September, 1919 
FOREST AND S T R E A :M 
503 
had two sons, bofe boys — fo’ bettah aw 
fur wuss. De oldes’ son was a shiff’less, 
lazy young man wat did nuffin but ride 
all day on his long-tail boss, and loaf 
’round de tav’n all de night playin’ cawds 
and drinkin’ mint jewlips. De younges’ 
brudder wus a ha’d wukkin’, ’noligible 
young man who run de plantation, dun 
all de choahs, and lukk’d arter de fiel’ 
ban’s. He sed his prah’s reg’lah, went 
to bed wid de crows and got up wid de 
chickens. He sed it wus betteh to be 
a do’keepah in de house ob de Lawd den 
to be cap’en ob de big steamboat Poca- 
hontas. 
“One day de ole Prodgigal tuk de 
eldes’ son to task fo’ his wickedness, but 
it only med him wuss and ’vengeful. He 
sed he wuz ti’ahd ob de fawm, and if 
his fahder ’ud gib him his sha’h ob de 
patrimoney he wud go ’way an’ seek his 
fohtune in a fah off country. So de 
ole Prodgigal got a bag o’ money fum 
de bank fur de wuthless son, an’ he went 
’way off yander. He had mo’ dollahs 
den sense and soon spent his substance 
in right’chus livin’. He dun loss’ all 
his patrimoney in boss-racin’, cock-fitin’ 
and playin’ cawds and dominose. Wen 
his money wus all gone his fahweathah 
frien’s laffed him to scawn. At las’ he 
wuz ’bliged to hiah out to a man to 
feed his hawgs. He was used to high 
livin’ but now he had to cum down to 
coa’se food lak hog an’ hominy and hoe 
cake, an’ his pomp’ed stomick rebellied 
’gainst such po’ vitalls. Den he sed, ‘Oh, 
shucks, Pll go back to de ole fa’hm and 
hire out to my fahder.” So off he 
stah’ted, clothed in rags an’ bar’footed. 
along de dusty road. 
“One day de ole Prodgigal saw afar 
off a man ragged an’ dusty; but at las’ 
he med out dat it wuz his long lost son, 
an’ runnin’ to neet him he fell on his neck 
and like to bruk it. He tuk him to de 
house, gib him a wahm bath, clothed him 
in weddin’ gyarments, put a gol’ ring 
on his fingah, and sot him on de front 
gallery and sed: ‘dis is my son who wuz 
ded but is now cum to life; dis is my 
son who wuz los’ but is now foun’.” Den 
he say he gwine gib a gran’ feas’ fo’ 
his son. Sed he gwine to kill a fat caf’ 
an’ hav’ a bobbycue. Den he sen’ invites 
to all de quality fokes in de county, to 
cum to de bobbycue to welcum his son 
who wuz los’ but is now foun’. 
Den de good son cum ’long, an’ wen 
he see his brudder rigged out in fine 
doe’s an’ a gol’ ring on his fingah, he 
got mad an’ sed to his fahder, ‘I hab 
wukk’d on dis fawm as man an’ boy all 
my life, but no fat caf’ was eber bobby- 
cued fo’ me, an’ no gol’ ring was eber 
put on my fingah.’ But de ole Prodgigal 
sed, ‘my son all I hab is fo’ yo’; de 
fawm, de stock an’ all de hairyditaments; 
yo’ has yo’ rewa’d.’ 
But de naybo’ahs nebber had no use 
fo’ de eldes’ son, an’ dey refuse to go to 
de bobbycue, an’ dey all wid one ac- 
cord began to mek excuse an’ sen in dar 
regrets. Den de ole Prodgigal got mad 
an’ sent his servants out in de by-ways 
and hi’ways an’ tol’ dem to fotsh in all 
de po’ wite trash, de free niggers and 
beggahs an’ brung ’em all in to de feas.’ 
So dey all rush’d in, rag, tag and bob-tail 
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