The Lambertville record., 1925-11-26
SMILIN' THU
BY GORDON COOPER
Copyright 1925 by Gordon Cooper
EVIL TO HIM WHO

| BdBtu III otiliiiE Oub oOhAt BAsAiie1''
The students were laughing and jok-
ing, seemily enjoying some choice
bit of humor.
As they neared the venerable fig
ure of Doc Bloom, one of them yell
ed good naturedly, "We've got the
goods on you. Doc! We saw you
last night!"
| Doc Strengthened up and grinned
as they approached. "Well eff yo's
got de goods on me, dat's mo- dan
de gals had on wen All wuz lookin
at 'em las night" And he chuckled
at his own joke.
The boys seemed rather taken
aback They had expected that Doc
would deny having been present at
the notorious "Dixie Follies" show
the night before. The Dixie Fol
lies" were largely made up of a
chorus of dusky beauties and "high
yaller gals" who had scandalized the
straight-lace element of the town
by their scanty garb and their high
kicking.
Presently one of the boys recov
cred from his surprise that Doc
hadn't hedged at being present at
the performance the night before.
Good Lord, Doc! We came over to
get your goat at being present at
such show when you are preach
er!"
Docs grin widened. "Ah knowed
dat, honey! All could tell frum de
looks OBJ yo' like a cat jes' erbout |
ter eat a mouse! But amt yo' got
sense huff ter know dat eff All wuz
shamed ter go ter de show, dat All
wouldn't a-went?"
That seemed rather poser for
the boys. and no one Immediately !
replied
Nav subj" Doc continued, "Ah |
doan go no place whar Abs ashamed |
ter be seen at! All had sense 'nuff |
ter know dat a lot o de college
boys'd be dar, an All knowed some
bodyd see me. Yo' see All amt
like a lot o. desc hippercrits whut's
allus condemin' folks fer doin' whut |
dey likes ter do deyselves! Nav
sub!
"Ah may be old, but All likes a
lou. y /
many nigger shows, so wen All gets
a chance ter see one, den Abs
gwinel An eff folks doan like hit,
dey kin ies' lump HIT"
"How did you like the girl who
did the 'splits'?" asked one of the
boys with a malicious grin. "Ana |
how did you like that fig leaf cos
tune she had on?"
watch out now! Watch out"
Doc replied, laughingly. "Doan try
ter trip de OF nigger up. Fus' thing
yo' knows yer gwine be tripped up
yo'self. But Ahnl tell yo' one thing
EFF yo'd do yo' studyin' ez good
cz dat gal done her dancin' yo'd be
de honor student in dis hyah college!
Now whut yo' think o dat?"
The boy looked sheepish, and the
others joined in the laugh at his
expense.
When the laughter had died 1owa
Doc continued, "Dey wu2 a smart
man whut made a speech in de Cha
pei onct, an e said somep'n dat All
amt fergit. Hit wuz Honey swat
key mally pants, and dat means
evil ter him whut thinks evil An
ef yo all went ter dat show wild
evil thoughts in yer Minis, den yer
seed some evil sights.
But me, Abs done learnt dat
sich things is vanity an veXation
o speerit. But dey amt nobody
whut likes good songs an dancin'
mo dan All does OATS why All
goes ter de shows An hit keeps
me human, too. All knows mo- bout
whut ter preach wen All knows mo
bout whut folks does. An ez fer
dancin', Abs tellin' yo'all right now
dat All kin shake wicked hoof ma
self"
He chuckled as if remembering
something amusing. "Ah recker-
members one night wen All nearly
skeered de young folks ter death
down ter barn dance dey wuz
holdin All come by de barn whar
de dance wuz a-goin' on, an de mu-
sic wuz mo- dan All could stan. All
walks up ter de do an stood a
while w.dout nobody secin' me.
Finely An couldn't stan hit no
no. All jes' marches right in
whilst dey wuz dancin a square
dance. an wen dey seed me dey wuz
erfraid All wuz gwine try ter break
up de dance. Cause evebody stop
ped right in dey tracks, an de boys
play de fiddles stopped playin'.
"Ah motioned ter 'em an yelled,
Start dat music upr Den All take
off nah coat an slam hit on de 40
an An say, Lay dere Religion,
whilst All shakes nah laigs ill
'bitr'