St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-10-21

"Pulse is pretty well.' sad the dog
tor, feeling of my wrist
Then [ looked at Guy. and Guy
looked at me, and we both began 10
laugh.
.:All right said DR.. Henry, rubbing
his glasses up; "he's all right, Mss.
BARTLETT
And so l was, only dizzy little, and
headachv where the hub of one of Mr..
Pressy's wagon wheels had hit me.
Well, when we went out of the little
HoIander house, there was the Cover
nor's carriage stopped right in front,
only | and Guy we didn't know twas
the Governor 5 then. And the whole
procession had stopped; and when we
went out, you never heard such II cheer
as the folks gave, Just as if We Il done
something BIG. They swung their bats
and the Governor did. toQs-and bur
rahed like all possessed for "Bartleti II
Arnold Because, you see, that Hol-
lander woman she told the Commits
sioner what the fuss was all about, and
he cot up on a wagon and told it in
English to the crowd, and the ones that
could hear told the ones that couldn't,
and my mother said when it came to
her she thought she must faint. But
she didn't; she wouldn't be SO foolish.
So the folks cheered, and laughed a
little, when they looked at our sign.
And something swelled up big and hard
in my throat, till | almost cried; but
not because | was sorry. Guy. almost
did, too. And my mother kept tight
hold of my hand, and choked, and sac
Nov You'll come with me, Roy;
can't leave you here again.
Mrs. Arnold said so, too. But and
Guy we said we d got to sell our things,
because we couldn't afford to lose ten
dollars, could we? And there was the
pony, too.
So we went over to the tent. and our
mothers with us And it seems as if
everybody understood, for they came in
and bought things until we had more
than fifteen dollars, and not a. ginger-
bread or any thing left.
SO then we said we'd 90. And ] sup-
pose YOU won't believe that the Gov
ernor sung out "let the little young
gentlemen ride with me, if you please,
madam
, So we did, we rode with the Gov
erpor. And he talked to us, and looked
inst the same as other folks, only not
, so handsome as some. We sat side OF
, him at dinner, too, because he said fol
us to: and after dinner some eff the
l folks put us in their speeches. And
| hope we didn' feel too stuck up abou
| it, though my father he said 'twa;
, enough to turn any boys head.
: So we made something out Of it after
| all; and Guy said what a good thing i
, was we didn't have license, anal hal
to 90 back just to where the babe:
5 would be in the road, Or else ahey
| have been run over. And most all o
t Mr. Pressy's gingerbread bounced GU
along the way, so he didn't have mucl
4 to sell; but he whipped the horse to pa,
n for it. And that man that wouldn lie
t us have any license stood around al
: day and looked as if he thou. hit some
l body ought to give him dollar; Ant
r we is satisfied, l and Guy are, hecaus
: we made quite lot besides what w
n ate. and the babies didn't get run Owe
It to boot. But don't you believe that tn
e Holander woman shook the two poo
:, little chaps up like a breeze hecaus
1t they got their frocks muddy. That
g what the folks said, anyhow, and it
d lust what some women would do,
vt think.
'Tisn't likely we'll ever get the pom
n the way said at first. because the CIT
e Gus man didn't tell us the town Wher
: Mr. David Soloman lives, and we don
1t know. And | don't know as | ought t
d tell this story, because its about myse
IS so much; but maybe you needn't prir
1t my name to it, and then folks won
l. know it's me.-A. c. n. StodcSSard,
Harper's Young PeoDle. ..s