Newark post., 1914-04-15

hole, "Please, Aun' George, let us
in, ere so cold.' The next in
slant she was brushing the snow off
of the young boy and his little Sis
ter and scolding them all at once.
"Whut yo' Pa tell yo' bout run
min out in de snow? Now jes'
look at yo' feets! Go set dyar by
de fyar an dry yo' SETS, or I'll tell
on yo' as sho' as de wurl. "
The two children obeyed and for
a time a submissive and silent
spell reigned, as the two little ones
gazed into the huge old kitchen
fireplace 1t was the boy who fin
ally gathered enough courage to
speak.
"Aun' George, I reckon y'all
had big time at the weddin' las
night?"
He had struck the handspring
and the old negro, in tones Of utter
disgust began to pour forth her
tale Of woe.
ga big time! Well, I hope de
good Lord will spyar me overmo'
fun a time ez big ez dat But |
didn't have no bisnis specin' nuth
in better whar one O. dem Craig
town niggers wuz mixed in. I jes'
knowed hit wuz gwine to be dat
away, and l sot my foot on dat
match fun de fust to de las. Wud
I ever ha dreamed O. sech thing
ez my own dear gran chile bein'
married ter one O. dem Craigtown
niggers? Why, dey's ev'yone de
walkin' inns O. Satan hisself. But
Sally's ma, she's so sot on enything
what's got style, an jes' cause dat
Jim Mickens wars glasses an has
a mule all hisself, 'twarn' nuttin
wud do but whut she mus have
dat marriage. I he'd done washed
my hans clean O. de whole bisnis
an swo' / warn gwine nigh to de
weddin', but de family kicked up
sech a mighty 'sturbance an de
Revin Davis he come ober an argu-
fed de pint so hard dat presny I
give in an went wild him fur to
see de end"
"Well, I mus say dat dem warn
no ordinary eatens, fur de table
wuz jes' natchelly stacked wild
cakes an pies, an sech slue o
chickens, | ain nuver see de beat !!
I sorter hoped dat bein' ez hit wuz
snowin so hard dat come o. de
crowd wud be KEEP away, but nav,
honey, fur onct Aun' George wuz
mistook, an hit peer like de mo-
hit showed de mo- full dat house
got wild niggers. Well, dey all
brung presents, tell dyar wuz a
whole passel O. dem, sech ez vases,
chiny war;, lamp fur de bride, a
spittune fur de groom, so on.
"De bride she looked mighty
fine, dressed all in white, an whut S
mo, wild dat lacy petticoat what yo'
Ma give her all a-showin'. Dey say
hits shown wuz a pure accident,
but I ain so sho' bout dat Well,
anyway mongst all de 'citement |
sorter furgot de pas an wuz aim
in to be ez toleratin' ez possible.
Sud my little Jpnas who done bin
down in de cellar gittin' apples,
come runnin' an squallin' up de
stairs an swo' he'd done see a
ghos' peepin' in thu de winder
Long bout dat time de groom he
rived, so ain nobody pay no ten
ton to de chile Well, 'cose ev'y.
body make big 'miration ober dc
groom an he made good use O. dat
slick tongue O. him. When dc
preacher made us 'quainted vic
one anudder, he lowed ez how he
wuz mighty pleased to meet me an
all dat, but I jes' sed howdy an
stopped right dyar, fur | warn il
no humor to add no compliment 'ry
talk. Well, pretty soon dey all be
gin linin' up an maxim reddy ful
de weddin an de preacher had d.
good book in he han reddy to Civ
out de wuds. De bride an groom
wuz to march in on de singin' o
my fav rite hymn, 'Whut Time.
At de pause 'twixt de vusses, d
preacher give a nod O. he haid fu
de folks to make way fur de wed
din couple, an de bride she ste
forward an begin peerin' 'roul
fur de groom but low an behol' h
warn nowhars to be seen. Som
say He went yonder way, nuthe
say, Nav, he didn't nuther, for
seed him a-standin' ober dyar
whuther dey he'd seed him or M
Rrer Johnson he grabbed holt O d