The Columbus journal., 1907-06-12
Ne WAS FOOLED

"Ah. amt got 10 mannah a use 10
him." said the handy boy In the check
cred jumper. "Ah's got NAH 'ptnun o
desc yer pussons whut swe3ls around
in deir good clo'es VII deir gDr watch
chains en- white vests lax dey des
owned an de earl. yassuh; On when
yo' come right down to IT, dey's des
90 close es de bank % de tree. Dey
xll may have mo- money dan what
Abs got, but Aid des' spise ter be
es close es some O. dem il. All sub
tently would"
Did he beat you down on your
pay?'' asked the nat janitOr.
"Yessuh." answered the handy boy.
"Das whut he done. Yo' wouldn't
think II to look ut him VIII de creases
in his pants en- dat di'mund pin In
his 9ecktie, but das Whut he done.
He handed me q lemon. Wen All fust
looked at him VIII da hat on All took
him TO . spot sure nun
You done the work. though. didn't
you?" asked the Nat janitor. Il seen
you startin' Oh with your carpet beat
er. What did you want to do the
work for II he wasn't willin' to pay
you what 1t was WORTH"
Well, sub, Ah1i 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 well, but An wus willin' To-
to be 'bligin' en- All done mistook him
TO- er gemmun. Yassuh. All suhten-
~ thought. SEEM him VIII dat iv'ry-
| headed stick en- dem yeller gloves on
dat he wus all. right. AhIl tell 20
how dat q
"Ah wus er standin' leanin' mp err
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 II All
| didn't want er job ALIVE got some
winders All want washed en- some
rugs All want beaten he says. ZEN
vo'all look lax yo' hadn't nothing
'speshul TO ter ockerpy yO' tahm-
"'Nossuh.' All says. l haven't moth
in speshful TO- to do des at dishyer
ahdentercal moment All says, 'en'
Ah'd be puReckly willin' TO ter n'er'
take sech er propersishun es yOialls
menshun.'
Ian right he says. go in there
to No. 20 an tell de lady All done
sent yo' an to keep yO' to work until
An 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. An
scrubs de 10 en- den All wash de win
ders on de fust en- second n0's en- den
All goes en- gets NAH canpet beaten
an All takes up all de rugs an totes
dem out into de hack 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 VIII de way
All worked.
"Bimeby de gemmun comes home
en- All hu'd de lady talkin' to him en-
presumably 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
".Ahm leave dat to yO'. subj All
says.
"'YO know what yo' wurk is wuf.'
don't yO?' he says.
laid sOOnah leave dat e.::ahly to
yO', All says. 'Ah'n be pufeckly sat
isfled. subj All says. 'Des what yO
are willin, TO to give me. subj
He pulls out dat gOr watch an
looks at 1t. All right he says. It's
now I'VE O'Clock. YO' went to Wuh
ut er quartah to IL; dGt's six hOuahs
an or quartah. All won't count yOuah
lunch tahm en- AhT pay you 20 cents
an houah. OATS $1.25.' An OATS all
he did pay me, sure nun. All ain got
no mannah o. use IF er man lax dat
NOssuh."