Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11

quahtehs. An tell yo', chile, de way
dat gal fling her feet about wuz er eau.
ton! Shed put her hans on her hips
an sway herself back an 10th an LUX
over her shoulder at de boys an grin
laik she dared 'em, an all de time she
keep her feet goin' to beat de ban.
DE crowd dey all iafrs an whoops
an claps dey hams an pats dey feet
on de TO. an dey all low whit Sukey's
de champeen dancer OBJ de quahtehs-
dat is, dey all lowed she wuz 'ceptin'
Aunt Dinah. An Aunt Dinah, she stud
in de kitchen a-washin' up de supper
dishes an a-loo5in' on wild her nose III
de air. an she low ter herself dat ST.
key mex de orneriest kim Oh dancer
dat she ebbah see in all her bawn days
''Todes de las, DIES ez Sukey wuz
a-railroadin' her pooties', Aunt Dtnah
KANT STAN hit no longer"
"'Umph! seq she. ID yo' call dat
danc!n'? Git off de TO. gal. Hit ticks
me ter show yo' how ter dance!
IAN. wild a whoop. Aunt Dinah jump
ed inter de middle oh de flo, showed
Sukey erside an begun ter Jig erway
laik all possessed or Unc' Jim he
struck up er rattlin tune an played
Eastern ebbah. De faster he played
dc faster Aunt Dinah dance. She cut
do de hoedown; she whirl roun' an
roun. she spring high in de air an
| she toss her arms; she sway back an
fo'th an she shout an sing, an all de
time she keep er-happin' her feet in
de !ibelies' kin ob er way an nebbah
miss de tune. Hit mex de folks roll
dor eyes, tell yo'. TO- ter see her!
Talk erbout beir' helpless an crippled
wild rheumatic! Shoe! Aunt Dinah
wuZ shO' huff pertendin'!
! "Bimeby. wen de tunes ended, Unc'
Jim lay dc banjo down, an he low dat
playin' an dancin' is dry wuhk an
hit wllz time dey wuz passin' roun'
sumpin'. All dis time nobody pays no
'tentiOn ter il pO' cracker white dat
WIZ er-settin' quietly by de chimbly
corner er-lookin' Oh. He'd come to de
cabin do DIES ez Sukey wuz erhout ter
staht de dance an aXed Unc' Jim
C'u'd he please come in an set by de
chimbly corner an res, dat he wuz
tromDin' cross de kentry an Wuz
nigh plumb tuckered out an hongry
eZ er dog. Unc' Jim lowed he c'u'd
set in de corner twell de shindig wu2
oDer. an den eff dar wuz emmy scraps
lef' de white man c'u'd have 'em ter
eat. De man WIZ suttenly dc shack.
lies po' white dat d ebbah bin seed
roun de quahtehS. but he set quietly
by de chinbly corner wild his Of hat
drawed down Ober his eyes an his
arms folded watchin' dc COINS on an
nebbah sayin' Il wuhd er maxim g,
move.
80 now Unc' Jim call ter de white
man. an dey TEX err tray Oh ulugS an
go down cellar, whar Unc' Jim had
slowed erway a kag oh Mails Johns
bes' applejack dat day onbeknowst
De cracker white bel' de tray an de
candle, an INC Jim ups wild de AK an
knocks in de haid OBJ dc kag, an fills
de mugs wild de applejack. Den INC
Jim he tells de cracker white to so up
stairs an scribe de applejack to de
ladies' an gemmen, whiles Unc' Jim
stays down by de kag ter fill up de
mugs ez dey's brung down empty.
IAN min out how yo' does hit, too
white man" says he. AN min ou1
dat yo' don slight nobody. 'kase eff yo
does We'll kill YOU Yo's de on'y white
man in de pual,tehs ternight. so bettal
watch out!'
"Well. Wen eDerybody'd bin serbed
wild applejack 'roun' an 'roun' ag'in
an dey WIZ feelin' happy. Unc' jim
comes up from de cellar an de cracker
white set down by de chimbly corner
wild er mug oh applejacl1 dat INC jim
glib i'm. tnr' Jim TEX up de banjo an
stahts ter pickin' ag'in. an Aunt DinaE
she begin TO ter dance some mo-. an
eberybody else keep time a-clappin'
Unc' Jim, he look up at de ceilin' an
sway his body back an fo'th. an "a,
bis foot on de flo. kecpin' time to dc
music
''EimeDy he commence ter sing
"'Ol Mahs' John gone ter Memphis to
| day.
Clap yo' hans. nggahS Mex yo' fee
| so pit-a-rat
OF Mans john long time gone erWay.
| Oo-ah. nlsgahs ain yO mighty glad OF
| dat?
'Possum am -frvin' an de taters burst
| in white.
Clap 20 hans. nggahs Mex yo' fee
go pit-a-pat.
GWine ter hah gre't times at ouah housf
ternght
Oo-ah. niggahs, ain yo' mighty glaf
| oh dat?
levine ter pick de banjo an dance d.
| buck an wing.
Clap yo' hans. nigsahs. Mex yo' fee
go pt-a-pat.
Gwine ter eat an drink all night an al!
night gwine ter sing.
Oo-ah. niggahs. ain go mighty glat
OBJ dat?'
"All de while Aunt Dinah she KEEP OF
a-dancin'. She ben her body back. an
she ben her body fo'th. twell she nos
bow to de groun She dance Ober tt
whar de cracker whites a-settin' by dt
chimbly corner. an she bow low befo
him twell her ha id mos tech his'n an
| she look him in de face an roll he,