Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-04-22

rY THE AUTHOR Of COUSIN sally D1LLA

Brooks, whn lived in Robinson county, y, G.,
"IHleH T. bay tract OF iaUd next TO him. and
c"''c' .,.rd t. dispatch one Angus NcAidin 10
On ir>ton, South Carolina, 10 buy j, from the
""i"r, !" no hred there. Angus started of; and
III G'e time, Books would take his seat and
io"h i0wn the read, in hopes Of seeing hs
agent returning Al last he appeared, and the
moment he nearcd the house, Brooks accos tee!
h;m:
Wei, Mae have You got the land?'
The "gent, in whose E.ce was 4 bat sun
shine, replied somewhat gruiiiy, that he might
lc! I body get down Gom his horse, before he
put the question Of business.
"ihd you get it,
"ish"w, now Brooks, don't press upon q
body III hi, unci'jl way. 1t is long story and
must have time"
Brooks still urged, and Mac still parricd the
question TIL he got into the house
Now, surely, thought Brooks, "he will tell
me. But Mae was not quite ready.
"Brooks," sad he, "have you anything TO
drink?'
TO be sure have" said the other, and i'm.
inedIateIy had some of the best forthcomng
Having moisened bis clay, Mac took a seat
ana his employer another Mac gave prei-
rnlnary hem. He then turned suddenly around
to Brooks, looked him straight in the ewes and
slapped him on the thigh
BROOKS" says he, "was you ever in Charles.
tom"
"Why, you know never was" replied the
other.
We'll, Brooks" says th> agent, "you ought
! to go there. The greatest place on the face of
the earth. They've got houses there on both
SIDES OF the road, for five miles at a stretch and
id the horse track the whole way through.
! Brooks. think met five thousand people in a
minute, and not chap would look at me-
They've got houses on wheeIs-Brooks. | saw
one with six horses hitched to it and a bic dri-
yer with long whip going it like a whirwind
followed it aoout mile and a half down the
road, and when it stopped looked; and what
do yon think there was Nothing but one little
woman up in one corner"
"Well, Brooks. | turned back up the road.
and as was riding along. sees fine looking
chap, with long curly hair down his back, and
rs boots as shiny as the face of an up country
nieger! lcaed him into the middle of the road
and asked him a civil question: and civil ques.
ton, you know Brooks, calls for civil answer
all over The world. ] say, stranger, can vou tell
me where Col Lamar lives, What do YOU
reckon wa, the answer? Go TO grass, you big
foot"
"Well, knocks along up and down town
and about unti' finds where Col. Lamar lives. |
gets Gown and bangs away at the door
Presently the door was opened by as fine spo. |
ken woman ever you seed in your born !
days. Silks, silks thar, every whar, Brooks"
Says |, Mrs. Lamar ! presume madam,
says l."
Il am Mrs. Lamar, sir"
"WeIl, madam" says |, 81 have come all the |
way from North Carolina to see Col LAMAR
I" see about buying a tract of land from him
that Is up in our parts, madam"
Them says She "Col Lamar has rode out
into the country. but will be back presently
Come IN sir and wait while. I've no doubt |
the Colonel will soon return" and she had
smile on that pretty face of hers that reminded
a body of a spring morning.
"Well Brooks, hiched my horse to a brass
thing on the door and walked in'
"Well, when | got in sees the floor all
covered with the incest looking thing, nicer
than any patcil-worked bed. quilt you ever seed
in your life, Brooks"
was trying to edge along around it, when
presently sees nigger stepping right over it.
Thinks !, if that niger goes right over it, |
goes; and goes did, and takes my seat by
picture. which at first thought was little man
looking in at the window.
"Well, Brooks, there sot waiting and wait
ing for Col Lamar, and at las:--he didn't come,
but they began to bring in dinner. Thinks
to myself here is scrape, but made up my
mind to tell her if she asked me to eat, pleas
emily, with gentle bow, that had no occa- {
caslon to eat She asked me if would be so
good as to carve that turkey for her. and she
did it with one Of them oyel smiles that makes /
The cold streaks run down the small of IA fellows !
back"
"Certainly, madam, says T. and walked up :
% the table There was on one side of the ur-
Key great big knife and fork with great ,
)ig trigger On the other side
"WeIl, falls to work, ard in the first effort J.
spiashed the gravy about two yards over the !
vhl'est table cloth that you ever seed in yonr /
ife, Brooks" q
well, felt the steam begin to gather about q
ny cheeks and eyes. But I am a man not TO Z
'ack out at trif1es: so makes another effort, n
he darned thing took fight into Mrs Lamars
ap. Well You see, Brooks, then | took blind. 2
ess and next remember it was on the hearth J
licking Well by this time began to think Z
# navigating. SO | goes out and mounts Ro.
um and puts for North Carolina. Now Brooks,
ou don't blame me9' c