The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-10-01

African Baptist Church, South,
where Doc held forth as preacher,
that voice was famous.
Sometimes Abs up; Sometimes
Abs down!
Oh, Lawd! Oh, Yes!
Sometimes Abs almos' ter de
ground!
Oh, Lawdl Oh, Yes!
Nobody knows de trubble All sees,
Nobody knows but Jesus!
Nobody knows de trubble All sees,
GLORY HALLELUJAHp
"You sing as if you really were
in trouble" said Professor Cutter,
as he paused in his passage across
the campus.
"Ah reckons All is in trubble,"
replied Doc with mournful shake
of his head. "Trubble is de on'y
thing All amt got nuthin' else but!
OBJ de worl' wuz in drout, And be
ez wet an DOGGY ez swamp. lie
leaned on his hoe while he drew
forth a huge bandanna with which
to mop his perspiring face. His
habituaI grin of good nature was
missing, and the innumerable fine
IL l. oh
contracted so that his eyes had TAX
en- on a pathetic look of usefulness.
"That's too bad" replied Profes-
sor Cutter in sympathetic torres
"What's wrong now?"
Ger one thing, de oil lady is pow
full sick. She's got gallopin' bad
case OBJ ammonia" And again he
shook his head solemnly.
Professor Cutter look puzzled.
ammonia, did you say? Don't you
mean PNEUMONIA? Ammonia is
gaseous alkaline with smell that
almost knocks your head off,
DAT mus be hit replied Doc
without any hesitation. Cause de
oil lady's bref smells so bad dat hit'd
+ knock mule over"
Several students, who had paused
to hear the discussion, tried to hide
their smokers of amusement, but
! Professor Cutter kept a sober face,
for he sensed that Doc was indeed
2 L.,
"Well, you know what you advise
your church members to do" he
said "When in trouble, seek We the
4 Lord But | suppose your wife will
soon be on the road to recovery
Oats right" Doc replied mourn
fully. "Yo' gotter hab faith, an yo'
gotter pray. An All does dat all de
time. Wy, Perfesser, eff prayers wuz
bosses, All could glib de whole worl'
ride. Some times All thinks All
prays so much dat maybe de Lawd
is got tiahed o. listenin ter me.
"But de OIL lady's ailin' amt de
ha'f O. nah trubbles! Dat good-fer-
nothin' boy o. mine is been actin up
so bad in school dat de teacher writ
note dat 'e's gwine git spelled out
eff e doan behave; dat gal o mine
is done los 'er job cause she's been
runnin' eroun' so much wild desc
wuthless niger boys dat's allus
comm ter de white folks house whah
she been workin' an gittin' 'er
messed up wild 'er work; an now
on top o all dat, All gifts a letter
from dat grown boy O mine whut's
gone up ter Atlanta, an e musta
been dom somep'n wrong, cause e
been sent ter Jail for thee hunts. "
Doe bowed his head and pondered
as if the weight of the world We're
resting on his shoulders.
Professor Cutter looked his regret.
"Surely there must be some mistake
about Nose being sent to Jail, 'e
said. "Why, Nose is one of the best
behaved boys I've known around
here. Are you sure he's in Jail ?"
Doc nodded mournfully, and began
to tumble around in his pockets
Finally he drew out crumpled let
ter which he passed over silently.
Professor Cutter took it and began
to read. Finally broad smile spread
over his face.
"Why, Doc instead of accusing
that boy of being in Jail, you
ought to feel proud of him. He's
not in jail! He has a job as a page
in the Legislature!'
Doc regarded him incredulously,
His eyes became as big and round
ms saucers. "Whut's dat yo' say? In
de Legerslachur? Wy dat letter say
de done drawed thee hunts in de
housed Doan de house mean de
jail?"
"Of course not" replied Professor
Cutter laughing. "The House is the
lower branch of the Legislature. He
tells you here that he went to see
the Representive from this county
dbOut EtNNlhk ail Improvements nav
the length of time the Legislature
is in session. but it generally lasts
longer than that. and the job pays
good money, too, And not only that,
but Nose will wear snappy uni
form which is furnished free of
charge, and he will have chance
to make friends with some really
big men,
Doc stood with his mouth gaping.
'Fo' de Lawdl" he muttered, scrat-
ching his head. And then brighten
ing. "Well, de Lawd ans'ers prayers
aft all, doan e? An hyah de good
work is been a-goin' on an All
didn' know nothin' erbout hitl" And
hearty chuckle showed that his
spirits were completely restored.
can speakin' o'trubbles, he re-