Judge — June 5, 1886 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE. 6 OLD CHOCOLATE. |didn’ kitch eben a mud the razor, in the end-and-end fashion popular |, Wat did yo' bait wid?” asked Littlenosed | with boys who manipulate kite twine, he re- THE TENDENCY OF THE COLORED | Pete, whose piscatorial venturesare numerous, |marked, “I doan’ ‘low no gem'n toe tell me STREAM ENABLES HiM 7 POINT & |aud Who had rather go fishing, luck or no luck, | how to fish ‘less he has a good deal bettah luck MORAL AND ADORN A TALE. |than to whitewash at rates paid for fresco- en I does, an'den T'se boun’ toe argy wid um.” —-— work, Two or three years ago he caught a “Lis ‘shamed wid yo! Littleneck Pete,” said OOK’E yah! Good advice am |string of suckers in the river, and he has been |Old Chocolate in a tone of disgust. | “Yo a pow'ful cheap commodity.” |casting his hook in every stream within walk- |awtah know dat nuflin’ ull make a fishahman remarked Old Chocolate to half | ing distance, on the strength of that precedent, | wid no luck ez mad ez toe queschan de qual'ty adozen listening loungers in |ever since. Job his bait. An’I is “shamed: wid yo',” con- the corner grocery the other| “I baited wid libbab,” replied Thunderbolt. | tinued the oracle of the community, turning evening. ‘Long ez I lived I | His voice had raised to a pitch which promised |to Thunderbolt, “fo lif'in dat razzer outer yo" nebber yit seo de time w'en hit |a strong defence of liver as a lure for fish in |briches so offen, De fus’ ting ya’ knows, dat wa'nt a drug in de maakit. De | case Littlenosed Pete should pronounce agiinst | weepin’ ull be in de han’s ob de coronah an’ yo" rich man wat wudun' gib a dog a bone ull |it, | ull be in de clutches ob de gran’ jury,” Thun- sling out good advice by de wagon-load toe de |‘ Woms er grubs is bettah bait,” remarked |derbolt, abashed, sunk away and Old Choco- an dat ‘quires his ‘pinyun, an’ do po’ man | the latter, who had not noticed the ominous | late proceeded : kin git good advice, a yard wide an’ all wool, | rumble in Thunderbolt’s voice. “Tull now resume w'at I war abo't toe re- wen he can't git oilymargine toe grease his, ‘Do yo’ mean toc ‘sin’wate dat Idoan’ know mark, Did any gem'n heah ebbah’ know any- : ee body too git fish NEVER T00 LATE TO MEND. eer ae Bad = No one of the coterie had ever seen a fish taken from the stream in question. “Dis is wha’, I git down toe de |meat in de egg,” ‘aperence ob dose continued the Af- dat hab got dead rican philosopher, loads ob ‘sperence SY / 2 eiiotl g 8 4 “TM bet fo’ shil'n toe draw on. I aX <4 dat dar a’n’t a cul- see yo", Thundah-! \lud man in dis bolt, agwine Gish-) ” waad w'oa'n't wa in’ down toe de ted day aftah Red erick yist'dy, anglin’ in datcrick did’ It” queried on de strength ob Old Chocolate| / PF xc Yes faith in his own with the air of al i{¥ / aa <s y ‘ L skill er luck an’ lecturer in seareh f widout any regaad of an illustration. , j <= toe de 'sperence ob THE GINS tio'D Wey AL lay ve : dose dat fished da’r was addressed to| (2 Be / 7; Tahar precedin'ly. Ten Delenaee loose / g Bey Hei chances toe one jointed, big-footed wi - i ‘ ‘ini mt vf jebery pusson w'at colored man who : = : i 4H as | went da'r too fish was almost as zig- & & i U4 f war advised not too zag shaped asa a\\ : ih { WE ZN ||by some oddah streak of light-| fj RMal 7 i». i WN | monn dat toe ie ning, and whol é¥; -i \' ! a ‘ bait an nebbal got looked not hing| Sa , \ wa 1 \ i abite ia de same which his name i db L x] reat. Ds great augeesteds When — : trouble wid us am he walked hisle = t= dat. we deal! fo' 106 wwere'so: ecckntié ~ “ = = make 'sper’ments intheie ‘eweep a <= : ou'seves an’ dat we the knees that} 3 - = #'n't willin’ fo! too they seemed about : = = pave time ae to close up on } . : —— mee by begin- cir-owner di } : Z —— nin’ wha’ someone eee ~ : Z else lef’ off. An’ A = = 4 —— de chances am dat yo’, Littleneck, an’ yo’ an’ yo’"—the born under the) Mk. O'TooLe—I want ter insure me place at onct! Hurry up, now, fur its burnin’ down’ moighty quick.” old gentleman in- name of Sliver. | - _ dicated one after am dat eberybody hab got | hit in stock an’ nobody ull take) hit. De wuss fa in’ ob de human animal am dat he won't bank on de His parents prefixed Amos to this, and afew |w'at I laik toe use toe fish wid?” responded | another of the company—“ ull go on fishin’ in years ago his intimates dropped his first title Thunderbolt, suiting the query with a reach | dat crick, boosted up by de belief dat yo! may and substituted “ Thunderbolt” for it, because into his hip pocket, from which he produced a cotch suffin’ da’r some day, widout once vink- he is what is known asa ‘bad nigger” when | razor whose home-made wooden handle was | in’ dat ebery one ob yo’ cud cult'vate a fo’ teen his blood is up. He carries a ‘‘razzer” and | stained a dark red in places. acre lot an’ raise ‘nuff eatables toe keep yo! all can carve his name in blood on the person of | Littlenosed Pete saw that he had gone too | wintah w'ile yo" is foolin’ away yo’ time. Ef any dissenter from his views with neatness far, and leaping down from the counter on | man cud take ‘sper'ence half ez easy ez he and despatch. which he sat he backed toward the door, pune: | cotches de measles dar ud be fewah accidents, ~ Yissah,” replied Thunderbolt, “I dun went |tuating every step with an apology. Thunder- | mo! wealth distributed roun’ an’ mo’ happiness shin’ in dat erick yist'd’y, day befo' yist'd'y, |bolt was forbearing, and winding a yard or | toe de acre dan yo' er I ull ebbah see. He dat day befo’ dat an’ fo’ times las’ week, but de |two of string which he used to keep his weapon | sings hissef am de bes’ pleased. Yo' kin tell a win’ wa'n't right, er luck am dead agin me. I |closed, and which he had slipped off, back upon | man dar is a stone inde path but he ull nebbah comicbooks.com