The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-09-04

pers ana encouraging digs In the rlbs.
The fellow twisted q peaked old tan
colored felt hat between his fingers, and
appeared half dead with embarrass-
ment. He wore the most comical OK.
preston of bashfulness you ever saw in
your life. 1t would not have been so
funny If he had not been such great
strapping dog; but as he Jagged at the
door, and twisted his shoulder, and
hung his head, and almost tore his old
hat in pieces, the other negroes laughed
outright, and must confess / Joined
them. q soon understood that the fel-
low belonged to q neighboring pl0ta-
ton, and was here to ask OTIS permis-
sion to come counting on his premises }
"Ot looked solemn as an owl: well,
JackP' a.. -. ... ..-....
".Sarvant, Mars Ot.'
"Ot looked at Jack, and Jack looked
at OF, and the negroes looked at them
both, and nudged each other and gig
gled. Finally, Jack looked down at
the floor, fairly wringing his old hat
with embarrassment, and broke into q
laugh which betrayed an expanse of
scarlet gums and white teeth truly ap-
palling.
90. What's your will if you had it.
Jackr asked OF, s~z -
"'Whioh I cum ober, sab, fer ter AK
you de liberty o de plantashun, ,Ssah.'
40, that's what you're after, is itP'
asked OF; and turning to the cook,
added, Step out, Aunt Fanny; Jack
wants you.'
Aunt Fanny's fat sides shook rs she an
swered, contemptuously, .Lor', Mars
OF! done spank dat nigger too often
for stealin' biskit outen de ubben an
foolin' roun' my kittles an pans! 'Tain't
me he's arter.'
| "'Who is it, Jackp
"'Well, Mars Ot,' said Jack, who,
having made the plunge and survived
the shock, spoke with renewed conf
| dence in himself-swell, Mars OF, eff I
had my ruthers, ruther have Lucin-
dy.'
".Let Lucinda appear said OF, SOL
emnly.
Whereupon a posse of curious
house-maids, with feigned yivacitY and
tittering haste, wens % fetch Lsddda.
Lucinda said ot,s Is tie dusky
maid appeared with dropping head and
sidelong glance, half willing, half
afraid Lucinda. Jack wants to marry
Aunt Fanny
".Lor', now, Mars OF! Lucindy, she
know better'n dat demonstrated Jack,
with q reassuring glance toward his
| fair f "
".Me. sirP' said Lucinda, scornfully,
to OF. Me, sir. No, sir. 1 amt no
manneruverjeckshunsir,' running her
words together and ostentatiously turn
ing her back on Jack; specially ef
Aunt Fanny, she amt
&c I didn't mean Aunt Fanny; Jack
1 . g lax &c
"O, psher now, Mars Oti and Lu-
cinda seemed attempting to escape
from the OBTAINING hands of her sister
house-maids, but, abashed perhaps by
Jacks tender glances, she ran in every
direction except toward the open door.
"sYeu see, Jack, you had better go
home,' said OF, resuming his paper
Lucinda did not run so fast /. or, bet
ter still, suppose you take one of the
others?' (They all let go Lucinda, and
she might have run as fast as she
pleased0
"Jack confusedly turned his hat in
side out, and virtually rejected this Of
fer, so OF continued: Take yourself Of
now, Jack, and you are not to come on
my plantation. Don't show your face
here again; do you understandr
| "The crowd looked on in dismay,
for it had been understood that Jack
and Lucinda were to be married during
the Christmas holidays.
"Ot continued, Il won't have you
bothering the women-folk and spelling
their Christmas; SO take yourself of,
and don't come back again. Does that
suit you Lucinda?'
Lucinda bit the corner of her apron,
| and dolefully made answer, 'Jes' as
you say. Mars OF ........,.,.yy ls
% no; it shall be Just as you say.
I've no objection 10 Jack myself
| "s An I'm sure I've no manneruver-
| jeckshun to his comm on de planta-
shun. Mars OF. He amt sp'ilin' of
nothin', as knows ON it, and Lucinda
quite bit off the corner of her apron.
i". Dar now, Mars Ot,' said Aunt
Fanny with q motherly laugh. bbody
know what she mean by dat '.,,oI
"' I don't; what does she meanr
"'Hy, Mars OF, she mean
De grapevine walk an de fence-rail film,
I'll marry you, ef you is willin'.'
"'That's ita Get her q dress, then,
and bake the cake. But, sJscks which
plantation are you going TO steaa from
mine or your master Frank'sr
Jack burst into q huge guffaw;
3 X
from nay one. lessen dar's . camp
know. all on us i cot totshesE Do TX
pense; an sometimes we- aR tsguB it,
sdout we kind Q, borrers it, which de
folks we borrers from mout naturally
call it stealin.' I don't blame 'em fer
dat if'S sHita 30
".And how often do you mean to
beat your wife? t.f. .DuFIl
".Lordy mussy, Mars OF! wouldn't
krek dat gal, not fer nothin' in dewurr
lessen she 'zarved it,
"Well, see that you don't. You may
cut out now. And, Lucinda, see that
you don't deserve it, for it's my opinion
that you'll catch it If you do. Come,
J Hawthorne, the horses are at the door.
"As we rode through the magnificent
. old woods could not but be struck by
} the wonderful animal spirits, the exu-
} berant life, of my companion. Life
} lifei life! Every tone of his voice. every
look of his blue-black eyes, every mo-
, ton of his fine athletic figure, gave you
the idea of life and the enjoyment Of
, life He whistled and sang and joked
and laughed, till saw that he appre-
: ciated the fact of his having nothing te
: do but to enjoy himself. = ErA
He presently stopped at q bsnd in
!. the creek along the banks Of whioh we
! were riding. ..-. ass..
: as Halo, Uncle Jake! looking fol
yarbsP This to the funniest-lookine
l old negro you ever saw, who seemed t(
3 be stealthily peering about among the
3 dead leaves and dry bushes. He ap
4 peared to be at least hundred anG
3 fifty years old, was as black as ink, anc
: wore natural skull-cap of gray wool
The rest of him was made up Of wrin
Q kles and two little restless BLACK eyes
! set very close together for negro Civ