The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-09-03
NOVEL IMPOSITION.
An Oli Man Whose APPe;;ie was nc,
 lmnAifed hy Age.

Sim \ick. d young colored man ef promise. maraei pseon-,oed Ann. ! dark damsel whose charms have beer he,4l .,,! by sons and bones around he cotton pen shortly after the marriage the couple was approached b, an old ealored gentleman. who stated iha, he owned house and la; in the ely. and ;h..; 1.-the nealy rsanile,l family would ;ake care of him as long !, he hvcd. signing papers Jo tha; cfies, he would give them papers whith would insure them a deed te the place !, i'is death.
 " De ole man can; he long. children. he said. ease ole age hab dun shook ti> han an lef !, trenholm l'>c baw,n' oaer in dc direction ob de 4r.be m my .p- petite is mighty feeble. Consider dc-c pinis. an when l comes ter motrow well 90 oat an look !; my premiscs." - Dat ole man can lIb but a few weeks. said Nick when the old man Lad gone -. me toe,s afrr1r'y =:rr.r.,c =a-,-e.- udder one k kiekln. Ef hell arrange dem papers think da, we'd better sisn dc eon,raek. Ge,,cn home desc day> s mighty slow work. an sides dat. dc ale man cant ca, much"
 Nnn. ~i;h iha; acquic>ccncc winch hride> always cNhiha. baJ winch. .la,. fades ai inc =ttst- -4aattct of the honcN moon. agreed. and nexi dty when he old man called. they accompanied hlm to the suburbs of inc ci,y The house. ram shaekic shanty, which Ike ! dfa-sied eroa. seemed 10 have gh,ed on o barren spot of clay. surrounded by a brush fence. was na, an in>i;lns place oi residence, nor pie-c of pl apertv 10 create the cnyl et nc,ghbars. but Ntek, after speaking asatn ef ,he hard work n procuring a hume. formally accepted ;hc old mans Ffof.a-,- ton. The papers were legally drawn ID. giving the old man the uSh, ;o c..t A the same table with the famlix and ;o have his choice of beds.
 "l was mighty bad fooled in da, elc man appetite. sad Nick te hi> .,iie fe~ days at,er the cenlrae, had gone jrt' effect He ca,s Ike hes beer st1in' Hp hls appetite cvct since slavery. Lat man ken make a head oi cabbage ioei, fnlshA ,.ck a, one setiin. an a jlnt eb meat i~ ! play;h:ng wid him.
 ,.- piled hi9 f in an nslnua,,ng ,anc, foI inc honey moon had reathe-i ii- hrst quarter.
 Ter nccdn' bc fltng.n up u. words. case :; wAs wid Yer own wil!ia ne>e Ga We ,ue k de ole man..
 Efyer had lis:ened 'es me
 Ann. we w6uida.', tao ,aek s.c m- de fu,t place
 lock heah aipan dam s,ro a,e n putin on white fokes' a.rs roun me Listened Ter you. Ef Fl lis;eacI ,.t 4er ~e'd been married year ago. la; whu, would hab come ob listcnn' Ter yer But heah comes de ale. man'er III him- sci up aSin.'
 Niek's ,alar7 was consumed n buy.rg mea, and vegetables The ald raat.'s ap- petite seemed To improve He s'.!l seemed 0 be feeble. but he dld not ap- pelr ,o bc any nearer death gi5of thar q; the tune when the contract was signed. Nick na,l-ed that the old man alaays came from the same direction Aher he approached the house and tha, he 4b4ays lei, n ,he samesway, ~i,hou, the si.rhtes, dcfcction n his coarse. and ,ha; he sl- way, d.,appearet from new d, the ,4,uc place, 6ehlnd clump ai ba>hc- In, made such an impression on NlSks.tha. he concealed himself near the b2She, while the old man WAS eating dinner and watched for hls coInia. "Heah hc comes. unused Nick iicah comes d- ole meat destroyer, When the old mar reached the clump of bushes he looked back al the house and then peeFcd eau ! ,lously around. lis galt vas no longer enieebled 5y age. nor hys' form ben. by the weigh, of years. bu, er-c,. he stepped with hrIn tread. Approaching a rock. he drew from under |, several articles If clothing. Then he took of his ~ig. and when he s-ashed. ln a neighboring pool. the wnnkles from his face. he took of his odd clothes and substituted those he had taken from under the rock Thus. com  pleiely changed. he walked briskly ,o-