Nigger-twis'

Kiftlit hard work whilc it last- dat's bo ; Wuntuntng hacker all day long - Mizry gets in ycrback, you know, Hpeshly dein wbat aint ko strong. Bat's niy fix ; but it seems ter me Ise paid for it all when it cornos ter dis : My long-stem pipe, little Jake on wy knee, Au' my pocket chock full o' nigger-twis . Corn-cob ? Ycs, eir. It aint bo fine As dat 'bogan y-colored one o' yourn; But I pitH as ranch out o' dis o' mine Ab de ñnes' one you ever did own. De juice all dries in de cob, you ee - Daí'b de philos'phy o' pipes like dis ; An' a reed-root stem is de stem forme, An de sweetes' backer is nigger-twis'. Dem dar 's eur'uR tbings, bïio nnff - Dom little splinter Whm lights jesso; Hit dey heads whar de box ie rough A Bort o' bard, au' awny dey go ! 1 never likcd 'cm. It seerued ter me Dg devil's in Vm some way. An dis Ib jes as gootl an' ar. truo, you pee : A rcd-hol coal on de nigger-twis'. Wouldn' I like a cigar? you gay. Ko, eir, I thauk you. Ise tried dem dar - Different, sir, as do nigbt f'om day, Fur apart as a cuas an' pra'r ; Hasn't no strength, it pecms ter me ; Can't begin ter compar' wid dis ; Nothin' onder de mm can be Sweet as a cob, an' Borne nigger-twis1. No- dat nuther : Well, I'JI declar' ! Dat is de beatenes" Ise secd yet ! What is de name dat you cali dat ar? Say it ag'in, picase ? Cigarctte ? Little Jake what sots on my kneo Ud turn up bis noBe at a tiiiug like difi. Ise gwine ter tcach bim to do like me, An' suck de comfort i'oin nigger-twis'. Yes, dat 's a fac'. Ti8 a lux'ry, Bho, Backer is, wliatever you say - Seetns like I never wants nothin' mo' 'Ceptin' ter set down bero. dis way - Take little Jake up on my knee - " Have me a cora-cob pipe like din, Wid a stem as long a f 'om you to me, An' a pocket chock full o' niggcr-twis'. - &cribner'tt Monthly for Sovember.