The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-10-09
JACQUE P|STACHE'S
WEEKLY LETTER

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Mon tres chere ami, Coco, das me
watts goin tell yo dat 81 le bon Dieu he
was TO come by dis place TO stay lii vile
TO shes helt, Pm doggon me 81 dat ain
de trute dat day got peep here wat wood
sho try TO buss shes reputashion all lii
piece, yas. Me nevaire see some place
like dat fo raise de nocker, doggon, all
de time me l goin hear dat Madame
Soso he say $3.50 bout Madame Some
boddyelse an Monsieur Watyocallin she
got no beezness make hye by some nod
der gal. Me doan wondare day got so
plentie peep make de malade, doggon
81 dat ain nouf TO make one box quinine
git de chill, hien? De nodder day me
was walk down de street wen meet one
fella an she say: "Jacque, yo see dat
mans wat pass on de nodder side, hienp
abien, shes one crooked mans, dat" !"
"How yo no, yo?" me hax. "Anny-
how" he say, "das wat me l hear one
fellas sayl" Yo see das de way de ting
she begin TO move, vas, den bimeby dat
pauvre mans shes so black dat she shine.
Das mo bad wild de gal TO de raizon dat
wen she git paint black day doan got
no ways TO wash her eileen; yo no, Coco,
dat ain de stoff wat kin washes hoff, non,
she stick. Si 70 come by dis place an
yo doan pay no tention by nobody den
all de peep goin say got de deesposi-
shion like one snakes, so wat yo goin
do, hien2
Abien 80 moch TO de nocker, now watts
de madden wild de kicker, hien? Yo no,
Coco, day got to kline keeker; yas, day
got cat sonamagon wat .keek TO meen-
ness an coan kin hagree wild nobody
no madder wat day do, an Railways look
like he got ten poun hang by shes lips
an de nodder keeker wat make de keek
an all same time hees laff an have good
time-das de mans wat keek de foots-
ball. Dat fellas she hallrite, vas, shes
de kline fellas wat have plentie fon an
make de ioie hall roun. Me I honder =
stan we goin hav dat kline keeker in de
Bal. Vas, dem Bale boy day say day
goin wipes hout de hole Coas' puttIe
soon mo bedder den das horriecane wat
make de revicie wild everything de nodder
day. Me Pm goin bet fifteen cent dem
fella make de revicie; vas, an dat be
good ting TO de Docteur too, TO day got
plentie time wen day want one Docteur
in one Rush wen one Manner to git
honder de pile fellas an can't Turner TO
git hout. Yo no how day do dat, hien,
Coco? Yo remine yo dat Bayou Gal
lare teens wat use play wild dem pine
not? Doggon, das play, vas!
Say, Coco, mai yo deem no we got one
mo gran HEROES in de Bale, hien?
Abien, chere, das de verite sho nuff
yas, rite in de place ware Monsieur
Carnegie he cannot fine de hero. Mai,
shes here halrite, halrite! De nodder
day wen all dem wire day was git in one
raslin matches an de 'lectric lite wire
day git tangle wild de talk wire an try
TO buss hop de hole shootmatches, de
hero she was dare, hall by one suddens,
jes wen Fred she was goin say some
nice kline ting by one nice gals, de hole
beeznees begin git jomp hop an down
an dance in de place, de fire she was fly
hout de water pitcher an gal wat ne
vaire use taba begin smoke. Yo tink
Fred he ron, hien? Non, Coco, 70 fool
yo Marraine, Fred, he iomp an grab de
ting wat burn an 81 day deem stop burn,
doggon 81 Fred she woodn't trow de
room hout de winder! Mai she git
shock, yas; doggon Fred she tell it to
me dat he doan goin eat raizin TO long
time fo de raizon hees full currants by
das place.
Me / see ware Frank Leesters shes
rite by one shes fren dat she sho wood
like be back by de Bale an he lose to
tree poun every day make de greev TO
shes home. Frank shes way hop dare
by de Mort Pole in one places wat dey
call Harkansaw, bleev.
Abien, Coco, dis wat 20 calls de
Beeg Cote week, yo no; an day got
beaucoup troob down by das Cote-house
dose peep wat ain goin by de peneten-
tiary, day goin down in day pockets TO
de loose change. De lodge she say
amy kline change kin do, mai shes got
TO have change. Day tell it to me dat
de cote say all de ting in de Bal got to
shot hop on Dimanche. Abien, Coco,
+ yo bedder come by de funeral hien?
JACQUE PISTACHE.
dickens AND THE COPYRIGHT
Law.