, 1875-08-01

an fear nothin'. -
"tDeed III do my very bea'. Puthdin' dinner
tor tou' puzzidun' elduz is heap 81 sponsoats;
{ but recons yar y NJ oe %u1oS ALA Sate H. "A7
| don't worrit you'sef.
/ Amt Gndy vas IN ardent Methodist. That
+ba ntt,, to Heaven lag through thu Methodist
{ Im meetin' house" che as earoessly beleqeo &s
she bad acSt sas ese
ghere than at Methodst prot-acted meeting or
~ q ca,nn-c ground bat in Eer heart Of hearts she
| did not believe the thing possible With her
| any Methodist minister vas an object OF rever-
anca-a preaiding Elder, ~ being nearer Go0,
n alteration. According to her creed, Jesus
hes cot boz er Gods han DO Bishop hor or
| Jesuss oe uuzzidun' eldu7 hot or Bishops; den
eomes de station preachers, an clrcuis-rdu2, an
eggsortess den We pore mlzzonl SINNERS, Az ~
string uulIiu' for hebbeu an ct VEAL hols
" III Hekf pswtg dis intnottla frame, we'll sit
oe5 When 5' ' the Ray. Mr. Butgiss had left
her. Aunt Cindy lighted her cob~pipe
from the hot emhess sna reseated herself
| was settled for life. She shut her eyes that she
! might the better contemplate the morrow's re-
snoosibiIiies, and Was soon fast asleep, her cob
n,pe fallen and emptled into her lap aud her
copperas-stIiped apron sioH!y burning anaes aoe
er ,iye!' she exclaimed rubbing out the tre
hatween hor broad fat hands With their cushion
! ike backs. stWhat in de wox!' ef l hadn
woked jis' 10 time to put myself ontl Dat dar
dinner tor dem fon,, pnzzaaua eaaaz ostao Ike
/! r,,iz;ne he.self: yer can't be spawed g1t-not
by no tneans.
Cipdy retained possession OF the meat-block
She Wished to conceal the burns In her apron !:
| Tran sha never rose to her feet when 6he could
heio it, and she did not hold her mistress in any
ktWhst yer come far, Miss Rithy 2" she de-
mAnded in challenging tome
How VAIN it is " and then the lady yawned.
nNow, look zero, Msa Rithv" (Zu'etha was
Mrs. Bnrgisa' name) "yer needn't come sere
hendcri0' de cook wid you' nonsanse-tatk oout
dat dar dinner. Yer don't know nuth'n = ell,
vou'set bout dat .dar dinner Yer batter
| blave IL gwyne ter fotch it out all Iight,-dln-
ner fer fou' puzzidun elduz- DE- Lord'll putdde ;
! He'll hep ne. Law II seed de clrcult-flder go
inter de pulpit not kuorin' muffin t all bout
what he's gwyne ter preach-,jia' leanin' on de
| Lord-an' is seed him preach sich discourse ea
vnnId se. Daos' ebrgbode deratraated- Da Lord'li
he'p me-, to be sho. Aio't got ter sit dinner
fer fon' puzxidun e}duz Nv Hla'n9 Don't yer
Lord"
.:We1. do it up al right" said Mra- Burgias'
,a1;eved Of ali anxiety-if indeed she was capa-
bIe Of sny-by Aunt Cindy's tone Of suhiciency.
Law, Misa Rithyl" the negro answered
dash Of st"1 Resentment d3enern N an a,et het
| ali nv bsvn DAYS When lib At you pa~'s
ye pstcx hah such thinga gwyne on all de
blessed time. Dat WIS when yer Wus tolelbu
httle zoe ole Mars Petterglu loss his propty.
Yer paw ulster hsb heap er black 1olks an,
| tell yer. ve-au uater hah a heap CT fun a-dancln
an a-nprryin' an a-habbn' fnn'rnls. pa1 ~us
20 rnany w we-aI black folks, yer see> dar ustei
be heaps er fun'ruls but, Law when dars slch
few "a dar is on dis yere plantation yaE csn't
hab no 'musements sca'celg. Law, Mlss hlthy
yer don't know what yer ta~kin' bout l'e saed
q beap moe fna gwyue-ons dan what ye
ebber done, kase when you' paw los hii
prop'ty yer vas tolerbul little. TIL bring Dat da
dinner al right outen dem dar pots an kittles
shoe yer hawn-"
With this assurance MIS- Burgess departed
from the kitchen, fully restored to her usna
comp'aceat mood Of spirit:
.sbat light bread ought to Be got ter raiain =
Aunt Cindy sohloquized when left alone. She
spread cut q tat hand on each knee and helpee
herself up from the meat-block, Then snt
| mounted the bench that served ~ her observa
tori and began searching the log sleeper, rum
maging among the various paper parcels
Wonder what's gone wid dem twin brudders 2
She ss,d. <Aont Cndv Vaa looking for !, smal
package Of !" Twin Brothegs' yeast-cakea,' waicl
roma Yankee had Introduced in the nclghhor
hood.} 'Dat dar Tony's gone sn' toted of den
dar twin bruddera ri be boun'. To-nee! 10
nee!" she called at the height Of her mnh1a
voice. ~ Sec yer sneakin' HIN Dat oar c@ncken
coop !; vere'd. batter come yere, Zoe comes da
an .fotebss yer wild = react'-tres Limb Aars
| long Quten dat dar Snsil's pace"
Tony appeared, looking like a'tattered scare
; CROW with 1--we head.
uWhar's dem dar twin hruddere? I want
ter put one nv u1n ter soak What yer gone Al
done wid dam dar twin br11ddersS" pe1siste
Aunt Giudy.
! ii haint done nufin' tail xid dem dar tvi
bruddera-nebber te;ched um," Tony declared
, half frightened half cullen.
"Hush You uaouf. yer storv-tatter: ~
bouu' 5et's gone an feeded all dem twin .brud
ders to de- chickens; ,yar's too lazy tar mix III
| tie cawn-sueal Ter um."
: "Nebber feeded dam dar twin brudders to
,, | chickens, no moren puffn'," Tony insisted.
+ How yer reckons l's Rwyne ter cit dinner Il
: dem fou' puzzldun' e1duz Of hain't got no swi
brudders to make de light-bread2"
| II dun know"
"ob cou'se yer dun know; yer dun kno
: muffin. coras yere While I boxes So'
granmuoder. Mo an her uster play tt
( gedder when VEAL WIS bofe gals togedder-"
q Aunt Cindy was heAying and balancing he
= self preparatory to 4 descent from the bench o
> which she Vas mounted Down she stepped !
length, her broad bare foot meeting the dl
: | floor With heavy thud--or slap. rather.
\ "Come long up yers." +" continued Aunt Cind,
q Tony was moving toward her with reluotau
i bewilde1ed all, his dead grandmother and tt
!. | TWIN bfoknefs aH III q 3nmDle ID ha9 bl8iN, *Ae
Z | Aunt Cindy suddenly exclaimed, ''Dar'a de-
: twin brudders now, on dat dar jam'!" Tor
: smiled from ear to ear in his satisfaction at ha
: ing escaped the impending boxing
y "Hush vou' GRIMM dar, yer imre
= ence! an go long an fotch me scu
hlck'ry-bok to cook dat dinner. Wasn't y
, ware Is got ter git dinner fer fou' puz0du
= elduzi"
:, Tony gave = long whistle OF aseonishment, al
j. went OF toward the woods.
q While the veast~caka WAS soaking Amt Clint
i, set to work collecting materials for q cake
e pound-cake with iciug-she had decided upo
d Although her movements ware slow and Lahore
T. there were strength and force in them, 80 th
= she accomplished surprising amount OF wol
j. She didn't lose much time looking for spool
q and forks. She stirred things with her fnge
d and with it she tested her gravies and sane
d and custards. It needed but 3 few strokes
A her warm, soft hand TO beat the bu
n ter to cream few turns more and the sugs
b was thoroughly Incorporated. With this Ths
!. with some twigs Of crape-myrtls, in lien Of 4
d egg-beater, the yelk OF the eggs was soon foar
It ing, and the white standing alone. Lastly, 81
q bethought her OF the cinnamon to make
a *taste,' she said. Painting and blowing, al
q again assembled her observatory. and beg.
}, | snuMng, tasting, aud peering st tie various p
q per parcels on the log alesper. ..Whaf kin d
T. cin'mon-bok be at :" she said. II haln't seed