The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-11-19
SMILIN' THU
BY GORDON COOPER
Copyright 1925 by Gordon Cooper
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS TELL
FROM WHERE YOU SIT

buL ue TdDDlt avn goI Hv ts'''
a-tall-
Jes' a Ill bit o bunch o hair!"
Doc Bloom sang Justify as he spad-
ed up a flower bed on Mercer Cam
pus where he was gardner during
week days. On Sundays he was pas
tor of the Antioch African Baptist
Church, South. with accent on the
"South!")
As he spaded up shovelful Of
rich. black loan and pounded it with
his shovel to break it up, Professor
Mount approached and stopped for
few words Doc liked Professor
Mount. Dat mans got a funny
bone even eff e is high dedicated, >
he often remarked of him.
"Mawnin', Professor" Doc greeted
him cheerfully. "Powful fine mawn-
in, amt hit ?"
Eyes, fine morning, Doc. And
the smell of that earth you are
turning up there has a wholesome
ness about it that takes me back to
my boyhood days on the farm. 1t
makes me cynical to think that |
used to hate it,
makes yo' whut, Professor" ask
ed Doc, not understanding the word
Cynical"
Mount laughed Perhaps that isn't
the right word" he replied, but
what | mean is that it seems a
shame that once | hated the smell
of good rich earth, and now that
| don't have a chance to smell it
any more, | love it. So it makes
me rather cynical of life-we al
ways want what we haven't"
Doc leaned on his shovel and his
face took on look of concern. Now
Hs'en, Perfesser, eff yo' means yo' is
pessermistic, den yo' ies' fergit HIT
Wen mans got de respee' dat
yo' is, faint right ter be feelin' pes
sermistic-or yo' says, 'sinercal'"
Mount grinned wryly. I'VE don't
always understand, Doc. If we did
we would be better satisfied with
what we have.
Doc spat on his hands and drove
the shovel into the soft earth before
he answered A thoughtful frown
had replaced his genial grin. Final
ly, "Perfesser, All wuz lstnin ter
yo' one day wen yo' wuz leehurin
ter yo' class. An one o de things
yo says dat All amt nevah fergit-
yo' said Dat which is truly thine
will grabitate unto yo'.' Amt dat
right? Yo' say dat, didn't yo'?'
Professor Mount smiled quizzical-
| ly. yes. That's quotation from
Emreson-'That which is truly thine
will gravitate unto thee | suppose
my belief in that is prompted by
wish that it be true. But sometime
am not so sure"
Go way frum hyah!' protested
Doe. "Yo' made me berlieve da'
hits true, an eber since Abs beer
putin lot o stock in dat sayin'
Now doan yo come hyah an try
ter tell me dat yo' amt sho' bout
hit! Eben eff hit amt worked ou
fer yo hits been mighty big
hep ter me. Many's de time All,
felt awful blue and downcasted cause
All amt got much q dis worl's
goods, an wen All remembahs dat
sayin' hit kinder bucks me up.
"Ah's seen lot o. folks whit
come inter money wen dey'd beer
po' all dey life, an jes' ez soon e2
dey got de money hit jes' made
fools outer EN-. An Abs got SENSE
nuf ter know dat dey's lot
o things whut hit amt fttin' fer
me ter hab. De Lawd will pervideV
Mounts mood of pessemism seem
ed to leave him as he listened to
the simple faith of the old darkey
1t seemed rather significant that
the very note of hope he had sound
ed for his students should rebound
upon him at a time when he him
self was feeling discouraged. Doc
you're wonderful philosopher, hi
said impulsively.
Docs smile acknowledged the tri-
butte. Hits all a mattah oh un'er-
standing" he replied, Nov me, ei
All CANT un'erstan', All jes' trusts
in de Lawd. Yo' know US niger.
amt got much sense, an sometime.
All thinks hits jes' ez well. Cose
sometimes hit makes fools outer us
lax dat niger, Jerry Brown, but
dat jes' makes us 'umble LAX We
oughter be-"
What about Jerry Brown - ask
ed Mount sensing story.
ooh. nothin' much" replied Doc
His nav sent i'm ter chech one
Sunday ter fin out what de tex
wuz, SOS she could read hit in de
Bible. She wuz ailin' an couldn't 20
herself. An e goes runnin' back ter
is nav an say de tex wuz, "A
INDIAN COME DOWN FRUM
NEW HAVEN Wild A COLT Wild
OUT NO HALTER"
"De mex day Sis Brown sent fer
me an wanted ter know whut in de
worl' All preached erbout wild such
funny tex. Dey warn't nothin'
de matttah wild de tex, hit wuz
les dat Jerry didn't un'erstan' hit.
De tex All used wuz, "a angel come
down frum heaven wild coal frum
off do altar"