Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-11-03
THE HOOSIER
SchooI-MaSter.
BY EDWARD EGGLESTON.

CHAPTER .X.-(CoNTINUED.
Ibid YOU use the blood warm p
asked Small, with solemnity most
edifying.
These were the only words he had
uttered since he entered the cabin.
Laws, yes; jest let it run right
out of the eats tail onto the breakin
out. Fer airesipelus, / don't know
nOthin' so good as the blood of a black
| hen"
"How old ," asked the doctor.
"There you showed yer science
doctor! They's 10 power i'm a pullet
! The older the black hen the better
| And YOU know the cure fer rheuma
! tiz." And here the old woman got
down n bottle of grease. THAT'S lie
from a black dog. Ef it's rendered
right, it'll knock the hind sights of
Of any rheumatic you ever see. But
it must be rendered i'm the dark of the
moon. Else a black-dOg's lie amt
worth no more nor a white ones"
And all this time Small was smell
ing of the uncorked bottle, taking q
little on his finger and feeling of it,
and thus feeling his way to the heart
J..
And then he went round the cabin
gravely, lifting each separate bunch of
dried yarbs from its nail, smelling OF
it, and then. by making an interroga-
point of his silent face, he man.
aged to get lecture from her OF each
article iu her mdtcrid medic0, with
the most marvellous stories illustrative
of their virtues. When the Granny
had gotten her fill of his silent flatte-
ry, he was ready to carry forward his
main purpose.
There was something weird about
this silent mans ability to turn the
conversation as he chose to have it go.
Sitting by the Granny's tea-table, nib
bling corn-bread while he drank his
glass of water, having declined even
her sassafras, he ceased to stimulate
her medical talk and opened the vein
of gossip. Once started, Granny San
ders was sure to allude to the robbery.
And once on the robbery the doctors
course was clear.
Il low somebody not fur away is in
this 'erc business"
Not by word, nor even by nod,
but by some motion of the eyClids,
perhaps, Small indicated that he agreed
with her.
Who dye s'pose It's?
But DIR. Small was not in the habit
of supposing. He moved his head in
quiet way, just the least perceptihle
bit, but so that the old creature under
stood that he could give light if he
wanted to.
dunno anybody that's been bout
here long as could bc suspected"
Another motion of the cyelids indi-
Gated SmaII's agreement with this re-
mark.
"They amt nobody come in here
lately 'ceppin' the master"
Small looked vacantly at the wall.
&" But / low he's alters bore a tip
top character"
The doctor was too busy looking at
his eorn-brcad TO answer this remark,
by even a look.
" But / think these over-smart
young men'll bear looking arter, | do. y
DIR. Small raised his eyes and let
them SJIii,c au assent That was all.
d" Shouldn't wonder ef our master
was overly fond of gals"
Doc;or looks down at his plate.
walked home with Hammer Thomson
t'other night, I'll Oct"
Did DIR. Small shrug his shoulder?
Granny thought she detected "A faint
motion of the sort, but she could not
he sure.
"And think as how that feller
what triiles with gals hearts and then
runs off ten miles, maybe amt no
better'n he had orter be. That's what
| says, says |. d"
TO this general remark DIR. Small
assented in his invisible-shall | say
intangible way
Il alters think, may be, that some
folks has found it best to leave home
and go away. You can't never tell.
But when people rs a-bein' robbed it's
well to look out. Hey?"
d" think So" said Small quietly,
and, having taken his hat and bowed
a solemn and respectful adieu, he de-
parted.
He had not spoken twenty words,
but he had satisfied the newsmongeT
of Flat Creek that Ralph was a bad
character at home, and worthy of sus-
piciOn of burglary.