Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19


his piece. An dey all was scrappin bout
dat wen Glen he ups an hollers mighty
fierce, "A rat benin de arrows' he yels.
Den all de ladies in de meetin' house screams
an done jumps on de seats, an dere was de
awfullest mixup yo' ebbah did see. An at
las dey puts Glenn Julicks outen de chuhch.
"Dat was de openin' night" said Bath
sheba solemnly. @W'at yo' 'spect'd happen
aftah sech suspicious 'casion as dat? All
hates to tell yo', Miss Kate; TO All was
pahtly to blame TO de bust up de mex night.
"Miss Kate" she went on, "yo' 'membah
dose giant fiahcrackahs Mistah Tuhneh done
hab las Fo'th July, don 20? yo' gabe me
folks picnic Wall, All didn't take dem to
de picnic All jes' sabes dem fiahcrackahs
to take down to de Gadsby young 'uns
But wen All sees how powerful piggish dey
all was, All jes' don glib dem fahcrackahs to
de chillen but All keeps dem in de bottom
OBJ NAH trunk.
X1ALL, de mex night wen All gifts to the
w infawmance All fms fresh troubles
done broke loose.
"Miss Lily Black, one OBJ de nices' colohed
gals you ebbah see, she done jes' come home
from Richmon', wheah she been a v1sltin
some OBJ her connectiles An she been
takin' singin' lessons too, case she hab
right snaht voice. So some OBJ de membahs
wan fo' to heah her sing, an Absalom Gads-
bv he done invite her to wahble TO- dem.
But dat low down mess OBJ a Cleopatra Bax-
tab she git mad right off, Sc she make pre-
tensions in singin' an she hain't been asked.
So she git to work TO to laf and talk while
Miss Lily Black sing. An jes as Miss Lily
Black gittin her music ready dat Cleopatra,
she sweep by her an speak out loud so she
kin heah, an she say, Is dat screech owl
gwine to hoot?'
"Ah was standin' close BY an All heahs
dat onchristian talk, an All say to Miss
Lily Black, les yo' 60 ahaid Miss Lily, an
sing praises to de Lawd, an eff dey's any
trouble heah yo' Aunt Bathsheba's gwine
to take han.
$50, jes' as soon as she begin to sing piece
bout Jerusalem, some OBJ dem low down mig
gahs begin to laugh an whistle at de back OBJ
de meetin' house. All sees right away dat
dere's misery brewin' TO Miss Lily Black.
All jes didn't say muffin to nobody; but All
puts on NAH cloak, an All lights out TO
Absafom Gadsby's, an All gets dem giant
fahcrackahs an box OBJ matches, an All
hustles back to de meetin house.
miss Lily Black she jes' fnishin' up her
song, an some cheerin', an some squall-
in lake cats. But she were called back, an
so she sing de las verse ovah, all bout Jeru
salem de Golden grand! An wen she
come to Jerusalem! Jerusalem!' den lot OBJ
dem crazy mizzable trash, dat Cleopatra
cronies, dey hollers back Jerusalem! Jerusa
lern!' fit fo' to bust yo' eardrums.
"Ah'n Jerusalem vol! All yells; but
nobody heahs me, TO dey all was yellin' too.
All slips into dahk cornah an All lights a
match quick, an den mighty sudden All
ups an heaves de hull bunch OBJ dem giant
fiahcrackahs right into dere midst Bath
sheba screamed with reminiscent laughter.
ooh, Lawdy, Miss Kate, oh, Lawdy! Eff yo'
could hab seen dem dahkies falls ovah each
uddah to git outen de way OBJ de earth
quake! An Absalom Gadsby, he run right
ovah de oystah table, an upset de soup on
de flo, an broke de dishes, an mos busted
his haid open. Oh, Lawdy! Lawdy!'
A ND what happened next, Bathsheba?'
l eagerly asked.
@Wall, Miss Kate, All lows hits time TO
dis chile to disappear, dough no one knows
whah de fiahcrackahs come from, bein' as
Aid hold dem undah nah cloak up to de
las minute. All de same, All gifts out and
goes home, an by de time de Gadsbys come
All was in bald, pretendin' to be asleep
"In comes Aunt Blanche, her eyes jes'