The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-12-01
dismount at the grove, 60 in for drink
ana come out for a game Of marbl s:
AHtMINTt AND THE RARy

ARAMINTA AND TIE BABY.
4 long white mule, with burden
on its back, comes down the road. On
nearer appr,ach VIC sec, seated on the mule
a ginger adcolorcd woman, with baby
on her lap. The woman wears red calico
dress, over ,hc lower part ofwhich is fasten,
cd arusty black riding skirt ; her head is
adorned with plaid cotton handkerchief,
tied on i'll the peculiar turban fashion which
prevails now only among the plantation ne
grocs. The baby i'll her lap weaIs little
slip which seems to have borrowed its hue
from the sunflowcr; its neck, arms and feet
are bare, a limp sun. bonnet of dingy
white protects its head and face, and its
body is cncirclcd by the protecting arm Of
its mother, Altogether the. white mule,
with its gayy dressed riders, forms strk-
ing picture. As they near the gate the
woman checks her stccd aud calls out:
"Oh, Miss Corncly, does you want to buy
two dozen aigS?"
Miss Cornclia mods assent from her sta
ton at the window among her flowers, and
then in her sweet, rich Southern tones, says:
Glow is your baby, Araminta? | heard it
was sick"
CHANGING tcndcrly at the child, .Aramin,
Ia replies: "Icsm, she's been mighty bad
off. don't ezackly know what does ailc
dc chile. She amt been Icart for some
time. She was took mighty curious like,
and Izc done all can for her, aud she
don't get no better. Poor little thing.
hope to dc Lord she'll die, for when my
hillcrn gets sick dis way, Miss Corncly,
and cant git 'cm up again Is nigh about
distracted Dis here chilc's always been,
delicate like, and dat makes me lub hcr
better den | II tothcrS, but all dc same. |
hopes dc good Lord will cake her home to
hssclf, case he kmow how to take kccr of
cher; and. don't got plenty chll2ra, too
widout Sarah Jane, poor little thing. But
I'm gwinc to carry hcr to dc doctor now {,
see cl he can do anything fur her"
Miss Cornely sent Sercua with mo icy and
basket for Araminta's "ai IS" and then, in
drprccatlng tone, SAID: "Dont talk So
Aramnta; its all wrong | hope the doctor
can cure your baby, but you must be more
careful about Ter Diet. Give up that fool
ish notion Of max ing her cat some of every
thing that you eat; it's enough to make her
sick all the time and Kill her at last My
ole man told me yesterday not to gin her
pot>hIuor and greens, but didn't mind
HIM case he thinks hI>scIt 50 smart, SAID
Aramlnta, "lou onght not to expose the
baby to the sun, either, AarmlntaS 1t
will give her fever. lwIl' lend yoh an
umbrella and Matthew can bring 1t back
when he PASSES here 'n his way TO the mii!'
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mission b't SoCu lor ho'h'' 8 h''Ser
| SWlhe 70 Sp'" Miss 'Vrhc y Umbrella
hu' "heh she h'huS IL UP " '"c no'ner
notice 'h"' Shc takes "a""Scrc"'e' from
tue PocAct vi htr "h''' apron anu wipes
'"c ''ol'' lace o' '"c o'oJ "a s"c S'SS'
! 'e>' Ne'P '"o ''""'"e'' -N'"''''"'" ~ "'P'
~ar'h Jane lace "h"y 'u S''p atnhy mousse
is -" goes nome ana let hcr nave coca
n'p' anu Il -" n'' some o',tNo'''y COZ
d''I II ir't rate phys'c. lof' how dc chlc
a"'S h'ho me o' my poor n'''c o'oy "h''
dlcd oHt TO dc Mississippi bottoms VIA "c
ya!icr lever. &c got dc m1n'y now dat ccy
put on her eyes artcr she died, and when l
dies wants en- to put 1t on mine
"lo"r creatures. says my hostess, cons