A Negro Idyll.—lt was the twilight hour, and they were meandering OTer the execrable side-walks on Veto street. He was blacker than the king of clubs, and she could discount the ten spots of spades. " Susan, I lub you! " he suddenly remarked. " Shoo ! Go 'long!." she replied. " Susan, you will marry me," he continued. "Go 'long wid yu, Pete." "If yer don't I shall embrace de floatin' waters ob de dark ribber. JDen de coroner will haul me out an' sot on me; dey'll plant me under de roses, an' de verdict will be, 'Dat feller died ob a broken heart."' "You don't mean dat, Peter?" * " I do, Susan." "Dem Pete," she said, as she sighed heavily, " den it's my duty to marry yu to save your life, an' de wedding is to come off in de fall." And they clasped hand, and rolled their eyes, and stumbled along,—Vicksburg Herald.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2158, 3 December 1875, Page 2
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