An' I reckon I git jealous,

Fu' I laff an' joke an' sco'n,

An' I say, "Oh, go on, Sam'l,

Des go on, an' blow yo' ho'n."

But I know dis comin' Sad'day,

Dey 'll be brighter days in life;

An' I 'll be ez glad ez Sam'l

W'en I go to see my wife.

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

The word is writ that he who runs may read.