The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-05-03

do de will Of he father, an he
we're, darfo', a projical son, an
| de las state of dat man was wuss
dan de fust state.
Now de Scriptures tell US dat
de young man got tired alvin
easy, so he call to he pa and
say: "Pa gimme my share of de
substum, an I will tex it an 60
way into fur country an yo'll
see my face no mo-"
Now I reckon de ole man were
tired botherin wild de projical an
he we're willing to let him hoe
he own row, Gaze we read in de
Book dat de young man tex his
share of de substum and gone in.
to fur country, and dar he
spen he substum in riotous ex-
trabigance. high libin' and sin,
till bye m.bye he money were
all throw away and he were re
duced to a great needcessity. So
great were de needcesslty what
de young man were reduced to
dat he were compel to hire he
self out to a rich man to min
hog.
Now de Scriptures don't says
so. but it am supposed dat dis
were very mean white man,
Gaze we read in de Book dat de
young man were fain to full his
stomach on de hus'S where he
fed on hog wild. So when he
come to heself he sav: ''De very
servant on my Pas place got
bread 20 eat an amt had none.
Is gwine back to de ole man an
ak him to tex me as a hired man
on he plantation" So he tex
he pearl rings off he ham an
throw EN- to de hog, and de hog
run at en-. Gaze Scriptures tell
US: eff you cas- yo' pearl befo'
swine devil turn roun an rem
you"
Now when dc young man were
vet long way off he were over
took by Il great deluge of rain:
an it rained forty years and
forty mouths.
So great We're de deluge dat
de young man were overlook by
dat he were compel to bull be
self a boat to keep from glttin
drowned, and after he sail roun
in he boat for a mont mont
and a half or two mOnt'S he lit
on Mount Ararat. wild de olive
branch in be mouth.
Jest as soon as de young man
II lit on de olive branch, wild Mount
Ararat in he mouth, be pa see
him comm ann he run out to
meet HIM, an he ketch him an
hug him an throw he hans roun
he neck an cry:"O Absolum, my
son, my son Absolum!' Den he
glib him another ring to put on
he han. an a COLE stud wild a
white shirt in de bosom, an he
call to de hired man an tell him
to kill a fat calf an mex a great
feas'. An cordin to de way he
SAY so it were done.
After de feas were all ready
de ole man he SEN roun an III
ivite all he rich neighbors an
dey all wild one consent begin to
mex excuse. One man say he
Jest take in piece of new groun
and he amt got time, another
SAY he jest bought a yoke of OK.
en- an he got to look after he
purchase, an another man say
he jest married a nice young
wife an'-an'-an'-he want hon
cry.
Well, when de ole man fine
out how all he rich neighbors
discount him, he git vex, an he
call he hired man an tell him to
60 out into the highways an into
de byways an gether all he kin
fine. Gaze de bline kin see, an de
lame kin walk, an de deef kin
hear, an my son Absolum what
was dead am alive agin.
So de hired man he go an he
gether de bline, an de lame, an
de halt, and de deef, an all de
pc people in dat Ian, an he fotch
EN- an he sit EN- down, an dey
myk Il great feas. An after dey
done eat up everything de frag,
mentS what dey gether up fill