The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-04-18
Saln's Feast.


,ll her listeners half out of their wits bu,
that h only made them more delightfully."-
exciting. ErEao
by the time the children got hin,
OF the coming treat, they crowded
around and Sarah began:
'Now, all you young uns must sit
mazin' still if I'm gwine to tell st .ry
Sarah's virtueas story teller was in
her face and manner. Size was yer,
black, with large rolling eyes, ve-y
!ong face, monstrous mouth, great
white teeth, and long thin hunds, which
had All uncanny white louk on the in
side, a, though the color were comm,
of.
ferhaPs you don't think hands have
much ito do with story telling, but they
had with Sarah's, ! can tell You.
Quieting her audience with threats Of
clarlng EN- all out the house, she began
III i low, solemn voice:
'Onct upon time, way down in Ole
kentuck, there lived MANI lie
was a.w f.u'l rich, and had heaps an
heaps O. nice things in his dark cellar.
Bottles an bottles o wine, bnr'ls an
bar'ls O. cider, an lots an lots O. hams
bar,ls an bur'ls O bacon, an bins an
bins o apples, an Jars an jars O. sweet
meats, an boxes an boxes O. raisins, an ;
.! piles o good things to eat, in that
dark celler'
Sarah paused to see the effect. Rush
smacked his lips, aud the eyes of the
whole Johnson family rolled ia ecstacy
ut tho delightful picture,
But he was a-w FLU ! stingy! Not
speck of all these yer gSudies would
he gyy~to any body. Lor he al'lus
KEEP the key in his own pocket, an if
he wanted ham Tor dinner. he went
doSns in that yer dark cellar, an cut 4
slice, huff for himself An if he wanted
wine, he jos Went down an fetched a
b"ttle, an al'lns locked the do arter
him, an never guv Sam the fuste@t
sreck! =
. ell, now Sarah went, IN roll
her eyes, that ar Sam was po' nigga
the only nigga the sliu.y man had !;
an he was that stingy he never half fed
him no way. He guv him lcetle corn
meal fur hoe cakes, an onct in a great
while lectle tceny bit Nv slice o ;
bacon So Sam got thinner an thinner,
till he was near shadler, an bis
fingers were long aud bony.'
And Sarah help up hers and clawel
them in the air, tiil the children could
almost see Sam and his bony hands
well, one day this bad man had to
60 way off to the big city, an he
hadn't got nobody to leave in the house
but jes Sam. So he done measured out
jes SO much corn meal, an he said
Nov, Sam, ! shall be gone away three
days, and that'll have to last ye till
get back. I'll warrant ye'd like to jes
eat it every scrap the fust day, an ak
fur mo'--it's jes like ye; but not a
snojcn do you get till come back, fur
I've locked everything up, An if I
find anything out o order when I come
back, I'll-.l'll-wallop you; see if
'don't!!
aWhb that SO drcfful threat, the cruel
Mah'sr went off, an left Sam all alone.
Well, Sam went to ccarin' up the
house, an when he wont to hang up his
Mah'sr's everyday close = fur in course
he wore his Sunday ones to so to town
Tho hars somothin hit again the wall
an he thought to himself, I'll see
what that ar is. Mehbe Mah'sr's done
left penny in his pocket. oh, golly
won't I buy bun! An ne put his
hand in the pocket, an' wllut do 10,
s'pose he .found9
! 'THE CELLAR KEY!!!'
Sarah, looking wildly at her listeners
said these thrilling words in an awru
whisper, with roll of the eyes and droE
ping Of the jaws, that mado it still more
horrible. 4C
oh, Lor' here's the key said San
to himself; what shall | do 2 An thcr
he thought awhile. But, sakes chillen
pears like the Debil is al'us waitin fur
chances, an SO he popped into Sam {
head to jes 60 an looh at the good
things. Il won't touch airy bit,' said
Sam, 'fur ole Mah'sr'd find out if ono
apple stems gonc-but I'll look That