Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1883 — A Case of Bigamy. [ARTICLE]

A Case of Bigamy.

“How does yer new wife take to city life?” inquired Aunt Sukey of Gabe Sloghing. The latter had quite recently married a negro girl out in the country and brought her to the city. “I tells yer, Aunt Sukey, datit am all a piece ob foolishness, a delusion an’ a snare, dis brunging country female niggers inter a big mertropolis like Austin. It’s shoah ter done spile ’em. Dere’s too many frivilties an’ follies, an’ frippries fer dem to stan’ it. Dey becomes jist too "ain an’ peacocky for any use, an’ sling on mo’ style den a mule kin draw. My two wives will be de ruinashun ob dis niggah.” “Your two wives, Gabe! What does yer mean ? Yer ain’t got no two wives, has yer?” “Dat’s a fac’. I ’spects ter be indicted fer bigaqiy es I doesn't keep my eye peeled. ” “How does yer make out dat yer’s got two wiVes ?” “Eberv night I goes home, I sees ’em.”* * “Sees’em!” , . ‘ “Yahs, one in de lookin’-glass, an’ one in front ob hit.” —Texas Siftings.