Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
RAsrUs VISITS CONGRESS.
BY MORRIS BOLLsTROM.

argyfy1n' wild nah oil woman wen ah
dun brung up de subjec' OBJ intepdin'
asedishun OBJ de national congrega-
ton dat dun was a-settfn' in Wash
ington, Discreet OBJ Columbus.
An dey dun toP me de congregation
sat! Lawsy, dat was de upstandenest
settin' ah ebber dun seen in NAH life
Jes' as ah was lollin' along easy like
up dose stoops afront OBJ de capputel.
all dun was compounded by de famili-
arity OBJ hit to Babblings tower dat
we see in de big family Bible
lahk an come clos to de top a roarin'
lahk, an come clos to de top a roarin'
resonnatin' colume OBJ SCUM dun
strick nah hearin' an den you could
see from ebberywhere dun rushed a
mulcritude OBJ folks into de buildin'.
All dun required oh some one what
was hit about, an was deformed dat
de gabel has just fell and dat de
new sedishun had dun opened.
All dun rushed as fas' as nah feetd
brung me, an all dun got hinside an
was rushered to de galley whar de
spectators dun had standin' room
only. But ali couldn't see nohow dat
no gable had fell, but ali was toll dat
hit had, but ali specs dey dun trahd
to fool dis hyah OF niggah, but
couldn't all see mahse'f dat de gable
was standin' dere yet?
All dun was deformed dat on de
odder galley all of de alienat ted dup
licates dun had dere statshuns OBJ
ohservatin' de proceeds OBJ de national
ensembly. Dey dun toll me dat hit
was because OBJ de practices oh dublici-
matte reprehensibles dat de worP war
was brung on. Jes' as all was dis
simulattn dis newSum conformation
dat was dun glib me by a nearstander
in de oddience a noise was coming
L.
dere. All dun ask whar was he, cause
ah saw nearly ebbery one on de fiooh
was up an stryin' to be de speaker.
All dun thunk ah had sho 'nuff got into
Babblings' tower, such rocket dey
dun made.
One dun say, couldn't All see de man
standin' dere In de ,nostrum
a-wavin' his arms to keep de babylon
down SOS he dun could be listened
to. An All dun stretch nah poor
ed. to see what dun was performin
below.
Lawsy, de Speaker dun got de
hearin' at las, and de men on de
seen a pow'ful lot OBJ seats dat had
been secured from nah seein, befoh.
Dey dun was contributed 'roun de
chamber in de fohm OBJ de excrescens
oh de new moon. An dey dun toll
hog annie. All nebber dun had a
hog OBJ dat no man clatter. so all
dun said all knowed dey was no
useter be foolin' dis hyah niggah no
mob.
All dun was in de house of irrespon.
sibles, so all dun was tol. An would
All go to visit de sonnetters? All sho'
dun want. So All dun was Irrigated
to de odder wing OBJ de capputel. All
dun says All clean was graduated at
dis fool talk, cause All knowed All
sho' nuff wasn't in no erroplain. But
dey jes' dun laff an said All was too
ingredient to apprehen' what dey dun
meant An hif All would go to de
odder end of de strictur All would
find dere de sonnet chamber. An
dun expected to fin q restsome an
religious degradation dere, cause All
dun know dat the song book in chuch
dun sing about de melodium sonnet.
All dun expected sorter q prahr
meetin' lahk in de- oil church down
pow'fui ionesum an homesick like al
ready, an All jes' havin nah mouf
set to heah sebberal oil white-haired
patter arks sing sweet, sof' songs,
wen dey dun thrun de big doohs open
am said to me dat dere was some mob
seats made oh ma hog annie: An
dun got riled like an dun tot dem
one'n'all dat dey had druv nah hog
annie fab 'nuff already. But dey 1es
De Sonnet chamber was, lahk de
IRRESPONSIBLE chamber, but not 50
many seats. An dere was de seat foh
de wise Pressy dent dey dun tot me-
All dun respon' to dat Dere
moughten be some consid'ably wise
Pressy dent now, but All dun heard
nah OF nanny tell dat dere was no
wise PresSy -dent lahk or Abe.
De Sonnet was not in Sedishun now,
so all All dun could do was to gass on
de- objec's dat dun met nah ven1son
,Dere sot de express men dat dun
uroff nm ALI do news fob de alluVia-
shun OBJ de populist OBJ de Ian. An
dere was de sweet rooms fob de virus
commutaters dot dun had de bills pre-
ferred to dem befoh dey dun pass an
are inferred as paht an pahsel OBJ de
illegalities OBJ de community wealth, so
All dun was toll by nah perfohmant.
Dey dun toll me dat here am VIVA
dey dun sighed when dey dunt get
piece treated to end all wahs. In was
needsum to hab all dis treatings SOS
to protect all our righteousness dat
dun was gibben to US in de Deplora-
ton OBJ Interdependens. De sonneter
am de only branch oh C6ngestshun dat
could ratify de constitutional treat
ings. Den we dun returned an dey
dun toll me dat All could see de doom
OBJ de Capputel hif All would look up
in de middle oh de strictur. Wen All
dun got dere an looked all All dun see
was heap o. chuch-colored glass an
dey couldn't fool dis hyah OF niggah
dat hit was de doom at all. All dun
was tor de doom was jes' a few hun
nerd feet above, an den All says dat
hif, all dat glass would dun fall on
you'alls haids hit would be yo'alls
doom shonuff. But dey jes' laff an say
An mus be in nah secon' children
hood. All couldn't see no hood nohow,
an All was wearin' regular clos an
not any piccanninnies bonnet.
All DIM WAS fnnk IN a Ia TPNaannn oihlo