ABSTRACT
One time dey wuz a man whar rid up at night ter a cabin in de eedge o’ de swamp. He wuz dat hongry an’ ti’d dat he say ter hissef: “Et I kin git a hunk o’ co’n-pone and a slice o’ bakin’, I doan kur what I pays!” On dat here come a yaller-’ooman spankin’ out’n de cabin. She wuz spry on her foot ez a catbird, an’ her eyes wuz sof an’ shiny. She ax de man fer ter light an‘ come in de cabin, an’ git some supper. An’ Lawd! how he mouf do water when he cotch a glimpst er de skillet on de coals! He luk it so well dat he stay; an’ he sot eroun’ in dat cabin ontwel he git so fat dat de grease fa’r run out’n he jaws when he look up at de sun. De yaller-’ooman she spen’ her time cookie’ fer him, an’ waitin’ on him wi’ so much oberly, dat at las’ de man, he up an’ marry dat yaller-’ooman.
