, 1875-08-01

dinner. By d,nt of engaging all the hands on
the plantation in simultaneous action ehs had
managed to get Ill :ae dinner accessories from
the spring -house Just as the vegetables meats
ETC., 10 tie kitchen wsre bains dished. that al
tha cold. things might be kept cold, and al tie
hot things hot, till the final moment.
Aud now it WAS "rsintn' btazes," ac-
eordine to Tony. But delay was ont Of tbs
question the dinner must be got on the
table, yet the Kitchen, as you are supposed te
remeunber, was 60 feet from tbs house Aunt
cindy TAs On the verge Of teaza- Everybody
stood iTesulute.
tell, Jet Aunt Cindy looked - stormy as the
skles- he recalled her uncertain moods. and TO-
nembered that she owed duty to hun for hls
grand1nothess sake. Tony trembled, but spoke:
"Umbe711ers an posr'sols!"
| 4 swift change swept the leaders, face. She
caught Tony up and kissed him, and tha. made
Tony CRY. "Git um." she aaid-"g,t all de
| umberillers an pa1r'so,s." ]"
Soon there we're collected = dozen Or
| umbss1as t,n icing plessed a~i19 into % ssx1sce.
| Almost every negro u the South who
| owns ANYTHING has an umbrella or pa-asol for
theirs is long period OF sunshine to tight.
4 procession Was formed OF the dinner-ear-
| lug the roast pig with red appe.in it's mouth
| I must tell you that Aunt Cincy wore pink
| calico dress made with abort sleeVes and low IN
| the neck. When all Was ready. and ahs bad
sufficiently bewidered her corps Of assistants BY
| the multitude OF her Instructions. with = tread
| Of hor bare feet that shook the house, aha
crossed the square passage, from which tae
| rsin had driven the company. and stood
| in the august presence Of thu 'fou puz-
zidnu' e!dux." '*Sarvans uazstass:" she said
| in 4 tone OF simple reverence which WAS really
| tonchiup Theu she curteic] in way that raised
| nnomentary fear that shs wonh never BE- kola
to recover herself, but must go down. "Dinnes
I is serve"
Hrs. Durgiss rose languidly, Mr. Burgiss bus
Come my brethren, said the reverend host,
'let us see what good things-
The cook hath provided for them that lovo'
| them-that 1s to ssr, the good things, 1nter~
rupted Elder Underwood who WAS funny man.
Then they crossed tho open passage, being
| we'll spsinaled in the transiE. and entered the
| room where Aunt Cindy's dinner was spread.
| The table reached the length ef the rootn, and
| WAS literally jammed. From this you will lufcr
| that Aunt Clndy had served all hec vlands to-
| gether. This was even so-fsh, fiesh tow1 pig,
pastry pudning. cabbage, cake CORDIAL oil Ia \
| tumble. But there wae method 10 her iumbhnF.
As head-water abe superintendad all the serving.
| and she naver offered two incougruous articles
| together. There was complete harmony: per-
feet dovetAlI;nc. She WAS An untutneed cutlnarv
| geuiua. 6ha had neTer heard Of ffteen~ccurse
| dinner, but sne nevertheless played oil tha
courses "by ear to borrow from the muslcians>
| And surely there never was = funnier subject
| than Aunt Cindy-her great heart in an attitude
| Of reverence toward those "a fou' Puzxidnn
| elduz'' every inch OF her swollen with the an7-
| postance Of minieter1nR 70 such dlgnita11es
| buzdnR aud painting mud heastng about the Il
bic: hnessing to gee all her dishes tested: up~
bsaidinst threatening, encouraging In paoto-
| mime her assistants; vibrating in vaddilns
| run, under m umbrella, between the dining
/ room and kitchen: shaking thA house ~ sae
moved, even to the dislo1elng Of tho clay daub-
ing. and causing the dishes TO .trenble Tor then