The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-11
HE WAS FOOLED

"Ah, amt got no mannah of use TO
him." said the handy boy in the check
cred jumper. Abs got NAH 'pinun O.
| desc yer pussons whit swells around
| in DER good clo'es wifi DER gol' watch
chains en- white vests lax dey des
| owned all de earf, yassuh; en- when
yo' come right down to it, deys des
es close es de bank on de tree. Dey
! all may have mo- money dan what
Abs got, but Aid des' spise ter be
es close es some O. dem is, All sub
tently would"
did he beat you down on your
pay?" asked the fiat janitor.
"Yessuh," answered the handy boy.
"Das whut he done. Yo' wouldn't
think it to look at him wifi de creases
in his pants en- dat di'mund pin in
his necktie, but das whut he done.
He handed me lemon. Wen All fust
looked at him wifi da hat on All took
him TO spot sure huff
you done the work, though, didn't
your" asked the fiat janitor. Il seen
you startin' off with your carpet beat
er. What did you want to do the
work for if he wasn't willh' to pay
you what it was WORTH
We'll, sub, Ah'll tell you huccum
dat said the handy boy. "Ah got
fooled on dat man, OATS huccum All
done de wuk TO him. All wusn't feelin
'speshully anxious TO to do dat wuk
en- de fus place. All wusn't feelin' des
perZactly we'll, but All wus willin' TO
to be 'bligin' en- All done mistook him
TO err gemmun. Yassuh, All suhten-
ly thought, seem him wifi dat iv'ry-
headed stick en- dem yeller gloves on
dat he wus all right. Ah'll tell yo'
how dat wus
"Ah wus err standin' leanin' up er-
gains dem railin's Wen he come
out O. de house twirlin' dat iv'ry-head-
ed cane an wifi his chest out like er
pouter doves, en- when he sees me
he p'intedly stops en- asks me if All
didn't want er job Alive got some
winders An want washed en- some
rugs All want beaten he says, EN-
yoall look lax 20 hadn't nothing
'speshul TO ter ockerpy yo' tahm.
"'Nossuh, Alb says, l haven't moth
in speshful TO to do des at dishyer
ahdentercal moment All says, EN-
Aid be puffeckly wilIin' TO ter un'er-
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
de gemmun says, an she gives me er
scrub brush an er bucket er water
en- soap en- stahts me to work All
scrubs de NO en- den All wash de win
ders on de fuss en- second flo's en- den
All goes en- gets nah cahpet beaten
an All takes up all de rugs an totes
dem out into de back yard. All want
to tell 20 All hoped around lively.
All didn't hahdly TEX de tahm to eat
NAH lanch an All WIS mighty suah
dat woman wus satisfied wifi de way
All worked
"Bimeby de gemmun comes home
en- All hud de lady talkin' to him en-
presumptly he comes to wheah All wus
polishin' de brass teakettle de lady'd
dun give m. to clean an watched me
awhile. Wen All got froo he says:
We'll, what do All owe yo', George"
"'Ahll leave dat to yo', suh,' All
says.
"'Yo know what yo' wurk is wII,
don't yo?' he says.
"Ah'd soonah leave dat entiahly to
yo', All Says. Anil be puffeckly sat
isfed, sub, All says. 'Des what yo'
are willin' fs to give me, sub
HE pulls out dat gol' watch an
looks at it. All right he says. It's
now five o'clock Yo' went to wuk
at er quartah to II; dat's six houahs
an er Quartah. All won't count yOuah
lunch tahm en- Ah'll pay you 20 cents
an houah. OATS S125' An OATS all
he did pay me, sure huff. All ain got
no mannah o use fr er man lax dat.
Nossuh."