The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-06

de unwillingness of de incompatibility
seemed to you to predicate a total de-
STABILITY fur seberal years to cum. De
words was English. Brudder Jones.
but went home and worried ober 'em
most all night Did dey relate to airth-
quakes?"
II dunno. sah.'
ibid you mean dat we wuz gwine
to have wah wild Japan?"
81 dunno"
ibid your words relate to yaller fe-
yer or cyclones"
'Reckon not"
.'Did you know what you did mean?"
''N-no, sah.'
"Jest shot 'em right off at de grocer
to let him understand dat you was
some pumpkins. eben If you was
black man? Was dat it?'
Reckon it was, sah.'
cit relieves my mind to hear it.
didn't know but you was loose in your
head. Jest shot 'em off at de grocer,
and do you know what he said when
you went out? He axed me If it
wasn't dangerous fur SIGH darkeys as
you to run at large. You missed your
mark when you shot at him. Don't
shoot any mo-, Brudder Jones. If you
keep it up you'll be taken fur glib
berin' monkey instead Of purfessor
of languages. Now and den you come
ober to my cabin to borry dollar.
When you cum and talk common
words l kin understand. Should you
cum and shoot off big words at me l
might think my life in danger and 60
fur you wild de spade. Your ladder
showed his good sense when he named
you Giveadam. It's a name dat rings
plainly on de drum of de ear. and eben
| leetle child kin understand it. Be as
sensible as your fadder. You may
now sot down and rest your knees,
and Brudder Lemuel Johnsing may
take your place"
Brother Johnsing stood up and drew
long breath and prepared to sell his
life dearly.
Brudder Johnsins's Mistake.
"Brudder Johnsing." said the presi
dent. you am one of our new mem
bers. You cum from de- souf, and yor
glib out dat you had attended college
down dar. Am l right?"
eyes. sah."
"Bekase you had attended college
you went around shootin' off big word.
maxim de rest of us feel small. Arte
hearing you make use of astrological,
'coagulatory' and 'crpytology' l wrote
a letter down dar, and hev de answe
befo' me. Brudder Johnsing. yCl
shorely did attend college You wa
de janitor of de institushun, and 70,
didn't miss day. How many mo- BIZ
words did you copy from de dictionar
and bring up heah wild your
"'Bout a hundred. I reckon" wa
the honest reply.
"Thank you. Sum folks would hav
fled about it. Will you kindly lend d
rest of dose big words to me fur
week OF two"
Eyes. sab"
II want to make an experiment 1
got a pig in de pen dat has lost his az
petite. want to stand befo him wi
a pail of swill in one hand and dos
big words in de odder and see if
can't bring him back to his feed.
may be dat de pig has got beyond I'll
derstandin' my plain English. OATS al
And now word wild Brudder Synta
Green He's fast asleep ODER dar by
stove. and sum of you wake him u
gently fur fear he may hev weakness
of de heart"
The brother was aroused and brougl
T. to the mark, and when he had got b
balance the president said:
!. "Brudder Green you and me ba
d pened to be at de butchers at de san
u time de odder evenin. wanted b
t con. and you wanted liver. De butch'
S asked us what we thought of de Ia
o administrator as fur as it had gon
u and didn't answer him. left it
g you. You was ekal to de emergenc
;. You replied dat OWN to de circuml
cushun of de prevailin' deciduous co
sternashun of unqualified jurisdictit
you was not prepared to answer b
u question offhand Did you notice +,
II effect your words had on him?"
l. mo, sah."
1t "You should hev noticed. Brudd
n Green He went red and white al
% den stood and stared at you wild terri
1t in his eyes. He am inclined to az
II pleXy. and he come widin hail
1t breadth of hevin' stroke den and d.