Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
was de maddest oneob de hull mizzable gang.

Bathsheba suddenly went off into screams
of laughter She held her fat sides and rolled
about in her chair "He want de stovepipe
hat, Miss Kate" she shrieked. "He say he
got one Bible-dats 'nough. But he amt
got no stovepipe hat"
"Octavius, then, was satisfied" I said, as
Bathsheba wiped her Overlooking eyes.
wall, he was de mos satisfied she said;
@but All heahs aftahward dat he tell Pleas
ant Mayhem dat, seem as he was gwine to
git mahied, he fought All mought have
fetched him a few paths of polka dotted
socks too"
"Bathsheba, I never heard of such greed
iness!"
@Now, did yo', Miss Kate? All tells yo'
hit jes knocked de props out from under dis
chile Fin'lly, wen dey was all a sayin'
wat dey'd ought to had, All jes' jumps up
from de flo wheah All was unpackin' OBJ NAH
trunks, an says All, OBJ all de scand lous,
low down, measly, jay heeled trash All ebbab
sees, yo' Pollytown messes takes de cake,
An den All grabs de broom, an All goes on
heah!' All yells, an All sweeps dem nlggahs
right an lef' clean outen de housed"
"Even the Gadsbys?" | cried.
"Yas, Miss Kate, Gadsbys an all, right
out OBJ de house. Dey gifts de 'sprise OBJ dere
lives, All reckons. Den All finishes NAH un-
packin, an bime by All lets de family come
in. But-Lawsy me- Miss Kate! mex day
de ructions begin ovah de chuhch, an keeps
up till All was ies woh out. An All packs up
an quits de hull onmerciful bunch. An All
tells yo Aim powerful glad to git away
wiz NAH ole bones safe"
RATHSHEBA," said, I'm delighted to
- see YOU at home; but | cannot go on
with my work until I've heard about those
church ructions.
go long wiz yo', Miss Kate!" Bathsheba
chuckled. "Yo' don caiah muffin bout dem
chuhch ructions. Yo' jes' maxim fun oh dis
yeah ole fool niggah:"
mo, Bathsheba, I'm very much inter-
ested. And know Juliet and Clorinda are
most anxious to hear"
Thus urged, Bathsheba began. "Wall,
Miss Kate, dis yeah was de concurrence.
Yo' see, de roof OBJ de chuhch were done
drappin' in almos, an de membahs jes' got
to do soniefn' to raise money TO to git
new one So dey all come to Absalom
Gadsbys TO to talk ovah wat to do. Wall,
dey talk an dey talk, an dey talk; but dey
all CANT come to no aggretion."
"Aggretion, Bathsheba?"
"Yas'm, dey pulls an hauls dis way an
dat, till NAH ole haid faihly buzzed. Some
OBJ dem mernbahs wants to git up faih
an nab 10 lilS. VIC uC-
lection to ruffles was dat dey seem to some
OBJ de membahs to be too much lake gam
bolin' Den some wants oystah suppah,
an all de younges' membahs declahs TO a
show-kin' OBJ minstrel show, yo' know,
Miss Kate, songs an dances, an all sech
foolishness. -.
"Sorne OBJ de oldah membahs say dat too
much lake de teeter, an dey all talk at once
an argufy an scrap scand 'lous So fin'lly
All hollers out loud so eberybody heahs me.
Says All, 'Yo' niggahs won nebbah gree
bout dis yeah proposition; so why don yo'
hab all tree,-de faih, an de oystah suppah,
an dat fool minstrel show? Den cherry
body1l hab satisfaction.
wall, dey all looks at me kin OBJ blank
lake; den dey see de great wisdom OBJ NAH
remarks. An dey talks some noah, an at
las dey all settles down on dat BASEMENT.
wall, dey all fix up de church dis yeah
way. De ladies wat gifts up de faih an has
change OBJ de rufflin takes de right side OBJ de
meetin house, lookin' towards de pulpit; an
de gemmin w at gifts up de show takes de lef'
side De sheep an de goats dat Glenn
Julcks calls hit Den de oystahs is served
from jes i'll front OBJ de pulpit. Hit looked
lake eberyt'ing gwine long fust rate. But
All tells yo, Miss Kate, de Holy Ghos'
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