Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-04

Apparently lnQlHerent 10 the CultlVa-
ton of her fathers acquaintance, Caro-
line caught up her hat, and was about
vanishing through the front door which
the old man entered: "Stop dar! Whar
you gwine?"
"I'm goin' back to school, pa" endeav
oring to pass him.
He caught her by the, shoulder, and
spun her like teetotum halfway across
the room.
''Shet up now bout pa! Don't try to
come 20 joggerfy and rifumtik over me2
I'll par de skin often you from yo' head
to yo' heels"
"Lor, Addumr' demonstrated his
wife, "what makes you ac' so to'ds dc
chile9"
"Marriar," said he-"Marriar, not a
hour ago seed dat imp O. Satan hit we
all ole mis- on de bres' wild her dog
gone"
81 was jes' swingin my satchel, an she
walked up 'ginst 1t herself, pa
Old Adam caught and shook her vio-
lently.
81 clar' TO Cord, ef YOU says pa to
me ag'ln, I'll maui de brains clean outen
your
81 know she hain't meant no harm by
what she done,' said his wife.
| s'She hit de old misiss on de bres' |
tole youl-A ole lady which, eff she war
not my ole mis-, is still ole lady knee
deep in ole grade, an nobuddy to look
arter her or keer whedder she is in de
grabe or outen it. l can't tergit-an' l
amt gwine to try to peer to fergit-how
dat ole lady took keer O. me an mine fer
forty years. We warn't nuvver cole an
we warn't nuvver hungry, an we warn't
nuvver waitin' fer kline word. knows
it an you knows it. Some niggers may
ha' been 'bused 'yond what they 'zerved,
but t'warn't you nor t'warn't me an 1t
war not none O. we's chilluns; an when I
| 'peered like l was dead, an dey was Jest
bout to shroud me fer de coolin' bo' d, ole
mis- she cried like one o. de chilluns, an
you know't.''
"Cos you was goods an chatter" said
the wife.
"Dat's so" said Carrie, brisk1y.
"Don't you OAR say dat agin! Ole mis-
could ha' lost twenty niggers Ike me an
nuvver missed 'um. Don't you dar say
dat agin, you her?'
'sCa'line amt nothin' but chile, Ad-
dunn, she don't know no better"
Adam looked fixedly at her moment
or two, or, as it appeared to her, for the
next half hour.
"Gimme my dinner" he said.
This was an unlocked for development
of humor, and she fastened to crafty it
"Ca'line, said she presently, " you bet
ter go on to school, honey"
OFF Kyarline know what's good fol
her she better set whar she is
Caroline appeared to know what was
good for he's
With great deliberatlon and no further
notice to Caroline, he proceeded to dis
patch the pork and beans set before him
then turned to his wife.
Marian, is you gwine to uphol' dat
gal in 'havior sech as dis?'
81 said she ware't nothin' but a chile,
an warn't no use t" nobody, when ole
mis- had her to take keer on; but she ain
no chile now.
| ''She d1dn' mean no harm; she did'n
know NO better
"Hukkum you amt larnt her any bet
ter?''
"Why amt you done it yo'se'f? retorted
his wife.
Adams smile was grim, and no sug.
gestive of the tuition to be expected Of
him that his wife fastened to say:
| don't see any harm in what de chile
done; she didn't go to hit Miss Darrin'.'
"She done it a purpose, 'said he logged
ly 81 seed it myself"
can 'twarn't no harm saying her name
was Letrldge. 1t jes' shows de ambitions
dats In her to take annudder name. Dat
what make her de gal she isl
SIS dat correc'?"
He turned and looked curiously at his
daughter, decomposing her greatly.
81 nuvver knew befo' how she come to
be de gal she wuz. Use wondered mitely
how gal o. mine should come to be dat
kline O. gal 80 it's de ambitionsa OATS q
fac. What would a niger be eff 'twarn'
fur ambitlonss He wouldn't nuvver gil
above hisself, he wouldn't nuvver be nc
better'n de white folks-whlch de sword
is done leveled 'em down to him-ef il
warn't tur ambitions?''
"Mariar," said he, "de ole man is mite
ly sot in his ways, an it's mitey hard git.
in outen 'em, but he amt 'buv tryin'
He nuvver knowed befo' what twas dat
made his chile, his onliest gal-chile, de
gal she wuz De ole man called it to his
self sassiness an impidunce; he didn't
know twas ambitions. Oar comes in de
ole mans ignunce; he amt been to school
yoh know. An he didn't know you had
de ambitions too, Marian. Eff he had he'd
ac'ed difunt, COS de ole man certingly
do wants to do right, farze he knows
how"
eyes, responded his wife, briskly
(which orliz said you'd cum roun' some
day, an snow dem white folks dey amt
no better'n we isl
$50 you wants to hev a little blrfday,
my dear?" asked he of Caroline.
eyes, sir" she replied, with uHaccus-
toned dlffidence.
San you would like to ask yo little
nig-yo' kully-headed barber--wouldn
you?" he further inquired, executing here
a trot OF such vigor that it was necessari-
ly and providentialy brief.
Gan my dear, you is no doubt correc'
bout dat ole white lady; I don't Expect
she's had good meal of vittles for two
year. She's done fell off to skin an
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