East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-04-26

say your master Is SICK Hasn't he told
you what ails himF
'Why, massa, taint WORT while to git
mad bout de matter--Massa Will say
noflin at all aint de matter wild him-but
den what makes him 90 bout looking dis
here way, wild de head down and he
soldiers up and as white as a goose?
And den he keeps a syphon all de time
Keeps a what, JUPITER
'Keeps a syphon wild de fggurs on de
slate-de queerest figgurs | cher did see.
Ise gttin to he skeercd, | tell you. Hab
to keep mighty tight eye pom him moo.
vers. fodder day he glib me de slip fore
de suns mp, ard was gone de whole oh de
blessed day, / had big stick ready to
glib him id good bcatin when he did
come-but Use sich a fool dat | hadn't
lie heart arter all--hc look so berry
poorly"
'Eh?-what?-ah yes!-upon the whole
| think you had better not he too severe
with the poor fellow-dont tlog him, .Ju-
piter-he can't very well stand it-but
can you form no idea of what has occa
stoned this illness, or rather this change
of conduct? Has anything unpleasant
happened since | saw you?'
no, massa, dey aint bin no(fin on
pleasant since dcn-'twas fore den, Pm
feared - twas dc berry day you was
dare
How? What DO you mean?'
why, massa, | mean de bug-dare
now
THE what?
de bug-rm berry sartin dat Massa
Will bin bit somewhere bout de head by
dat d-n goolc bug
And what cause have you, Jupiter, for
such a supposition?
CLAWS enuff, massa, and mouff too. ]
neber did see such d-n bug-he kick
and he bite ebery ting what cum near
him. Massa VIII cotch him fuss, but
had for to let him go gin mighty quick, l
tell you-den was dc time he must ha got
dc bite. / didn't like dc look ob de bug
mouff, myself, no how, so / wouldn't take
hold oh him wild my finger, but cotch him
wild piece of paper dat l found. | rap
him up in de paper and stuff piece oh it
in de moulf-dat was de way
'And you think, then, that your master
was really bitten by the beetle, and that
the bite made him sick?
Il don't tnk noGin bout it-I nose it.
What make him dream bout de goole so
much, if taint cause he bit by de goole
bug? Use heard bout dem goole bugs
fore dis
But how do you know he dreams
about gold?
How know? why cause he talk bout
it in de sleep--dat's how / nose.
well, Jup, perhaps you are right; but
to what fortunate circumstance am | to
attribute the honor of a visit from you
to-day?
what de matter, NASSAU
Did you bring any message from Mr..
Legrand"
no, massa, l bring dis here pisscl;'
and here Jupiter handed me note which
ran thus:
My DEAN,
Why have | not seen you for so long
time? / hope you have not been so
foolish as to take offence at any little
brsquerie of mine; but no, that is in-
probable.
Since / saw you / have had great
cause for anxiety. | have something to
tell you, yet how scarcely know to tell it,
or whether | should tell it at all.
I have not been quite well for some
days past, aad poor old Jnp annoys me
almost beyond endurance, by his well
meant attentions. Would y0u believe
it?-he hal prepared huge stick, the
other day, with which to chastisc ne for
irving him the slip, and spending the
dav. soi,ss, among the hills on the main
land. verify believe that my i'll looks
alone saved me logging.
have made no addition to my cabinet
since we met.
Ii YOU can, in any way, make it con-
venicnt, come over with Jupiter. DO
come. wish to sec you to.ni1ht, upon
business of Importance. | assure you
that it is of the h,yhsst Importance.
Ever yours, WV. LEGRAND.
There was something in the tone of
this note which gave me great uncasincss.
It's whole style differed materially from
that of Legrand. What could he be
dreaming of? What new crochet pos
sessed his excitablc brain? What "busi-
ness of the highest Importance" could he
possibly have to transact? Jupiter's ac-
count Of him BODIED no good. / dreaded
lest the continued pressure Of misfortune
had, at length, fairly unsettled the reason
of my friend. Without a moments hes
itation, therefore, / prepared to accom-
pany the negro.
Upon reaching the wharf, noticed a
scytho and three spades, all apparently
new, lying in the bottom of the boat in
which we were to embark.
what is the meaning Of all this, Jup?'
I inquired.
'Him syfe, massa, and spade
very true, but what are they doing
here?'
'Him de syfc and de spade which Massa
Will sis pom my buying for him in de
town, and dc debble's own lot oh money
l had to glib for en-
But what, in the name Of all that is
mysterious, is your Massa VIII going to
do with sythes and spadesp
Oats more dan I know, and dc debble
take me if don't believe tits more dan
he know, too. But its all come ob dc
bug
Finding that no satisfaction was to be