The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-21
He Needed
Eyeglasses
A Young Colored Married Man
Whose Eyesight Was Defective
at Critical Moment.

One day a commercial traveller was
standing on the depot platform in
little Louisiana town lmpatiently wait
ing for belated train, when husky
young colored man apparently dressed
in his best suit of clothes, and carrying
an antiquated oil cloth satchel ap-
preached him, and after saluting re-
spectfully, said: "Mistah, is yo'a'l
'quainted in N O'leans?"
eyes, l am somewhat acquainted
there" said the traveller, "my head
quarters are in New Orleans"
"Then, mistah," said the colored man,
"Cn yo'all tell me wha' All en- fine
good 'tishun; All wants to see an doc
tab, sah."
81 don't readily re all one," said the
| traveller, "but there are plenty of good
ones there, and you will no doubt be
able to find a firstclass optician without
any trouble"
| While this conversation was going
on the travelling man had been casual
ly looking the colored man over, and
what he saw was we'll built young
negro of the better class of plantation
hands. From outward appearance
there was not bemsh on him, and
his eyes were as clear and bright as
polished agates.
81 don't see anything the matter with
your eyes," said the traveller, "you look
to me to be in pretty good condition.
1 wish felt as good as you look"
"Yassah, das it," said the Garkey
''das jist wha' NAH OF boss done top me.
He says, Sam, yo' damn fool niggah,
go on back to yo' wo'k; yo'all ah crazy.
But, mistah, knows bettah. Tha's
sump'en sho' the mattah with nah ah
sight"
"Why are you so sure"p asked the
traveller.
"Mistah, Abs a mah'ed man." said
said the darkey rather emphatically,
"an' Abs jist had a lille 'sperience What
'cludes me to say Abs 'fiicted with 'lu-
cinations.
"Las' week Mas Clifford says as how
Abs gotter 60 ovah inty johnson Coun-
ty an get team O. hosses, an All tells
my wife, Mis- Liza Abs goin'. All only
goes few miles when l meets Mas
Clifford's nephy meanderin' ovah with
the hosses, and Of cos All comes back.
"It am bout one erclOck an dahk as
oat 70 A h fn
tha's light bu'nin' an All peeks in the
windah to see wha' NAH Mis- Liza am
doiA' dat time o'night, an mistah, All
has a tu'ble 'lucination. All 'lucinates
tha' nah Mis- Liza am a squattin' on
the sofa with measly lille yaller mig
gah, an he has his ahm 'roun' huh
waist. The doah am bah'ed, an when
All does bust in, Mis- Liza tho's big
shaw ovah NAH had, an pulls me
'roun' the room. An when All gets
Outen tha' shaw mistah, tha's nobody
in the room but me an nah Mis- Liza.
All tells Mis- Liza wha' done see tho
the windah, an Miss Liza jist laffs an
says-'Sam, yo' crazy fool niggah, wha's
all The mattah wifi yo'? Yo' seen nutin'
in dis hyar house. Yo's all got 'lucina-
tions' All profanates mahty hahd sab,
an 'cuses huh of bein' nO'count, til.
fin niggah woman. An mistah, jist
bout de time All am de wusstest, tina
Mis- Liza comes ovah an puts huh
aims 'roun' nah neck an puts huh
7 face up agin MAIN an says: Chile,
does yo' blieb yo' honey, or does yo'
! blieb yo' ah-sight?' Mistah, All bIiebs
t NAH honey, yessah All does, an now
q Abs goin down to NJ O'leans to get
l tmah ah sight fixed, TO- An sho' wants
no mo- fluctuations in NAH family"
ST HASKELL.