Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1913 — Where He Was Lucky. [ARTICLE]

Where He Was Lucky.

Two Little Rock negroes engaged in a quarrel, when one struck the other on the head with a wagon spoke. The negro that had received the blow rubbed his head for a mqteent and then said: “Look yere, Stephen, dar’s one thing dat is er powerful blessin’ fur you.” “Whut’s dat?” “De fact dat my haid is ez thick ez it is. W’y, es my haid wa’n’t no thicker den de common run o’ haids, dat lick would er killed me, an’ den you would er been tuck befo’ er jestice o’ de peace an’ fined mighty nigh S2O. You’d better thank de Lawd dat I ain’t got one dese yere aig shell haids.”