Jube Monologue from Nevada; or, The Lost Mine, A Drama in Three Acts

From Nevada; or, The Lost Mine, A Drama in Three Acts by George M. (George Melville) Baker

male · comedic · 1:08 min

Golly! hear dat Chineesers infusions ob potrey. Dat all comes ob his contract wid art. Win-Kye, gib me dem ar 'tensils. (WIN-KYE: Me paintee locks, me paintee tlees, all samee so. "Washee, washee.") See him hoof it. Dis years de melencolic effect ob tryin' to turn a mongo into a Sambo. I's jes' tried to cibilize dat ar heathen, to gib him a brack heart; an' he no sooner gits a hold ob a paint-brush, off he goes, like ole Nebacanoozer, on a tear. ((Enter MOSELLE, from cabin.)) (MOSELLE: Jube, have you seen my daddy?) Seen your what? Golly, Mosey, you took my bref away! Seen him! Well, I guess, Mosey, dar was a yearthquake jes' flopped ober dis year camp las' night: seed it, seed it, felt de shock fro my physical cistern; an' I guess de ole man is scourin' round to kill a fatted calf or a mule.

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