The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-10
Dar Of Beet Hartr's Geod STORIES.

old women were. | think, remarkable
rather for their inducing the same
lnval and generous spirit than for
their intrinsic excellence, and it may
he said appealed more strongly t."
The no'ler aspirations Of humanity
than its vulgar appetite. Howbeil
everybody ate Nanny Downey's
pies, and thonght of his childhood.
Take EN-, dear b"ys," the old Lady
would say, "it does me good to see
you eat 'em; reminds me kinder of
my poor Sammy, that eff he'd lived,
would have been es strong. and es
big ez you he, but was taken down
with yellow fever at Sweetwater.
| Kin see him yet; that's forty years
ago, dear! comm ont O. the lot to
the cake house, and smilin' such a
beautiful smile, like yours, dear boy,
AS handed him mince or a lem.
ming-turnover." Dear, dear, how
10 run on! aud those days in the
past! but the hotel keepers, actuated
hy a low jealousy. had suggested
that she "seemed to live Off them
hut as thai person tried to demon.
strate the truth Of her statement by
reference to the cost of the raw ma
terial used by the old lady, it wal
considered by the camp as too prac-
tical and economical for consi,lera.
tion. Besides" added Cy Perkins,
''ef old Nanny wants to turn an
honest penny in her old age let her
ito it. How would you like your old
mother to make pies on grub wages.
en?' A suggestion that 50 affected
his nearer, who had no mother, that
he bonght three on the spot. Tn.
quality of these pies had never been
discussed but once. 1t is related
ih,t young law, err from San Fran.
cisco, dining at the Palmetto Res
taurani, pushed away one Of MANN,
Downe,'s pies with every expression
of disgust aud dissatisfaction. A,
this junctnre, Whisky Dick, consid
erahly affecte,: by his favorite stim
nlant, approached the Strangers ia
hle, and. drawing up a chair, sat IN.
invited before him.
"Me'he, young man." be SAID
sr'vely, yc don't like MANN.
Downey's pies?'
The stranger replied CURLY, and
IN some astonishmcnt, that he dit
not. as q rule. "eat pie.'
young man, continued Dick
with drunken gravity, "mebhe you're
accustomed 10 Charlotte rusks ans
blue mango; ,uehbe you cant eat un
less your grub is got up by one o
shem French couk,7 Yet we-u.
boys var in this ramp-calls tina,
pie "a good-a coin. pe-tent pie!
The stranger again disclaime'
."yLhing hut a general dislike o
that form of pastry.
"Yonng man," continued Dick
uterl, unheeilins the explanation
''young man, mebbe you onct had a.
ole "a very ole mother, who, totter
ing down the vale o years, mad;
pies. Meb:e, and it's like you
blank epicurean soul, ye turned ~
Your nose on the ole woman, an.
went back on the pies, and on her
She that dsnded We vile We wos |
baby-a little baby! Mebbe ye wen
hack on her, and shock her, an.
played off on h'r, gave her away
lead awas! Aud now, mrbbe, youn:
man-I wouldn't hurt ye for til
world, bat mebhe aforc We Ieay'
this table, yell eat that pie"
The stranger rose to his feet, bu
he muzzle of dragoon revolver i,
the a..s:ea'Iy hands of Whisky DirI
aa>ed h'm to sit dawn again. H
ate the pie, and lost his case like
wise, before Rough and. Ready jury
Bret HarLe in Scrihner 70. April
!, LAZY FARMERS. -Laziness pre-
vents a man from getting of hi
',orse to put up the first rail tina
gets knocked of the fence, an,
Through this lazy neglect Who'll
field of ror.. is seriously damaged
Laziness keeps man from driviu
one nail when one would do, an
} finally costs carpenters bill tor ez
tensive re, airs. Laziness allows
r gate to he off the hinges, to lie i
r the mud, or stand proppeti by rail
? IA stable or barn tn leak and damag
hundreds of dollars worth Of prov
pnder. Lazines in short, is tn
proper name for nine tenths of til
.x,.,as f,r had fartninr Rat f.,