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Show SAM " PULLED UP DE RIBBER." Sam was a light-Bkinned darky of middle age, with an ever bright and ready reply for all. He was employed in the street department of the town of D . One day a gentleman, finding him at work tearing up some cobblestones from the street, and desiring to hear one of his witty replies, asked him what he was doing. It am replied: re-plied: "Why, sar, I'ser pull in' up destreet; bv-and-by I's gon' to pull up do riber." "Pull up the river! Why, Sam, thot's a gigantic job. You'll have to have to pump and haul many a year before you can accomplish that." "ii you want ter see me do it, I'se wilinV "Well, Sam, I would like to see how you would go about it; and if you cm prove to me that you can finish such a job eveu within a year, I will treat you to a suit of Sunday clothes." "Yah, yah, yah!" laughed Sam. "Came 'long, sah, I's '11 prove dat 1 shuah!" ' And off he started for the river , with the gentleman and several j other people who had gathered ,' around during the conversation. Reaching the river, Sam piloted 1 the gentleman and the crowd to an old 'skiff. Jumping into it, he seized the oars and started rowing shouting as he did so, "Dere, sah! I's er-pnllin' up de riber now!" The gentleman gave in, and Sam got his suit of clothes. Kansas City Star. |
