Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-06
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II done heerd," said the other
vaguely, but All disremembahs.
Sump'in dat happened befo' All come
heah fom oil Post-Oak Plantation.
Reck'n Majah Bristow he know
erbout it, er Mis- Judith-dat's Miss
Shirley's mothah. Her fathah wus
Genl Tawm cambridge, 'en he died
fo' she was bawn."
Shirley Dandridgei A high-sound-
ing name, with something of long
linked culture, of arrogant heritage.
In some subtle way it seemed to
clothe the personality of which
Valiant had had that fleeing road
side glimpse.
Uncle Jefferson stared meditatively
skyward whence dropped the bub-
bling lark song. 'Dat-ar buhd kin
sing!" he said. "Queeh dat folkses
cyan do dat. dey so moughty much
smahtah. Never knowed nobody
could, dough, cep'n only Miss Shir-
ley. Tain er buhd nowhah in he
fieIs dat she cyan mock"
You mean she knows their calls p
"Yas, sub, ev'y SCUM. Done fool
me heap er times. Dah's de cook S
iii boy ct Rosewood dat wuz, SICK
las summah, en- he listen eV'yN day
ter de mockin'- buhd dat mes in one
OBJ de tulip-trees. He jes' love dat
buhd next ter he NANNY, en- when
ct come fall en- ct don come no mo,
he ha'at mos broke. He Jes lay en-
cry en- git right smaht wussur. Ell
las seems lax de iii boy gwine die.
When Mis- Shirley heah dat, she try
en- try till she jes' git dat builds song
ez pat ez de Lawd's Prayah, en- one
evenin' she gwine en- say ter he man.
my ter tell him he mockin' -buhd done
come back, en- he nanny she bundle
him all up in de quilt en- open de
winder, en- sho' huff, dah's Mistah
Mockin' -buhd benin de bushes, jes'
bus'in' hissef. Well, sub, seems lax
dat chile hang on ter living Jes' ter
heah dat buhd, en- ev'y evenin', way
till when de snow on de groun', Mis-
Shirley she hide out in de trees en-
sing en- sing till de po' Ill Teller gwine
ter Sleep"
Valiant leaned forward, for Uncle
Jefferson had paused. did the child
get well?" he asked eagerly.
ly mule. "Yas, subj" he said. He
done git we'll. He bout de on'riest
young'un roun' heah now!
"Reck'n yo'-all come f'om New
York 2" inquired Uncle Jefferson, after
a little silence. 80! Dey say OATS
er pow'ful big place. But All recl1'n
oil Richmon's big ernuf fo' me-" He
clucked to the leisurely mule and
added, "Ah bin ter Richmon' onct
Vas, sub! All nevah see sech houses
mos all biggern de county co'ot-
house."
John Valiant expressed a somewhat
absent interest. He was looking
thoughtfully at the blossom in his
hand, in an absorption through which
Uncle Jefferson's "reminiscences oozed
on:
Mos cur ousest thing was how
e'vybody dar seem ter know e'vybody
else. Dey got street-kyahs dar, no
boss en- no mule, jes' shoot up de
hill en- down ergen, lax de debble
skinnin' tan-bahk. Well, sub. All got
on err kyah en- glib de man whut stan
on de flatfawm er nickel, en- An set
dar lookin' outen de win'oW, Till de
man he call out. Adams en- er gem
man whut wah sittin' ercross fom
me. he git up en- git off. De Ryan
start ergen en- de mex co nan dat ar
man on de fiatfawm he yell out Mon
roe En- Mistah Monroe, he was sit
tin up at de end, en- he jump up. en-
git off Den de kyah took anuddah
staht. en- bress nah soul, dat ar man
on de flatfawm he hollah 'Jefferson!
All clah' ter goodness, such, All neb-
bah skeered so bad en- nah life. How
dat man know me, sub? Well, sun
All jump up lax All ben shot, en- An
says, 'Fo' de Lawd, boss, All wa n
gwineter git off at dis conan, but Ell
yo' says so, All reck'n All got teri.
So All git off en- All walk erpout 10
miles back ter de deepo!"
Uncle Jeffersons inward and vol
canic amusement shook his passen'
ger from his reverie. En- dat al
want de wust. When All got ter dt
deepo, All didn' have ,,eh pocket.
book. Err burglar had escaped off vic
it en- lef' me es nickeliess ez er con
VIC"