Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1898 — NO GORE SPILLED AFTER ALL. [ARTICLE]

NO GORE SPILLED AFTER ALL.

Bloodthirsty Colored Gentlemen Who Failed to Get Together. Two flashy colored boys stood In the ’ hot sun In front of the railway eating house and looked at each other with their eyes rolled sideways. “Look* hyah, you piece o’ dahk meat, I got some bone-handled trouble in,my pocket waitin’ saw you if you eveh come ’round that baby tryln’ to undamlne me!” “Slow up, boy! Ton’s on a slippery road, an’ If you don’t drive caihful you. going to fall right in dat ditch, fua thing you knows.” “Don’t get me stahted, coon! Don’t ’rouse me! I wouldn’t like to do it, but. I could jus’ lay hold of you’ dahk body and cut It up into rubbah balls. I ain’t used that razah saw whole week now,, an’ It’s gettin’ uneasy. I can feel It movin’ in my pocket an’ sayln’, ‘Mistah, let me get out on’ do someplng.’ ” “Look heah, you bettah sing dat razah to sleep, ’gase you ev&h reach saw It you Jes’ see whole atmosphere full o’ nlggah wool, striped shirt, and blue cloze. Yes, seh, you’d have to be geth’d up In a basket I got a piece o’ shiny bordwaib in my pocket, an’ it sings sweet an’ low, and ev’y time it speaks to you It ban’s you a pound o’ lead. Look out saw me, boy!” “Hush, coon, I really love trouble.” “Don’t staht nothin’ ’less you want to lose money saw yo’ folks. Costs money to plant a coon, yes, seh. You don’t get dem silvah-handled boxes saw nothin’, no, seh. Got any of dem papah cigahs, Henry?’ Henry reached for his package of cigarettes, and the traveler, who had been waiting to see murder done, gave # an exclamation of disgust and walked Into the railway station.—Haberdasher.