NOT IN THE PLAY.
The other night a policeman beard fierce wrangling in the house of a coloured man, and he knocked on the door as a warning that he was around. It was opened by the man of the house, who saw that his visitor was an officer and explained : “Dis hain’t no fam’ly fight or nuffin’ of dat sort. We is sort o’ rehearsin’ fur a play dat is cornin’ off at our party.” “ Oh, that’s it ? I thought I heard you call your wife a fool.” “Dat’s in de play, sah.” “ And she called you a thief.” “ In do play, sah.” “ And you threatened to split her head open.” “ ’Zactly, sah—all in de play. He was standing in the open door, and at that moment a stick of wood hit him in the back of the head and keeled him over, and lie alighted on the ground, where he lay for half a minute without motion. He was slowly struggling to his feet when the officer queried : “ Was that in the play, too ?” “ N-no, sah—not ’zactly,” was the reply, “ hut dat’s some new bizness jist worked in, I reckon!”
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 11, 10 June 1893, Page 3
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192NOT IN THE PLAY. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 11, 10 June 1893, Page 3
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