS FOOLED

An, amt ECi no mannah or use TO-
him" said the handy boy IN the check.
cred jumper. "Ah's got nah 'pinun o.
desc yer pussons whut swells around
In DER good clocs VII DER gol watch
chains en- white Vests lax dey des
owned all de ear yassuh; en- when
yo' come right down to It, dey's des
es close es de ba X on de tree. Dey
all may have me money dan what
/ Abs got, but Aid dcs' spise ter be
es close es some o dom Ia, All sub
tently would"
did he beat you down on your
pay2" asked the fiat ianitor.
| "Yessuh." answered the handy boy
"Das whut he done. XIX wouldn't
think 1t to look at him VIII dc creases
In his pants en- dat di'mund pin In
his necktie, but das whut l., done.
He handed me lemon. Wen an fust
looked at him wifi da hat on Al took
him TO a spot sure nun.
you done the work, though, didn't
! you?" asked the fiat janitor. Il sccn
you startin' Off with your carpet beat
or What did you want to do the
work for II he wasn't willin' to pay
yon what II was WORTH
Well sub, Ahll tell you HUGE .-s
dat said the handy boy. "Ah D 3
fooled on dat man. OATS huccum Ali
done de wuk TO him. All wlisn't feeli.'
'speshully anxious TO to do dat wu,S
en- de fus place. All wusn't feelin des
perzactly we'll, but All WIS within TO-
to be 'hligin' en- All done mstook him
TO err gemmnn. Yassuh, All suhten.
ly thought. seem him wifi dat iv'ry-
headed stick en- dem yeller gloves on
dat he wus all right. Ahll tell yo'
how dat wus:
"Ah wns or standin' ieanin' up err
gains dem railins wen he come
out o. de house twirlin' dat iv'ry-head-
cd cane an wifi his chest out like or
pointer doves, en- when he gees me
he pintedly stops en- asks me II All
didn't want er job. Alive got some
winders All want washed EN- some
rugs All want beaten, he says, EN-
yoall look lax yo' hadn't nothing
speshul TO ter ockerpy 20 tahm
'Nossuh,' All says. ! haven't moth
in speshful 10 to do DIES at dishyer
ahdentercal moment All says, EN-
And be pufTechiy within 10 ter I'M 81
take sech er propersishun es yo'alls
menshun.
"'All right he says, go In there
to No. 20 an tell de lady All done
sent yo' an to keep yo' to work until
All come back
"Dass all right. All goes to de house
en- All rings de bell en- when de lady
comes to de do All tells huh what
dc gemmun says, an she gives me er
scrub brush an or bucket or water
en- soap en- stahts me to work. All
scrubs de flo' en- den All wash do win
ders on de fust en- second fio's en- den
All goes on gets NAH cahpet beaten
an All takes UP all de rugs an totes
dem out into de back yard. All want
to tell yo' All hoped around lively.
All didn't hahdly TEX de tahm TO eat
nah lunch an All wus mighty suah
dat woman wus satisfied wifi de way
All worked
"Bimeby de gemmun comes home
en- All hu'd de lady talkin to him en-
presumptly he comes to wheah All wus
polishin' de brass teakettle de Iadyd
dun give me to clean an watched me
awhile. Wen All got froo he says:
Well, what do All owe yo', George?"
"Ah'll leave dat to yo, subj Alb
says
"'Yo know what yo' wurk is wuf,'
don't yo?' he says.
"tAh'd soonah leave dat entiahly to
yo. All says. 'Ah'll be puffeckiy sat
isfied. subj All says. 'Des what yo'
are willin TO to give me, subj
HE pulls out dat goI' watch an
looks at it. An risht,' he says. It's
now FIVE o'clock. 20 went to wuk
at er quartah to II; OATS six houahs
an er quartah. All won't count youah
lunch tahm en- AhlI pay you 20 cents
an houah. OATS s1.25' An OATS all
he did pay me, sure nun All ain got
no mannah o. use FIR err man LAX dat.
Nossuh."
just Like Man.