Show 1 1 4 J ey CLACK BAILEY ATILDA was mas black there X 12 was a lot of 0 her too some 0 1 two 0 hundred and twenty seven pounds site she was avas radiant with delight riotous ith laughter or round pled ped EM EMM M 3 with set lou as occasion demanded furthermore she bile w its as a devout member ol of it certain religious sect that was serl 0 ugly expecting tile the enil end of the world gibout every so often tile the latter fatter gave a certain uncertainty to life which matilda found besides silo never worked on saturday which was her sabbath and she never worked on sunday which n ins as ours on other lays site she came to us for washing 1 ironing roll cleaning and worked industry lous ly y ns as needed it was her last day at our house lie ile fore christmas and her mind igind was quite full of religious fervor fur for slie she was singing snatches of spirituals spiritual i throughout the day usually v with ill words of her own making having aln islieb her work s slie lie received her 9 gifts gifts roin the family and tucked them into a bag ot of laundry slie site alls as taking home its hiss bliss surkees Dur kees dos CIOs honey slie elie confided ise got to do em cm fust thing in the roo cause nex nes days C cliris illis mus inus eve the next nest time I 1 saw her was when alien she ole was on lier ter way to take them home she stopped in to tell me of her thrilling experience lawsy honey she said 1 I was jes coln I 1 I 1 ovah tie de hill carry in dat banle 0 dos CIOs on my hall bald an I 1 was chinkin th inkin bout chut Is gon a git IN liza and in mose blose ter fer chris raus mus aa an I 1 alis w u s th chinkin think inkin ln bout ant sweet all baby jesus too him a and n d ills his mummy mammy out i in n dat ole coll col barn v nit if de cows an hoses an goats an pigs till all stan 1111 roun kind 0 like oey dey krio knotted ed deys some curious goins on in dat barn and Is thin think kire ln bout tie de shepherds out on de da hills bills hearin de angels sing hallelujah den I 1 th think inkin ln bout tie de wise men heeln dat big wit if do de search lights on it dat moved right long in front of em an led em wha de youn chile was nn arf I 1 jos jes 10 looked out from aundah de banle 0 clos CIOs at de alk sky k half balf spec tin to see dat kind uv a atah too it was a gettin a litile dak au u know well good lod 0 massy honey what do you reckon I 1 did see So methin I 1 see at all a in de sky I 1 cant real read u know lioney honey but I 1 knowel it ir itin an I 1 jes knotted de end 0 do world come an all it was tie de lod himself a whitin in de sky an lie whitin to me well I 1 jes thrones vied miss bliss surkees Dur kees dos clos right down on de gronn an I 1 says hays to Ina manelf self miss durkee wont mont nevah need no nit nio dos CIOs no how I 1 jes started to run towards de ur ItIn nn in putty soon boon I 1 come to tie de road an I 1 saw a man comin long in a an a laug laii ghin hial honey nils I 1 glad to see dat white man laugh I 1 say I 1 cause den I 1 knowel it want de end 0 de world at all an lioney honey yu know lie even ast me ine Is I 1 seared scared ue ile jes stated in tellin me eliut hut it heah it was one 0 dem tool fool falln men out some kind 0 smoke bums er som ethla writ in some kind 0 advertising advertis in ill stuff lawsy goodness honey boney aint it bad enough kin up all dem advert Nin signs all aveh de country so yu cant see de putty trees an hills an things tie de lod give us to see phout now goin up in tie de sky an whitin all divah gods hebben an folks to death what cant read it Is a shame matilda I 1 replied quite seriously its just too bad but did you find mrs lira Dur surkees Durk kees ces clothes all f right v t hen ben you went back atte them oil tie de dos CIOs right dah an I 1 pantin some when I 1 got up tip dat hill again too but I 1 set on de banle 0 dos clos to rest an den I 1 laughed an laughed till a thought troug lit Is ia plum crazy putty soon I 1 got up an put de t tunie aulos ou tos los on una ha hald I 1 a stated F home alt mud as a wet ben sarin to manelf nia self Wot liln but tt a blamed ole alyin fool whitin all ivah gods habben 1 I well BIn matilda tilda I 1 cant blame you much net but you let anything make ou oil mad land at christmas time lime be bades you know folks will be ba writing find and saying merry christmas till all 0 oer er gods cods earth tomorrow and you must get tile the spirit anil and jilin tile hie ual chorus dessum Yes suin sum boney 1 I kilo will goodby and merry to you any liow how Z vectera newspaper anlou 1 or |