The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-26
he WAS FOOLED

| All amt got ne mannah of use TO-
him." said the handy boy in the check.
cred jumper. "Ah's got NAH 'pinun o.
desc yer pussons whut swels around
in DER good clo'es wifi DER gol' watch
chains en- white vests lax dey DIES
owned all de earf, yassuh; en- when
yo' come right down to 1t. dey's des
es close es de batk 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 fat janitor.
"Yessuh," answered the handy boy.
"Das whut he done. Yo' wouldn't
think 1t 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 nun
you done the work, though, didn't
your" asked the. fat janitor. 81 seen
you startin' of with your carpet beat
er. What did you want to do the
work for II he wasn't willin' 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 do wuk TO him. All wusn't feelin'
'speshully anxious fo' to do dat wuk
en- &c fus place. All wurn't feeln' dos
perzactly well. but All WIS willin' f0
TO be bligin' en- All done mistook him
TO er gemmun. Yassuh, All suhten-
ly thought. seetn' him wifi dat lv'ry.
headed stick en- dem yeller gloves o.
dat he wus adj right. AhIl tell 20
how dat wus: g.
"Ah wus er standin' leanin' up err
gains dem railin's wen he copie
cut o do house twirlin' dat iv'ry-head-
cd cane an wifi his chest out like er
pouter doves. en- when he sees me
he p'fntedly stops en- asks me IL All
didn't want or Job. Alive got some
windeps All want washed en- some
rugs All want beaten. he says. EN-
yo''all look lax yo' hadn't nothing
'speshul TO ter ockerpy yo' tahm.
'Nossuh,' All says, haven't moth
in speshful TO to do des at dishyer
ahdentercal moment All says, EN-
Aid be puffeckly willin' 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 e,
scrub brush an err bucket err water
en- soap en- stahts me to work. All
scrubs de flo en- den All wash de win.
ders on de fust en- second fio's en- den
All goes en- gets fnah 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 lady'd
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, sub, An
says.
"'Yo know what yo' wurk is wuf,'
don't yo?' he says.
Aid soonah leave dat entiahly to
yo', All says. 'Ah'll be puffeckly sat.
isfied, suh,' All says. 'Des what yo'
are willin' TO to give me, subj
He pulls out dat gor watch an
looks aosit. All right he says. It's
now five o'clock. Yo' went to wuk
at err quartah to II; dat's six houahs
an err quartah. All won't count youah
lunch tahm en- Ah'll pay you 20 cents
an houah. OATS $1.25' An OATS all
he did pay me, sure 'nuff All ain got
no mannah O use FIR err man lax dat.
Nossuh."