The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-10

kinder onstylish. Oar dey is a hangfn'
up In my room lax so many bird cages
JUS rustin' away count OF my bein'
so suspetitious OF en-"
Aunt Harriet, OF course you won't
have to answer the telephone in a
thunder storm. Everybody knows that
is dangerous"
"Yas, nam, dat / knows, en- | amt
a gwine ter run inter no sech danger
neither. Black cats, tellygrafts en-
cookin' stoves amt none of dem things
gwine fn' ole Harriet nigh when de
lightenin' gifts here! L gwine be in de
bald or de cellar, one or nurr. Course
you remembers how l had a cousin
once what KEEP on er cOokin' en- foolin'
wild de white folks dinner when dey
was a turble storm en- de fus thing
she knowed de lightnin' done streck
pot er pertatOes, an her foot got
mos scalt off"
Ihat is too absurd Aunt Harriet"
Il replied Indignantly. IF the light
ming had struck anything in that kitch-
en-, your cousin would have been kill
ed. The idea. She upset the potatoes;
you know she did. Besides, what has
all that to do with my telephone?"
Hassum. Course L knows white
iolks thinks niggers amt got no sense
bout dem kind er things" replied Har-
rlet, serenely ignoring my remark
ABOUT the telephone, but l done seen
her foot; en- hit warmt natchul fer per-
tatoes, what everybody knows is good
Ter burns, ter a done hit dat-a-Way
Her foot des look so awful, hit like ter
made me sick, en- nobody wouldn't a
thought of pertatoes nor nuthin' else
ter eat when dey seen hit
Having, during this torrent, gather
ed courage for one more plea for the
telephone, l again plunged into the
argument. Now look here, Aunt Har-
ret, 1t did not do me any harm. You
saw me talk into it. Now, why in this
world should you be afraid of a tele-
phone. l really would not have YOU
do anything that would hurt you. or
make you feel badly"
L knows dat Miss Mary; dats what
yer tole me when L had de toothache
en- you 'swade en- 'Swade me ter go ter
lei, en- my jaw amt nuvver stop Jump
de toothpuller, en- when 1 had went de
man yucked out de bes' tooth i had
in yit."
rms old grievance was too much. |
could not resist telling her, for I am
sure the seventy-fifth time, that if she
mad gone where l told her to go. and
not 20 colored man she knew nothing
ABOUT, she never would have gotten the
wrong tooth pulled Honesty also
causes me to admit that L also told
ner L never wished to hear about her
Old cooth again.
amt gwine ter tell yer ne mo-
er bout hit neither, Miss Mary |
knows hit mecks yer feel bad ter think
bout how l done los dat tooth: en-
ennyWays L got hit now all wrop I'D in
SILVER paper in my money purse Hi.
looks mos es big es a quarter too
en- reel purity, though l mus saw |
missed hit some whilst i eats things
what Is real hard. When 1 gifts nuff
is sholy gwine buy me some mo-
teeth front en- back, top en- botSom. es
well es both sides; EN- you JUS wait
ontwell den Miss Mary, 'kase 1 reck-
ons L kin talk in disyer strange thing
sho're huff wild a mouth full err teeth
You knows, Miss Mary, 1 is reelv kind
er shamed ter humble long inter dat
III black cup TO foxes L amt newer
see lax / Is bound ter now"
mere seemed nothing to be done
really was so eXasperated I decided
IL would be relief to get out of the
mouse, and perhaps pay a few visits
and do a little shopping. On NV re-
turn the door was flung open with nm
"onted promptness by Aunt Harriet
VINO was absolutely beaming with GOOD
nature. Run right erIong. Honey.
qulcK as yer kin, en- tend ter da- III
roam er yourn. Hits bin er peaIin' an
CT rlngln mos hundred times. 'about
hour ago; plenty loud nun to raise
ole Nicomeneezer in de Bible From, ~
daid!" En- 1 done ken INV fnoors
crossed antwell I am mighty fear6 7
done run de bad luck into de hraid :
bin maxim whilst l was escanino ~ -,
de younger myself. ''