Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1911 — A New Kind of Loan. [ARTICLE]

A New Kind of Loan.

Two negroes had been called up before their employer because thye had had a fight about money. Abraham Jones claimed. that Thomas Short owed him five dollars. This Short- denied in the most vehement manner, calling on all the powers of heaven and earth to strike him dead if he owed Jones a cent. “I'se done loan dat Niggah five dollahs.” protested Abraham. “He ain’t done nothin’ ob de kin’!" contradicted Short. This colloquy kept up for several minutes. Finally the employer decided that Jones had loaned five dollars to Short. v. “What do yon mean by lying to me In this way?” he demanded sternly of Short. “Well, boes,” exclaimed Short, “you see. it wuz lak dts: Abraham, he done loan me dat five dollars, but it wuz a loan in de way of a gif.”- -Popular Magazine.