The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-22

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The words ran this way
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AID these words touud queer TO yoT
As you read them, pcrhsps, but they dit
no, sonnd queer when MAmmy Delpby
wAs singing them. don't believe lhA
song out Of heaven could be sweetel
than this and other songs like Il that deal
old Nanny sings, with bsr inrbAnneC
head bobbing up and down aud her fool
softly keeping time 10 the melody. Their,
10 a sort Of plsintiye shall call III
--tteiz In her voice that makes yon choke
up about the throat, II you are boy, and
sob right out II you are girl. Aud u
makes you, somehow, remember, ia hear,
ing II, ell the sweet, and little stories that
your mother has told you shout your 1T
tie baby sister who died before you were
born; or, II you have stood In some
darkeDed room, holding fast TO some ten.
der and loving hand, and looking upon a
face that was dear to you lying upon It's
coffin pillow, yon think Of that strange
and sad time. And with these thoughts
come, as you listen, other thoughts Of hy'
ing angels and shining crowns, and wide
opened gates OF pearl. A sweetness
mixed with psln--thst 10 the feeling
Nanny Delpby's singing brings to you,
though you could not describe 1t, perhaps,
II you tred-at least that's the feeling It
brings TO me.
l takes my shoes from osrn my feet,
Aud walk into de golden street,
Glory, HAllAiu!
sang Nanny. Sam aud jim aud Joe
came filing in. They had been-wol,
where hadn't they been? They had been
down to the Bayou, which ran good
quarter OF mile back Of the place, fish
ing for cat, and chunking tan uuweary
rabbit that had taken refuge 10 hollow
tree they had been out in the field, cnt-
ting open two or three half grown water.
melons to see II they were ripe; they had
been across the prairie to mott of sweet
gum trees, where they had stuck up the
cuffs and bosoms of their shirts with gum
aud tore their trousers in climbing per-
simmon tree TO peep in birds nest. And
they were rushing across theyard in chase
OF q horned frog when they caught sight
Of Nanny Delphy under the kitchen
shed.
L4et's 60 and get Nanny Delpby to
give Us soms meat and 60 craw fishing,
boys, suggested Sam.
Aud rm hungry, for one, added Joe.
Accordingly they filed in, as said, and
stood for mopent listening to Nanny
Delphy's song.
Give us somethin' to eat, Nanny,
please, said Jim.
An some crsw-fsh bait and piece OF
string, put in the other two In breath.
amt gwine TO do It, chillun, replied
Nanny Delpby, giving them a gentle
push, with her elbow, for they were lean
ing coaxiDgly against her shoulders, /
ain't gwine TO do it. Yer mas got COM
my for dinner aud dat sassy MArthy Ann
done tuck herself to 'Mancipation Day,
an jim, she totin' of Mis- Nays baby TO
sleep, an Amt got no time to vase on
yer, Go 'longl And as che spoke NAM
my arose, chicken in hand, and went
into the kitchen TO get whatever the boys
wanted, as they were perfectly aware she
would from the beginning.
Lawd o. mnssyl jest look at dat lazy
niogcrl Griefi she erclsims as she en-
tered, Grief, yer lazy, good-fornothin'
Niger, is yer gwine ter let dem sweet
taters burn clsr up?
And seizing the collar OF negro man
who sat nodding by the stove, she gave
him sound shaking. lie opened his
eyes, grinned aad got up slowly, looking
little sheepish as he did so. At that
moment the woody head OF jim, the baby's
black nurse, was poked iu at the back
door.
Daddy, she cried, Miss May say as how
shs want you to come an tie up her
MalcAsum rosh whar dem boys j. done
pull down.
And jim bestowed a withering look
upon the euIprits, who were slresdy dig
ging their fugers Into To: remnants OF
meat pie, aud disappeared followed by
her father.
Nanny DeIphy, said Joe, when they
were out under the vines again and nam.
my bad recommended her work, what
made you name Uncle Grief, GrieflI
That's mighty funny name, aiat Il
boysl
Well, chIlluu, said Nanny, plueking
away at the chicken, dats go; 1t tsA Gu
rus name like; men de ole mamie dead
an gone, chiIlun, long TO- you was born
de ole msn suited long time bout
dat cbile's name an be war Roin' on six
months old TO- We same him At all.
Well how did you happen TO call him |
Grief insisted Joe.
Yes, honey, yes. Twar long time
ago, chile, when Mas will--dAt's yer pa
(she nodded towsrd joel war 3 little
fellow, heap litiler'n yon, heap iitller, an
Mas Charley -dars ger pappy Ito the
other two) war bsey. was nussen
him long o. 6riei and Grief warn'l name
yet. Miu Msy--dat's yer all's gramma
whar died Last yetr--she used 10 come /
oai 10 De back steps an waleh dem two
babies Bussin', Grief an Mas Charley I