The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-07-16

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he'll share it with Il brother Methodist"
They were conducted to the house, and
seated in the open passage tor GOODNESS,
for the air was sultry. There was that
inertia and hush in the atmosphere that
precedes a thunderstorm, and dark gray
clouds were banking in the southwest.
Soon the impending storm broke. The
ram appeared to descend not in drops. but
in streams and sheets and spOutS: the
thunder seemed on the roof, and the roof
coming down. And the storm burst Just
As Aunt Cindy was diShin| her dinner.
By dimt Of engaging all the hands on the
plantation in Simultaneous action She had
managed to get all the dinner accessories
from the Spring-hOuSe just - the vcgeta
blcS, meats, etc, in the kitchen were being
diShcI, 50 that al the cold things might
be kept cold. and all the hot things hot.
till the final moment. And now it was
= rainin' blazeS," according to Tony. But
delay was out of the question; the dinner
must be got OF thc table, yet the kitchen,
as you are supposed to remember, was
sixty feet from the house. Aunt tindy
was on the verge Of tears. Every body
stood irresOlutc.
Tony had All inspiration ; he was burst
ing TO tell. yet Aunt Cindy looked rs
stormy as the skies. He recalled her un-
certain moods, and remembered that she
owed duty 10 him tor his grandnOther's
sake. Tony tremhled, but spoke: I'm
b%crillerS an p~orr'sOls.'
\ switt change swept the leaders face.
She caught Tony up ana kissed him, and
that made Tony cry. Git um," she said
- Git all dc umbcrilIcrs an pOrr'SOls."
Soon there We're collected a dozen or
mOrc of these, the "fOu' puzzidun' ell
duZ'S' umbrellarS being pressed into SER
vice. Almost every negro 1T the South
who owns any thing has an umbrella or
parasol, for there j. a long period OF sun
-hine to tight.
Il procession was formed of the dinner
carriers, at whose head marched Aunt
Cihdy, bearing the roast pic with a red
apple in its mouth. must tell YOU that
Aunt CirdT wore a pink calico dress
'"N II ''' 0i''''H anu "" II iilc
neck. When all was ready, and she had
sufficiently bewilIered her corps of assist
ANTS by the multitude of her Instructions.
WIN L tread III her bare feet that shook
the house she crossed the square passage.
from which the rain had driven the com
pany, II stood In the august presence
OF III" lou puZZldnn' ell
duZ. "SarVant, marsterS!' h said
III a ION" "l simple reverence which was
really touching. Then she curtSied in a
would never he hl" To recover herself, but
must 90 Gown. Dinner Is serve
Mrs. BurgiSSro~e languidly. Mr.. Burgiss
bustlingly.
Come, my hrctlITra," said the reverend
host, 'lct u- sea what GOOD things"
The cook hath provided for them that
love thcm-ttat i>tOSav. the good things"
interrupted Elder Underwood, who was a
funny man.
Then they crossed the open passage, be-
ing well >prinhjcd in the transit, AMI en-
tered the room whore Aunt Cindv's din
ner was Sp-.@d. Tie table reached the
length OF IL, rupsa, AMI was literally lam
med. From this You viii inf. that Aunt
Cihdy had served all he v.audS together.
This Was even So-iish. flesh. fowl. MIC.
pastry, pudding, cabbage, cake. cordial. all
in i tumble. But there was method in her
iumblinr. As hraI-waitcr She >rtptrin-
tended all the serving and She never Of
fercd two homogeneous articles together.
There Was complete harmony. perfect
dovrtailinr. She was an untutorpd culin-
arY genius. She had never heard of a fit-