The Washington times., 1922-10-22
De Floatin' Rib

amt, ....
'T isn't aslcin' you, bruder JEFF
fe'son, Is you amt; Use askin'
you amt you isl"
"Sho, I b'lieves in de Good
Book; but why is you 'vesigatin'
me on de subject"
"'Cause Use been seeusiy
studyin' de wo'ds wha hit tells US
bout de Lawd putin Adam t
sleep an 'stractin' dat rib, Wild
which He mex Ebe. Cou'se /
isn't 'summin' t say dat de Lawd
eber mek q mistek, but hit sholy
do pear e me dat Ho doan jes
zackly know what dat female
gwine Z do when she grow up
; and 60 frolickin' 'roun' In de
Ga'den O. Edom widout some kin
o. hng'ry on huhse'f. B'lieve me,
He sho mus mex huh out O. one
o. dem low ribs, one O. dem float
In ribs, de kim dat amt fasten'
but at one endl Why you say?
Cause she minis me O. fishin'-
cawk what's done broke loose an
am jes floatin' 'roun' on de riber
o life widout de line O. common
sense t hol' huh t. de woman's
side O. de stream, dat's why!
can de way she keep clippin'
de hver off O. huhse'f, she mus
be tryin' T. show de worP dat she
got mo- ribs den men has, an
mo- AIMS an laigs, too! Who
want t know how many she got!
Ribs an AIMS an laigs amt moth
In but pendiments O. de- temple
O. de soul. But de way she 'splay
'em bout she try t mex out dat
dey's everything. Bout de on'y
thing she try t protec' from de
elements am huh Ayeahs. In dat
she minis me O. de ost'ich, who
think when he got his yeahs stuck
under de kiver O. de san faint
nothin' else lef' out on de out
adsi
"De Lawd knowed dat de- mon
key amt gwine t hab sense huff
t. mex hisse'f some clos, so He
mex him . kiver o. ha'r. Den
when he big nuff t scamper
'roun' an climb de trees, and
walk bout wild his frien's, he
,ain't gwine t. be 'shamed O. his
set. An He knowed, too, dat de
birds O. de ar won't jes zackly
know how t. mex demse'ves some
clos; SO de Lawd range wild ma
turs T sprout de feders, so dat
when day lebes de nes' an gin t.
fit 'roun' an sing lub-songs, day
amt gwine t. be widout 'specti-
BILE garments. Now, when de
Lawd mex dat female out O. de
dus', which He wo'ked up wild
watah, cou'se He couldn't put no
dress on huh till she git dry; but
He sho did think dat, when she
do dry out an open huh eyes, an
see de monkeys an de birds, she
gwine t hab sense nuff t put on
some kin O. drap'ry. But, no,
sub; she do nothin' O. de kim till
Adam come strollin' long an
look up an see huh an stump
his toe on de cu'b-stone an fall
fat down. Dat mex him mad, an
he git up an he tell huh t. gwan
an put on huh truso o. huh XII
mono. What you s'pose Ebe do L?
She jes smile an rech up an
pluck of three O. fou' fig-leaves
an hang 'em on huh yeahsi
' "What she wan t hide huh
> yeahs TO-? On dis subjec', Use
been ruminatin'. Hit may be
dat when de Lawd mex huh He
put too much watah in de dus'
and de mixtry got so liquidous
dat hit runned into huh yeahs an
hll' up de cranyum befo' He
could put some brains in huh
head. II dat's de case, faint no
use e hide de yeahs at dis late
day; de mud done tuned t bone
long befo' dis time. No, sub; de
mischief am sho done!
"De Holy Writ say de Lawd
mex de worl' an rested; He den
mex man, an rested; but aftah
He mex dat female He amt
neveh took no res'-nor hab
man! Cou'se I isn't summin' t.
BAY dat de Lawd eber mex mis-
I teks, but hit sholy do pear t.
me dat, If He had mex Ebe out
a, les a little o. Adams brain