"I met him on th' sthreet wan day afther he got out iv school. 'What ar-
re ye goin' to do f'r ye'ersilf, Snowball,' says I--his name was Andhrew
Jackson George Wash'n'ton Americus Caslateras Beresford Vanilla Hicks,
but I called him 'Snowball,' him bein' as black as coal, d'ye see--I
says to him: 'What ar-re ye goin' to do f'r ye'ersilf?' I says. 'I'm
goin' to enther th' profission iv law,' he says, 'where be me acooman
an' industhry I hope,' he says, 'f'r to rise to be a judge,' he says, 'a
congrissman,' he says, 'a sinator,' he says, 'an' p'rhaps,' he says, 'a
prisidint iv th' United States,' he says. 'Theyse nawthin to prevint,'
he says. 'Divvle a thing,' says I. 'Whin we made ye free,' says I, 'we
opened up all these opporchunities to ye,' says I. 'Go on,' says I, 'an'
enjye th' wealth an' position conferred on ye be th' constitootion,' I
says. 'On'y,' I says, 'don't be too free,' I says. 'Th' freedom iv th'
likes iv ye is a good thing an' a little iv it goes a long way,' I says,
'an' if I ever hear iv ye bein' prisidint iv th' United States,' I says,
'I'll take me whitewashing' away fr'm ye'er father, ye excelsior hair,
poached-egg eyed, projiny iv tar,' I says, f'r me Anglo-Saxon feelin'
was sthrong in thim days.
"Well, I used to hear iv him afther that defindin' coons in th' polis
coort, an' now an' thin bein' mintioned among th' scatthrin' in
raypublican county con-vintions, an' thin he dhropped out iv sight.
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