Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-21
lace curtains to boot. He's willin' t. keep de Lawd out and de debbil in.

'In my time if black man had walked into a grocery and ordered tJ grocer to send him up half pound C. tea. two pounds of butter. pound of coffee and box of bakin' powder dat would have bin people sayin' dat G. jedgment day Wa3 not fur off. Now dar's nuthin' thought about it. Ill IL. day if husband had come hone d. found his 0ld woman girin l hiG3 1-s he would haze drIPpcI deld. Nov days husbands help to wait on d, cc.~ pany.
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 If had esasn l7Hze rom .9we brinsin' a cuckoo clock Gnder ny ;ttIl. de old wonan= would have l35kei q me fur mint il a clIr'us way. she would have felt of my heal to de soft spot. Den she would | gone out under de plum tree and l,, down and aXed de Lard to ai3 tna :. senses back and not leave her ia hole. She would have taken it dat was plumb crazy, and eaerybedy else fur ten miles around would have agreed vid her
 Had a peddler come along wid I ten dollar rug and axed me to buy il on de inStallment plan and had wasted five minits talkin' wd him ;.t de gate I should have felt Il whacl. from a broomsticl across ny sh1-',, ders. It would have bin con .ae~e., sin in de sight of de I.awl to buy :, a rug. All de crows and buZza.ds aH possums and coons fur twenty miles around would have come tiockn' look at it and call me I fule
 II took leetle walk today. and saw lace curtains and heard ptaHerz playin'. saw grocery wagons a..5 l butcher carts drivin' up. 1 saw cal. women eon' out and eomin hone + 1 cowpays SAW cull'd chiiea on ta street whose clothes cost me dan used to cost me 10 dress ME hull fa-.'l of eight. l saw cull'd Wortlen in sill. and cull'd men in Prince AIbeEls. saw 'em buyin' rugs and carpets ah& statuary. heard de women talkin about der dressmakers and de men talkin, about deir tailoes. I=s&w a!! dis and n2j!cI1 more, and when @es home sot down il ia& cheer ani thunk till ny ald head was Wilir!.a round 8id thant.in'. De ol,i 1f2---& put nv faae l. s,2': aaHt t!e1 :, ~.ez towel around aE h5ad. ':t all 2. 'one @as lreamtl 9. q ,s..e:e= =. sion of 55.!.s .sas.acl-..l, pat l::..z e..@ on 9e - do na@ehouse aEd de graveyard boy2ad.
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 When 3. t5.j ;'z.t. down t=eA ;t. .e=. dis ea9ean' catch ( .}arlzle 9f o.:s monds. L Ibid patent le:1tAef=sA e. I see e.Hb~oidere-l socks sich as '.s king Of En@!5tad wears. see suits clothes d;st cost ss225. see mesHbers : de clus, sho al.l sv5-..ae home to Na.k on Persian raes and drink port Wi.4 7 befo dey tunbles jato bed Wid a twenty dollar spread kivered ober de top to No9 tIe angels.
 My frens. you has bin gWine Ce pace You has got dar. You an at oe top. What am gvine to foller: A.2 you gWine to be de happier fur it: You will answer dat you am, but ] : all a bluff Oar haint man of you
 
 of you dat could raise $50 in cash on q pinch. You am libin' from hand to mouth and don't know what de inside of a savin's bank looks like. Let a carbuncle on de neck lay any Of you up fur a week and you'd be around borrowin' money to keep de wolf from de doah Your wives ride ill cowpaEs while you owe de butcher and am gwine block outer your way to dodge him. You am eatin' ice cream while you owe de grocer fur codfsh. You am stufiin' down sweet cake while your betters am satisfied wid co'nmeal. You am wearin' patent leather shoes while you am standin' de coal man off. You am rentin' boxes at de possoffice while your chil'en want fur school books. You am swellin' about and talkin' pollytics while folks am offern' good money for whitewashin'.
 q say all right to dis. It's none of my funeral. If de pace suits you, keep it up. It hain't fur me to butt in and spile your day dreams, but when de crash comes, as come it must, don't come shoutin' to me fur cold taters. Don't come a-sayin' you didn't dun think it could ever be. Don't come weepin' kase you has had good time and lost it. Oars signs in de heabens and signs all around us on airth dat /, bobbery am gwine to be let loose befo' = many years mo- have passed, and if :, you will persist in closin' your eyes o and ears you must take what's comin' ! fO vOM of nc now hoa rl m des front