Backslid

"I knows 'at boy dey calls Backslid, but dey ain't no Fliah leavin' at

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

The Wildcat was a stranger to everybody present except the Backslid

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

"Backslid, who dem two boys half way down de cah wid de red hats?"

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

Acrobatic Spirits whut Backslid consecrated to me.

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

"Fust thing old Backslid, what learned me de po'teh bizness, said to do was to close up de vegetable."

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

Ah missed de pneumonia, Backslid, but Ah sho 'feels acrobatic.

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

"Whah at kin me an 'Lily hide out till mah fren' Backslid shows up?"

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

Ah craves to reach de Chicago Fliah whah at de ol 'Backslid

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

Ol 'Backslid neveh shows up till half-past nine to take his cah out. "

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

Jine in, Backslid, an 'yo' marches 'longside ob me an' Lily. "

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley