The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28

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na I'M that fai YER s.9ef aPrL As 1ss siss
he jes went down an fotched a bottle,
| an alus locked the do arter him, an
never guv Sam the fustest speck -
Z" Who's dat arp" asked one of the
children.
" You shet up I'll crack We over the
head, if We don't stop cuttin' up sich
shines :" Sarah replied.
The interrupter shrunk behind his
mother, and felt snubbed.
" Well, now" Sarah went on, rolling
her eyes, '' that ar Sam was a po' nigga,
the only nigga the stingy man had
an he was that stingy he never half fed
him no way. He guy him leetle corn
meal fur hoe clkes, an onct in greas
while leetle teeny bit NV thin slice
o bacon. So Sam got thinner an thin
ner, till he was near shadder, an his
fingers were long and bony."
And Sarah held up hers and clawed
them in the air, till the children could
almost Sam and his bOny hands.
We'll, one day this bad man had to
go 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: Now
Sam, shall be gone away three days,
an that'll have to last ye till I get back.
I'll warrant ye'd like to jes eat it every
scraA fhe fIlst dow .-,' - s-- - > -
get til / come back, fur I've locked ev
erytRing up. An if find anything out
o. order, when ] come back, T1l-IlI-
wallop you; see if / don't .
"With that ar dreadful threat, the
cruel mah'sr went off, an left Sam all
alone. Well, Sam went to clarin' up
II nh Ia fr
his mah'sr's everyday cloze,-fur in
course he wore his Sunday ones to go
to town,-he hars somethin' hit agin the
wall. an he thought to hisself: III see
what that ar is. Mebbe mah'rs's done
left a penny in his pocket. Oh, golly!
won't 1 buy bunr An he put his
hand in the pocket, an what do you
s'pose he found =? The cellar EeyF"
Sarah, looking wildly at her listeners,
said these thrilling words in an awful
whisper, with a roll of the eyes and a
dropping of the jaw, that made it still
more horrible.
"'Ob, Lor', here's the key = said
Sam to hisself; what shall do
AM then he thought awhile. But,
sakesl chillen, pears like the devil is
aims waitin' fur chances, an so he pop
ped into Sans head to jes go an look
at the good things. I won't touch ary
bit. said Sam, fur ole mah'sr'd find
ont if one apple STEMS gone,-but I'll
look That was the fust wrong step,
chillen. Ye know how L Mt to de-
frain, if ye look at gs ye
ouehten ter. Well, & weren't
nigga crept down ss -. locked
the do, an peeped TO
drop. He mor9 e
mah'sr behind & Ii
still as the grave, so
hung the long rows i E. a
an sweet and Sam ws
to hisself, Now, I'll jes5
So he smelled of it, an it NICE
seems like he couldn't helxaS&e e2pch
it with his finger an clap in
his mouf. an then he did ~ y Ye
know, chilleD, how. the olt''a' = san's
side O. We an helps We on. Aft& Sam
had tasted onct or twice, he seen teeny
bit of ham, way off IN the fur cerner.
an he said to hisself, don't 8 lleve
ole mash'sr IL ever miss that ar f1<7fr
faint much count no way. Ar
len. he was that hungry he
help it, do b'lieve. He snate
lam. an he eat an eat an eat, 49,
couldn's stuff another moutful
the rest behind a. Ii ass a7s5 f = H.
on an vent on til ,s,,s - =
l.ples,-bins ar~ <sE "a. i. 80
apples,i And he = = T.
he eat an, eat till the
other naouffnl. Then he went
MBf on till he came to the
sweetmeats. an he looked at
| smelt of 'ern, and finally he sI1af<
lar. tore off the cover, an eat
am eat till he couldn't stun a1otner
moufful.
{" An then he couldn't eat any pore,
sure nuff. an he went ont an lock- the
do. But be never had SO - eas
in his life, an pears like ed
so full he sort o. lost his = ie
went out an laid down on. "a 2
the sun. an he said to hissex
amt it nice to have huff - -.
there's poor Jim, don
| had nuff in his life. -
wicked idea come int i ~
byem by he goIsS,,:uo s.
| Jim's-he lived
him to fotch Sally. = q
gal. a likely wench, - neT
An then he went to Tor 4, nln
to come too an finally, ~ vi
ted quite spectacle com z hen |,
he went home. an went lnecSc1e Wood
shed an fotched in big sticks o wood
an he made up NOSE won'ertul hre
an swept out the big kitchen clean an
nice, tho he wasn't extra neat now, San
wasn't. Bout ten o'clock hls comPan.
can To come. the ladies all dressed vi
| fine in some of their missis' things
, low neck an short sleeves, an rlbbln
an white gloves. O,go way yer don
! see SCI no sic6 things up har An the gen
! men Lor', chillen, If ye could see cen IN
fine long-tailed blue coats, with button
) shinin' Ike marygolds, ye'd laff fit t
J J split y'r sides. :,
{" Arter the company was all ther'
!. an talked a little 'bout the weather al
: sich topics o conversation, he azed s1 ,en
a Wouldn't they like Little little defresl RESI-
ment &? They was very Pol'e, an s"i'
i ,xcused.' But he went to the cellar, n
i he took'd out great plates O apples n
e great pitchers o cider, an Tom hsip' mel ?.
] him; an they fotched out ole mah 81