“I ain’ bin ridin’ wid Mars Pinckney fuh nuffin.”
By this time the audience was fast getting “Japne,” and Rasmus anxious. So he said: “Damon, Mars Pinckney bin heppin’ you wid dis rebate!”
“Well, s’pose he is; don’ I ’long ter him an’ he ’long ter me?”
“Well, hit don’ pester me, fuh Mars Arthur holp me. He ain’ no preacher, but I reckon he kin read an’ wright ter keep pace wid de bes’ ub preachers.”
“Meshac wuz de son ub Japheth. He wuz uh cunjerrer an’ cud walk on fire, an’ ub cose he got hit fum he Japne Pa.
“In de fus’ book ub Cronicles, fus’ vus, by ’westigation, you will fine dat Japheth wuz de gre’t-gre’t-gre’t uncle ter Joktan, an’ he had uh son name Jobab (you see how dey keep up de fambly names), an’ Joktan wuz kin ter Mibsam (dat’s wha de Chine cross cum in), an’ Joktan wuz also uh connection ub Jakan. Well, put uh “p” wha dat “k” am, an’ you hab Japan. Mars Pinckney say hit’s plain ter his mind.
“Dar’s fusion in de Bible erbout de name, kase in some places dey call it Akan; an’ dat fusion is kase dey got uh “k” ’sted ub uh “p” in po’ Jakan’s name. It’s uh sad thing ter twiss uh man’s name dat way.
“Ez I hab de ’cludin’ re-marks, I will add mo’ ter de application ef’n Brer Rasmus rassles hyard wid de subjec’.”
Deacon Rasmus Jasper Jemes:
“Sistus an’ brudders ub Kyarline, Queen Anne’s an’ Talbot County: Ef’n Shake—what de res’ ub he name?”