SHE HAD SAID YES.
Somkone has estimated thit the time thrown away in thia world in courting the girl you want to marry, and who is ready to murry yon, would build all the railroads and bridges and tunnels and factories and public buildings. The whito peoplo should take a lesson in thi* from the coloured people, Tho other day a likely young coloured man stood at a gate in Birmingham, Ala. A likely young coloured woman oame along with a dog. 'H^diir!' he called, 'but mebbe you want to sell dat dawg V ' No, sah.' ' Mebbe your name ia Luoinda ?' • Yes, sab.' ' I alters dote on dat name. Ize called Gawjre.' ' Dats pleasinV • I'ze lookin' you know ?' 1 V -y eB> ' ' Got money saved up, an' a atiddy job ahead. Shall I speak to to the ole man V ' He's in Orleans.' ' Den I'll nee de ole woman.' 'She's dead.' ' Wall, den I'll ax you to be my wife right now.' ' You's foolinV ' Deed, no.' ' Hain't got nobod) else V • Nobody 'tall.' « Reckon we'll hitch f • 'Co'ae we will — oan't help it.' ' Wall, den, I'll say yo*, an' to-night you come down to Mm Gruuiley's kitchen an' we'll sot and sorter get acquainted.' • Lucinda, I — ' ' Go 'long, Gawge, Ize dun" 'aid yei, an dats 'nuff. Come airly.' 'So long, 'Cinda." 'By-by, Gawgo !'
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2167, 29 May 1886, Page 6 (Supplement)
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223SHE HAD SAID YES. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2167, 29 May 1886, Page 6 (Supplement)
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