TEMPERING THE WIND.
De Lawd, mah friends, done tempahs de tfind to de slio'n lamb." senteniously said good, old, ebony-hued Parson WoolHmoii in a recent sermon. "One time dar was a cullud m*u, and he done got imprecated in a pow'ful strainuous situation ober a hawg. A white man 'etised him ob embe-zlin' de serine, and whirled In. lie did, and shot de cullud man in de head wid a big hawse-pistol. "But, uh-taallelooyer. bruddreu and sJetabs. he bullet done flattered out so elaborately ou de cullud man's skull dat he picked it up next mawnin' and parsed it.off fuh haffer dollah on a n«ab-sighted white man dat was keepin' a sto'. Stao'ly de Lawn, in His indefinite wisdom. tcmpaSa de wind to de sho'n lamb!"
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 15, 18 January 1905, Page 9
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