New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
oONDAY MAGAZINE FOR MARCH le. 1911

his piece. An dey all was scrann;n' ,ho,,+
dat wen Clem he ups an holr1s ,r;ob,,,
fierce, a rat benin de arrowsl' he TclI;
Den all de ladies in de meetin' house ecrca,,,s
an done Jumps on dc seats. an dcrc wasida '''1;
aWiullcSt mlXup yO' ebbah did see An at
las dey puts Glenn JulickS outcn de chnhcb
DAT was de openn' night" said BAH.
shcba Solemnly. wat voF 'spect'd baDnrn
aftah Scch a suspicious 'casion as da,, Ab
hates to tell yo', Miss Kate; TO All wa,
pahtly to blame TO de bust up De mex nigbt
"AliSs Kate" she went on "vo' 'nenIab
dose giant fiahcrackahs Mistah Tuhneh done
hab las Fo'th July, don vo': vo' qabc M
foah or five oh dem 70 sci off at de colohcJ
folks picnic. Wall, Ah didn't take dem to
de picnic. Nh jeS sabeS dem fahcrackahs
to take down to dc Gadsby Young 'uns.
But wen Ah sees how powehful piggish dcv
all was, All jeo' don glib dem fiahcrackahs to
dc chillcn; but Ah keeps dem in dc bottom
oh nah trunk.
WALL, de mex night wen All gifts to the
infawmance All fms fresh troubles
done broke loose.
Miss Lily Black, one oh de niccs' colohed
gals YOU ebbah see, she done les core home
from Richmon', wheah She been a 'Si,in
some Oh her COnnectleS. An she been
takn' Singin' lessons too, ca Sc she hab a
right Smaht voice. So some oh de mcmbahs
wan 70 TO heah her sing an AbSalom Gad>-
by he done invite her 10 wahblc TO dem
But dat low down mess oh a Cleopatra BaX-
tab she q, mad right off, ca Sc she make pre-
tensions in singn', an She hain't been asked
So she git TO work TO 10 laf and talk while
Miss Lily Black sing. An jcS as Miss Lily
Black gittin' her music ready dat Cleopatra
she sweep by her an speak out loud 50 she
kin hcah, an she say, Is dat scrccch owl
gwinc TO hoot;
".\h was s,andn' close by, an All hcahs
dat onchriStian talk, an Ah say TO Mis-
Lily Black. les yo' 60 ahaid. Miss Lily, an
sing praises to dc Lawd, an cf dcy'S any
trouble hcah yo' Aunt BathShcbaS gwinc
TO take a han.
$50. les as soon as she begin to sing piece
bout Jerusalem. some ob dem low down my
gahs begin to laugh an whistle at dc back oh
DC mectin house. Nh secs right away dat
dcrc's misery brewin' 70 Miss Lily Black.
Ah les didn't say muffin TO nobody; but Nh
puts on nah cloak, an Ah lights ont 70
Absalom Gadsby'S. an Nh gets dem giant
fahcrackahS an box ob matches, an Nh
huStlcS back 70 dc mcc;in' house.
Miss Lily Black she lcS' iinshn' up her
song. an some chccrin', an some Squall
in lake eats. But she were called back, an
So she sing lc las verse ovah. al bout .lcru
salem de Goldcn-ies' grand, IN wen She
come to Jerusalem. lerusalcm!' den lot OBJ
dem crazy mizzahlc trash. dat Cleopatra S
cronicS. dcv hollcrs back Jerusalem, JcruSa-
lem. tit 10 TO bus, yo' cardrumS.
"Ahn Jerusalem yoI' Nh wells; but
nobody hcahs me, TO dey al was ycllln too.
All slips into a dahk cornah an Ah lights a
match quick, an den mighty sudden Ah
ups an hcavcs dc hull bunch Oh dem giant
fahcrackahs right into dcrc midst. Bath
shcba screamed with reminiscent laughter:
"Oh. Lawdy, Mis- Kate, oh, Lawdy. Fl yo
could hab seen dem dahkics falls ovah each
uddah to git outcn de way oh dc Garth
quake. An AbSalom GadSby, he run right
ovah DC oystah table, an upSot dc soup on
de flo. an broke dc dishes, an mos busted
his haid open. Oh, Lawdy. Lawdy.
AND what happened next, Bathshcba"
IA eagerly asked.